Rawlins County boys stay unbeaten

Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette Rawlins County's Marcus Cahoj battles Decatur Community's Dakota Soderlund (34) and Lucas Juenemann (3) for a rebound Friday night in Oberlin. Also in on the play is Oberlin's Wiley Farr (31). The Buffaloes remain undeafed 7-0 with a win over the Red Devils 53-39.

OBERLIN -- The Rawlins County boys basketball team knocked off the Decatur Community Red Devils 53-39 Friday.

Elijah Kastens led the Buffs with 18 points. Drew Basgall chipped in 14.

Logan Fortin scored 12 points for the Red Devils.

The Buffaloes improve to 7-0 and will host Southwest Roughriders (0-11) Tuesday.

RC: Solko 10, Basgall 14, Cahoj 7, Kastens 18, Holub 4.

DC: Juenemann 6, Peters 4, J. Fortin 11, L. Fortin 12, Stapp 6.

Arapahoe boys 59,

Loomis 31

ARAPAHOE -- The Arapahoe boys basketball team improves to 12-0 with a 59-31 win over Loomis Saturday.

Ivan Simic tallied 18 points for the Warriors. Dalton Hyke added 14.

Arapahoe will travel to Eustis Tuesday to take on the 6-2 Knights.

Arapahoe: Park 2, Hyke 14, Schultz 3, Walbridge 3, Breinig 9, Simic 18, Welch 4, Eichenberger 5, Ross 2.

Loomis: Bernt 4, Anderson 8, Szekely 7, L. Anderson 6, Bartruff 2, Huston 2, Thorell 2.

Hayes Center boys 78, Dundy County-

Stratton 54

HAYES CENTER -- The Hayes Center boys knocked off Dundy County-Stratton 78-54 Friday.

Keifer Messersmith led the Cardinals with 17 points. Matt Gohl added 16 points.

"We came out and played well tonight against an improved Tiger team," Cardinal coach Louis Cuellar said.

"It was nice to have everyone back and begin to focus on the second half of our season. We played a very good team basketball tonight."

Ben Anderson scored 19 points for the Tigers.

HC: K. Messersmith 17, Gohl 16, Clifford 11.

DC-S: Anderson 19, Glidden 9, Confer 9.

Eustis-Farnam

boys 62,

Pleasanton 52

EUSTIS -- A second quarter surge put the Eustis-Farnam Knights over Pleasanton 62-52.

"An outstanding second quarter followed a dismal first quarter and set the tone for the game," said Knight coach Bobby Johnson.

"We are definitely still showing the effects of a three week layoff in competition. Our lead would grow but Pleasanton kept fighting back to keep it close.

"Drew Wetovick was aggressive at both ends of the court, leading us with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

"As a team, we held a 41-22 edge on the boards. Ben Kugler stepped in and played a strong defensive game. Our biggest game of the season comes Tuesday at home against 12-0 Arapahoe.

The Knights improve to 6-2 on the season.

E-F: Kugler 6, Wetovick 17, Bellamy 6, Edson 10, Bendler 10, Rupe 8, Schurr 5.

Pleasanton: Olson 9, Paila 2, Pritchard 6, Giffin 12, Schmidt 6, Shaffo 9, Reese 6, Janitscheck 2.

Wauneta-Palisade

boys 69,

Hitchcock County 35

WAUNETA -- The Wauneta-Palisade boys hammered Hitchcock County 69-35 Friday.

T. J. Ellicott led the Broncos with 18 points. Chris Bartels added 14 and Ricky Martin 13 points.

Zach Cruz poured in 18 points for the Falcons.

"We were very cold shooting from the field and never got into an offensive rhythm," said Falcon coach Mike Tines. "We did handle the ball very well against the press and rebounded well."

W-P: Klima 2, Kitt 9, Geier 6, Ellicott 18, Fischer 5, Bartels 14, Martin 13, Fanning 2.

HC: Cale Brown 6, Clive Brown 5, Forbes 6, Cruz 18.

Wauneta-Palisade

boys 51,

Southwest 46

SOUTHWEST -- The Wauneta-Palisade boys slipped past Southwest 51-46 Saturday.

Justin Brooks scored 23 points for the Roughriders.

Bertrand boys 46,

Southern Valley 35

BERTRAND -- The Southern Valley boys fell to 5-6 with a 46-35 loss to Bertrand Friday.

