Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Howells-Dodge Boys 2-1 in last three games; Girls 1-1 in last two













The Howells-Dodge Boys Basketball Team lost 47-45 at home to Logan View/Scribner-Snyder Thursday night before winning 78-43 at home over Clarkson/Leigh on Saturday in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament, and 43-35 over Wisner-Pilger in the EHC Tournament Quarterfinals at North Bend Central Tuesday night.

The Raiders led the Jaguars 11-6 at the end of one. Both teams scored 14 points in the 2nd quarter, and the halftime score was 25-20 in favor of LVSS.

Howells-Dodge outscored the Raiders 17-11 in the 3rd quarter to pull in front 37-36 at the end of three.

Logan View/Scribner-Snyder won the 4th quarter 11-8.

The Jaguars jumped out to a 22-8 lead at the end of one before outscoring the Patriots 28-15 in the 2nd quarter to take a 50-23 lead into the locker room.

Howells-Dodge outscored Clarkson/Leigh 20-8 in the 3rd quarter to go up 70-31 at the end of three.

The Patriots won the 4th quarter 12-8.

Wisner-Pilger went up 16-9 on Howells-Dodge at the end of one before the Jaguars won the 2nd quarter 11-5 to make it a 21-20 game at halftime in favor of the Gators.

Howells-Dodge outscored Wisner-Pilger 11-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 31-25 at the end of three.

The Jaguars won the 4th quarter 12-10.

Tough loss for Howells-Dodge against Logan View/Scribner-Snyder, but a great response Saturday and Tuesday.

The Jaguars (14-5) take on North Bend Central (16-1) in the Semifinals in North Bend Friday night.

The Tigers won 74-56 at home over Oakland-Craig in the Quarterfinals Tuesday night.

Howells-Dodge definitely has their work cut out for them in this one, but an upset can certainly happen.

North Bend Central has to be considered the the top favorite to win this Tournament, but who's to say the Jaguars can't go in there and spoil the party?

Howells-Dodge beat BRLD by 10 in December so they certainly know what it's like and what it takes to knock off a top team.

The difference in that game though was the game was at home while this one is on the road.

That and the stakes are much higher in this game, and the Tigers haven't lost since December 15th against Seward.

The rest of the regular season is going to be really tough for the Jaguars so we'll find out exactly what they are made of at the end of the season.

Howells-Dodge has been great and consistent for the most part this year, especially in the second half of the season, and I look for that continue prior to the start of Sub-District play.

The Jaguars have to be ready to go in and compete against and can't back down from North Bend Central at all.

Howells-Dodge has to give the Tigers their best shot and all they can handle and then some.

The Jaguars have to be ready to get physical and contest shots from the outside.

Howells-Dodge has to be tough minded offensively and defensively.

The Jaguars have to let er rip whenever they see a chance to do something good such as make a shot or get a steal.

With that said, Howells-Dodge has to know time and situation as well and has to play under control at all times.

The game will be the second game of night on the Bull, and will follow the BRLD/Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family game at 6:00 p.m.













The Howells-Dodge Girls knocked off Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 55-31 at home Thursday night before falling 56-40 to North Bend Central in North Bend in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament Friday night.

The Jaguars jumped on the Raiders 19-2 at the end of one before outscoring Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 13-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 32-9 lead into the locker room.

Howells-Dodge won the 3rd quarter 16-15 to extend their lead to 48-24 at the end of three.

Both teams scored 7 points in the 4th quarter.

Erin Prusa had 20 points and 7 rebounds while Jessi Brester recorded 12 points and 13 rebounds, good enough for a double-double.

The Tigers went up 16-12 after one before outscoring the Jaguars 19-11 in the 2nd quarter to take a 35-23 lead into the locker room.

North Bend Central won the 3rd quarter 10-6 to go up 45-29 at the end of three.

Both teams scored 11 points in the 4th quarter.

Prusa led the way with 13 points.

Howells-Dodge (8-11) takes on Pender (11-8) on the road in a Tournament Consolation Game on Thursday.

The Pendragons lost 57-54 to Twin River at North Bend Central in the first round of the Tournament Friday night.

Pender beat the Jaguars 58-41 at home last Saturday.

Howells-Dodge is going to need to play real well to win this one I feel.

The Pendragons will no doubt be ready to play a great game after a tough loss to the Titans.

With that said, I don't think the Jaguars played as good a game against Pender as they could of.

I feel Howells-Dodge can and should play much better in this one.

Whether that yields the Jaguars a win remains to be seen, but I feel Howells-Dodge will play better this time around.

Prusa and Brester have to play big on both ends of the floor the way they did against the Raiders.

The Jaguars need other girls to step up and play well also.

I feel Howells-Dodge is a better team than what their record indicates it's just a matter of getting some more girls going.

Of course the Jaguars have been without Grace Dvorak and Tonya Brester all season, and that has really hurt them.

If Howells-Dodge is able to get one or both of them back it could make a huge difference, but I'm not sure if the Jaguars will get either player back this season.

Both teams have had ample time to prepare for one another so it should be a good, competitive close game.

It's never easy to beat the same team twice in the same season, and Howells-Dodge has to come out and prove that theory correct.

This is the second to last regular season game for the Jaguars with North Bend Central coming up next Thursday to round out the regular season so Howells-Dodge has to make this one really count.

The game is the first game of the day/night at Pender.

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