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Boys Basketball Results Friday, December 17th Ballard At Carroll Ballard 88 Carroll 77 Carroll couldn't overcome a 13-2 lead and the big scoring night of Ashton

st Sergeant Bluff Luton 36   It was a defensive battle with both teams struggling to get good shots and unable to consistently hit them when they found a few open looks. The Warriors made one three point shot all game and it was a big one from Majok Majouk that put them ahead 28-25. It came right after the Tigers got a bucket from Kaleb Booth to tie the game at 25. The Warriors would lead 30-27 after a spinning shot in the lane by Tory Feldman but Majouk who was a 50% free throw shooter enteri...

rd quarter ignited the Carroll Tigers and they pull away in the 4 th quarter to reach their first Sub-State Final since 2016. The Tigers outscored the Tornadoes 25-11 in the 4 th to win going away. Storm Lake was able to control the tempo most of the game but Carroll never trailed and was only tied 6 times. The last was at 28-8 after Storm Lake went on a 6-0 run to tie the game. Carroll largest lead to that point had been 3 as Storm Lake kept hanging around, using their size inside to score. Ca...

st half, cutting a 10 point deficit to 5. They opened the 2 nd half on an 11-0 run and never looked back. Tory Feldman had a steal at half court and fed Colby Christensen for the layup and then Feldman made a tip in just before the halftime buzzer. Carroll trailed 37-32 at the half. Treyton Goins hit a 3 to start the 3 rd and Nick Macke tied the game at 37 and Carroll was off and running. Feldman scored again on a back door cut and Carroll led 39-37. The Tigers outscored the Warriors 24-8 in th...

Kuemper at OABCIG- Class 2A District 1  OABCIG: 79 Kuemper: 63 The Kuemper Knights were able to go toe to toe with the 19-1 OABCIG Falcons in the Substate 1 quarter final match, but fell short in the fourth quarter on Thursday night. The hometown Falcons would start off the contest with a huge 25 point performance, thanks to Cooper DeJean, who scored 11 points in the first quarter. The Knights would see some early success from the three point line, sinking three from behind the arc and scoring...

Ogden used a 16-2 spurt in the 3 rd quarter to go up 6 and slowly worked the lead to 15 in the 4 th as they top a Wolves team that fought hard all night. Ogden shot lights out in the 1 st quarter, building leads of 13-2 and 19-7 with 5-3’s in the 1 st quarter. IKM-Manning went man-to-man in the 2 nd quarter and took Ogden out of their rhythm on offense. The wolves took advantage of that, getting 3’s from Connor Keller, Kyler Rasmussen and Drew Doyel. IKM-Manning spurt started late in the 1 ...

  The Carroll Tigers were able to add another win to their impressive season with a strong showing against the Carlisle Wildcats. The Tigers would start off the battle of the big cats with a closer than expected first quarter with the Tigers taking a 19-13 lead. The six point Carroll lead would turn into 16 by halftime at 38-22. Kaleb Booth would lead the Tigers with nine first half points.    The points would continue to come and the defense would get stronger for the Tigers in the second h...

st half and had a lead on 6 th ranked SE Polk (Class 4A) heading into the 4 th quarter before things slipped away. The Tigers suffered their first loss of the season getting outscored at the free throw line 15-4. The Tigers had some chances down the stretch after leading 43-40 entering the 4 th quarter but turnovers and missed free throws derailed their efforts. Carroll made just 4-10 of from the free throw line while SE Polk hit 15-17 free throws. Carroll jumped out early taking a 20-11 lead a...

  Carroll held on Tuesday after nearly giving up a 19 point lead in the final quarter. The Tigers dominated the first 24 minutes and led 60-43 heading into the final stanza. Kaleb Booth and Nick Macke were shooting the three really well combining for 8 in the game. The Tigers defense had held Jevin Sullivan to 17 points through 3 quarters. He scored more than that in the 4 th quarter. Sullivan went off for 27 points in the 4 th, finishing with 44 points. The Comets scored 33 points in the 4 th...