The Oakland-Craig Boys Basketball Team edged Omaha Nation 62-58 in the C2-3 Sub-District Semifinals at West Point-Beemer Tuesday night.
Garrett Seagren finished with 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists while Kobe Benne and Wyatt Seagren notched 16 and 7 points, respectively.
Close game, but the Knights found a way to win, and that's all that matters this time of year.
Oakland-Craig (16-9) battles BRLD (22-2) in the Sub-District Final Thursday night that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Wolverines defeated Wakefield 61-50 in the first semifinal Tuesday night.
BRLD beat the Knights 66-53 in Lyons on January 12th.
I look for this game to be close and tight.
Garrett Seagren has to ball out for Oakland-Craig in this game.
He needs to have a Herculean like performance for the Knights to have a shot in this one.
I fully expect Oakland-Craig to push and give the Wolverines all they can handle and want.
The season is on the line for the Knights, and I totally expect Oakland-Craig to come out and play a great game.
BRLD may have more overall talent and athleticism than the Knights, but I think Oakland-Craig has more experience and is more seasoned than the Wolverines you could say.
The Knights have to stop dribble penetration from BRLD to have a shot in this one I would say.
It should be a good cat and mouse game between the two coaches who happen to be brothers...Cory Meyer of BRLD and Aaron Meyer of Oakland-Craig.
I think both teams will pick and choose their spots to get out and run, but play a halfcourt game as well.
I look for the Knights to try and control tempo, and outsmart the Wolverines.
To me this game comes down to the stars of each team.
Garrett Seagren and Benne against the likes of Lucas Vogt, Darwin Snyder, and Kenyan Lovejoy.
I feel BRLD has more weapons than Oakland-Craig, but am not sure if anyone is as great and as valuable to their team as Garrett Seagren is to the Knights.
He is the key to this game for Oakland-Craig, in my opinion, and needs to go absolute bonkers for the Knights to be able to win this one I would say.
Thursday night's game is set to tip-off at 7:00 p.m. on the Bull.
The winner gets either Battle Creek or Lutheran High Northeast in a District Final on Monday.
The Oakland-Craig Girls Basketball Team lost 52-27 to BRLD in the C2-3 Sub-District Final at West Point-Beemer Thursday night.
The Wolverines went up 10-6 after one, and outscored the Knights 18-5 in the 2nd quarter to take a 28-11 lead into the locker room.
BRLD outscored Oakland-Craig 14-6 in the 3rd quarter to go up 42-17 at the end of three.
Both teams scored 10 points in the 4th quarter.
Makenna Pearson led the way with 11 points and 9 rebounds while Natalia McNeill recorded 7 points.
Hard to lose a game like this knowing what could of been with two healthy stars.
Oakland-Craig ends the season at 12-11.
The Knights were on a roll and doing great things until Kennedy Benne tore her ACL.
Oakland-Craig had just beat Stanton right before she went down.
Other big wins this season came over Malcolm and Omaha Nation (twice).
Everyone returns for the Knights next season though, and that is the great news.
I look for Oakland-Craig to be one of the best teams in C-2 and in Northeast Nebraska next season, hands down.
Assuming Benne and Dacey Nelson come back strong from injury, I really think the Knights have a shot to win state next year.
Oakland-Craig has to play lots of ball this offseason though.
Between Volleyball and Basketball and Track or whatever other sports these girls play, they have to get after it big time.
The Knights have to really think about how they want their year to go and what they want it to be like.
Oakland-Craig has to wake up everyday dreaming big and ready to tackle the day.
The Knights have to give an all out effort in everything they do this offseason, and really get after things.
Benne and Nelson have to try and get back to normal when they can start doing stuff again.
It's tough, but they can't think about getting hurt again or what could happen.
The duo has to really put this team on their shoulders next year, and get ready for a title run.
This team has the potential to be a great team next year, one that will be remembered in Oakland-Craig lore forever, so the Knights have to really take things seriously this offseason.
Oakland-Craig has to put the time in, and work as hard as possible on the court and in the weightroom.
The Knights have to get bigger, faster, and stronger to be an even better team with their full compliment of players next season.
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