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By DAVID MUELLERSpecial to the Hub

WILCOX – Only one was left standing by the time Axtell and Wilcox-Hildreth began warming up Friday night.

Separated by eight miles on the map, the rivalry between the two Fort Kearny Confer-ence schools brought fans to the edge of their seats.

The Wildcats grabbed a 7-point advantage at the end of the opening quarter. However, the Falcons fought to defend their home court, and their perfect record.

Wilcox-Hildreth matched Axtell’s scoring output in second and fourth quarters, and outdid them in the third.

Then, in the fi nal seconds, the Falcons’ Matthew Hinrichs launched a potential game-win-ning shot, only to have it rebounded by Axtell’s Sturgis Hanson. The Wildcats ran out the remaining time, and hit a fi nal free throw to end the Fal-cons’ undefeated season, 55-52.

“I said if we could win the battle of the boards, I thought we would be successful tonight, and we didn’t,” said Wilcox-Hildreth coach Brent Hinrichs. “We didn’t get very many second-chance points, and they got a lot of them – a lot of second-chance points that were just put backs. You’re not going to win very many basket-ball games giving up that many baskets inside.”

Part of the Falcons’ fi rst-half struggles came when their big man, Tristan Farley missed much of the second quarter due to foul trouble. Point guard Ivan Damit-og also sat most of the second quarter with an ankle injury, after accumulating three assists in the fi rst quarter.

“I’d probably say our defense overall was the key,” said

Axtell coach Andy Klepper. “They did miss quite a few open shots. Tristan Farley got in foul trouble, which might have gave us an inside advan-tage,

“Another key was our hot start. We’ve been a slow-start-ing team all year, so it was nice to have that opposite effect tonight, and come out and start

fast.”Axtell’s Adam Lun-

deen led the offensive charge with a 14 points. Teammate Cody Nickel chipped in 11 and Han-son fi nished with 10.

“We did have some poor free-throw shooting tonight, and we did have quite a few turnovers,”

Klepper said. “I still think there’s room for improvement yet, which is great. We’re just happy to play good enough tonight to get the win.”

Matthew Hinrichs netted a game-high 16 points to fuel the Falcons. Tristan Farley fi nished with 12 before fouling out with four minutes left in the game. Both players had double-dou-bles with Hinrichs collecting 13 rebounds and Farley grabbing 10.

“It’s a loss to a good team. We would have loved to battle back and win it. I still thought at halftime we had a shot to win, but we have to make sure we don’t let it affect us in a negative way,” Brent Hinrichs said. “We have to look at the things we do correctly and look at the things were not doing right, and try to improve on those and put a better product on the fl oor.”■ Wilcox-Hildreth 52, Axtell 55

Score by QuartersWIL-HIL (14-1) 11 10 20 11 – 52AXTELL (12-3) 18 10 16 11 – 55

WILCOX-HILDRETH — Matthew Hinrichs 16, Triston Farley 12, Dalton Penny 6, Marshall Jelden 6, Ivan Damit-og 6, Caleb Springer 4, Dax Fouts 2.

AXTELL — Adam Lundeen 14, Cody Nickel 11, Sturgis Hanson 10, August Fishell 8, Parker Sis 6, Marcus Kring 6.

Eldon Holmes, Kearney Hub

AXTELL’S ADAM LUNDEEN shoots a lay-up with Wilcox-Hil-dreth’s Triston Farley and Matthew Hinrichs defending. Axtell defeated Wilcox-Hildreth 55 - 52 Friday night in Wilcox.

Ravenna 54, Arcadia/Loup City 45RAVENNA — Ravenna led

by two at the half but pulled away 21-13 in the third quarter for a 54-45 victory over Arca-dia/Loup City.

Brady Standage led the Blue-jays’ scoring with 19 points and made eight of nine free throws.

