Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Longhorn Kyler Lusche goes vertical to get a hand on a tipoff at Gordon-Rushville. Kimball won easily, 77-21, forcing a running clock in the second half. Next up is South Platte at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at The Arena to open the 2025 portion of the season. JV play starts at 4, followed by the girls at 5:30 and boys at 7.
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team had a very successful week to wrap up competition in 2024.
The freshman team started off the week on Monday with a resounding victory over Lingle-Fort Laramie.
On Thursday and Saturday, the JV team continued its winning ways by defeating Hershey and Gordon-Rushville as they improved to 6-1 on the season.
The varsity team also defeated Hershey and Gordon-Rushville to get to 6-1 on the season.
Against Hershey, the Longhorns raced to a 25-11 lead after one quarter of play. Kimball never trailed in the contest as they notched their first SPVA Conference win of the season by defeating Hershey, 67-50.
The team shot 74% from the charity stripe (14/19) and forced 22 Hershey turnovers that led to 30 Longhorn points.
A balanced attack fueled the Longhorn victory as four players were in double figures for the contest.
Individual stats for the game are as follows (name, points, rebounds, assists, steals blocks):
Kyler Lusche 15 12 1 4
Lincoln Behrend 2
Bransyn Kiefer 1
Danny Cajero
Braxton Miller 13 4
Trevor Fuss 16 5 4 2
Luke Berger 1
Ryker Behrend 15 2 5 4
Greg Bingham 2 1 1 2
Kaymen Lusche 6 1 3
Trey Cook
Landen Nunley
