WAKEFIELD – The high school basketball season began Thursday evening where a pair of northeast Nebraska teams were in action.
From the Wakefield Community School main gym, the Wakefield-Allen girls and Wakefield boys entertained Pender.
During the girls contest, Pender jumped ahead with a 37-21 first half lead. In the second half, the Pendragons saw their 30-point lead fall to as close as 12 points. Wakefield won the second half scoring 31-29 but fell 66-52. Pender is now 1-0 while Wakefield-Allen fell to 0-1.
Three Pendragons provided double figure scoring led by Ashley Ostrand with 19 points. Faith Morris followed with 15 points as Claire Felber scored 13 points off the bench. Pender went 8-24 from the foul line but hit eight three-point shots.
Aishah Valenzuela scored a team-high 13 points for Wakefield-Allen followed by Jordyn Carr with 10 points. Rachel Borg added nine points as Alex Arenas finished with eight points. The Trojans shot 16-32 from the foul line.
In the boys game, Wakefield only led 12-10 after the first quarter and built a 21-14 lead at the break. In the second half, the Trojan defense came through allowing only 11 points and scoring 40. Wakefield won 61-25 to open their season at 1-0 dropping the Pendragons to 0-1.
Justin Erb poured in 16 points (10 first quarter) as Blake Brown tallied 15 points (10 third quarter). Logan Bokemper also scored all eight of hits points in the fourth. The Trojans finished 7-16 from the charity stripe.
Pender’s leading scorer was Caleb Trimble with eight first half points. The Pendragons shot 4-9 from the foul line.
The Wakefield boys will next host Allen on Friday, December 6 around 7 p.m. or following the JV contest. Big Red Country ‘KTCH’ 104.9 and waynedailynews.com will have the call with pregame coverage set for about 6:45 p.m.
The Wakefield-Allen girls will be off until they visit Hartington-Newcastle on Tuesday, December 10.
Both the Pender girls and boys are back in action Friday night hosting Tekamah-Herman.
Area Thursday girls results:
Crofton 56, Hartington Cedar Catholic 40
Ponca 54, Hartington-Newcastle 27
Pierce 43, Howells-Dodge 39
Winside 35, Plainview 31
Lutheran High Northeast 43, Wisner-Pilger 17
Area Friday schedule:
Emerson-Hubbard vs. Bloomfield
Hartington Cedar Catholic at Boone Central/Newman Grove
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge vs. Crofton
Pender vs. Tekamah-Herman
Randolph vs. Osmond
Wayne vs. Battle Creek at 6:15 p.m.
Winside at Wynot
Wisner-Pilger at GACC
Area Thursday boys results:
Ponca 72, Hartington-Newcastle 57
Pierce at Howells-Dodge (no result)
Plainview 51, Winside 17
Wisner-Pilger 56, Lutheran High Northeast 47
Friday area boys schedule:
Allen at Wakefield
Emerson-Hubbard vs. Bloomfield
Hartington Cedar Catholic Boone Central/Newman Grove
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge vs. Crofton
Pender vs. Tekamah-Herman
Randolph vs. Osmond
Wayne vs. Battle Creek at 7:45 p.m.
Winside at Wynot
Wisner-Pilger at GACC