Steele Sillivan notched a double-double for the Reb-els with 16 points and 10 rebounds.■ Ravenna 54, Arc./LC 45

Score by QuartersARC./LOUP CITY (7-8) 12 11 13 9 — 45RAVENNA (10-4) 14 11 21 8 — 54

ARCADIA/LOUP CITY — Steele Sillivan 16, Rob-bie Ritz 15, Dalton peters 5, Steven Burke 4, Trey Lewandowski 3, Cohen Lewandowski 2.

RAVENNA — Brady Standage 19, Blake Chra-mosta 14, Kobe Schirmer 13, Michael Buaer 8.

Kenesaw 50, Franklin 9FRANKLIN — Kenesaw

moved into double-digit wins for the season with an easy 50-9 victory over Franklin.

Preston Schnitzler added 11 points to lead the ten scoring players for Kenesaw.

Holden Bruce added four points for Franklin, but the Blue Devils still held the Flyers’ scoring to less than fi ve points each quarter.■ Kenesaw 50, Franklin 9

Score by QuartersKENESAW (10-5) 20 11 15 4 — 50FRANKLIN (0-13) 2 2 4 1 — 9

KENESAW — Preston Schnitzler 11, Carson Woodman 10, Tyson Burr 5, Austin Schnitzler 5, ALex Heier 4, Isaiah McChesney 4, Wyatt Wood-man 4, Will Gallagher 4, Chris Bures 2, Kory Heier 1.

FRANKLIN — Holden Bruce 4, Payton Janelli 2, Riley Stauffer 2, Anthony Frerichs 1.

Overton 59, Eustis-Farnam 49EUSTIS — Creighton Ryan

notched a double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds to help bring the Eagles to a 59-49 victory over the Knights.

Caleb Ecklund also had a double-double for Overton with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Kaleb Gibbens also added 19 points for the Knights while Austin Boller added six points and had 13 rebounds.■ Overton 59, Eus-Far 49

Score by QuarterOVERTON (5-9) 15 11 15 18 — 59EUSTIS-FARNAM (1-12) 13 8 15 13 — 49

OVERTON — Creighton Ryan 19, Caleb Eck-lund 17, Kris Seberger 9, Sam Kulhanek 6, Dillon Margritz 6, Peyton Grote 2.

EUSTIS-FARNAM — Kaleb Gibbens 19, Mitch Rieker 10, Logan Purdy 9, Austin Boller 7, Hayden Rupe 4.

Ravenna 42, Arcadia/Loup City 29RAVENNA — The Bluejays

came out strong with a 13-point lead in the fi rst half on their way to a 42-29 victory over the Rebels.

Brooke Fiddelke led Ravenna scoring with 17 points.

Sheridan Holcomb added eight points for Arcadia/Loup City.■ Ravenna 42, Arc./LC 29

Score by QuartersARCADIA/LOUP CITY (7-8) 6 6 6 11 — 29RAVENNA (9-7) 12 13 4 13 — 42

ARCADIA/LOUP CITY — Sheridan Holcomb 8, Lindsey Trotter 6, Jessica Eurek 4, Kennedy Lewandowski 4, Madison Dodson 3, Sydney Har-rington 2, Mackenzie Maschka 2.

RAVENNA — Brooke Fiddelke 17, Madyson Schmidt 10, Eva Achtenberg 6, Sydney kucera 4, Megan Miigerl 3, Rebecca Nozicka 2.

Centura 68, Gibbon 20GIBBON — Centura moved

into double-digit wins for the season with its 69-20 victory over Gibbon.

Annika Gleason led the Centurions with a game-high 24 points followed by Casey Krowlikowsi with 17 points.

Ellie Snell netted eight points to help Gibbon’s offensive effort.■ Centura 68, Gibbon 20

Score by QuartersCENTURA (10-5) 22 23 14 9 — 68GIBBON (2-14) 4 4 12 9 — 20

CENTURA — Annika Gleason 24, Casey Krowli-kowski 17, Mady Roth 12, Mariah Nelville 5, Madi-son Meyers 4, Makenna Lemburg 2, Emily Wells 2, Makenz Gorecki 2.

