NCHS had mixed results with a Friday trip to Lingle before Burns visited Tiger Gym on Saturday.
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With SEWAC and 2A Southeast Region games starting, NCHS had mixed results with a Friday trip to Lingle before Burns visited Tiger Gym on Saturday.
Ryan Gilkey buried a couple of three pointers and four free throws to help propel the Tigers to a 16-14 first quarter lead. Lusk’s energy and ball control was much better than recent outings and it showed in the close score. LFL caught up but a deep Eli Wagner triple tied it at 23 before the Doggers pushed ahead 29-25 at the break.
Another trey from Gilkey and one from Monte Wade as time wound down kept NCHS close at 40-37 after three quarters. The Tigers played their best (and closest) game of the season but just could not get enough shots to fall as the home team held on to win 49-45.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
NCHS 16 9 12 8 45
LFL 14 15 11 9 49
TEAM STATS
NCHS: 12/36 FG, 5/16 3PT, 6/11 FT, 37 REB, 15 TO, 16 PF
LFL: 15/36 FG, 4/12 3PT, 7/12 FT, 31 REB, 13 TO, 12 PF
NCHS PLAYER STATS: Scoring- Gilkey 17, Jake Heil 6, Wade 5, Wagner 5, James Blackburn 4, Dylan Miller 4, James Stone 4. Rebounds- Heil 9, Wade 6. Good Sportsmanship player of the game - Gilkey.
While Friday showed that the Tigers can play team ball together and compete, Saturday’s first quarter was an epic reversal of fortune. Burns had four different players knock down treys and rarely missed while Lusk’s shots were not close. The Broncs pulled off a 25-0 quarter, clearly reeling the Tigers and their faithful. Wagner got Lusk on the board with a three pointer and from there Lusk and Burns played a much more balanced game. The Broncs torrid shooting cooled and at halftime the lead was 34-11.
An early run to start the third period was enough to ensure the win for the visitors as the final ended up 56-21.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
BURNS 25 11 12 8 56
NCHS 0 9 4 8 21
TEAM STATS
BURNS: 15/30 FG, 4/13 3PT, 14/22 FT, 40 REB, 12 TO, 9 PF
NCHS: 9/40 FG, 1/16 3PT, 0/2 FT, 33 REB, 16 TO, 21 PF
NCHS PLAYER STATS: Scoring- Heil 6, Miller 6, Wagner 3, Gilkey 2, Stone 2, Wade 2. Rebounds-Stone 9, Heil 5. Good Sportsmanship player of the game- Wagner.
The JV beat Newcastle as Wyatt Stauffer led NCHS with 15 points. They lost to Tongue River 39-22 as Penfield scored eight. They defeated Kaycee 37-28 as Cole Hart and Jarit Krejci combined for 15 points. In the final game in Torrington they lost to Bug Horn 51-36. Friday in Lingle they won 32-25 as Penfield led the Tigers with 16 points. They lost a close one to Burns 46-44 as Penfield scored 18 and Teagan Tschacher added eight and Krejci six.
The C squad played two quarters against Burns and won 25-11. Krejci scored ten and Jayden Matthews put in nine. On Monday in the Frosh-Soph tournament the Tigers beat G-S 42-30 as Penfield lead with 14 points and 13 rebounds while Krejci added eight points and eight rebounds. In the final against Wheatland the Tigers struggled early before running out of gas in the 57-45 defeat. Penfield scored 14 and Stone added eight.
This week the Tigers are at Southeast Friday with JV at 4 and varsity at 7 p.m. On Saturday University of Wyoming-bound Hunter Thompson makes his final appearance at Tiger Gym. The C squad has two quarters at noon and JV plays at 1 (both at LEMS) before the varsity at 4 p.m.