Bertrand: Ehlers 6, Kuck 6, Nelson 10, Campbell 4, Mason 3, Fowler 9, Peterson 4, Hunhoff 4.

Southern Valley: McDonald 4, Witte 13, Sheneman 2, Gustafson 12, Nielsen 2, Hoxmeier 2.

Cambridge boys 84, Southwest 27

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge boys slammed the Southwest Roughriders 84-27 Friday.

Troy Hayes topped all scoring with 25 points for the Trojans. Delvin Jackson added 18.

Justin Malleck scored 7 points for the Roughriders.

Cambridge: Hayes 25, Jackson 18, Vacura 10.

Southwest: Brooks 6, Malleck 7, Marquardt 3, Proud 6, Vontz 3.

Elwood boys 43,

Cambridge 42

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge boys fell 43-42 to Elwood (2-6) Saturday.

Brandt Banzhaf and Mason Weissert both scored 10 points for Elwood.

Cletus Macke scored 11 points for the Trojans.

Cambridge girls 68,

Elwood 30

CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge girls blasted Elwood 68-30 to stay undefeated 9-0 Saturday.

Fort Hays State University recruit Traci Keyser exploded with 30 points and had 8 rebounds for the Trojans. Frankie Petersen added 17 points.

Cambridge: Petersen 17, Ballou 6, Soucie 5, Keyser 30 Long 4, Lewis 4, Witte 2.

Elwood: Allen 1, Bogle 5, Mahlberg 11, White 6, Summer 4, Haussler 3.

Pleasanton girls 42,

Eustis-Farnam 30

EUSTIS -- The unbeaten Pleasanton girls cruised past Eustis-Farnam 42-30 Saturday.

Katie Fagot scored 11 points for Eustis-Farnam.

"We played pretty well, but Pleasanton's defense in the second half was too strong for us and we sent them to the line 21 times the last six minutes of the game," said Eustis-Farnam girls coach Brad Dunlap.

"Axmann took the game over late and compound that with our foul trouble, and we had no answer to Pleasanton's run. Kallie Craig and Jacey Schultheiss did a good job on the boards against a much bigger lineup.

"Katie Fagot worked hard all night against a defense focused on stopping her. Hopefully my young kids grew up a bit tonight."

Pleasanton: Bauer 3, Shoemaker 9, Pruel 4, Axmann 22, Vest 4.

E-F: Fagot 11, Craig 2, Keller 4, Banzhaf 3, Schultheiss 6, Nielson 4.

Maywood girls 30,

Stapleton 26

STAPLETON -- The Maywood Tiger girls held off Stapleton 30-26 Saturday.

Kadee Arensdorf led the Tigers with 9 points.

Makayla Gardner added 6.

Maywood: Arensdorf 9, Gardner 6, B. Koester 4. S. Koester 4, Nogaard 3, Fischer 2, Owens 2.

Wauneta-Palisade

girls 56,

Hitchcock County 27

WAUNETA -- The Wauneta-Palisade girls basketball team rolled past Hitchcock County 56-27 at home Saturday.

Blair Dixon led the host Broncos with 21 points. Tia Simpson added 17.

Ashley Garner led the Falcons with 8 points, Jaci Wright added 7 and Laramey Lewis 6.

Wauneta-Palisade 15 11 11 19 -- 56

Hitchcock County 12 4 9 2 -- 27

Wauneta-Palisade: Tia Simpson 17, Bethany Riener 8, Rebecca Strand 2, Sheila Riener 2, Blair Dixon 21, Shelby Hamilton 6.

Hitchcock County: Jaci Wright 7, Tiffany Randal 2, Laramey Lewis 6, Ashley Garner 8, Amanda Leggott 2, Kristen Craw 2.

Wauneta-Palisade

girls 46,

Southwest 28

SOUTHWEST -- The Wauneta-Palisade girls dropped Southwest 46-28 Saturday.

Tori Adams scored 12 points for the Broncos.

Abby Houghtelling led the Roughriders with 9 points and 7 rebounds.

Wauneta-Palisade 11 16 14 5 -- 46

Southwest 10 3 9 6 -- 28

W-P: Adams 12, Dixon 10, Flaig 9, Simpson 8.

Southwest: Houghtelling 9, Conway 6, Malleck 5, McConville 4, Ruggles 2.