The North Bend Central Boys won the David City Holiday Tournament last week, defeating David City Aquinas 57-49 last Tuesday before knocking off Elgin Public/Pope John 52-47 last Wednesday.
The Tigers defeated Raymond Central 69-41 at home on Saturday, and won 64-50 at Clarkson/Leigh Tuesday night.
The Monarchs led 14-13 after one. North Bend Central outscored David City Aquinas 13-8 in the second quarter to take a 26-22 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers won the third quarter 16-13 to go up 42-35 at the end of three.
North Bend Central notched 15 fourth quarter points compared to 14 for the Monarchs.
The Tigers took a 7-6 lead on the Wolfpack at the end of one. North Bend Central outscored Elgin Public/Pope John 18-10 in the second quarter to take a 25-16 lead into the locker room.
The Wolfpack doubled up the Tigers 18-9 in the third quarter to tie the game at 34 at the end of three.
North Bend Central notched 18 fourth quarter points compared to 13 for Elgin Public/Pope John.
The Tigers led the Mustangs 23-13 after one. North Bend Central outscored Raymond Central 23-11 in the second quarter to go up 46-24 at halftime.
The Tigers won the third quarter 7-6 to make it a 53-30 game at the end of three.
North Bend Central notched 16 fourth quarter points, limiting the Mustangs to 11.
Jake Wieftfeld led the way with 26 points. Jake Cleveringa added 15 while Tanner Wietfeld and Dylan Emanuel totaled 9 and 7, respectively.
The Tigers held an 8-3 lead on the Patriots at the end of one. North Bend Central won the second quarter 18-16 to take a 26-19 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers outscored Clarkson/Leigh 19-11 in the third quarter to go up 45-30 at the end of three.
The Patriots notched 20 fourth quarter points compared to 19 for North Bend Central.
The Tigers have continued to play great basketball. The opponent hasn't mattered, North Bend Central is taking care of business, and it's impressive.
The Tigers (9-1) host Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (4-5) Friday night.
The Raiders lost 47-33 at home to Pierce on Saturday, but have been a tough team this season.
Despite the differences in record, I don't expect this to be an easy game for North Bend Central.
I think the Tigers will win, but Logan View/Scribner-Snyder should have their attention, if they don't already.
North Bend Central has to watch out for Ben Moxness, Darnell Sims, and Jacob Polk. Conner Gralheer is another player the Tigers must keep their eyes on.
The biggest thing for North Bend Central is to keep doing what they've been doing, and not linger away from what has gotten them to where they are.
The Tigers have to continue to play hard nosed, tough defense, and keep scoring the ball the way they have.
It has been a really good season so far for North Bend Central, but the Tigers have to continue to find ways to keep the magic going.
Nothing can stop North Bend Central now. The Tigers have a favorable schedule the rest of the way so North Bend Central should be able to run the table until the East Husker Conference Tournament.
With that said, the Tigers have to keep taking things one game at a time, but as long as they do that, they should keep finding success.
North Bend Central has to keep gaining momentum and continue to build for the postseason.
The North Bend Central Girls went 1-1 at the David City Holiday Tournament last week, beating David City Aquinas 57-59 last Tuesday before falling to Elgin Public/Pope John 50-38 last Wednesday.
The Tigers defeated Raymond Central 47-30 at home on Saturday before knocking off Clarkson/Leigh 37-28 on the road Tuesday night.
North Bend Central and the Monarchs were tied at 7 at the end of one. The Tigers outscored David City Aquinas 21-15 in the second quarter to take a 28-22 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central doubled up the Monarchs 16-8 in the third quarter to go up 44-30 at the end of three.
David City Aquinas put up 19 fourth quarter points compared to 13 for the Tigers.
North Bend Central led the Wolfpack 12-9 at the end of one. Elgin Public/Pope John won the second quarter 12-5 to take a 21-17 lead into the locker room.
The Wolfpack outscored the Tigers 16-14 in the third quarter to make it a 37-31 game at the end of three.
Elgin Public/Pope John notched 13 fourth quarter points and held North Bend Central to 7.
The Mustangs led the Tigers 9-8 at the end of the first quarter. North Bend Central won the second quarter 12-11 to tie the game at 20 at halftime.
The Tigers outscored Raymond Central 7-4 in the third quarter to lead 27-24 at the end of three.
North Bend Central amassed 20 fourth quarter points and held the Mustangs to 6.
The Tigers led the Patriots 4-3 at the end of one. Clarkson/Leigh won the second quarter 13-9 to go up 16-13 at halftime.
North Bend Central outscored the Patriots 13-9 in the third quarter to lead 26-25 at the end of three.
The Tigers put up 11 points in the fourth quarter, and held Clarkson/Leigh to 3.
It wasn't the prettiest game for North Bend Central, but the bottomline is the Tigers found a way to win.
North Bend Central (8-2) hosts Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (1-8) Friday night.
The Raiders lost 49-23 at Archbishop Bergan Tuesday night.
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder has given teams tussles for a half or three quarters of the game, they just haven't been able to put together a complete game.
I look at the Raiders the same way I do Clarkson/Leigh. A team capable of putting things together and competing with anyone on any given night.
The Patriots showed that teams can compete and hang with this Tigers' ball club.
Now, I believe North Bend Central will win, but the Tigers can't keep waiting until the second half or the fourth quarter to turn things on.
Like Logan View/Scribner-Snyder, North Bend Central needs to play a complete, four quarter game.
It's a battle between two teams who really need to play well in order to pick up a win.
The Tigers may be able to pick up a win by playing the way they did against Raymond Central and Clarkson/Leigh, but eventually it's going to catch up to them.
North Bend Central is going to need to play a complete game at some point if they want to be a real legit contender in conference and sub districts.
The Tigers could start some good habits by playing four good quarters of basketball Friday night.
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