Boys’ basketball
Marion is weekend’s lone victor
Staff writers
Marion
The Warriors seemingly coming together in the last stretch of the season, toppling Council Grove 57-45 Thursday.
“We came out and played as a team and gave 100% effort,” coach Kevin Dasenbrock said. “We have been talking a lot about finishing and closing out games, and we did exactly that on Thursday night.”
The team enjoyed balanced scoring. Isaac Wesner had 15 points, one assist, and two steals. Carson Krause had 11 points and two assists. Jymer Raymer also scored 11. And Jackson Howard scored 10 while pulling down nine rebounds.
“When we spread the ball around like this, we become a tough team to beat,” Dasenbrock said.
Marion will hit the road this Friday to play Moundridge.
Hillsboro
Scheduled for back-to-back games Friday and Saturday because of weather delays, the Trojans traveled to Minneapolis and lost 59-36 Friday. Then, in the postponed Trojan Classic, Hillsboro lost 54-35 to Remington.
Against Minneapolis, Brayson Amstutz had a double-double, scoring 16 points and securing 10 rebounds.
On Saturday, Amstutz was the leading scorer again with another double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Braxton Hiebert scored nine, and Koehn Janzen scored eight.
Hillsboro will continue its season Friday at home against Halstead.
Goessel
A fast-paced attack by the Sedgwick Cardinals found open players in the lane for many high percentage baskets Friday, as the visitors took a commanding lead 27-5 after the first quarter and a 41-7 lead at halftime.
With less pressure in the second half, the Bluebirds were able to outscore the Cardinals, 14-9, but Sedgwick won the non-league game, 50-21.
Trey Gaddis led the Bluebirds with eight points, followed by Kreed Smith with five.
The Goessel boys (3-11) will play at Wakefield (0-12) Friday.
Centre
The Cougars lost 76-40 Friday night to Canton-Galva.
Centre trailed the Eagles 18-12 after the first quarter but battled back in the second, outscoring the Eagles 17-16. They were unable to sustain the scoring in the second half, however.
Micah Carlson led the team with 11 points, two assists, and two rebounds. Noah Brunner scored nine with two blocked shots and 11 rebounds. Kole Kroupa scored seven with one assist, one steal, and four rebounds. Brady Idleman had six with four assists, three steals, and a block.
Centre will be on the road Friday against Little River.
Peabody-Burns
No weekend games were scheduled for Peabody-Burns. The Warriors will be back in action this Friday at home against Canton-Galva.