The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Boys Basketball Team lost 62-33 at Lutheran High Northeast Friday night in the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic before downing Emerson-Hubbard 56-39 on the road Saturday.
The Eagles led 19-4 at the end of one before winning the 2nd quarter 10-6 to take a 29-10 lead into the locker room.
LHNE outscored GACC 16-10 in the 3rd quarter to go up 45-20 at the end of three.
The Eagles put up 17 points in the 4th quarter compared to 13 for the Bluejays.
The opener was rough for GACC, but I thought the Bluejays did a nice job bouncing back and beating the Pirates the way they did.
GACC (1-1) battles Columbus Scotus (0-1) on the road Tuesday night.
The Shamrocks lost 53-40 at Hastings St. Cecilia Thursday night.
A lot of people expect Scotus to rebuild this year, but based on that first game, it appears the Shamrocks aren't too bad of a team.
The Bluehawks are a perennial power, and to only lose to them by 13 considering it was the first game and who all Scotus lost from last year, that's not too bad.
With that said, I definitely think GACC can compete.
Neither team is probably as strong as they were last year, but I look for the Bluejays to give the Shamrocks their best shot.
It appears GACC's offense and defense was much stronger on Saturday than Friday.
With that said, the Bluejays are going to need to play their best game of the year to come out on top on Tuesday.
I don't know if GACC can beat Scotus if they play the way they did against LHNE.
The Bluejays need to play the way they did Saturday and then some in order to give the Shamrocks all they can handle and win.
I feel GACC will go in there and play a good game and leave with their heads held high.
I think this is a game where the Bluejays can come away knowing they improved from Week 1 to the third game of the season, and can use the game as a springboard to greater things this year.
GACC has tough games with Wynot and Crofton later this week so this one is big for the Bluejays' confidence heading into the rest of the week, in my opinion.
GACC has to be ready to play, and has to get off to a fast start and finish strong as well.
The Bluejays need to keep things close throughout, and outscore Scotus in at least a couple of quarters to have a realistic shot, in my opinion.
One bad quarter could ultimately cost GACC I think.
The Bluejays are working to get better, and are still a young team, and I think this team will do some nice things and make some strides Tuesday night, win or lose.
The game can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Girls Basketball Team downed Emerson-Hubbard 64-23 at home Thursday night before downing Lutheran High Northeast 66-45 on Saturday.
The Bluejays led the Pirates 19-11 at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 15-10 to lead 34-21 at halftime.
GACC outscored Emerson-Hubbard 15-2 in the 3rd quarter to take a 49-23 lead at the end of three.
The Bluejays blanked the Pirates 15-0 in the 4th quarter.
Marissa Hunke had a game-high 20 points while Lexis Haase had 17 points and 11 rebounds, good enough for a double-double. Brandi Doernemann added 9 points.
GACC led the Eagles 15-12 after one. The Bluejays outscored LHNE 19-8 in the 2nd quarter to go up 34-20 at halftime.
GACC won the 3rd quarter 17-8 to make it a 51-28 game after three.
The Eagles notched 17 points in the 4th quarter compared to 15 for the Bluejays.
GACC is off to a picture perfect start. The Bluejays haven't missed a beat from last season so far.
GACC (2-0) takes on Columbus Scotus (0-1) on the road Tuesday night.
The Shamrocks lost 43-42 at Hastings St. Cecilia Thursday night.
I think this is going to be a great game, and feel the Bluejays can definitely win and steal one on the road from Scotus.
GACC just has to play the way they did last week, and they should be just fine.
I think this young team will learn a lot about themselves Tuesday night.
The Shamrocks are by the far the strongest team the Bluejays have seen up to this point.
The rest of the week is tough with Wynot on the road Thursday, and Crofton at home on Saturday, so it's important for GACC to get this one I would say.
We will find out just how good and how for real the Bluejays are after this week.
I think GACC is still a great and very strong team, but the Bluejays will be tested big time this week.
If GACC can come out of this week 2-1 or better that will be a very good sign for the Bluejays, in my opinion.
1-2 or 0-3 would have to be considered disappointing given GACC's standards I would say.
Winning this week won't come easy though. All three opponents are great, and it's going to take 3 outstanding performances from the Bluejays to win each game.
All GACC should be focused on right now though is Columbus Scotus.
The Bluejays shouldn't be worried about Wynot and Crofton at the moment.
The first and only order of business at the moment is beating the Shamrocks.
I look for GACC's offense to be the difference in this one. I don't think Scotus has a particularly strong offense, and feel the Bluejays will have enough offense to win. I think both teams are fairly even defensively.
This would be a huge win for GACC with the Shamrocks being a C-1 school.
Being in D-1, the Bluejays will earn extra power points win or lose.
A loss isn't the end of the world, but GACC really wants this one, you can bet on that.
Catch the game on 107.9 the Bull at 6:00 p.m.
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