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CLEARWATER — The Cedar Catholic Trojan basketball team seems to be hitting its stride at just the right time after going 3-0 over the past week and has won five of its last six games.
The Trojans sandwiched a couple of non-conference wins over Summerland, 68-37, and Elkhorn Valley, 57-27, around a 44-34 Mid State Conference win over Battle Creek.
Cedar Catholic jumped on the Bobcats Feb. 13 and led the game wire-towire on the way to the big win.
At Clearwater, the Trojans led by 15 at the half and increased the lead to 22 after the third frame then coasted to the 31-point victory.
Gavin Klug had a great game as he exploded for 30 points on the night.
Mason Baller added 16 and Aaron Wortmann tossed in nine.
Baller also grabbed five rebounds, Wortmann and Micah Cattau gathered in four missed shots each.
Breiton Whitmire handed out six assists, Baller recorded five and Klug swiped four steals.
The game against the Braves was a typical Mid State Conference game in that it was a defensive battle.
Klug led the Cedar offense again with 14 points, Kighter Wortmann added nine and Baller recorded eight.
Klug, Aaron Wortmann and Jared Rutar each pulled down five rebounds, Ryan Hoebelheinrich corralled four missed shots.
Whitmire registered four assists while Cattau and Kighter Wortmann each posted three steals.
The Cedar Catholic defense was on display in the game with the Falcons played at Werner Activities Center.
The Trojans grounded the Falcon offense, holding them in single digits in each quarter.
After Cedar grabbed a 12-9 lead at the end of the first period, the Trojans held Elkhorn Valley to just four points in the second frame.
Meanwhile, the Cedar Catholic offense put up 21 points in the second to take a 33-13 lead into the halftime locker room.
Klug led a fairly balanced offensive attack for the Trojans with 15 points.
Baller added 11, Aaron Wortmann contributed nine while Cattau and Whitmire tacked on six apiece.
Baller also took down six rebounds and handed out six assists.
Cedar Catholic will finish the regular season with a home date with Norfolk Catholic on Feb. 20.
CC (12-11) 20 16 15 17 - 68 SUM (7-14) 6 15 8 8 - 37 CEDAR CATHOLIC: Mason Baller 6-17
0-0 16; Myles Baller 0-1 0-0 0; Gavin Klug
10-18 3-3 30; Aaron Wortmann 3-11 0-0
9; Micah Cattau 1-3 0-0 2; Toby Heine
1-3 0-0 2; Cooper Hochstein 1-1 0-0 3; Breiton Whitmire 0-1 0-0 0; Ryan Hoebelheinrich
1-2 0-0 2; Kighter Wortmann 2-4 0-0 4. BC (5-16) 34 CC (12-11) 44 CEDAR CATHOLIC: Ma. Baller 3-7 2-2 8; Klug 5-10 0-0 14; A. Wortmann 2-8 1-1 5; Cattau 1-4 2-2 4; Heine 0-3 0-0 0; Whitmire 0-2 0-0 0; K. Wortmann 4-8 0-0 9; Jared Rutar 2-4 0-0 4. EV (12-10) 9 4 6 8 - 27 CC (12-11) 12 21 13 11 - 57 CEDAR CATHOLIC: Ma. Baller 5-10 0-0
11; Klug 7-12 0-0 15; A. Wortmann 4-8
0-0 9; Cattau 2-5 2-2 6; Heine 1-2 0-0 2; Whitmire 3-4 0-0 6; Hoebelheinrich 1-3
1-2 3; Grady Haberer 0-1 0-0 0; K. Wortmann 2-4
0-0
4; Rutar
0-1
1-2 1.
Boys NSAA Power Points
School Record Pts Avg
1 Yutan 19-2 47.2857
2 Bergan Catholic 21-1 46.5455
3 Alma 22-1 45.3913
4 Freeman 16-4 45.2500
5 Kimball 17-5 45.1818
6 Norfolk Catholic 18-4 45.0909
7 Valentine 19-3 45.0000
8 North Bend 19-5 44.5000
9 Tri County 18-5 44.3913
10 Johnson-Brock 20-3 44.2609
11 Pender 18-5 43.4783
12 EMF 17-6 43.4348
13 Cross County 16-4 43.4000
14 Hemingford 14-6 43.3500
15 Sandy Creek 16-7 43.2174
16 Dundy Co Strat 17-5 43.0455
17 Amherst 15-7 43.0000
18 Hershey 12-11 42.7391
19 Crofton 15-7 42.6818
20 Twin River 15-7 42.3182
21 Cornerstone 12-6 42.2222
22 Elmwood-Murd 11-10 42.0952
23 Ponca 14-8 42.0909
24 Cedar Catholic 12-11 41.8696
25 Wakefield 14-8 41.2727
26 Perkins County 10-10 41.2000
27 Sutton 13-10 41.0870
28 Fillmore Centrl 10-10 40.9500
29 Humph-Lindsy 12-10 40.8636
30 Elkhorn Valley 12-10 40.6818
31 Arcadia/Loup 12-9 40.3810
32 Gordon-Rushville 11-11 39.8182
33 Shelby-Ris City 11-11 39.7727
34 Hartingtn-Newcstl 9-12 39.5714
