The North Bend Central Boys Basketball Team won 53-40 at home over Fort Calhoun Friday night to end the regular season before defeating Columbus Scotus 66-54 in the C1-5 Sub-District Semifinals from Columbus High Tuesday night.
The Pioneers led the Tigers 9-7 at the end of one. Both teams scored 14 points in the 2nd quarter, and Fort Calhoun held a 23-21 lead at halftime.
NBC outscored the Pioneers 13-5 in the 3rd quarter to pull in front 34-28 at the end of three.
North Bend Central won the 4th quarter 19-12.
Austin Endorf and Cody Prohaska each had 12 points for the Tigers while Jaxon Wietfeld had 9 points and 8 rebounds. Brodey Johnson added 9 points while Breckin Peters notched 7.
The Tigers led the Shamrocks 18-12 at the end of the 1st quarter. NBC won the 2nd quarter 11-7 to take a 29-19 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers won the 3rd quarter 14-11 to extend their lead to 43-30 at the end of three.
Scotus won the 4th quarter 14-13.
Finding ways to win, that's exactly what North Bend Central continues to do.
The Tigers (23-1) battle David City Aquinas (12-11) in Thursday night's Sub-District Final.
The Monarchs beat Columbus Lakeview 60-45 in the other semifinal on Tuesday.
Aquinas is a solid team, but this game and Sub-District is North Bend Central's to lose as far as I'm concerned.
The Tigers are headed to Sub-State either way, but you always want to win your way into Sub-State.
NBC is in the midst of making another State run, and has to keep things going and keep the mojo rolling Thursday night.
The Tigers don't want to lose to the Monarchs, that would be a momentum and buzz killer heading into Sub-Districts.
I think things could be tight Thursday night, but feel North Bend Central will prevail and find a way to win.
The Tigers are a very tough team, and know how to win games, and have to make it happen Thursday night.
NBC has to come out ready to play a great game.
The Tigers ended Scotus's season Tuesday night, and have to want to end the Monarchs' year Thursday night.
North Bend Central has to be all about beating teams to continue their season at this point.
I feel like the Tigers are primed to make another State run, and could at least make it to the 3rd place game on the final day of the season.
It will be interesting to see if North Bend Central matches up with Auburn in the Semifinals if the two teams both make state and are the 2 and 3 seeds.
If the State Tournament were to start today those are the seeds those two teams would be.
I look for the Tigers to play a great and amazing game Thursday night, and come out intense and fired up.
North Bend Central has to come out and play a strong game, and treat the game as a must win as after all almost every game this time of year is do or die, win or go home.
Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. at CHS.
The North Bend Central Girls outlasted Wahoo 65-61 in the C1-4 Sub-District Final from David City Aquinas Thursday night.
The Tigers led the Warriors 19-13 at the end of one. Wahoo won the 2nd quarter 15-11 to make it a 30-28 game at halftime.
Both teams scored 13 points in the 3rd quarter, and the score was 43-41 at the end of the 3rd quarter.
The Warriors won the 4th quarter 15-13 to tie the game at 56 and send it into OT.
North Bend Central outlasted Wahoo 9-5 in the extra session.
Close call for the Tigers, but they prevailed.
North Bend Central (23-2) takes on Norfolk Catholic (17-7) in the C1-3 Sub-State Final from Wisner-Pilger Friday night.
The Knights beat Pierce 35-15 in the C1-7 Sub-District Tournament at Norfolk High Thursday night.
Norfolk Catholic has beaten teams like GACC, O'Neill, and Battle Creek.
The Knights are a legit threat to win and upset the Tigers if you may.
Still though NBC has been great all year and survived a scare from one other traditional power in Wahoo.
The Tigers have to be ready for a four quarter battle with Norfolk Catholic though.
North Bend Central has to be ready to hold off the Knights and punch their ticket to State knowing it is win or go home.
Head Coach Aaron Sterup says his team has rose to the occasion time after time in the past. "These girls have shown over and over again that they do not give up easily. They have had a lot of instances in the past couple of seasons where their backs have been up against the wall and they have shown to not give up very easily. It is one of the qualities that has made them very successful. Getting a win over Wahoo is always good. I really think we took their best shot as they played very well and shot amazingly. To get out with a win says a lot about the heart of our girls."
I really think North Bend Central will get Norfolk Catholic's best shot Friday night, but very well could rise to the challenge once again and beat the Knights.
Sterup adds it's going to be an extremely difficult matchup. "They are going to be a very difficult matchup for us. They have good size and strength. They play really solid defense and are consistently tough to score against. They have size inside which could give us trouble if we aren’t fundamentally sound. It will be a tough test for us."
The Tigers could very well come up short Friday night, but I'm hoping they won't and don't think they will.
I feel like playing at Wisner-Pilger helps North Bend Central as they know that gym better than Norfolk Catholic probably.
Sterup says this is the time of year when you hope all your hard work pays off. "Obviously, the goal is always to get to state, so we are excited for another opportunity. Our girls have put in a lot of time, effort, blood, sweat and tears so now is the time that all of that work hopefully pays off. We look forward to the opportunity and certainly don’t take them for granted."
Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. at "The Swamp."
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