Banner County's Dahlgrin racks up the double doubles

Lady Wildcat MaKenna Dahlgrin is spending her final season on the Banner County court racking up the double doubles.

Her first this season was in the second game of the season, a 55-54 heartbreaker loss against Minatare on Dec. 5. The game went into overtime before the Lady Cats fell.

Dahlgrin had a great game, leading the team with 23 points including two three-pointers. She made it her first double double of the season with 13 rebounds, four steals, and a block while shooting 50 percent from the field and giving up just four turnovers.

Just two days later she was at it again as the Lady Cats battled Bayard on Dec. 7. Though they walked away with a 46-32 loss, Dahlgrin put up 17 points shooting 4/13 in the field and 56 percent at the line. She pulled down 18 rebounds, ten offensive and eight defensice and had two assists and four steals.

Her third double double of the season came with the Lady Cats' first win, a big one at 58-29, against Pawnee on Dec. 9.

Dahlgrin scored 19 of those points, including one trey and eight two pointers and added 10 rebounds to her credit to help secure the Banner County win.

Though the Banner County club lost to their Creek Valley opponents 57-30 on Dec. 16, Dahlgrin added a fourth double double to her name with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

She secured her fifth, and a Lady Cats win, 40-35, on Dec. 21 against the Crawford Rams, with 10 points and 15 rebounds.

The sixth double double for Dahlgrin came the next day in the 64-51 loss against Morrill during the Sioux County Holiday Tournament. She pulled in 16 rebounds and made 12 points, shooting 4/10 from the field and 4/12 at the line.

Following the forced moratorium through the holidays Dahlgrin returned on Jan. 5 and achieved her seventh double double of the season against the Hay Springs Hawks, earning 21 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. The Lady Cats were nudged out of the win, 46-45.

The eighth double double for Dahlgrin was at a home game against the Crawford Rams on Jan. 11, a 52-44 win for the Cats, in which she put a whopping 31 points on the Banner County board, shooting 12/23 from the field for a percentage of 52 and landing 7/16 from the line. She added 19 rebounds, two assists and two steals while turning the ball over just twice.

In the Jan. 13 Banner County win against Minatare, 55-34, Dahlgrin earned her ninth double double with 20 points, including one trey, and 18 rebounds.

In her final Minuteman Conference Tournament, Dahlgrin made the tenth double double of her senior season, though the Banner County team suffered a 50-29 loss to Bayard.

Dahlgrin once again led the Lady Cats, grabbing 13 rebounds and earning 18 of the Banner County points, shooting 6/14 in the field and 6/12 at the line.

With just five games left in the season, we look forward to seeing how many double doubles this intense player can rack up.

The Banner County club traveled to Guernsey, Wyo., on Tuesday, Jan. 23. There was no information about that game at the time of press.

Catch the Lady Cats at home next against Sioux County on Feb. 3 and again on Feb. 9 against the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes.