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  The Carroll Tigers showed a lot of resolve on Friday night as they struggled early on the defensive end which hindered their offense and they found themselves behind the 3 rd ranked Ballard Bombers in a battle of number 2 vs number 3. Carroll didn’t want to get beat inside and the Ballard guards came out shooting the ball well. As all good teams do the Tigers adjusted at halftime and rallied in the 4 th quarter to take the lead late on a bucket by Kaleb Booth. The Bombers hit a shot to tie the game and then had a chance to win it but the shot didn’t go and the game went to overtime.

             It wasn’t easy but the 2nd ranked Carroll Tigers improved to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the Raccoon River Conference setting up a big matchup with 3rd ranked Ballard in Huxley on Friday. The Tigers fell down out of the gate but only 4-2, then answered with a 15-0 run to lead 17-4. The offense was moving the ball quick to find shots in the lane as Winterset was taking away the three in their zone defense. Carroll led 19-8 at the end of the 1st quarter and looked to be in control. Some early turnovers in the 2nd quarter and Winterset got a couple shots to fall and gained s...

th South Central Calhoun 78   The Titans get a big conference win on Monday to move to 5-1 overall and they sit 2-0 in the Twin Lakes Conference tied with Alta Aurelia. The loss is the first of the season for SE Valley though this was not their conference matchup so the Jaguars are 1-0 in the Twin Lakes Conference. Free throws shooting was the difference for the Titans as they went 18-20 from the line including 15-15 in the 1 st half which helped them lead 36-22 at half and by as much as 30-13 in the 2 nd quarter. They needed to hit their free throws because SE Valley was knocking down 3’s...

The 3 rd ranked Tigers came out sharp on Friday only turning the ball over once in the 1 st half as they built a 31-4 at the end of the 1 st quarter. The Tigers were able to create turnovers in the half-court defense and turned those into easy layups on the other end for Kaleb Booth, Nicke Macke, Tory Feldman, Colby Christensen and Treyton Goins. Carroll only made 5-3’s on the night but didn’t need to take many. Kaleb Booth hit a two of the 3’s and had 12 points at half while Nick Macke was able to get the baseline and attack the rim scoring a team high 17 points in the 1