Late rally gives LCC win over ‘Cats
HARTINGTON — The Wildcats put a huge scare into one of the state’s top-ranked teams before falling to a late rally in Lewis and Clark Conference action here Tuesday.
LCC started the contest by building an 18-12 first-quarter advantage. Hartington-Newcastle came back in the second frame to outscore the Bears, 15-11, and cut their halftime deficit to just two points — 29-27.
A Jake Peitz jumper to open the second half put the Cats in a 29-29 tie with the Bears.
A pair of Cael Hartung free throws then gave the Bears a two-point advantage, but the Cats’ Mathew Meisenheimer matched him with two charity tosses of his own to again knot the score up. Sam Harms and Meishenheimer hit freethrows and nailed a jumper to knot the score at 33-33.
Shay Morten then dished the ball off to Meisenheimer for an easy two points. One more Wildcat jumper then gave the home team a 37-33 lead at the buzzer.
That lead didn’t last long, though. Ty Erwin’s 3-pointer pulled the Bears to within one point, 37-36.
A Sam Harms turn-around jumper and a Morten freethrow again put the Cats in the lead. The Cats held a four-point advantage until the midpoint of the final frame when the Bears finally came out of hibernation to outscore Hartington-Newcastle en route to the seven-point win.
Sam Harms ended up leading the HNS offense with 21 points.
HNS 12 15 10 16—53 LCC 18 11 4 27—60
HNS LCC FG 15-31 13-23 3PT 5-10 5-19 FT 8-13 19-23 Reb 18 29 TOs 10 8 Fouls 18 13
SCORING HNS - Sam Harms, 21; Matthew Meisenheimer, 9; Jake Peitz, 7; Koby Heitman, 5; Shay Morten, 4; Isaac Bruning, 3; Shaye Dickes, 2; Teagan Scoggan,
2. LCC - Cael Hartung, 17; Noah Schutte, 15; Evan Haisch, 13; Ty Erwin, 9; Evan Schmitt, 6. REBOUNDS HNS - Sam Harms, 7; Matthew Meisenheimer, 3; Isaac Bruning, 3; Dylan Dendinger, 2; Kobe Heitman, 1; Jake Peitz, 1; Teagan Scoggan, 1. LCC - Noah Schutte, 14; Cael Hartung, 4; Evan Haisch, 4; Ty Erwin, 4; A Hall, 2; Evan Schmitt, 1. ASSISTS HNS - Shay Morten, 4; Sam Harms, 2; Isaac Bruning, 2; Kobe Heitman, 2; Jake Peitz, 2; Matthew Meisenheimer, 1; Shay Dickes, 1. LCC - Evan Schmitt, 4; Noah Schutte, 3; Cael Hartung, 2; Ty Erwin, 1; Evan Haisch, 1. STEALS HNS - Jake Peitz, 3; Shay Morten, 2; Matthew Meisenheimer, 1; Kobe Heitman, 1; Isaac Bruning, 1. Noah Schutte, 3; Evan Haisch, 1; Cael Hartung, 1; Evan Schmitt, 1.
HNS and Crofton started out evenly Friday, with the Wildcats edging the Warriors, 14-12, to close out the first frame. The Cats again earned a four-point scoring advantage in the second quarter to take a 29-25 lead into the break. Both teams put up 17 over the final 16 minutes, allowing the Cats’ four-point advantage to hold up.
Sam Harms paced the offense with 16 points.
HNS 14 15 12 5—46 Crofton 12 13 9 8—42
SCORING HNS - Sam Harms, 16; Shay Morten, 11; Koby Heitman, 7; Matthew Meisenheimer, 6; Jake Peitz, 4; Teagan Scoggan, 2. REBOUNDS HNS - Sam Harms, 8; Matthew Meisenheimer, 5; Shay Morten, 5; Jake Peitz, 4; Teagan Scoggan, 2. ASSISTS HNS - Sam Harms, 7; Shay Morten, 4; Kobe Heitman, 1; Matthew Meisenheimer, 1; Shaye Dickes, 1. STEALS HNS - Matthew Meisenheimer, 4; Shay Morten, 3; Kobe Heitman, 2; Jake Peitz, 2; Sam Harms, 1; Teagan Scoggan, 1.