Humboldt Middle School got the ball rolling on the new year with the boys basketball team hosting Fredonia on Monday. The Fredonia Yellow Jackets swept the Cubs.
In the B game, the Cubs came out sluggish. After being tied in the first quarter, Humboldt trailed 14-9 at halftime. Fredonia’s shooters got into a rhythm that the Cubs could not match. Humboldt mounted a charge in the third quarter, outscoring the Yellow Jackets 6-4, but Fredonia pulled away in the fourth, ending the game on a 10-2 run.
Kreed Jones scored five points and had three rebounds. Grady Elder had three points. Taner King, Thatcher Mueller, Carson Peters, and Hudson Rees each had two points. Jack Works made a free throw for one point. Mueller also had four rebounds.
In the A game, the Cubs raced out to a 21-16 lead at half time, spurred by two double-digit quarters, and a whale of a game by Mason Sterling.
The Cubs came out firing on all cylinders, and played great defense, holding the Yellow Jackets to eight points in each of the first two quarters.
Fredonia had other plans in the second half, coming out refocused and recharged. The Yellow Jackets mounted a 9-3 run in the third quarter, taking the lead, 25-24. Fredonia fept the pressure on in the fourth quarter, pulling away from Humboldt 13-4.
Sterling had 12 points, eight rebounds, and five steals to lead Humboldt. Creed Shannon had six points. Mueller, Carson Russell, and Layne Ellison each had two points.
“It was great to get everyone back on the court,” said Humboldt head coach Jeremy Weilert. “We had to postpone our last game due to quarantine. The game before that we only had 10 players. We got better tonight, but we have to keep working.”
Humboldt takes the court again on Thursday at Neodesha.
