Bluejay Basketball
Bluejays Fall to the Trojans
By Brayden Suckstorf
The Bluejay boys basketball team flew to Hartington to face the Hartington Cedar Catholic Trojans on Friday, January 17, and lost 49-38.
“We played well on the road, both defensively and offensively, and got good looks. Unfortunately, some of those shots didn't fall, and they made a couple more plays in the end to take the win. We will definitely be able to learn and get better from this game,” head coach Alex Thramer stated.
To start off the game, Cedar Catholic scored 15 to Pierce’s 10 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter the Bluejays started to find their rhythm with both teams putting up 12, making the score 27-22 Trojans going into halftime.
Coming out at half the Bluejays only put up five, letting the Trojans score 14, making the score 41-27 Trojans.
The last quarter the Bluejays could not get anything going, making the final score 49-38 in favor of HCC.
Leading the Bluejays in points were Keaton Fraizer and Brock Collison with nine points each. Following those two were Kendall Shada with six points and Payton Cederberg, who put up five points for the Bluejays. Ethan Nordby and Ryder Theisen had four points each. Gavin Lubischer added one point for the Bluejays.
“We didn’t start good, but we picked it up throughout the game, but did not have enough time. We were there defensively, but offensively our shots were not falling,” Frazier stated.
The Bluejays face Summerland on Thursday, January 23, in rural Ewing.
Bluejays Escape with Narrow Win over Vikings
By Peyton Brunckhorst
The Pierce Bluejays competed against the Columbus Lakeview Vikings on January 14, at Pierce and edged through with a 60-58 win after double overtime.
“The kids showed great resilience, especially with going into two overtimes and continued to fight to the very end,” said assistant coach Kaleb Anderson.
Ending the first quarter, the Bluejays were short with a score of 15-8.
Pierce added 10 more points on the board in the second quarter but was still behind four points ending the first half 122-18.
Inching closer to the Vikings in the third quarter, the Bluejays were only behind two points to end the quarter 32-30.
Moving on to the fourth quarter, Pierce tied the game 48-48 to go into overtime.
Dribbling into overtime, the Bluejays tied the game again, adding four more points to the board to make the score 52-52 to go into a second overtime.
Concluding the game with two overtimes, the Bluejays shot their way to a 60-58 win.
Leading Pierce in points were Keaton Frazier with 28 points and Brock Collison with 21 points. In addition, Gavin Lubischer had eight points and Kendall Shada had three points.
The boys will head to Summerland on Thursday, January 23.
