The Clarkson/Leigh Boys defeated Wisner-Pilger 52-37 in the C2-3 Sub-District Semifinals from Oakland-Craig Tuesday night.
The Patriots led 11-9 after one, and outscored the Gators 15-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-16 lead into the locker room.
Clarkson/Leigh won the 3rd quarter 14-11 to go up 40-27 at the end of three.
The Patriots won the 4th quarter 12-10.
Carter Hanel had a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds while Kyle Kasik and Trevor Zulkoski notched 10 points apiece.
Nice win for Clarkson/Leigh.
The Patriots (13-9) take on Oakland-Craig (16-7) in the C2-3 Sub-District Final in action that will be aired on 107.9 the Bull Thursday night.
The Knights won 55-30 at home over GACC in Tuesday night's Semifinals.
These two teams met in Oakland in early December with Oakland-Craig winning 58-38.
Clarkson/Leigh has improved drastically since that time, but the Knights have also gotten better.
It should be a much closer, and good, competitive ball game this time around.
Beating Oakland-Craig on their home floor won't be easy, but it's do or die time for the Patriots.
Clarkson/Leigh has to play as if there is no tomorrow because if they lose the season is over.
The Patriots have to pour their heart and soul into this game and leave everything out on the floor.
Clarkson/Leigh should have nothing left in the tank after this one, win or lose.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on the Bull.
The Clarkson/Leigh Girls were upset 45-27 by Norfolk Catholic in the C2-6 Sub-District Final from Clarkson Thursday night.
The Knights doubled up the Patriots 10-5 in the 1st quarter, and outscored Clarkson/Leigh 15-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 25-13 lead into the locker room.
Norfolk Catholic blanked the Patriots 8-0 in the 3rd quarter to go up 33-13 at the end of three.
Clarkson/Leigh won the 4th quarter 14-12.
Alissa Kasik led all scorers with 16 points.
Kind of a bit of a surprising loss for the Patriots.
Clarkson/Leigh (20-2) battles Bridgeport (22-3) in the C2-5 Sub-State Final from Lexington Friday night in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Bulldogs beat Gordon-Rushville 74-56 at home in the C2-12 Sub-District Final Thursday night.
This game is tough to gauge given multiple factors.
The Patriots are a small C-2 team yet play a lot of tough opponents.
Bridgeport is a large C-2 School and has been C-1 in the past I believe.
You have to figure Clarkson/Leigh has seen tougher competition, yet it could be argued the Bulldogs have been more dominant when you take into account margin of victory and such.
I honestly don't know a lot about Bridgeport, but it should be a good game I would think.
I think the Patriots have a good shot to win, but Clarkson/Leigh has to step things up and play better than they did against Norfolk Catholic and in the East Husker Conference Tournament against Oakland-Craig.
This one could go either way I think it honestly depends what kind of game both teams play.
The Patriots upset GACC in Sub-State last year so we'll see if Clarkson/Leigh can go out to South Central Nebraska and come home with another District Championship.
Tip-off from Lexington is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on the Bull.
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