NEODESHA — There was no room for a letdown in a closely contested Tri-Valley League game between Humboldt High’s Cubs and their hosts Monday night.
But the Cubs did have a letdown. They trailed Neodesha High’s Bluestreaks 23-22 at halftime then were outscored 10-2 in the third quarter.
The Cubs never caught back up, losing 46-42 in a makeup game.
No time to toil over the loss as Humboldt’s teams travel to Cherryvale in TVL play tonight.
Neodesha’s girls beat Humboldt’s Lady Cubs 55-17. No report was made to the Register on the game.
Leading the Cubs was Tanner McNutt with 16 points. Noah Thornbrugh had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Derrik McCall had three steals.
Ryan Lopez fired in 12 points for the Bluestreaks. Randy Groth had nine.
Neodesha was 11 of 21 at the free-throw line while Humboldt was 8 of 13.
Humboldt (11-11-2-9—42) (FG/3-pt): McNutt 3/3-1-3-16, Whitcomb 2-0-1-4, McCall 0-2-4-2, Crawford 0-1-3-1, Johnson 1/1-0-2-5, Nickell 1-1-2-3, Thornbrugh 4-3-3-11. TOTALS: 11/4-8-19-42.
Neodesha (11-12-10-13—46) (FG/3-pt): Lopez 5-2-2-12, Knickerbocker 3-0-2-6, Pruter 2-1-0-5, Groth 3-3-3-9, Depew 0-0-1-0, Osterbuhr 1-2-1-4, Railsback 1/1-0-0-5, J. Baird 0-3-1-3, Orr 1-0-4-2. TOTALS: 16/1-11-14-46.
Streaks defeat the Cubs
