Female basketball athlete prepares to make a shot

Girls Basketball

About Girls Basketball

In the 2021-22 season, Ames started with a varsity roster composed of four freshmen and five sophomores in what will be a rebuilding season.

Points of Pride

2009

Best Season

Historically, Ames’ best season came in 2009 when a Trisha Nesbitt-led Little Cyclone team took down top-ranked and previously undefeated Linn-Mar in the state semifinals before dropping the title game to Sioux City North, 51-45. The Little Cyclones finished with a 23-3 record that year.

1,608

Career Points

Caroline Waite (Bradley) finished with 1,608 career points, passing former leader Barb Bennett on December 18, 2020 with a then-school single-game record 38-point performance.

42

Points

Caroline Waite (Bradley) then broke her own record in a IGHSAU regional semifinal win with a 42-point tally in what proved to be Waite’s penultimate game in a Little Cyclone jersey.

1,013

Career Points

Ashley Iiams (Drake) also proved to be an effective scorer, collecting a prep career tally of 1,013 points, finishing sixth all-time on the Little Cyclone charts.

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