The Oakland-Craig Boys Basketball Team lost 68-54 to Omaha Nation in the C2-5 Sub-District Semifinals from Pender Tuesday night.
Robby Mayberry had 19 points and 7 rebounds while Colton Thomsen and Tyson Harney notched 8 points and 9 rebounds apiece. Wyatt Seagren added 7 points.
It appears the Knights gave a great effort, but simply came up a little short. I must say though I was surprised Oakland-Craig lost, especially after beating the Chiefs in the regular season.
Oakland-Craig's season ends at 12-11.
Wins over Howells-Dodge, Wilber-Clatonia, Omaha Nation, Twin River, and Walthill were some of the better wins on the season for the Knights, in my opinion.
This was a senior heavy class with some talented kids and athletes.
Thomsen and Mayberry led the team in scoring at 9 points a game while Garrison Dodge and Seagren notched 8 apiece. Harney averaged 7.
So the Knights were pretty well balanced offensively this year, they just didn't have that one dominate scorer that could take over a game like they once had in Garrett Seagren.
Seagren led the way in rebounding with 187 boards while Harney totaled 106.
Oakland-Craig graduates Dodge, Mayberry, Harney, Cole Bures, and Jared Mulder.
Key returners include Jaron Meyer, Seagren, Coulter Thiele, Ian Lundquist, and Gunnar Ray.
I feel the Knights are graduating a talented senior class, but think there's a lot of potential in the returning players as well.
Seagren has to take on more of a scoring role and load next season.
He is going to need to dominate down low for Oakland-Craig to be successful I feel.
I feel there's a lot of potential in the other four players as well and am thinking that could be the team's starting five next year.
The Knights lose a lot of experience and kids who had very successful high school athletic careers at Oakland-Craig as a whole.
I want to wish the seniors the best of luck in their future endeavors in college, the armed forces, or workforce, whatever they decide to do in life after high school.
For the returning players and newcomers it's about getting after it as much as possible in the offseason and playing a lot of basketball.
It will be to the team's benefit to attend as many open gyms, weightlifting sessions, summer camps, and summer leagues as possible throughout the course of the summer and the entire offseason as a whole.
The Oakland-Craig Girls Basketball Team ended Guardian Angels Central Catholic's 21-year consecutive State Tournament Streak by topping 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.
Dacey Nelson led all scorers with 34 points while Ashley Denton notched 9.
Great win for the Knights.
Oakland-Craig improves to 20-3 on the season and advances to Sub-State against Hartington Cedar Catholic (12-8) at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at South Sioux City in action that will be aired on the Bull
The Trojans upset Ponca 46-45 in the C2-7 Sub-District Final from Wayne High on Thursday.
Cedar Catholic has won four in a row and is a quality team.
Nelson and Benne need to have big games for the Knights to come out on top I feel.
This is do or die for Oakland-Craig. There are no more wildcards to State.
This is the Knights' time to shine and get the job done.
Oakland-Craig figures to have a great shot to win and advance to State and be a respectable seed, but the Knights have to take care of business against the Trojans.
Cedar Catholic won by 5 at GACC in the regular season, and is a tough team.
Hartington Cedar Catholic has been there and done that before too so you know they will be ready to go.
Oakland-Craig has a lot of experience, but history is on the Trojans' side.
It should be a great game that ultimately culminates in a Knight win, but all it takes is one game and the season is done.
Oakland-Craig can't be looking ahead to state or anything like that.
It's fine to dream and visualize what state would be like again, but not let that impact play on the court Friday night.
The Knights have to be focused on Cedar Catholic and Cedar Catholic only.
Oakland-Craig has to lock in and get ready to go toe to toe with a great team and program.
The Knights have to play great basketball and leave it all out on the floor.
It has to be Oakland-Craig's time to shine, and everyone on the team has to play a big role, whatever that is.
The Knights have to do everything possible to win and advance to state.
A loss would be a bitter taste and disappointment no doubt.
No comments:
Post a Comment