The Emerson-Hubbard Boys lost 70-28 at home to Stanton to end the regular season last Friday night before losing 39-35 to Clarkson/Leigh Monday night in the D1-4 Sub-District Play-in-Game at Wisner-Pilger.
The Mustangs led the Pirates 16-1 after one and outscored Emerson-Hubbard 24-14 in the second quarter to take a 40-15 lead into the locker room.
Stanton won the third quarter 17-9 to go up 57-24 at the end of three.
The Mustangs outscored the Pirates 13-4 in the fourth quarter.
Joshua Sebade had 10 points and 12 rebounds, good enough for a double-double, while Spencer Burcham totaled 7 points.
The Pirates and Patriots were tied at 6 at the end of one. Emerson-Hubbard won the second quarter 13-10 to go up 19-16 at halftime.
The Pirates put up 9 points in the third quarter compared to 7 for Clarkson/Leigh to extend their lead to 28-23 at the end of three.
The Patriots outscored Emerson-Hubbard 16-7 in the fourth quarter.
Taylor Donner had a team-high 13 points.
It was a tough end to a difficult season for the Pirates I would say.
Emerson-Hubbard ends the 2016-2017 campaign at 2-21.
There weren't a lot of bright spots for the Pirates this year, but competing with Hartington-Newcastle, Winside, and Elgin Public/Pope John had to be encouraging I would say.
Donner led the team in scoring with 211 points while Sebade was second with 197.
Sebade was the team's leading rebounder with 153 boards while Jacob Kneifl had 116.
The Pirates lose just two seniors in Donner and Austin Carper.
Key returners include Kneifl, Burcham, Nolan Belt, Johnny Orr, Chandler Emmons, and Sebade.
Emerson-Hubbard was very young this year, and the type of season they had was understandable with a new coach and everything.
With that said, the Pirates will be more veteran laden next year and should be more competitive than they were this season.
The returning players and newcomers have to understand that it takes hard work, sacrifice, and dedication to be successful.
Everyone has to be committed to working hard and getting better, bigger, faster, and stronger in the weightroom and on the court.
Emerson-Hubbard has a lot of work to do this offseason if they want to be better in 2017-2018 so everyone has to get after things as soon as possible.
The more basketball the returning players and newcomers play, the better they are going to be.
There can't be any coaches organized practices or anything like that in the offseason, but the players have to take it upon themselves to work together, working on plays and offenses if at all possible.
The more continuity, togetherness, and cohesiveness these boys can have together, the better they will be next season.
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