North Harrison’s junior high boys stopped a Gilman City comeback attempt, getting a 26-21 win after Gilman had wiped out nearly all of a 12 point lead.
North Harrison looked like they would get all the breaks at first. Wade Briggs hit a 3-pointer to start the scoring for the Shamrocks. Brody Langfitt countered with a fast break against North Harrison’s press that led to two free throws, but then Hunter Parkhurst scored off a drive and then a kickout from Briggs that led to a 3-pointer. Peyton Taggart hit from the left wing, but then Brandon Hamilton hit a heavily guarded shot at the buzzer to put North Harrison up 10-4.
Gilman City made a bid to get back in the game as Langfitt started going to the rim at will and whittled the lead away to 13-9 at the 1:45 mark of the second. But then North Harrison hit the offensive glass hard as Cruz Ury and Kamden Robertson got putbacks in the last minute to put North Harrison back up 17-9.
Things looked like they were going roses for North Harrison early as Nick Babinski grabbed a putback and Wade Briggs went coast to coast after a quick outlet from Parkhurst to make it 21-9. Langfitt countered by going coast to coast, but then Ury hit from inside off a high-low look from Nick Babinski to make it 23-11.
That prompted a timeout from Gilman City, which put on a press and started a frantic rally. The Hawks erased nearly all of North Harrison’s lead, getting a steal from Cameron Gregg with 3:28 left in the fourth to make it a 23-21 ballgame. Gregg missed a layup that would have tied it, and there were some frantic scrambles for the ball during the next stretch. Finally, Wade Briggs got a steal under the North Harrison basket and passed it out of a crowd to Babinski, who hit to make it 25-21 and give the Shamrocks some separation with 2:09 left.
Both sides kept turning the ball over as the defenses were applying frantic pressure, but finally, Cooper Cracraft hit a free throw with 18 seconds left and Nick Babinski grabbed a defensive board with 4.1 seconds left to allow North Harrison to run out the clock.
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