Northeast Nodaway's boys beat Osborn 44-36 and Joel Scroggie got 25 points in his final home game as they got their 9th win of the year. He added six blocks in the win as he carried his team in a tight defensive struggle. Northeast was playing against their former coach Ryan Madden, who is now the head boys coach at Osborn. He coached the Bluejay boys to a 19 win season three years ago. Also playing their final home game were Shaun Burns and Steve Schulte.
Madden and the Wildkats had beaten Northeast last year in Osborn after Northeast had beaten them in the PVC Tournament. But Northeast went to 2-1 against Madden. They trailed for much of the first quarter until Garet Jackson hit Shaun Burns at the buzzer for a triple that put Northeast in front 10-8.
But Joel went scoreless in the first quarter despite the obvious size advantage; Osborn had nobody who could match up to his size. Northeast fell behind in the second quarter by as much as five as Osborn was stealing the ball and Northeast was cold from the field for much of the frame. Finally, a scoring flurry right before half by both teams left Northeast behind 21-18. There were some encouraging signs for Northeast as Joel got six points in the period and blocked two shots to keep it from getting any worse.
The momentum changer in the third was Steve Schulte's putback after Joel Scroggie had went one for two at the line and missed his second free throw with 3:53 left. That tied it up at 26 after Northeast had trailed for much of the night. The game was tied at 28 and 30 before Joel got a putback, Northeast got a stop at the other end, and Shaun Burns had a drive and pullup from the left wing to put Northeast up for good to start the fourth quarter at 34-30.
Joel carried the team in the final period, getting 10 in the frame and Northeast tightened up on the other end, holding the Wildcats scoreless during a five minute stretch as they built up an eight point lead by the 2:51 mark and made it stand up.
Northeast's boys also crashed DeKalb's homecoming celebration, winning by 10 last Friday. They also beat West Nodaway in overtime by 7, avenging an earlier loss to the Rockets.
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