The North Bend Central Boys Basketball Team knocked off Wisner-Pilger 76-54 at home Thursday night before winning 74-56 at home over Oakland-Craig in the East Husker Conference Tournament Quarterfinals Tuesday night.
The Gators led the Tigers 19-14 after one before North Bend Central outscored Wisner-Pilger 23-12 in the 2nd quarter to pull in front 37-31 at halftime.
The Tigers outscored the Gators 22-8 in the 3rd quarter to lead 59-39 at the end of three.
North Bend Central won the 4th quarter 17-15.
Jaxon Wietfeld led the way with 21 points while John Emanuel notched 18. Tanner Wietfeld added 16 while Breckin Peters totaled 7.
The Tigers tripled up Oakland-Craig 12-4 in the 1st quarter, and outscored the Knights 31-14 in the 2nd quarter to take a 43-18 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central won the 3rd quarter 17-14 to go up 60-32 at the end of three.
Oakland-Craig outscored the Tigers 24-14 in the 4th quarter.
Tanner Wietfeld led all scorers with 25 points while Jaxon Wietfeld and Emanuel were in double figures with 13 and 12, respectively. Austin Endorf chipped in 8.
Two very solid performances from North Bend Central.
The Tigers (16-1) take on Howells-Dodge (14-5) at home in the Semifinals Friday night in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Jaguars won 43-35 over Wisner-Pilger in the other Quarterfinal at North Bend Central Tuesday night.
Howells-Dodge is having a nice season, and knocked off BRLD at home earlier this season.
The Jaguars should definitely have North Bend Central's attention.
The Tigers figure to have a good shot to win this whole tournament, but it won't happen unless North Bend Central takes of business against Howells-Dodge first.
The Tigers can't be looking ahead to a potential matchup with BRLD or anything like that.
North Bend Central has to focus on playing great fundamental basketball against the Jaguars.
The Tigers have to come out and play their game, and get out in transition and run.
North Bend Central has to be sharp and on from the outside, and their inside game has to be solid also.
The Tigers have to turn in a great performance against Howells-Dodge, and do what they have pretty much all season.
North Bend Central hasn't lost since December 15th at Seward, and the run the Tigers are on is truly great.
North Bend Central has to keep it going, and has to keep getting things done with their offense and defense.
The Tigers are one of the top teams in C-1, in my opinion, and I look for North Bend Central to come out and play well Friday night.
The Tigers have some big games coming up before season's end, and this is kind of where the real fun begins for North Bend Central.
We're basically to crunch time and so the Tigers have to come out and play the way they have all season long.
North Bend Central and Howells-Dodge will go at it after BRLD and Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family at 6:00 p.m. on the Bull.
The North Bend Central Girls won 48-23 at home over Wisner-Pilger Thursday night before defeating Howells-Dodge 56-40 at home in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament Friday night, and then losing 46-40 at West Point-Beemer in the Tournament Quarterfinals Monday night.
The Tigers led Wisner-Pilger 15-11 at the end of one before outscoring the Gators 14-5 in the 2nd quarter to take a 29-16 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central outscored Wisner-Pilger 13-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 42-20 at the end of three.
The Tigers doubled up the Gators 6-3 in the 4th quarter.
Megan Ortmeier had 11 points for North Bend Central while Hannah Williams chipped in 9.
The Tigers went up 16-12 on Howells-Dodge 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.
The Cadets led the Tigers 15-8 at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 8-5 to take a 23-13 lead into the locker room.
North Bend Central outscored West Point-Beemer 13-6 in the 3rd quarter to close within 3 at 29-26 at the end of three.
The Cadets won the 4th quarter 17-14.
I thought the Tigers had a good chance to upset West Point-Beemer given how well they had been playing, but it simply did not happen.
North Bend Central (13-7) battles Twin River (10-8) in a Tournament Consolation game at Lyons Thursday night.
The Titans lost 52-38 to Oakland-Craig in the EHC Tournament Quarterfinals at Oakland-Craig Monday night.
North Bend Central defeated the Titans 40-35 at home in the season opener on November 29th.
The Tigers certainly have their work cut out for them in this one, but North Bend Central can definitely pick up the win.
The Tigers have to forget about what happened Monday night, and simply move on.
North Bend Central has to have a quick memory, and can't worry about what happened against the Cadets.
It was a tough loss no doubt and the Tigers could very well see West Point-Beemer again in Sub-Districts, but North Bend Central has to simply continue on with their season.
North Bend Central has Tekamah-Herman and Howells-Dodge next week so two more chances at wins before the postseason hits.
Best case scenario is the Tigers win out and give them the best chance for postseason success.
North Bend Central will likely be the two seed in Sub-Districts so they have to win out to ensure that and lock that up.
Three wins to close out the regular season would be really good positive momentum heading into Sub-Districts, in my opinion.
The Titans always play tough so it will be interesting to see if the Tigers can bounce back.
North Bend Central has to rebound well and make easy shots at the basket.
Knocking down free throws is going to be critical as well for the Tigers I feel.
This figures to be a tough, close game for North Bend Central once again, and it will be a good test for the the Tigers.
I think it will be a good character test for North Bend Central also.
Tip-off is slated for 6:00 p.m.
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