Class 1A No. 10 Cougars top H-D

ACKLEY – There was no thinking about it, AGWSR head coach Laurie Gann knew exactly how many years her Cougars had gone without a win against larger school Hampton-Dumont.
“It’s been six (years),” Gann said when asked of the drought. “We’re pleased with our defensive effort and they are a bigger school and have some quality athletes for us, it is big. Hopefully, it is a big confidence-booster for us and lead us into the rest of the season.”
The Cougars (1-0) keyed on a pair of slow starts by the Bulldogs to both halves in the 56-35 win. H-D trailed 7-0 and didn’t score its first basket until 4 minutes, 11 seconds showed on the clock in the first quarter.
The entire story appears in the Dec. 7 print and online editions of the Hampton Chronicle.