The North Bend Central Boys Basketball Team ended the regular season strong Friday night with a 69-23 home win over Fort Calhoun before defeating Columbus Lakeview 57-51 in the C1-7 Sub-District Semifinals at Columbus High Tuesday night.
The Tigers went up 20-7 on the Pioneers at the end of one before outscoring Fort Calhoun 30-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 50-15 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central outscored the Pioneers 15-6 in the 3rd quarter to go up 65-21 at the end of three.
The Tigers doubled up Fort Calhoun 4-2 in the 4th quarter.
Tanner Wietfeld led North Bend Central with 23 points while John Emanuel scored 18. Jaxon Wietfeld and Austin Endorf registered 8 apiece.
The Vikings led 21-19 midway through the 2nd quarter and 25-24 at halftime.
The Tigers won the 3rd quarter 21-17 to lead 45-42 at the end of three.
North Bend Central won the 4th quarter 12-9.
Dominating performance from North Bend Central Friday night. The Tigers need another performance like that Thursday night.
North Bend Central (21-3) takes on David City Aquinas (14-9) in the Sub-District Final Thursday night.
The Monarchs knocked off Columbus Scotus 42-25 in the other semifinal Tuesday night.
Aquinas has lost to some good teams this year, and is a pretty respectable team, in my opinion.
It won't be easy for the Tigers to win, but there's no doubt they can do it.
I actually look for North Bend Central to win this one.
The path is pretty clear cut for the Tigers....win your sub-district final and district final and reach state, or lose one of those games and head home without a state berth.
There is no wildcard possibility for North Bend Central this year so the Tigers have to keep winning or their season is over.
North Bend Central has to be determined and focused Thursday night, and must take it to the Monarchs for 4 quarters.
The Tigers have to play better than they did against the Vikings Tuesday night.
North Bend Central was definitely challenged in that game, and must step up their game in order to knock off Aquinas.
The Monarchs are definitely battle tested and have played tough teams so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Aquinas has a couple of huge recent wins over Lutheran High Northeast and Centennial so the Monarchs have to be considered for real.
The Tigers have to get out and run, and hit 3's in their transition game.
Both teams like to get up and down the floor so it should be an interesting battle.
The winner gets Lincoln Christian or Milford in a District Final so it will be interesting to see what happens there.
I think best case scenario for North Bend Central is win and play the Eagles in a District Final.
The Tigers can definitely beat the Crusaders, in my opinion, but I would like North Bend Central's chances better against Milford than I would Lincoln Christian.
Thursday's game is scheduled to tip-off at 6:00 p.m.
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