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Sophomore
boys head back to action Tuesday |
The Decorah
High School sophomore boys basketball team will
return to action at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at
home against Waukon. The Vikings are now 12-3 overall
and 7-0 in the NEIC after beating Charles City 42-16 and
Turkey Valley 48-32 last week.
Against Charles City on Tuesday, both teams were deadlocked
at 7-7 after one quarter but a stingy Viking defense forced
five straight Comet turnovers, which led to a 23-2 run, as
they took a commanding 30-9 halftime lead. Neither
team was able to find the basket much in the second half as
Decorah only managed to score 12 points while the visiting
Comets mustered only 7. Bjorn Gowdy-Jaehnig and Jake
Drost both reached double figures in scoring with 10 points
apiece, while James Ostile was not far behind with 9 points.
Also scoring for the Vikings was Peter Lillibridge with 3
while Nick Nelson and Alek Besarovic had 2 points apiece.
Jake Drost led the way on defense with 5 steals while also
dishing out a team high 4 assists.
On Thursday Turkey Valley traveled to Decorah to take on the
Viking sophomores. Decorah led 9-7 after one quarter
and was able to increase their lead to 18-11 at halftime.
In the second half, the Vikings were able to increase their
lead to 30-18 with 3 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter, but
Turkey Valley was able to cut into the lead trimming it to
33-24 to end the quarter. In the fourth quarter,
Decorah was able to increase their lead to 43-27 with 3
minutes to play and never looked back, cruising to a 48-32
victory.
Nick Nelson scored a season high and game high 17 points,
including 4 three-pointers. James Ostile and Bjorn
Gowdy-Jaehnig each missed double figures with 9 and 8 points
respectively. Blake Moen chipped in 6 points while Jake
Drost had 4. Rounding out the scoring on the evening was
Andrew Luzum and Alek Besarovic who had 3 and 2 points
respectively. Drost once again led the way with 4 assists
while tying Gowdy-Jaehnig for steals with 4. Jewell cleared
the boards with 7.
"Although we weren't real efficient on the offensive end of
the floor at times, I thought the guys really defended well
in these two games which created other opportunities for us
to score especially in transition," commented head coach
Jonathan Carlson. |
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