Sunday, February 11, 2018

NEN Boys Clinch First Winning Season Since 2010-2011, Down Osborn

Northeast Nodaway’s boys clinched their first winning season since 2010-2011 with their 58-18 win over Osborn Friday during Homecoming. They were 18-7 that year under Coach Ryan Madden, with Bryce Farnan and Colby Wiederholt anchoring that team.

They beat Trenton 62-57 for third place at the South Harrison Tournament, with Bryce Farnan making a highlight film play when he grabbed an offensive board while falling down. He flipped the shot up off the glass just before hitting the deck, drew the three point play, and hit his free throw. He was a rebounding force for the Bluejays, while Colby provided steady guard play. That team also had Aaron Patton (The General), Kevin Stoll, and Tyler Schmitz playing.

That team also survived a 100-93 win over King City for the third place game of the King City Tournament in a game that spanned six overtimes. King City made a three pointer from just behind the halfcourt line to extend the game one period, and one of their 3rd stringers hit a guarded three to extend it another period. Current Worth County boys coach Bryce Schafer was in the building that game as an assistant for King City. NEN played the entire six overtimes without Farnan, who had fouled out late in regulation. Current NEN guard Blair Stoll is the sister of Kevin.

Friday’s win over Osborn had little of the suspense of either of those games. The Wildcats are winless this year and have been held to 8 and 15 points by South Nodaway and to 15 by Winston. They have replaced Union Star in the cellar of the 275, falling to them twice this year. They have eight players listed in Friday’s program, but only had five dressed out.

Northeast put the game away early, getting a 23-6 lead after one. Spencer Weir and Dylan Mildfeldt had 7 each, while Eli Scroggie had 4, as Northeast was stealing the ball and beating them up and down the floor. The quarter was capped by Spencer Weir’s NBA three at the buzzer.

The second quarter was more of the same. Weir got six more, Dylan Mildfeldt had six as well, and Cameron Staples got untracked with five in the period. Northeast led 45-8 at the half.

Spencer Weir led the scoring for Northeast with 17 points. Dylan Mildfeldt had 15, Eli Scroggie and Cameron Staples had 7, Mitchell Sherry and Levi Boulting had 3, the latter on a drive against three orange shirts that led to a three point play, and Dylan Vore, Chet Spire, and Reed McIntyre had 2 each. Nine different Bluejays got into the scoring column.

Eli Scroggie had the lone block for NEN.

Eli Scroggie and Cameron Staples had 6 boards for Northeast. Chet Spire had 4, Mitchell Sherry, Brayden Welch, Rory Bredlow, and Chace Atkins all had 2, and Spencer Weir, Dylan Mildfeldt, Nathan Schieber, and Reed McIntyre had 1 each. Eleven different Bluejays got 1 or more boards.

Spencer Weir and Dylan Mildfeldt had 4 assists each. Cameron Staples had 3, Chet Spire 2, and Dylan Vore and Drew Wiederholt had 1 each.

Cameron Staples had 5 tips for Northeast. Spencer Weir and Brayden Welch had 2, while Dylan Mildfeldt, Dylan Vore, Mitchell Sherry, Levi Boulting, and Drew Wiederholt had 1.

Spencer Weir had 6 steals for Northeast, which had 21 for the game. Cameron Staples had 5, Mitchell Sherry 4, Dylan Mildfeldt 3, and Brayden Welch, Dylan Mildfeldt, and Levi Boulting each had 1.

Correction – Benny Wynn was the official who assessed the technical foul to boys coach Vance Proffitt in the South Nodaway game.

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