The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Boys Basketball Team lost 64-29 at Ponca on Saturday before falling 51-45 at home to Oakland-Craig Tuesday night.
The Indians went up 28-2 after one, and outscored the Bluejays 15-10 in the 2nd quarter to take a 43-12 lead into the locker room.
Ponca doubled up GACC 18-9 in the 3rd quarter to extend their lead to 61-21 at the end of three.
The Bluejays won the 4th quarter 8-3.
Brendan Rief had 8 points while Jared Minnick totaled 7.
GACC went up 19-11 on the Knights after one before Oakland-Craig won the 2nd quarter 9-5 to make it a 24-20 game in favor of GACC heading into the locker room.
The Knights outscored the Bluejays 18-10 in the 3rd quarter to go up 38-34 at the end of three.
Oakland-Craig won the 4th quarter 13-11.
Minnick had 18 points and 10 rebounds, good enough for a double-double. Ben Ulrich had 11 points while Casey Doernemann notched 9.
Another close loss for GACC Tuesday night. The Bluejays are still learning how to win games.
GACC (1-6) travels to David City to take on Aquinas (1-4) Friday night.
The Monarchs lost 39-24 at home to Lincoln Lutheran on Saturday.
Aquinas has played some good, quality, and tough teams so far.
The Bluejays definitely have their work cut out for them in this one despite the teams having nearly the same record.
GACC has to learn how to finish and close out ball games.
The Bluejays have played a tough schedule and have a lot of close losses this year, but I feel this will only make GACC stronger down the line.
The Bluejays are going through their growing pains now, and I think that will only make them stronger towards the end of the season.
GACC has to go into David City expecting to win though.
The Bluejays have enough moral victories to last the whole season.
GACC needs another actual win to gain some momentum heading into the Holiday Tournament.
The Bluejays take on BRLD at 3:45 p.m. at Howells-Dodge next Friday, and that figures to be a very difficult matchup.
GACC needs to play well on Friday to give themselves a confidence boost heading into the game with the Wolverines.
The Bluejays have to find a way to get over the hump against the Monarchs, and get back on the winning track.
GACC has to be frustrated with all these close losses, and it's about time the Bluejays break out.
GACC has to go to Aquinas and put things all together for four quarters.
The Bluejays have to play unconscious like and be so in tune to the game that they're not even worried about time and score or anything like that.
GACC has to know situations on the clock and things of that nature, but just play the game worry and mistake free.
The execution has to be flawless for the Bluejays.
The GACC Girls won 58-55 at Norfolk Catholic on Saturday and defeated Wayne by the same score at home Monday night.
The Bluejays led the Knights 12-11 after one before Norfolk Catholic doubled up GACC 20-10 in the 2nd quarter to take a 31-22 lead into the locker room.
The Bluejays won the 3rd quarter 12-11 to make it a 42-34 game at the end of three.
GACC outscored the Knights 24-13 in the 4th quarter.
Brenna Rief led the way with 16 points while Sophia Hass notched 14 points and 7 rebounds. Marissa Hunke added 13 points while Maddie Bracht had 8 rebounds.
The Bluejays led the Blue Devils 15-5 after one before Wayne outscored GACC 22-16 in the 2nd quarter to make it a 31-27 game at halftime in favor of the Bluejays.
Wayne won the 3rd quarter 15-13 to make it a 44-42 game at the end of three in favor of GACC.
The Bluejays won the 4th quarter 14-13.
Hass had 18 points and 12 rebounds, good enough for a double-double. Greta Vering chipped in 13 points while Angela Jansen recorded 7 points and 7 rebounds.
Good wins for GACC as I thought the Bluejays did a great job battling back against the Knights and showed a lot of resiliency against the Blue Devils.
The Bluejays (8-1) take on David City Aquinas (3-2) on the road Friday night.
The Monarchs won 58-36 at home over Lincoln Lutheran on Saturday.
Aquinas is a solid team who has dominated in their wins and lost a couple of close games to good teams.
The Monarchs can't be taken lightly or for granted that's for sure.
GACC has to come out and play a great game from the start.
The Bluejays have to play the way they did against Wayne in the first quarter and at the end of the game against Norfolk Catholic.
I fully expect the Bluejays to come out and take care of business, but anything can happen.
GACC and Howells-Dodge meet in the first game of the Holiday Tournament at Howells-Dodge next Friday at 5:30 p.m., and I totally expect the Bluejays to have a fine and magnificent showing in that tournament also.
First things first though, GACC has to take care of business against Aquinas.
After the Aquinas game, the Girls should enjoy their time off and then be ready to get back after things following the five-day moratorium.
The Bluejays are having a mighty fine season, and should be very proud of what they've accomplished so far, but realize that the work is not done yet.
GACC has a lot of work left to do, but they are making very good progress so far.
The Bluejays are playing championship basketball and finding ways to win close games, both signs of a great team.
GACC has exceeded expectations in many ways so far this year I feel.
The thought was the Bluejays would struggle on offense, but that hasn't really been the case this year.
GACC is a great team and appears they will be right there when it comes to playing for and winning championships.
The Bluejays have to go into David City and leave town with a victory.
The ride home will be much more jolly if GACC wins than if they lose.
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