Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Kimball's Edward Barnes goes high in an attempt to shoot past two Hershey defenders last weekend. Barnes and his teammates struggled against a tall Hershey club and lost to the Panthers 73-44.
Two more losses over the weekend for the Kimball High Boy's Basketball Team. The Horns lost at Hemingford 55-34 on Friday, and fell to Hershey at home Saturday night 73-44. This leaves Kimball with a 12-8 record going into their final regular season contest Mitchell tomorrow (Friday) night.
At Hemingford, the Horns stayed close early scoring the final 6 points of the opening quarter to trail 10-9 at the end of the period. Kimball was taking lots of long 3 pointers, that were not falling, and by half time they were down 25-15, and had people in could trouble as well. The host club also won the second half play to coast to the win.
Jaden Withrow was Kimball's only player in double figures with 13 points, connecting on a pair of treys in the 4th quarter. Izaac Reuter tallied 7 points and pulled 13 rebounds and was high in steals with 4. Kyle Spicer hit a trey and had 4 points. Brandon Barker had 4, Zane Anthony, Colton Mielke, and Corey Travis all finished with 2 points.
In team stats, the Horns were 12/56 from the field going 4/29 on 3 point attempts , were 6/7 at the line, had 29 rebounds, 4 blocked shots, 13 steals, 3 assists, 15 turnovers, and 18 fouls.
Hemingford had 18 field goals including 6 treys, were 13/18 at the line and had 10 fouls. They were led in scoring by Casey Lashley with 15 and Jameson Wood with 15, along with Kyler Stevens with 14.
Hemingford 10 15 16 14---55
Kimball 9 6 9 10---34
Kimball played an outstanding first quarter against the tall and talented Hershey club on Saturday and held a 17-15 lead at the end of the opening period. It was all hustle and Mielke hit 2 treys and had 9 first quarter points. The visiting Panthers took control in the 2nd period and out scored the Horns 17-4 to go up 32-21 by half time.
Mielke continued to play well and led Kimball with 20 points ending up with 3 treys on the night. Ed Barnes had 9, Brandon Barker 6 with a trey, Jaden Withrow 6, Kyle Spicer 2, and Izaac Reuter 1.
In team totals, Kimball was 17/51 from the field, 4/27 on 3 point attempts, 6/9 at the line, had 25 rebounds, 6 blocks, 12 steals, 3 assists, 12 turnovers, and 14 fouls.
Hershey had 30 field goals with 4 treys, 9/20 at the foul line, and 9 fouls. Clay Frels, a 6'2" senior, who has been heavily recruited by Division Two schools, displayed his talents in scoring 28 points for the winners. J.D. Barr added 10, Jason Davis, a 6'3" senior who has signed to play football at Wyoming, had 8, Tyler Johnson had 8, and Brady Roberts had 8. The Hershey boys are now 16-4 on the season and appear to be getting better each time out.
Kimball 17 4 15 8---44
Hershey 15 17 22 19---73
Kimball did win the JV game with Hemingford 52-43 with Branden Walker scoring 13, Brady Kilgore 11, Kole Bush 9, Sam Cajero 7, Brayden Tyan 5, Corey Travis 5, and jacob Withrow 2.
Hershey won the JV game over Kimball 46-19 with Kilgore high with 4, Zane Anthony 3, and a spattering of players with either 2 or 1.
