The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Boys Basketball Team went 1-2 in their final three games of the season, losing 75-57 at Winnebago Friday night before winning 70-53 over Walthill in the C2-5 Sub-District Play-In-Game from Pender Monday night, and then losing 69-25 to BRLD in Tuesday night's Semifinals.
Jared Minnick and Adam Reeson each had 15 points against the Indians while Casey Doernemann notched 8.
The Bluejays went up 14-10 at the end of one on Walthill before outscoring the Blujays 21-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 35-18 lead into the locker room.
GACC won the 3rd quarter 16-15 to push the lead up to 18 at 51-33 at the end of three.
Walthill won the 4th quarter 20-19.
Ben Ulrich led the way with 25 points while Minnick added 14 points and 8 rebounds. Brendan Rief chipped in 11 points while Cody Steffen pulled down 11 rebounds.
BRLD led the Bluejays 21-5 after one, and outscored GACC 23-9 in the 2nd quarter to take a 44-14 lead into the locker room.
The Wolverines outscored the Bluejays 15-4 to go up 59-18 at the end of three.
GACC won the 4th quarter 10-7.
Minnick had 10 points to lead the team in his final game in a Bluejay uniform.
I'm glad the Bluejays picked up a postseason win before the season ended. I think the win can lead to good things this offseason and heading into next season.
GACC ends the year at 4-18.
The wins over O'Neill and Walthill were the two biggest wins of the season I feel.
4-18 may not be a great record, but keep in mind the Bluejays only had two seniors, including one who didn't see much playing time.
Ulrich had a team-high 255 points for the season while Minnick recorded 227.
Minnick led the team in rebounds with 112 while Casey Doernemann notched 111.
GACC says goodbye to Minnick and Tyson Snodgrass.
These two will be missed without a doubt.
Key returners for next year include Rief, Nate Niewohner, Ulrich, Steffen, Blake Pojar, Reeson, Doernemann, and Matthew Rolf.
I think the Bluejays will be much improved next year, and even better in two years.
This team was very young this year, and showed some signs of improvement and growth throughout the course of the season I thought.
GACC lost 8 games by 10 points or less.
Now if GACC can turn some of their close losses into wins they will be in good shape and good to go.
The Bluejays have a lot of work to do this offseason, and could really benefit from shooting and defensive work in particular I feel.
It has to be a big spring, summer, and fall of conditioning, weightlifting, open gyms, summer leagues, and summer camps.
GACC has to want to work hard everyday and become better players throughout the course of the offseason.
The Bluejays have to be excited to go to work everyday and improve, grow, and get better.
GACC has to put the work in necessary to become a successful team next year.
The Bluejays have to wake up every day ready to work hard and get after it.
GACC has to expect big things out of themselves during the summer, and has to be ready to bring it each and every day.
Champions are made between April and November, not between December and March.
The Bluejays are only a couple of years removed from a State Championship Game appearance and 8 years from a State Title so GACC definitely knows what it has to do and can definitely get back to that level.
The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Girls' 21-year consecutive State Tournament Streak was ended by Oakland-Craig last Thursday night as the Knights topped the Bluejays 62-43 in the C2-5 Sub-District Final from Pender Thursday night in action aired on 107.9 the Bull.
The Knights led 19-14 at the end of one, and won the 2nd quarter 18-13 to take a 37-27 lead into the locker room.
Oakland-Craig won the 3rd quarter 12-8 to go up 49-35 at the end of three.
The Knights outscored the Bluejays 13-8 in the 4th quarter.
Marissa Hunke had a team-high 13 points for GACC while Sophia Hass added 10.
Great run for the Bluejays. If there was a team to end your streak to then this Oakland-Craig team was one to tip your hat to given how great a team they are.
GACC's season ends at 15-9.
The season started out promising for the Bluejays, who started the season 8-1 and were 10-2 after Christmas.
However, the second part of the season was unkind to GACC.
I thought the struggles kind of started with the O'Neill loss.
The Bluejays were kind of up and down after that.
Still though what a heck of a run for GACC.
21 years in a row at state is a great accomplishment and tremendous feat, and doesn't go unnoticed.
Streaks are meant to be broken, and this year just happened to be the year the Bluejays' streak was snapped.
I think GACC could very well start a new one next year.
The Bluejays say goodbye to Hannah Hrbek, Ally Plagge, Maddie Bracht, and Angela Jansen.
Four seniors who contributed greatly and will be missed without a doubt.
Key returners include Hass, Hunke, Hanna Knobbe, Brenna Rief, Greta Vering, Reece Snodgrass, Erica Engelmeyer, and Brandi Doernemann.
I think the future is very bright for GACC with all the talent that returns next year.
The Bluejays figure to still be young next year, but in a couple of years should return back to championship form I would think.
GACC has a lot of work do this offseason, especially from an offensive standpoint.
The Bluejay players have to become better shooters and more prolific scorers.
GACC has defense down, but could really benefit from an offseason of growth and improvement offensively, in my opinion.
I look for the Bluejays to have a really good offseason, and get after things next season.
You can bet things will be intense in the offseason with workouts, open gyms, summer camps, and summer leagues as well.
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