Patriot Boys Battle Hard in EHC Tourney
The Patriot boys’ basketball team hit the road for the East Husker Conference basketball tournament on January 31st to play the Madison Dragons at Wakefield. The boys entered the tournament as the 9th seed and the Dragons the 8th seed out of 14 total teams.
After defeating the Dragons in a 64-38 blowout, they then traveled to Howells to play the #1 seed Howells-Dodge Jaguars on February 2nd.
After an intense game, the boys ended up losing in a 45-68 loss. The boys played their last game of the conference tournament in Bancroft against the Wakefield Trojans. After a tough match, the Trojans defeated the Patriots in a 35-58 battle.
Here is what senior star Kyle McMullin had to say about the conference tournament as a whole:
“The conference tournament was full of ups and downs. We started out playing our best game of the season against Madison. We came into this game wanting to get revenge from losing to them earlier in the year. We played very good team basketball, which resulted in a big win. Then we struggled against two very good teams in Howells-Dodge and Wakefield. These were two quality teams and we just couldn't find a rhythm.”
In the game against Madison, Senior Tucker Matthies led in points with 16. In the game against Howells-Dodge, Kyle McMullin led the team with 23 points.
The East Husker Conference Tournament competition is hard, and the community is always proud of the boys’ effort they are constantly putting in to get better each game.
Clarkson-Leigh vs. Madison
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
C-L: 15 15 18 16 64
MADISON: 9 12 10 7 38
(points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks)
Kyle McMullin: 11, 5, 6, 0, 1; Quentin Mullenhoff: 5, 2, 0, 1, 0; Easton Brabec: 7, 11, 5, 2, 1; Cash Fehringer: 7, 3, 1, 0, 0; Blake Loseke: 9, 7, 1, 1, 0; Tucker Matthies: 16, 9, 3, 2, 0; Luke Eisenmann: 5, 2, 0, 2, 0; Jeryn Struebing: 0, 1, 0, 0, 0; Trevor Hoffman; 2, 0, 0, 0, 0; Cody Jedlicka; 2, 1, 0, 0, 0;
Clarkson-Leigh vs. Howells-Dodge
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
C-L: 12 4 13 16 45
H-D: 16 11 27 14 68
(points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks)
Kyle McMullin: 23, 7, 1, 1, 2; Quentin Mullenhoff: 2, 2, 0, 0, 0; Easton Brabec: 6, 3, 1, 3, 0; Cash Fehringer: 3, 2, 2, 1, 0; Blake Loseke: 0, 2, 0, 0, 0; Tucker Matthies: 8, 7, 0, 1, 0; Luke Eisenmann: 0, 1, 0, 1, 0; Trevor Hoffman; 3, 0, 0, 1, 0; Cody Jedlicka; 3, 0, 0, 0, 0; Ben Rodenburg; 0, 1, 0, 0, 0; Jace Prinz; 0, 0, 1, 0, 0
Clarkson-Leigh vs. Wakefield
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
C-L: 15 0 8 12 35
WAK: 15 18 11 14 58
(points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks)
Kyle McMullin: 9, 6, 1, 3, 2; Quentin Mullenhoff: 2, 0, 0, 1, 0; Easton Brabec: 6, 3, 1, 3, 0; Cash Fehringer: 0, 3, 1, 0, 0; Blake Loseke: 0, 1, 2, 0, 0; Tucker Matthies: 8, 6, 3, 1, 1; Luke Eisenmann: 2, 2, 2, 0, 0; Trevor Hoffman; 0, 2, 0, 0, 0; Cody Jedlicka; 5, 2, 0, 1, 1; Ben Rodenburg; 0, 1, 0, 0, 0; Jace Prinz; 0, 2, 0, 0, 0