The Howells-Dodge Boys Basketball Team won 85-58 at Tekamah-Herman Friday night before defeating Pender 59-41 at home on Saturday, and losing 53-32 at Logan View/Scribner-Snyder Tuesday night in action aired on 107.9 the Bull.
The Jaguars led the Tigers 24-10 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 25-20 to take a 49-30 lead into the locker room.
Howells-Dodge outscored Tekamah-Herman 22-9 in the 3rd quarter to go up 71-39 at the end of three.
The Tigers won the 4th quarter 19-14.
The Pendragons led the Jaguars 14-11 at the end of one. Howells-Dodge outscored Pender 15-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-22 lead into the locker room.
The Jaguars outscored the Pendragons 15-6 in the 3rd quarter to go up 41-28 at the end of three.
Howells-Dodge won the 4th quarter 18-13.
The Raiders started the game on a 12-0 run and led 16-5 at the end of one.
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder outscored the Jaguars 10-3 in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-8 lead in the locker room, a quarter highlighted by a buzzer beating three from Brett Uhing.
The Raiders kept it going in the 2nd half, winning the 3rd quarter 13-8 following a layup at the buzzer by Connor Larson to go up 39-16 at the end of three.
Howells-Dodge won the 4th quarter 16-14.
Great play from the Jaguars up until Tuesday's game. I don't know what happened against LVSS.
Howells-Dodge (10-6) battles Clarkson/Leigh (5-10) in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament at Wisner-Pilger on Saturday.
The Patriots lost 72-38 at home to Wisner-Pilger Tuesday night.
Clarkson/Leigh has struggled in their last couple of games and have lost two in a row.
I think the Jaguars may very well end up winning this one, but if Howells-Dodge plays the way they did on Tuesday and the Patriots play the way they have in certain games this year then this one could be interesting.
The Jaguars beat the Patriots 77-61 at home on Saturday, December 21st.
I anticipate this game being close just like the last one was.
Clarkson/Leigh beat Tekamah-Herman by 30 and Howells-Dodge downed the Tigers by 27 so this one should be a barn burner.
It has a bit of a late start too...7:00 p.m. due to Wrestling going on earlier in the day at Wisner-Pilger.
These two are rivals and I'm sure the Jaguars really want to get this one.
The winner gets BRLD on Tuesday at BRLD, and beating the Wolverines is no doubt a very tall and tough task.
Howells-Dodge has to focus on beating the Patriots first though because that won't be easy.
I think whichever team can get going offensively has the best chance to win.
It could be a scenario where neither offense gets going or both offenses could light it up though.
We shall see what happens, but one way or another it is conference tournament time, and this one really counts and matters.
Not that the other games don't count or matter because they do, but this is the time of year where maybe they start to count a little more.
I anticipate a great, hard fought battle and game between the two teams and fully expect both teams to get after one another.
It should be a great one with two rivals going hard at it.
The Howells-Dodge Girls won 52-45 at Tekamah-Herman Friday night before losing 44-29 at home to Pender on Saturday, and winning 54-47 at Logan View/Scribner-Snyder in action aired on 107.9 the Bull Tuesday night.
The Tigers led the Jaguars 15-11 at the end of one. Howells-Dodge won the 2nd quarter 16-7 to go up 27-22 at halftime.
Both teams scored 9 points in the 3rd quarter, and the score was 36-31 at the end of three in favor of the Jaguars.
Howells-Dodge won the 4th quarter 16-14.
Cassie Pieper had 15 points while Riley Pokorny totaled 13. Jaedyn Ratzlaff added 7 while Brooklyn Macholan registered 8 rebounds.
The Pendragons led the Jaguars 11-5 at the end of one, and outscored Howells-Dodge 13-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 24-12 lead into the locker room.
Pender won the 3rd quarter 9-5 to extend their lead to 33-17 at the end of three.
The Jaguars won the 4th quarter 12-11.
Ratzlaff and Macholan finished with 8 points apiece while Janessa Schmidt notched 7.
LVSS went up 8-5 in the 1st quarter before Howells-Dodge outscored them 10-4 the rest of the period to lead 15-12 at the end of one.
Both teams scored 7 points in the 2nd quarter, and the Jaguars led 22-19 at halftime.
In the 3rd quarter, the Raiders won it 18-15 to tie the game at 37 at the end of three.
Howells-Dodge saved their best for last though, outscoring Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 17-10 in the 4th quarter.
Head Coach Scott Polacek says it was a hard fought win. "The Raiders they're a good coached team, alright. Mr. Hegge he did a really good job with them being patient against our man-to-man. And they got us in a little bit of foul trouble early, that was key."
Macholan had a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Jaguars, good enough for a double-double with 14 points coming in the 2nd half. Ratzlaff and Pieper chipped in 9 apiece while Schmidt totaled 9 rebounds.
Polacek says his team's post play made the difference. "But really I think our post play took care of it in the 2nd half. And we've really been struggling there a little bit. And we've been playing against tough conference schools that have really been shutting out post game down. And today we were able to use that. I think that was kind of a key factor for the game for us."
The Jaguars (6-11) battle Tekamah-Herman (9-9) at Clarkson in the East Husker Conference Tournament on Friday at 6:00 p.m.
The Tigers lost 42-25 at Omaha Mercy Tuesday night.
Tekamah-Herman has been reeling lately as they've lost five in a row and seven out of their last eight.
Still though you can bet the Tigers will come well prepared and will be ready to play come Friday night.
It's the Conference Tournament, and I'm sure Tekamah-Herman will crank things up some.
I'm willing to bet the Tigers will look inside to Jadyn Fleischman.
Howells-Dodge has to take her away and try and make others beat them.
I think the Jaguars need to try and make Tekamah-Herman shoot and score from the outside cause they've struggled to do that in the times I've watched them.
The winner gets top seeded Oakland-Craig on Monday.
Howells-Dodge has to build off the win from Tuesday and play well come Friday night.
You can bet the Tigers will give the Jaguars their best shot and then some.
Games are super critical and important all season long, but I feel like the stakes get higher once Conference Tournaments begin.
It's getting to be that time of year where you want to work out any final kinks you might have in your armor and be playing your best basketball and make a run towards the end of the season.
There's not a lot of time left to fix major struggles, and given the way Howells-Dodge is playing right now and the way Tekamah-Herman has played lately, you would think the Jaguars would win.
It's almost kind of like a new season with the Conference Tournament though, and so the Tigers are definitely capable of coming out and playing well.
If Tekamah-Herman is on offensively they could win.
It's never easy to beat a team, especially twice within a week's time, so Howells-Dodge definitely has their work cut out for them.
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