On Friday night, the Sigourney Savages will host the English Valleys Bears.The Savage girls are 14-4 and 9-3 in the South Iowa Cedar League East, winners of nine straight. In their last game, they defeated Belle Plaine 51-4, where Ava Fisch scored 18 points. They are at the top of the standings in the SICL East. For the season, the Savages are averaging 58.5 points per game, 32.8 rebounds, 14.6 steals, 11.5 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. All those stats are top in the SICL. They shoot 35.7% from the floor, which is best in the SICL. From the three point line, they shoot 24.4%, which is also best in the league. At the foul line, they are also first in the league, shooting 62%. On the year, they are led by the senior Josephine Moore, who averages 19.4 points per game.
Head Sigourney girls basketball coach Kaylee Weber joined the KCII Radio Coaches Corner after their win over Highland on Monday. “I liked how we came out early and jumped on them right away. It was our goal to put it out early and then everyone plays better with a lead. My girls did a really good job with that and then they didn’t give up throughout the game. We didn’t have our best moment here and there, but they did a good job of adjusting to their (Highland) defenses and getting offensive and defensive rebounds. They did a really good job with that. I was really proud of them. I am glad that they were able to continue to find the open girls and get down to the lane and get to the free throw line and really score however they could”.
The English Valleys girls are 9-8 and 5-4 in the South Iowa Cedar League East. The Bears fell to Keota in their last game 48-45, which was their second straight loss. For the season, the Bears average 43 points, 31 rebounds, a best in conference, 15 steals, 7 assists and 3.5 blocks per game. All those stats are in the top 5 of the SICL. They have a 35% field goal percentage, which ranks fourth in the SICL. At the three point line, they shoot 22.2%. At the charity stripe they shoot 54.5%, which is second best in the league. Their leading scorer is the sophomore Ava Gehrking, who scores 12 points per game.
Earlier in the season, Sigourney won against EV, 46-43, where Brynn Clarahn scored 20 points. Since 2007, Sigourney leads 24-13. The Bears have won 3 of the last 5.
On the boys side, Sigourney hopes to win their third straight. They are second in the South Iowa Cedar League East with a 12-5 record and 8-4 in league play. In their last game, they defeated Belle Plaine 67-37. In the 2024/2025 season, they average 65 points per game, second best in the SICL. They allow 51.5 points per game, which is first in the league. They haul in 26 rebounds and dish out 15.2 assists per game, which are both top three in the SICL. They average 8.1 steals and 2.9 blocks per game, which are also top three in the SICL. Senior Issac Bruns leads the team in scoring with 17 points a game.
Sigourney head boys coach Mitch Eslick went on the KCII Radio Coaches Corner to talk about their offensive effort against Belle Plaine. “I thought our ball movement was really good. We were really unselfish, passing up good shots to get great shots. I just thought we had some good balance, we had multiple guys in the mix. Our leading scorer and best player, Issac Bruns only had seven and we were still able to get to 67 as a team. That was a really positive sign for us overall. We were able to spread it around a little bit and have some guys score who maybe typically don’t score as much”.
For the English Valleys Bears they are 3-16 and hoping to get their first win of the year in the South Iowa Cedar League East. They are 0-11 in league play. They are coming off a 73-40 loss to Keota on Tuesday. For the season, the Bears average 46 points per game. They allow 65 points per game. For the rest, they average 26.6 rebounds, 11.4 assists, 8 steals and 2.6 blocks per game. The Bears have a field goal percentage of 36.4%. From the three point line, they shoot 25%. At the foul line, they shoot 52%. Their leading scorer on the team is the sophomore Everett Bender, who averages 13 points per game.
These two teams met in November. Sigourney won 63-38. Since 2006, Sigourney leads this series 30-1. The last time EV beat Sigourney was in 2020.
You can catch all the action live on the KCII3 stream, exclusively at KCIIradio.com, with the pregame show at 5:30 p.m., tip of the girls game at 6 p.m., with the boys to follow.