Wisconsin School for the Deaf - The Wisconsin Times Vol. 134 No. 2 Winter 2012-2013 | Page 16

High School Girls Basketball
First Half of the Season Record: 2-7
Like the
speed of
light, Kori
was a
dynamite
sight!
Everywhere
at once.

WSD vs. Minnesota Deaf 38-48
In the rst game of the annual Neesam Classic, the
Lady Firebirds fought the Trojans of the Minnesota
State Academy for the Deaf valiantly but lost the game
by ten points. Junior Kori Koss and Senior Marika
Beyer played their rst game for the Firebirds and led
the team with 21 and 12 points, respectively. Kori had
9 rebounds to go with 12 steals on the defense. The
Lady Firebirds elded only 5 players in this game.
WSD vs. Iowa Deaf 32-17
WSD beat the Iowa School for the Deaf Bobcats in
the nal game of the Neesam Classic 32 to 17. Kori
Koss paced the Lady Firebirds with 19 points while
Marika Beyer contributed with 7 points. Marika
was a rebounding machine with 24 rebounds while
freshman Katelyn Miller produced 12 rebounds.
Junior Anna Dorst added 4 points while Lyssa
Matsche scored 2 points. The team defended the
Bobcats well limiting the Bobcats to single digit
points each quarter.
WSD vs. Kenosha Reuther 46-45
Kenosha Reuther played WSD hard but the Lady
Firebirds were able to win this game by the skin of
their teeth. Kenosha led WSD 25-22 by halftime but
WSD came back in the second half to win the game.
Senior Marika Beyer led all players with a double
and double of 21 points and 20 rebounds. Junior
Kori Koss added 15 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists,
and 4 steals. Freshman Katelyn Miller got 12 boards
as well as 2 points while sophomore Lyssa Matsche
contributed 6 points and 7 boards.
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WSD vs. Mountain Top Christian 40-58
WSD got back to .500 with the loss against Mountain
Top Christian. Mountain Top blitzed the Lady
Firebirds in the rst half by scoring 31 points while
WSD scored only 19 points. A comeback was
attempted in the second half to no avail after running
out of gas by the 4th quarter with only 6 players.
Junior Koua Ya Xiong played her rst game of the
season by contributing 2 rebounds, 1 assist to go with
3 total points. Junior Kori Koss led the scoring with
17 points while senior Marika Beyer had 16 points.
Kori led the defense with 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 9
rebounds while Marika had 12 rebounds to go with 3
blocks.
Anna, Kori, Marika, and Ka Youa join forces to
pull off a team effort to snatch the rebound.