West Point Beemer's boys basketball team defeated Tekamah Herman 66 to 27 last Monday night in sub district basketball before losing 51-39 to Fort Calhoun in the C1-6 Sub District at Oakland-Craig Tuesday night.
The Cadets led the Tigers 27-7 at the end of one. West Point-Beemer won the second quarter 15-9 to lead 42-16 at halftime.
The Cadets outscored Tekamah-Herman 19-7 in the third quarter to go up 61-23 at the end of three.
West Point-Beemer notched 5 fourth quarter points compared to 4 for the Tigers.
Chase Streeter had a team-high 13 points while Austin Streeter and Blake Anderson notched 9 apiece. Adam Niewohner totaled 8 while Blake Schroedter totaled 7.
Head Coach Cody Bobolz says it was good to see his team return to form. "We ended the season kind of on a sour note. We lost a couple. Schedule didn't workout. We had a week off there, but credit to our guys. I thought we kind of got back to some fundamentals in that week off, and I think it really showed. And credit to our guys coming out and being sharp from the get go. And we felt like this was a game we had to jump on them early and keep it going, and our guys did that so that was a great way to start, and we kind of kept it all the way through so that was very good."
Bobolz saw 11 of his boys score. "We got a lot of contribtions, we got some of those young kids in there. Can't hurt to get some postseason experience for some of those guys, and that was great to see."
The Cadets led the Pioneers 9-6 at the end of the first quarter. Fort Calhoun won the second quarter 10-9 to make it an 18-16 game at halftime.
The Pioneers erupted in the third quarter, outscoring West Point-Beemer 19-6 to go up 35-24 at the end of three.
Fort Calhoun registered 16 fourth quarter points compared to 15 for the Cadets.
Chase Streeter had a team-high 10 points. Tate Toelle added 8 in his final game for the Cadets.
West Point-Beemer gave the Pioneers a run for their money, but ultimately couldn't get the job done.
The Cadets round out the year 9-16.
West Point-Beemer had a tough start and end to the season. The Cadets' best stretch was in early to mid-January when West Point-Beemer won four in a row and five out of six.
The Cadets only lost one game by more than 15 points this year, and had some of those close early season games gone their way, it could have been a different season for West Point-Beemer.
The Cadets picked up good wins over Wisner-Pilger (Twice), Bancroft-Rosalie, and Louisville.
West Point-Beemer lost 8 games by 7 points or less so perhaps next year the Cadets will win some of their close battles.
West Point-Beemer loses five seniors in Toelle, Niewohner, Ben Jahnke, Schroedter, and Jonah Hughes.
These seniors' contributions meant a lot to this program over the four years they were there, and without each and every one of these seniors' efforts, this team would not have been as good as they were.
The Cadets have to be encouraged by who they return. West Point-Beemer brings back Cole Hughes, Ben VanderGriend, Austin and Chase Streeter, Gavin Case, Blake Anderson, and others.
I think the future of West Point-Beemer Boys Basketball is bright, and I think next year has a chance to be much better than this year as long as players grow, improve, and mature in the offseason.
These kids need to get in the weightroom and play the game as much as possible to be great. It takes a lot of dedication and sacrifice to be successful in sports, and these athletes need to do what they can to grow as players and young men.
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