The Howells-Dodge Boys saw their season come to an end last week as the Jaguars fell 49-42 to High Plains Community in the D1-4 Sub District at David City Aquinas Thursday night after beating Osceola 59-53 Tuesday night.
Howells-Dodge led the Bulldogs 16-4 after one. Osceola won the second quarter 15-14 to make it a 30-19 game at halftime.
The Jaguars outscored the Bulldogs 15-9 in the third quarter to lead 45-28 at the end of three.
Osceola put up 25 fourth quarter points compared to 14 for Howells-Dodge.
Connor Blum led the way with 17 points. Nolan Lund added 13 while Tyler Polacek totaled 12 points and 7 rebounds. Mitchell Prusa notched 11 points.
Head Coach Cole Fischer was happy with his team's performance. "I thought we played one of our better games of the year. Give Osceola credit they hit some big shots in the 4th quarter to get back in the game."
The Storm led the Jaguars 12-10 at the end of one. Howells-Dodge won the second quarter 11-4 to lead 21-16 at halftime.
High Plains outscored the Jaguars 21-8 in the third quarter to go up 37-29 at the end of three.
Howells-Dodge put up 13 fourth quarter points compared to 12 for the Storm.
Polacek finished with 14 points and 8 rebounds while Blum had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Prusa registered 7 rebounds.
Fischer says his team made a good postseason run. "The boys played their hearts out these last 2 games. We came up a little short but they have to be proud of what they accomplished. I would like to thank the seniors for a great 4 years and wish them well in future. And thank you to the parents and fans of HD for all the support during the season."
The Jaguars end the season with a 9-16 record.
Howells-Dodge picked up a lot of quality wins this year, including victories over Oakland-Craig, West Point-Beemer, Wisner-Pilger, and Archbishop Bergan, just to name a few.
All but one of the Jaguars' wins were against C-2 or C-1 competition.
Howells-Dodge was definitely a better team than their final record.
Had the Jaguars played more D-1 and D-2 teams I bet they would of won anywhere from 15-20 games.
Howells-Dodge says goodbye to Polacek, Luke Renter, Prusa, Tyler Brichacek, Darren Hegemann and Lund.
These six players meant a lot to the Jaguars this year and throughout their careers, and Howells-Dodge would have been nowhere near as good as they were without them.
Blum, Josh Brester, Zach Bayer, Dax VanLengen, and others return for the Jaguars next season.
These are the four players Howells-Dodge will need to build around next season. They are the future for the Jaguars.
Howells-Dodge has a lot of work to do before November if they want to have success next season.
Player development is critical as is growth and maturity.
These players have to take their game to the next level this offseason, and work their tails off to become champions.
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