PITTSBURG — Humboldt High saw its six-game winning streak snapped Friday, with a 48-43 loss to Pittsburg’s powerhouse, St. Mary’s Colgan High.
“You don’t like to lose, but I’m pleased with how we played,” Humboldt head coach David Taylor said. “We can take this game and show the guys what they need to improve on. And we can take this game and show them what they did well.”
Colgan took the early advantage, and held it from there, leading 17-11 after one quarter and 26-21 at the break. Humboldt pulled even closer, 36-33, after three quarters.
“One of the big concerns with your first game out of winter break is that it’s always sloppy,” Taylor said. “That wasn’t the case tonight. Both teams played very well.”
Humboldt’s Sam Hull paced the Cubs with 13 points.
“Sam hit some big shots for us tonight,” Taylor said. “I was pleased to see Blake (Ellis) be more aggressive on offense and Logan (Page) and Asher (Hart) did good things as well.”
Hart followed with 10 points. Page had seven before fouling out of the contest.
Colden Cook led with nine rebounds, while Mason Sterling had a pair of steals. Hull had a team-high three assists.
Jack Schremmer paced Colgan with 17 points. Tristan Voss added 12 and Tucker Harrell 11.
Colgan is coached by Iola native Clint Heffern.
“Clint always does a good job,” Taylor said. “They’re a heck of a team.We needed a game like this, win or lose. You always want to win, but we can build off of this.”
Colgan also prevailed in the girls contest, 53-18. No other details were available.
Humboldt (11-10-14-8—43)
FG/3pt FT F TP
Sterling 2 2 1 6
