Thursday, January 7, 2021

Oakland-Craig Boys 4-0 in last four games; Girls 2-1 in last three

 
















The Oakland-Craig Boys won 52-50 over Malcolm last Monday at the Malcolm Holiday Tournament before winning 50-38 over Wilber-Clatonia last Wednesday. Oakland-Craig then won 49-29 at home over Elmwood-Murdock on Saturday before defeating GACC 58-51 on the road Tuesday night.


O-C led 17-12 over the Clippers at the end of one. The Knights won the 2nd quarter 9-6 to take a 26-18 lead into the locker room.


Malcolm outscored Oakland-Craig 21-14 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 40-39 game at the end of three.


The Knights won the 4th quarter 12-11.


Coulter Thiele had 14 points while Gunnar Ray notched 13 points and 7 rebounds. Carson Thomsen added 8 points while Jaron Meyer totaled 7.




The Wolverines went up 16-7 after one before Oakland-Craig outscored Wilber-Clatonia 18-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 25-24 lead into the locker room.


The Knights quadrupled up the Wolverines 16-4 in the 3rd quarter to blow the game wide open at 41-28 at the end of three.


Wilber-Clatonia won the 4th quarter 10-9.


Thomsen led the way with 15 points while Meyer posted 11. Ray added 10 while Caden Nelson recorded 8.




Oakland-Craig got off to a slow start against Elmwood-Murdock, going up 8-7 at the end of one and winning the 2nd quarter 10-9 to lead 18-16 at halftime.


Oakland-Craig heated up in the 2nd half though, outscoring Elmwood-Murdock 15-5 to extend their lead to 33-21 at the end of three.


O-C then doubled up Elmwood-Murdock 16-8 in the 4th quarter.


Ray led the way with 19 points while Meyer had 10 points and 7 rebounds.



The Knights went up 12-7 at the end of one on GACC, and outscored the Bluejays 22-12 in the 2nd quarter to stake claim to a 34-19 halftime advantage.


GACC battled back in the 3rd quarter, doubling up Oakland-Craig 18-9 to make it a 43-37 game at the end of three.


Oakland-Craig won the 4th quarter 15-14.


Ray had 15 points to lead the way while Thiele and Jaden Harney notched 12 each. Meyer added 7 points and 7 rebounds.


Continued great play from the Knights, who have won 11 straight games.


Oakland-Craig (11-2) takes on Stanton (2-8) on the road Friday night.


This should be another win for the Knights.


Oakland-Craig has been playing well as of late, and the Knights just keep on winning.


Ray and others have been sizzling as of late.


Oakland-Craig has to into Stanton and play a complete game and dominate from start to finish.


This is a game the Knights should win, and win big.


Oakland-Craig has some big games coming up after this one, but it's important for the Knights to stay focused and locked in on the Mustangs.


Oakland-Craig can worry about BRLD, North Bend Central, Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family, and others later.


Right now all the Knights should be focused on is winning game number 12 in a row.




















The Oakland-Craig Girls went 1-1 at the Malcolm Holiday Tournament last week, losing 59-40 last Monday to Malcolm before dropping Wilber-Clatonia 57-14 last Wednesday. O-C then won 55-52 at home over Elmwood-Murdock on Saturday.


The Clippers went ahead 19-10 after one, and outscored the Knights 16-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 35-17 lead into the locker room.


Malcolm won the 3rd quarter 13-12 to go up 48-29 at the end of three.


Both teams scored 11 points in the 4th quarter.


Makenna Pearson had 10 points while Chaney Nelson totaled 9. Laryn Johnson and Sadie Nelson added 7 apiece.




The Knights went up 19-4 on the Wolverines at the end of one. Oakland-Craig outscored Wilber-Clatonia 22-4 in the 2nd quarter to take a 41-8 lead into the locker room.


The Knights outscored the Wolverines 14-4 in the 3rd quarter to go up 55-12 at the end of three.


Both teams scored 2 points in the 4th quarter.


Sadie Nelson had a game-high 23 points while Pearson notched 11. Syd Guzinksi added 9 while Chaney Nelson notched 7.




Oakland-Craig led Elmwood-Murdock 15-13 after one. Elmwood-Murdock won the 2nd quarter 11-9 to tie the game at 24 at halftime.


Elmwood-Murdock won the 3rd quarter 17-14 to pull in front 41-38 at the end of three.


Oakland-Craig outscored Elmwood-Murdock 17-11 in the 4th quarter to pull out the win.


Oakland-Craig (7-4) takes on Stanton (2-9) on the road Friday night.


The Mustangs lost 69-48 at home to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family on Saturday.


That game was actually closer than some of Stanton's other games have been.


So the Knights have to come ready to play.


Both teams have the same amount of rest so no advantage or disadvantage there really.


Both teams have had the same amount of time to prepare for one another so it should be a pretty even game from that standpoint.


The thing Oakland-Craig can't get caught doing is looking forward to Saturday's matchup with Broken Bow in the Nebraska Girls Showcase.


That figures to be a heck of a game and a heck of an experience for these kids, but the Knights have to take care of business against the Mustangs first.

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