Worth County’s junior high boys, with only five players dressed out, turned back a scrappy Mid-Buchanan 7th grade contingent Thursday, winning 29-17. All but five of the Worth County boys squad and most of the girls squad were forced to quarantine for allegedly being a “close contact,” forcing the girls to drop out of the Northeast Nodaway tournament.
The Tigers overcame 27 turnovers and giving up 16 offensive boards to get the win. Cannon Fletcher carried the squad on his shoulders, getting a double double with 12 points and 14 boards, and making some key plays down the stretch.
The first part of the game belonged to Worth County. Fletcher hit to put them on the board, then Karson Briner got a steal and fed Andrew Griffin for a layup and then added a steal and drive of his own to put Worth County up 6-0 after one.
The lead grew to 9-0 after Carter Chapman hit a free throw after a technical foul after one of the green shirts reached across the inbounds line and slapped the ball and Cannon Fletcher added a shot from the right wing.
Both sides traded blows for the remainder of the half, with Andrew Griffin hitting a 3-pointer and Brayden Combs scoring off a drive to keep the Tigers ahead 14-5. But then Mid-Buchanan made a late charge to cut their deficit to 14-10 as they finally started getting their transition game going.
Cannon Fletcher stopped the bleeding at the start of the third as he got a putback and knocked down a shot from the right wing after Worth County had kept a possession alive with an offensive glass. Andrew Weir countered with a putback for the Dragons, but then Karson Briner hit a 3-pointer and Cannon Fletcher got a putback to make it 23-12 after three.
But Mid-Buchanan only had one team foul at the end of three, which meant they could afford to be very aggressive with nothing to lose. For the first four minutes, they were swarming, pressing, trapping, and going to the rim. Worth County was in danger as Fletcher picked up his fourth foul; had he picked up his fifth, Worth County would have been left with four players.
The Dragons got their deficit down to 23-16, with a chance to get it down to two possessions, but then Cannon Fletcher got a steal to stop the bleeding. Laken Swenson countered with a free throw for the Dragons, but then Carter Chapman got behind the defense for a layup to make it four possessions and Cannon Fletcher hit Andrew Griffin in transition to seal the game.
Cannon Fletcher had 12 points. Andrew Giffin had 7, Karson Briner 5, Carter Chapman 3, and Brayden Combs 2.
Cannon Fletcher and Carter Chapman each had two blocks.
Cannon Fletcher had 14 boards. Carter Chapman had 10, Karson Briner 7, Brayden Combs 4, and Andrew Griffin 3.
Brayden Combs had 4 assists. Cannon Fletcher had 2 and Karson Briner had 1.
Karson Briner had 8 tips. Brayden Combs had 6, Cannon Fletcher 5, and Carter Chapman and Andrew Griffin 1 each.
Karson Briner had 6 steals. Carter Chapman and Cannon Fletcher had 5, Andrew Griffin 4, and Brayden Combs 2.
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