The Wayne High girls came from behind in the fourth quarter and came away with a 45-37 win over O’Neill St. Mary’s to claim the 2016 Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout championship Friday at Wayne High School.
The Blue Devils got a key 3-pointer from Kelsey Boyer late in the game and erased a three-point third-quarter deficit to earn the tournament title for the second time in three years.
Boyer scored a game-high 19 points and Kylie Hammer added 18 for the 6-3 Blue Devils. O’Neill St. Mary’s was led by Taylor Colman with 15 points.
In the boys championship game, Hartington Cedar Catholic held off a fourth-quarter surge by Laurel-Concord-Coleridge to hand the Bears their first loss of the season and claim the boys title with a 61-52 win.
Matthew Becker scored a game-high 26 points to lead three Trojans in double figures, with Sean Kathol adding 11 and Stephen Hillis putting in 10. Mason Forsberg led a balanced Bears attack with 13 points, with Jayden Reifenrath putting in 12 and Izac Reifenrath adding 10.
The Wayne High boys claimed consolation honors with a 55-52 win over West Point-Beemer. Jack Evetovich led the 5-3 Blue Devils with 16 points and Shea Sweetland put in 13, with Beau Bowers adding eight. Austin Streeter led the Cadets with 20 points and Blake Anderson added 11.
The LCC girls went 0-3 in the tournament, losing 45-34 to West Point-Beemer in the seventh-place game. Emily Hangman led the 2-8 Lady Bears with 18 points.
Pender’s girls claimed consolation honors with a 53-47 win over Norfolk Catholic. Arlington’s boys beat O’Neill St. Mary’s 61-45 for fifth place, the Hartington Cedar Catholic girls got past Arlington 40-29 in the girls fifth-place matchup, and Norfolk Catholic beat Pender 51-36 for seventh-place honors in the boys bracket.
Friday’s results are as follows:
Girls Bracket
Seventh Place
West Point-Beemer 45, LCC 34
LCC 5 15 8 6 – 34
West Pt.-Beem. 7 14 12 12 – 45
LCC – Hangman 18, Cook 6, Maxon 4, Leapley 3, Wolfgram 2, Kardell 1.
WEST PT.-BEEM. – Hoffman 10, Weddle 8, Anderson 8, Dale 5, Mitzel 5, Hinkel 3, Pilakowski 2, Haase 2, Paasch 2.
Fifth Place
Hartington CC 40, Arlington 29
Hartington CC 16 6 2 16 – 40
Arlington 4 9 8 8 – 29
HARTINGTON CC – Cattau 11, Steffen 10, Wieseler 6, Hamilton 5, Hochstein 4, Reifenrath 4.
ARLINGTON – Kaup 13, Young 6, Schmidt 4, Wakefield 3, Theiler 3.
Third Place
Pender 53, Norfolk Catholic 47
Pender 14 17 12 10 – 53
Norfolk Cath. 12 2 15 18 – 47
PENDER – Anderson 26, English 11, Ballinger 8, Jacobsen 4, Wegner 3, Krusemark 1.
NORFOLK CATH. – Anderson 13, Peitz 9, Reifert 9, Lammers 6, Knake 5, Pieper 4, Kalin 1.
Championship
Wayne 45, O’Neill St. Mary’s 37
Wayne 9 6 12 18 – 45
St. Mary’s 8 13 9 7 – 37
WAYNE – K. Boyer 19, Hammer 18, Meyer 4, Sandoz 2, Gamble 2.
ST. MARY’S – Colman 15, Blumenstock 8, Connot 8, Eiler 6.
Boys Bracket
Seventh Place
Norfolk Catholic 51, Pender 36
Pender 6 10 9 11 – 36
Norfolk Cath. 22 9 4 16 – 51
PENDER – Bensen 10, Mailloux 9, Tyrell 7, Rutar 3, Peters 2, Schopke 2, Jump 2, Springer 1.
NORFOLK CATH. – Clausen 14, Bettenhausen 14, Molacek 10, Teten 7, Schindler 2, Dominese 2, Schaefer 1, Kautz 1.
Fifth Place
Arlington 61, St. Mary’s 46
St. Mary’s 11 11 12 12 – 46
Arlington 25 11 11 14 – 61
ST. MARY’S – Blumenstock 12, Cuddy 11, Weise 6, Semin 6, Crumly 6, Thompson 3, Kroter 2.
ARLINGTON – Theiler 10, Borgman 9, Miller 8, Vogt 7, Johnson 7, Toebben 6, O’Flaherty 5, Kroeger 4, Walkenhorst 3, Casky 2.
Third Place
Wayne 55, West Point-Beemer 52
Wayne 16 8 19 12 – 55
West Pt.-Beem. 9 13 13 17 – 52
WAYNE – Evetovich 16, Sweetland 13, Bowers 8, McBride 6, Gilliland 6, Anderson 2, Lee 2, Gamble 2.
WEST PT.-BEEM. – A. Streeter 20, Anderson 11, Hughes 9, VanderGruend 6, Pilakowski 3, C. Streeter 3.
Championship
Hartington CC 61 LCC 52
LCC 15 8 14 15 – 52
Hartington CC 10 17 14 20 – 61
LCC – Forsberg 13, J. Reifenrath 12, I. Reifenrath 10, Tr. Erwin 8, Schutte 5, Spahr 4.
HARTINGTON CC – M. Becker 26, Kathol 11, Killis 10, Arens 8, Eickhoff 4, J. Becker 2.
