Prep report: Smith helps Lumberjacks tame Tigers in Heart O' North showdown

Raemalee Smith scored 22 points to lift Ladysmith to a high school girls basketball victory over Northwestern in their Heart O’ North Conference early-season showdown Thursday, Dec. 2, in Maple.

Allison Clark and Holly Rands added 12 points apiece for the Lumberjacks (5-1 overall, 2-0 HON).

Tieryn Plasch scored 17 points and Gabby Risley added 10 for the Tigers (1-1, 1-1), who continue HON action at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Cumberland.

Northwestern 24-25—49
Ladysmith 34-29—63
Northwestern — Tieryn Plasch 17, Gabby Risley 10, Alison Raboin 6, Shayna Wick 6, Annalee Sutherland 8, Abby Wennersten 2. Totals 15 12-19 49.
3-point goals — Plasch 2, Risley, Raboin, Wick 2, Sutherland.
Ladysmith — Allison Clark 12, Emerson Clark 7, Raemalee Smith 22, Holly Rands 12, Kamia Silva 5, Tori Thorpe 5.

1/3: Northwestern’s Abby Wennersten (23) fights with Ladysmith’s Kamia Silva (23) for a rebound in the first half Thursday evening, Dec. 2, 2021, in Maple. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram

2/3: Northwestern’s Gabby Risley (4) dribbles around Ladysmith’s Emerson Clark (3) in the first half of the game Thursday evening, Dec. 2, 2021, in Maple. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram

3/3: Northwestern’s Annalee Sutherland (22) slips past Ladysmith’s Kamia Silva (23) to get to the hoop in the first half of the game Thursday evening, Dec. 2, 2021, in Maple. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram