The Howells-Dodge Boys won 50-43 at home over Lutheran High Northeast in Friday night's regular season finale before downing Stanton 61-44 in the D1-3 Sub-District Semifinals from Humphrey Tuesday night.
The Eagles jumped out to a 17-16 lead after one. Both teams put 8 2nd quarter points, and LHNE led 25-24 at halftime.
Both teams scored 12 points in the 3rd quarter, and the Eagles maintained a 37-36 lead at the end of three.
The Jaguars outscored LHNE 14-6 in the 4th quarter to pull out the come from behind win.
Howells-Dodge went up 13-8 after one on the Mustangs before outscoring Stanton 23-11 in the 2nd quarter to take a 36-19 lead into the locker room.
Both teams scored 17 points in the 3rd quarter, and the Jaguars led 53-36 at the end of three.
Both teams scored 8 points in the 4th quarter.
Two nice wins for Howells-Dodge.
The Jaguars (16-8) take on Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family (19-4) in the D1-3 Sub-District Final at Humphrey Thursday night.
The Bulldogs won 73-15 over Cedar Bluffs in Tuesday night's Sub-District Semifinals.
These two teams met on December 10th at H/LHF with the Bulldogs winning 46-32.
Both teams are pretty much headed to Sub-State either way regardless of how this one turns out.
This game is a good test and measuring stick for Howells-Dodge though, and will give them an idea of what they figure to see beyond Thursday night.
The Jaguars have played a super tough schedule that prepares them very well for these type of games and postseason runs.
I think Howells-Dodge is in the midst of another postseason run and possible trip to the State Tournament.
The Jaguars have to come out and play a good game and at the very least take H/LHF down to the wire and to the brink.
Win or at the very least lose a close game and I think you are set for Sub-State if you are Howells-Dodge.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Humphrey.
The Howells-Dodge Girls won 59-48 over Wisner-Pilger in the C2-3 Sub-District Semifinals from GACC Tuesday night before falling 67-26 to the host Bluejays in Thursday night's Sub-District Final.
Both the Jaguars and Gators scored 13 points in the 1st quarter. Howells-Dodge outscored Wisner-Pilger 26-14 in the 2nd quarter to take a 39-27 lead into the locker room.
The Jaguars won the 3rd quarter 12-7 to extend their lead to 51-34 at the end of three.
The Gators won the 4th quarter 14-8.
Jaedyn Ratzlaff had 21 points for the Jaguars, with Abbey Pieper scoring 14 and Cassie Pieper adding 10.
The Bluejays held an 18-4 lead at the end of one, and doubled up the Jaguars 16-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 34-12 lead into the locker room.
Howells-Dodge won the 3rd quarter 13-11 to make it a 45-25 game at the end of three.
GACC outscored the Jaguars 22-1 in the 4th quarter.
Ratzlaff led the way with 12 points.
Howells-Dodge ends the year at 11-13.
Ratzlaff led the team in scoring this year at 11 points a game while Janessa Schmidt had 8 points a game.
Schmidt also had 130 rebounds while Ratzlaff finished with 101.
The Jaguars say goodbye to Cassie Pieper, Riley Pokorny, and Schmidt.
Those three seniors will really be missed, but everyone else returns.
Key returners include Abbey Pieper, Morgan Gall, Ratzlaff, Brooklyn Macholan, Lilly Praest, Blair Fiala, Natalie Pieper, Carly Bayer, and Sasha Perrin.
One of Howells-Dodge's strengths this past year was depth, and it appears that will be a strength next year as well.
Head Coach Scott Polacek picking up his 400th career win this past year was definitely a great moment from this past season.
With that said, the Jaguars have to move forward and improve in the offseason and gear themselves up for another campaign next year.
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