The Humboldt Middle School boys and girls started off 2019 with five home wins over Neodesha.
The A-Team girls won 22-20 led by six points for both Kenisyn Hottenstein and Karley Wools. Emily Ross had 10 rebounds.
We looked very rusty during the game, head coach Jason Weilert said. We had plenty of good looks that didn’t fall. It wasn’t our best night on the defensive end but we did enough to win. We found ways to make shots at the end of the game and got a few stops to take and keep the lead.
The B-Team won 22-1 with Ashlynn Works scoring 12 points while grabbing five rebounds. Elizabeth White also had five rebounds.
The C-Team won 11-9. Kadance Ballard had six points.
Meanwhile, the eighth-grade boys pulled off a close 24-22 win.
Maddox Johnson hit a half court three to tie up the game at 18 at the end of the third quarter after trailing by four at the half. Johnson struck again by hitting the game winner with 1.6 seconds to play.
Johnson had 11 points and seven rebounds and Trey Sommer had seven points and eight rebounds. Dakota Slocum had nine rebounds and five assists.
The team ended the night with 17 total steals.
Neodesha is a very tall team, head coach Jeremy Weilert said. I thought we ran the offense better, but we didn’t shoot the ball very well from the floor or the free throw line. We were much better defensively. We were able to hold them under their scoring average. This was a total team effort and a big win for us.
The seventh-grade also had a close win, beating Neodesha 32-25 in overtime.
Sam Hull had 16 points, Landon Bauer and Bradly Lowry had four points and Caden Vink and Kaden Barnhart each had two points.
