The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Boys Basketball team defeated Oakland-Craig 62-36 in the C2-3 Sub District at Pender Tuesday night.
GACC led Oakland-Craig 14-4 after one. The Bluejays outscored the Knights 19-10 in the second quarter to go up 33-14 at halftime.
GACC won the third quarter 17-14 to lead 50-28 at the end of three.
The Bluejays notched 12 fourth quarter points compared to 8 for Oakland-Craig.
GACC limited Winnebago junior Dave Wingett, who averages about 30 points, to just 13 Thursday night, but they couldn't stop junior Drake Gorrin, who scored 24 in Winnebago's 67 to 58 win over the Bluejays.
The Indians led the Bluejays 10-9 after one. GACC won the second quarter 23-21 to go up 32-31 at halftime.
Winnebago doubled up the Bluejays 18-9 in the third quarter to lead 49-41 at the end of three.
The Indians outscored GACC 18-17 in the fourth quarter.
Tanner Ortmeier had a team-high 17 points in his final game for the Bluejays. Kobe Slaughter notched 14 while Brandon Hass, Noah Kreikemeier, and Tanner Hass totaled 10, 9, and 8, respectively.
Head coach Brad Slaughter on the loss. "A great group of seniors that I've had this year. They work, they bring energy, and they leave it out there. I'm proud of the seniors. I have a lot of great help from my coaches. They help me a lot."
The Bluejays end the year at 16-9.
Slaughter says it's tough to say goodbye to the seniors, but he's also looking forward to next season. "Oh I got some nice kids coming back. We got a good junior class. We got some kids below that that have potential with the sophomores and even the freshmen. So it's a matter of just doing little things to get ourselves better."
GACC loses Tanner Hass, Ortmeier, Brandon Hass, Noah Kreikemeier, and Colin Wooldrik.
These five seniors will really be missed I'm sure, but the Bluejays have to be excited about next year given who they return.
Nolan Plagge, Kobe Benne, Kobe Slaughter, Andrew Guenther, Landon Stalp, Sam Ulrich, Mitch Haas, Cole Kreikemeier, and Sheldon Disher all return.
GACC picked up some big wins this season, including wins over Lutheran High Northeast, Bancroft-Rosalie, David City Aquinas, Battle Creek, Boone Central/Newman Grove, Hartington Cedar Catholic, and Kearney Catholic.
There is a lot to be proud of if you are the Bluejays this season. A loss to Winnebago isn't the worst way to end the season.
I am willing to bet the Bluejays could have made the state tournament had they not had to go through Winnebago.
GACC gave the Indians all they could handle, and certainly proved how tough of a team they were this season.
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