HOWARD — West Elk High came out on top 62-52 over the Yates Center High boys Friday night.
The Patriots came out swinging in the first quarter with a 19 -8 advantage. That role was reversed in the second with a 19-point Yates Center performance, compared to a 10-point West Elk quarter. The halftime score was 29-27 Patriots.
West Elk outscored the Wildcats 15-11 in the third and 18-14 in the fourth to finish out the contest.
Cameron Brown led Yates Center in scoring with 21 points, Caleb DeNoon had 15.
Yates Center (8-19-11-14—52)
West Elk (19-10-15-18—62)
Yates Center (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Chism 1-0-0-2, Cooper 1-0-0-2, DeNoon 5/1-2-3-15, Schemper 0-0-1-0, Brown 8-5-4-21, McNett 0-0-5-0, Dice 0-1-3-1, Rossillon 0/1-2-1-5, Arnold 3-0-3-6. TOTALS: 18/2-10-20-52.
West Elk (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jor. Engelbrecht 2/1-2-2-9, Wilson 0/2-3-3-9, Jus. Engelbrecht 0-2-3-2, Wolfe 1/1-0-0-5, Smith 4-6-5-14, Jennings 0-1-2-1, Loudermilk 9-4-2-22. TOTALS: 16/4-18-17-62.
West Elk too much for Yates Center boys
