Camden Griffith had 21 points and Landon Preston had 20 points and 10 assists as Gilman City hung a season high 87 on Southwest Livingston and won 87-42. The Hawks got off to a rocky start, dropping their first three games. But they beat an improving Union Star squad 60-30, and then came away with an impressive 61-46 win over Albany. They won handily over an improving Northeast Nodaway squad, needed overtime to beat their brothers on the gridiron in Pattonsburg, and dropped a 64-46 loss to Class 3 Carrolton. But the Hawks played their best two quarters of the year in the second half and carried that over into Monday's game. For one game at least, they put up the kind of points that Claude Samson's Bluejays did back in the 1970's and 1980's.
Landon Preston hit Camden Griffith inside to start the scoring and started dishing out dimes the rest of the period. He hit Jace Estrada in the post, pushed it up the floor and found Dakota Meringa for two, got loose in transition and got a pass from Griffith for two to make it 8-0. Jace Estrada pushed one up ahead to Camden Griffith, and then Landon Preston pushed one ahead to Griffith for two. Another push by Landon Preston resulted in a miss, but Dakota Meringa got the offensive glass and put Bo Eads on the board for two. Landon Preston got an offensive board and found Griffith for two, then got a steal and a drive. Landon then found Alex Young for three and found Camden Griffith in transition; Camden converted one of two at the line. Kenyon Puls scored a free throw off a steal, Parker Virtue scored two free throws off a steal, and Camden Griffith scored off a steal. By the time the dust had settled, Gilman City was up 27-0 after the first quarter.
The lead grew to 34-0 in the second as Jace Estrada twice found Parker Virtue inside and Bo Eads hit his second 3-pointer of the morning. Peyton Moss, only a freshman, got Southwest on the board and showed some promise; he went on to score 18 the rest of the way. Landon Preston scored eight of his own points in the second after fueling everyone else in the first, getting seven in the period. Bo Eads had 6, Parker Virtue 4, Kenyon Puls 3, and Dakota Meringa 2 as the Hawks led 50-16 at the half.
Jace Estrada had the hot hand early for the Hawks in the third quarter, getting five in the first three minutes. Then, Camden Griffith went off again, scoring 10 in the third period as Landon Preston added 8 more. Bo Eads and Parker Virtue worked the offensive boards for 4 and 2 points respectively. The Hawks could have scored 100 if they had wanted to; their lead grew to 79-28 after three.
Kenyon Puls scored four straight in the early fourth quarter before Gilman City subbed freely the rest of the way. Chance Brown got on the board with a putback for the Hawks and Maverick Roberts got on as well after Dustin Ward aired one out to him.
Camden Griffith had 21 for the Hawks. Landon Preston had 20, Bo Eads 12, Kenyon Puls and Parker Virtue 8 each, Jace Estrada 7, Dakota Meringa 4, Alex Young 3, and Chance Brown and Maverick Roberts 2.
Dakota Meringa, Camden Griffith, and Alex Young had 1 block each.
Landon Preston had 8 boards, nearly getting a triple-double. Jace Estrada had 7, Camden Griffith 6, Kenyon Puls 5, Parker Virtue 4, Dakota Meringa and Bo Eads 3, Dustin Ward and Chance Brown 2, and Maverick Roberts 1.
Gilman City had 27 assists in the game. Landon Preston had 10, Jace Estrada and Camden Griffith had 4 each, Dakota Meringa, Parker Virtue, and Bo Eads had 2, and Alex Young and Dustin Ward had 1.
Landon Preston had 4 tips. Camden Griffith, Parker Virtue, Kenyon Puls, and Alex Young had 3, and Jace Estrada and Bo Eads had 1.
Camden Griffith had 6 steals. Landon Preston had 5, Parker Virtue 3, Jace Estrada, Kenyon Puls, and Dakota Meringa 2, and Bo Eads 1. Gilman City forced 26 turnovers and only surrendered the ball 12 times.
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