The West Point-Beemer Boys Basketball Team defeated Fremont Bergan 46-36 at home Friday night to end the regular season before falling 49-42 to Arlington in the C1-4 Sub-District Semifinals at Oakland-Craig Tuesday night.
The Knights led the Cadets 15-11 after one before West Point-Beemer outscored Bergan 11-2 in the 3rd quarter to take a 22-17 lead into the locker room.
The Cadets won the 3rd quarter 13-11 to go up 35-28 at the end of three.
West Point-Beemer outscored the Knights 11-8 in the 4th quarter.
Tate Ernesti had a team-high 13 points while Blake Anderson notched 8. Austin and Chase Streeter each had 7 rebounds.
The Eagles built a 29-10 lead and held off a 4th quarter rally attempt by the Cadets.
Arlington jumped out to a 10-3 lead at the end of one and both teams scored 5 points in the 2nd quarter to make the score 15-8 at halftime in favor of the Eagles.
Arlington outscored West Point-Beemer 14-2 in the 3rd quarter to build their 29-10 lead.
The Cadets outscored the Eagles 32-20 in the 4th quarter.
Anderson led West Point-Beemer with 18 points while Hunter Pilakowski notched 8.
Tough way for the Cadets to go out.
West Point-Beemer ends the season at 15-10.
The Cadets had an up and down season with some good wins and not so good losses.
Big wins came over Wisner-Pilger, Oakland-Craig, and Bergan.
Difficult losses include the game against Howells-Dodge, Pierce, and the Sub-District game against Arlington.
Losing to the Eagles had to really hurt West Point-Beemer. I thought the Cadets would do better in the postseason than they did.
Chase Streeter led the team in scoring with 11 points and 5 rebounds a game this season.
West Point-Beemer says goodbye to Chase and Austin Streeter, Gavin Case, Pilakowski, Cole Hughes, Greg Johnson, Garret Meyer, Ernesti, James Meiergerd, and Alex Gianella.
This was a very talented senior class, and they were so special and instrumental in the Cadets having the success they did over the past 4 years.
The story with Meiergerd is incredible, and it was fun talking to and broadcasting a game with Gianella, the foreign exchange student.
West Point-Beemer returns just Anderson and Ben Vander Griend.
Two solid players back for the Cadets, but this was the Cadets' year to do something.
It will be interesting to see who all steps up and emerges for West Point-Beemer next season.
There are a lot of question marks heading into next season you could say so it will be interesting to see what happens.
One thing is for sure though...the returning players and newcomers have to work hard and get after things this offseason.
The Cadets have to play a lot of basketball from now until November, and get ready to take on new roles as leaders and such.
West Point-Beemer will be breaking in a lot of new players so varsity experience could be at a premium heading into next season.
That's why it's important for the returning players and newcomers to grow and develop as much as possible.
The West Point-Beemer Girls Basketball Team defeated Arlington 51-38 in the C1-4 Sub-District Final at Oakland-Craig last Thursday night.
The Cadets tripled up the Eagles 21-7 in the 1st quarter, and won the 2nd quarter 9-5 to take a 30-12 lead into the locker room.
West Point-Beemer won the 3rd quarter 13-11 to go up 43-23 at the end of three.
Arlington outscored the Cadets 15-8 in the 4th quarter.
Brittney Hinkel totaled 14 points and 7 rebounds while Sidney Swanson and Katie Pilakowski totaled 10 each. Makenna Weddle added 8.
Head Coach Craig Theis thought it would be Arlington who they'd need to beat to make a District Final, and he was right.
West Point-Beemer (20-6) takes on Wahoo (22-3) in the C1-2 District Final at Fremont High Friday night in action that will be aired on 107.9 the Bull.
The Warriors knocked off Bishop Neumann 53-43 in the C1-3 Sub-District Final at Millard West last Thursday night.
Theis says Wahoo shoots the 3 ball well. "I know they're a great team. They like to shoot the 3 pointer. They like to get up in and get tight on defense. They like to run I guess I should say a little bit. So pretty similar to us except they can shoot the 3 ball really well. And they have some athleticism."
The Cadets are 15-2 in their last 17 games. Theis says more practice time has led to that. "We decided to pick up our practice about Christmas time, and just go two hours and get after it, cause we got a lot of depth. And so we wanted to make practices very competitive. And we've really liked the results of our practice. And these girls are just so hungry whether it's staying after and shooting until 6:30 or waking up early morning and shooting at 7:15. We finally got the results we wanted from that extra work and extra practice."
I think West Point-Beemer is going to need to hit some outside shots and play a very strong defensive game to come away with the win Friday night.
A lot of these girls were freshmen and sophomores when the Cadets played Neumann two years ago, and I think that experience is only going to help West Point-Beemer Friday night.
I think this is the Cadets' best chance to win out of the 3 District Finals they've made in the past 4 years.
Will the 3rd time be the charm for West Point-Beemer Friday night? I sure hope so.
The game should be a lot of fun and there should be a lot of excitement around the contest.
I look for the Cadets to play well, and really push and compete with the Warriors.
West Point-Beemer can definitely win, but it won't be easy.
Wahoo is a great team. However, if the Warriors aren't hitting from the outside then that could really benefit the Cadets.
West Point-Beemer has to defend the perimeter tightly, and play the post tough down low as well.
Wahoo has the height advantage over the smaller Cadets, but if West Point-Beemer can play harder and smarter they could very well be cutting down the nets to go to Lincoln.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on the Bull.
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