North Nodaway’s boys clinched a winning season Tuesday, February 6th as they beat Union Star 61-23 and avoided a letdown against a physical Trojan squad. It was one of those games in which everything went right and little went wrong except for a Trojan run at the end of the first quarter and Owen Martin missing two dunk attempts in the second.
Ethan Fry hit back to back jacks to start the game to make it 6-0. Carter Jackson countered with an inside shot for Star, but then Mason Casner jumped a pass and scored and the rout was on. Aydan Blackford carried the team on his shoulders for the next stretch, scoring nine straight and Owen Martin finished the run with a drive down the right baseline to make it 19-2.
Union Star started hanging around after North Nodaway took off the press; they did it with the supporting cast around Carter Jackson. Lake Klawuhn had three, Shea Simerly had one, Wyatt Thiemann hit one from the high post, and Carter Jackson had one. That allowed the Trojans to close to within 19-8 after one.
But North Nodaway regained control when their sparkplug, Kaeden Nave, came into the game. He got three steals in rapid succession, including the first one, where he got it to Owen Martin, who flipped it up and in to start the big run. Owen Martin hit Aydan Blackford inside, Owen scored off a steal, then Brice Trimble got a steal which led to two free throws from Aydan Blackford. Owen Martin got behind the Trojan defense for two, then an Ethan Fry steal led to a free throw from Brice Trimble. Trimble scored off an Aydan Blackford steal, then Blackford grabbed a putback, scored from inside, and then scored again at the buzzer to put North Nodaway up 38-9 at halftime.
Brice Trimble hit five straight to start the second half before Carter Jackson finally broke the 24-0 run with 6:18 left.
The Mustangs continued to pull away in the third quarter as Owen Martin aired one out to Aydan Blackford, Ethan Fry scored from inside after Brice Trimble stole the ball, Mason Casner got a putback, and Ethan Fry scored after Casner saved one from going out of bounds to him.
With the score at 51-16, North Nodaway took out their starters for good and the reserves got to see some action as a reward for their hard work. The starters only gave up three offensive boards and two turnovers for the night. Trevin Wyllie hit a couple of free throws and showed the ability to break down defenses and make it look effortless. Landon Parman got a steal which he converted at the end of the third quarter to make it 55-18.
Ridge Clements got a putback after a drive in the fourth quarter. Trevin Wyllie hit a pullup and then hit Ridge with a backdoor layup for the rest of North Nodaway’s points.
Aydan Blackford had 21 points. Ethan Fry had 10, Owen Martin and Brice Trimble had 8, Trevin Wyllie, Mason Casner, and Ridge Clements had 4 each, and Landon Parman had 2.
Blaine Clements and Mason Casner had 1 block each.
Aydan Blackford had 12 rebounds. Mason Casner and Owen Martin had 5, Ethan Fry and Trevin Wyllie had 4, and Brice Trimble, Blaine Clements, and Ridge Clements had 2 each. After struggling on the boards for much of the year, North Nodaway had 38 for the night.
Owen Martin and Brice Trimble had 5 assists. Mason Casner had 4, Aydan Blackford 2, and Kaeden Nave, Ethan Fry, and Brice Trimble had 1.
Landon Parman had 3 tips. Ethan Fry, Brice Trimble, Mason Casner, and Owen Martin had 2. Blaine Clements, Aydan Blackford, Kaeden Nave, Trevin Wyllie, Ridge Clements, and Jeremiah Vinzant all had 1.
Owen Martin had 6 steals. Brice Trimble had 5, Kaeden Nave and Trevin Wyllie had 4, Aydan Blackford and Ethan Fry had 2, and Mason Casner, Blaine Clements, Landon Parman, and Jeremiah Vinzant all had 1. North Nodaway had 27 as a team.
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