Cougars Take a Pair of Wins

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Cougars boys took a pair of wins over the weekend.  They earned an EHC victory over (1-13) Pender and dropped (7-7) Wakefield on a Saturday night game.

 

The Pendragons were eager to break a nine game losing streak.  They racked up 12 points as they scored on each of their first five possessions   The Cougars found themselves down 12-4,but ended the period with a 14 to 4 run.  Alex Brehmer had a pair of baskets while Bobby Simpson added a trey and deuce.  David Bishop’s score made it 18-16 at the quarter.

 

The game’s tempo slowed as both teams went to zone defenses in the second period.  Pender got a pair of three pointers to reclaim the lead, but a Simpson trey and Alec Anderson basket gave Northeast a 25-24 half time lead.

 

After the third quarter ended with the teams tied at 33 the Cougars made an 8 to1 in the first half of the fourth quarter.  While Pender had four turnovers and missed on the front end of a one and one Northeast got goals from Hegy, Henneman, and Brehmer along with two free shots from Riecken to create breathing room.   Both teams score eight points in the last half of the periods Northeast took a 49-42 win.

 

Bobby Simpson topped the team with 12 points.  Brehmer each had 8 points and 8 rebounds..

 

The Cougars took Wakefield out of the game with an early barrage of points.  LDNE jumped out to a 15-2 lead on the way to a 48-29 win.

 

Coach Lahm was elated about the wins. “We’re back above .500!  We’ve won 4 of 5 games since Christmas to get there.  It’s going to be a tough week for us to stay above .500. We take on Cedar Bluffs, Humphrey and Stanton, all are winning teams.”

 

The Cougars clamped a tight man defense on the Trojan.  Wakefield made only 8 of 32 shots.  L-D connected on 18 of 32. They out rebounded the Trojans 28 to19.

 

In the opening period Northeast got rolling with Henneman connecting on deuce and trey and Hegy coming off the bench to score 5 points.  Brehmer and Simpson had a pair of baskets.

 

Bobby Simpson topped the team with 14 points.  Hegy and Dakota Riecken chipped in  with 11 points.  Riecken got  7 in the second half.   Hegy had 8 rebounds.

 

Northeast has a 6-5 record.  They  are 3-3 in the EHC.

 

LDNE              18        7          8          16        -49

Pender             16        8          9          9          -42

 

 

 

2PT      3PT      FT        Rb        F          TP

Henneman        3          0          1/3       0          1          7

Brehmer           4          0          0/2       8          1          8

Simpson           1          3          1/2       1          1          12

Fuston              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Riecken            2          0          4/10     7          3          8

Hegy                3          0          0/0       5          3          6

Bishop              1          0          0/1       3          2          2

Anderson         3          0          0/0       4          3          6

Team                17        3          6/18     28        14        49

Pender             9          6          8/16/    20        17        42

 

 

Wake.  12        2          6          9          -29

L-D      19        6          11        12        -48

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          2          0/0       4          3          87

Alex B              1          0          1/2       5          4          3

Bobby S           3          1          4/6       3          1          14

Taylor              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Dakota R         5          0          1/2       4          1          11

Marcus H         4          0          3/8       8          2          11

David B            0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Montana R       0          0          0/1       2          1          0

Dylan H            1          0          0/0       0          0          2

Alec A             0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Team                15        3          9/19     28        12        48

Wake.              8          0          13/18   19        13        29