MOUNDRIDGE WILDCAT BASKETBALL

WILDCAT BOYS REMAIN UNBEATEN WITH 3 WINS

By Staff

            MOUNDRIDGE – The Moundridge boys continue to roll toward a prospective third straight Class 2A title this past week as they scored wins over Marion (72-37) on Friday, Bennington (64-44) on Monday, and Ell-Saline (53-41) on Tuesday to remain unbeaten at 17-0 and ranked number one in Class 2A.

            Both Bennington and Ell-Saline were wins over top-ten ranked teams in Class 2A. Up next for the Wildcats will be the always exciting county rival game with Inman on Friday in Moundridge.

            On Friday, the Wildcats scored a dominating 72-37 road win take down of Marion as they jumped out to 23-point, 27-4, lead at the end of the first quarter and had an advantage of 50-17 at the halftime break.

            Layton Schmidt led Moundridge in scoring with 13 while both Heath Churchill and Bear Moddelmog each chipped in with 11.

            On Monday at seventh-ranked Bennington, Moundridge took a five-point, 15-10, first quarter lead and stretched it to 22-point, 37-15, advantage at the halftime break. Bennington did keep up with the Wildcats in the final two quarters as they outscored the Wildcats 19-17, leaving Moundridge with the final 20-point, 64-44 victory.

            With the help of six three-pointers, Bear Moddelmog had a monster night scoring with 27 points while Zach Dixon joined him in double digits with ten.

            Tuesday the Wildcats played host to Ell-Saline, the fourth-ranked team in Class 2A, and they gave Moundridge a fight early as Ell-Saline had a  one-point, 9-10, lead at the end of the first quarter before the Wildcats turned the offensive tide in the second quarter, outscoring the visitors 14-7, to take a six-point, 23-17, home team advantage into the halftime break. While Ell-Saline continued to battle in the final half of the game, the Wildcats held on to gain the final 12-point, 53-41, victory.

            Henry Hecox and Kaizer Kanitz led the Wildcats in scoring with 18 and 13 points, respectively.

WILDCAT BOYS at Marion, Friday, February 7

SCORING = Wildcat boys won 72-37.

Wildcats = 27-23-15-7 = 72; Marion = 4-13-9-11 = 37.

WILDCAT BOYS SCORING = Layton Schmidt – 13; Heath Churchill, Bear Moddelmog – 11; Josh Koehn – 8; Henry Hecox – 7; Kaizer Kanitz, Jesse Lutz – 6; Braden DenHartog – 4; Kepple Adolf, Zach Dixon, Lane Durst – 2. 3-Pointers Made = Koehn – 2; Schmidt, Churchill, Hecox – 1.

WILDCAT BOYS at Bennington, Monday, February 10

SCORING = Wildcat boys won 64-44.

Wildcats = 15-22-12-15 = 64; Bennington = 10-5-15-14 = 44.

WILDCAT BOYS SCORING = Bear Moddelmog – 27; Zach Dixon – 10; Layton Schmidt – 7; Henry Hecox – 5; Jesse Lutz – 3; Kaizer Kanitz, Kepple Adolf – 2. 3-Pointers Made = Moddelmog – 6; Lutz – 1.

WILDCAT BOYS hosting Ell-Saline, Tuesday, February 11

SCORING = Wildcat boys won 53-41.

Wildcats = 9-14-11-19 = 53; Ell-Saline = 10-7-8-16 = 41.

WILDCAT BOYS SCORING = Henry Hecox – 18; Kaizer Kanitz – 13; Bear Moddelmog – 8; Heath Churchill – 7; Zach Dixon – 5; Layton Schmidt – 2. 3-Pointers Made = Moddelmog  - 1.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)