GIBBON — Ellie Snell 8, McKayla Walker 4, Nisha Oltman 4, Brie Bailey 2, Shyann Ellis 2.

Minden 59, Holdrege 38HOLDREGE — The Whip-

pets outscored the Dusters, holding them to single-digit scoring until the fourth quarter for a 59-38 victory.

Sophomore Taylor Kissinger netted 24 points for Minden to help the Whippets to their third straight win.

Holdrege sustained its second home loss in two games Friday.■ Minden 59, Holdrege 38

Score by QuartersMINDEN (16-1) 26 14 9 10 — 59HOLDREGE (10-4) 9 9 6 14 — 38

MINDEN — Taylor Kissinger 24, Rebecca Stewart 12, Josie Madsen 11, Emily Malcom 8, Ali Rowse 4.

HOLDREGE — No report.

Axtell 44, Wilcox-Hildreth 31WILCOX — Axtell built on

a four-point halftime lead for a 44-31 victory over Wilcox-Hil-dreth.

Season Mellema led the Wildcats’ scoring with 14 points in their seventh win on the road this season.

Reilly Jenkins added six

points and had 14 rebounds for the Falcons. ■ Axtell 44, Wilcox-Hildreth 31

Score by QuartersAXTELL (11-5) 10 8 14 12 — 44WILCOX-HILDRETH (10-5) 6 8 7 10 — 31

AXTELL — Season Mellema 14, Hannah Kring 10, Kit Wells 5, Ashley Snell 4, Regan Miller 4, Jordyn Popple 3, Paige Kirby 2, Sophie Mellema 2.

WILCOX-HILDRETH — Reilly Jenkins 6, Ashley Nichols 5, Megan Jelden 4, Sophie Gruwell 4, Sarah Arehart 3, Alex Voichoskie 3, Emilee Pool 3, Cam-ryn Preston 3.

Kenesaw 65, Franklin 40FRANKLIN — Brielle

Schneider sank eight of 13 free throws and scored a game-high 29 points to help the Blue Devils to a 65-40 victory over the Flyers.

Brenna Schneider also netted 11 points and had nine rebounds for Kenesaw.

Friday’s game was Franklin’s 12th loss in a row.■ Kenesaw 65, Franklin 40

Score by QuartersKENESAW (7-9) 18 14 33 0 — 65FRANKLIN (1-13) 7 14 19 0 — 40

KENESAW — Brielle Schneider 29, Brenna Schneider 11, Kelsey Jaschke 10, Staci Weavers 6, Kendra Nunn 5, Jordan Dassigner 4.

FRANKLIN — No report.

Elm Creek 46, Pleasanton 37PLEASANTON — Elm

Creek pulled ahead 15-6 in the fourth quarter to defeat Pleas-anton 46-37.

Claire Cornell netted 14 points for the Buffaloes followed by Kenzie Deyo with 10 points.

Kayla Stubbs added seven points and had 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs.■ Elm Creek 46, Pleasanton 37

Score by QuartersELM CREEK (9-5) 12 9 10 15 — 46PLEASANTON (6-8) 13 8 10 6 — 37

ELM CREEK — Claire Cornell 14, Kenzie Deyo 10, Hannah Robbins 9, Shelby Ferguson 6, Azia Ourada 5, Sage Martin 2.

PLEASANTON — Amanda Baillie 8, Kayla Stubbs 7, Keri Bauer 6, Autumn Pritchard 6, Kristen Tolles 5, Shelby nichols 3, Adeline Hand 2.

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OMAHA — Same knee, same injury, same fate.

Creighton guard Isaiah Zierden learned Friday that his season has come to a prema-ture end for the second straight year. An MRI exam revealed that the knee injury he sus-tained Wednesday at Butler was similar to the one that he suffered last year.

“Who says lightning doesn’t strike twice?” Zierden said. with a wry smile.

A year ago, Zierden suffered a dislocated right kneecap and damage to the medial collateral ligament during an early March game against Xavier.

Creighton guarddone for the year