The Wisner-Pilger Boys lost 76-54 at North Bend Central Thursday night before defeating Pender 68-37 in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Howells-Dodge on Saturday, and then falling 43-35 to the Jaguars in North Bend Tuesday night in the Quarterfinals.
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.
The Gators went up 17-10 after one on Pender before outscoring the Pendragons 17-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 34-17 lead into the locker room.
Wisner-Pilger outscored Pender 21-13 in the 3rd quarter to go up 55-30 at the end of three.
The Gators won the 4th quarter 13-7.
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.
Really good effort from the Gators on Saturday, but North Bend's gym did not treat Wisner-Pilger kindly for whatever reason.
The Gators (13-6) take on Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (12-7) at home in a consolation game of the tournament Friday night.
The Raiders lost 44-33 to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family in Tuesday night's Quarterfinals at BRLD.
Wisner-Pilger beat LVSS 52-34 at home on Saturday, January 12th, and would love nothing more than to do it again I'm sure.
The Gators are kind of struggling right now though while the Raiders are playing well.
LVSS had won 5 in a row and 7 out of their last 8 prior to losing to the Bulldogs while Wisner-Pilger has lost two out of their last three.
The Gators can definitely come away with another win over the Raiders though, and I think they very well could being at home and everything.
I look for both teams to be motivated and don't think that will be an issue for either team.
I think Wisner-Pilger being a veteran team and being at home gives them an edge and advantage though.
Plus the Gators have the mental edge and advantage having taken the first meeting between the two schools.
Wisner-Pilger needs the same kind of performance they got against the Raiders the first time around.
Offense and defense has to be clicking on all cylinders like it was in that game and against Pender on Saturday.
If the Gators struggle offensively like they did against the Jaguars this could be a very interesting game.
Defensive struggles could be costly too, but Wisner-Pilger might have enough offense to win it if they're on top of their game.
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder is definitely a stronger team defensively than offensively I would say so any offensive struggles against the Raiders could prove to be costly, in my opinion.
The Gators just have to go out there and play their game, and if they do that they should be fine.
The two teams will play the second game of the night after West Point-Beemer against Oakland-Craig.
The West Point-Beemer and Oakland-Craig game will start at 6:00 p.m.
The Wisner-Pilger Girls lost 48-23 at North Bend Central Thursday night before falling 57-31 to Stanton in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Clarkson Friday night.
The Tigers led 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.
The Mustangs got up 15-7 at the end of one on the Gators before outscoring Wisner-Pilger 16-6 in the 2nd quarter to take a 31-13 lead into the locker room.
Stanton outscored the Gators 18-5 in the 3rd quarter to go up 49-18 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger won the 4th quarter 13-8.
Tough games, especially from an offensive standpoint for the Gators.
Wisner-Pilger (5-14) take on Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (5-13) in a consolation game of the tournament at Pender Thursday night.
The Raiders lost 61-35 to BRLD in the first round Friday night at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.
These two teams met earlier this season with the Gators winning 47-36 in Wisner.
I think this game comes down to which team is better on offense.
The Gators went up against two top notch defenses in North Bend Central and Stanton so that should help them.
The Raiders struggled against a couple of teams who are solid defensively, but maybe not quite as good as the Tigers and Mustangs on that end of the floor in BRLD and Howells-Dodge.
All indications are pointing towards another Wisner-Pilger win, but you never know.
It's the late game on Thursday, and funny things happen in consolation games.
The underdog seems to win more often than not in consolation games it seems.
A win would be good momentum for the Gators heading into the final games of the regular season next week though.
It's one of the last games Wisner-Pilger and these seniors figure to play this year so the Gators have to make the most of it.
Both teams have had ample time to prepare for one another so neither should really have much of an advantage in this one from that standpoint I wouldn't think.
I think there's an advantage for Wisner-Pilger from the standpoint of they won the first meeting between the two teams though.
The Gators won by double digits not too long ago, and I think that has to be on their minds still.
These two teams matchup pretty evenly so I think it's a matter of both teams getting out there and executing.
It could very well be a defensive struggle so Wisner-Pilger has to get ready for a slugfest if that's the case.
The game will be the third game of the night after the Pender/Howells-Dodge and Tekamah-Herman/Madison games.
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