NEW BLOOMFIELD — Winning the first two games of last Tuesday’s season-ending middle school basketball tripleheader, Bland’s ‘A’ Bears looked to complete the sweep against the host New …
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NEW BLOOMFIELD — Winning the first two games of last Tuesday’s season-ending middle school basketball tripleheader, Bland’s ‘A’ Bears looked to complete the sweep against the host New Bloomfield Wildcats.
Racing out to an 18-4 lead after one quarter, Bland took a 33-8 lead into halftime before posting a 50-25 victory completing the tripleheader sweep and ending their season on a winning note.
Owen Dobson led the Bears scoring 21 of his game-high 30 points in the first half.
Kandyn Struemph added seven points with four of those coming in the first quarter.
Liam Bialczyk scored all six of his points in the first half while Cruz Sellers scored all four of his points in the fourth quarter.
Merek Nevills hit a second-quarter bucket for two points while Liam Lewis rounded out the Bear scoring with a fourth-quarter free throw for one point.
Lane Rutherford led New Bloomfield with nine points.
During the lone girls game of the evening, Bland needed overtime to pull off a 42-34 victory behind 12 points from Madelyn Lange.
Netting 10 of her 12 points in the first half, Lange got plenty of help from her teammates in the second half.
Emilyn Lewis scored six of her 11 points in the fourth quarter and overtime while Reagan Krause also netted six of her 11 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Rounding out the Lady Bear scoring with four points apiece were Shae Buechter and Kennedy Stockton.
Dixie McNeil led New Bloomfield’s Lady Wildcats with a game-high 16 points with 11 of those points coming in the second half.
During game one of the tripleheader between Bland’s ‘B’ Bears and New Bloomfield, Bland turned a 14-2 halftime lead into a 37-11 win behind 14 points from Brayden Heintz.
Heintz did most of his damage in the second half scoring nine of his game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter.
Leo Stewart and Sellers each added seven points while Joey Loughridge chipped in four points.
Grayson Tyler scored all three of his points in the fourth quarter while Ayce Saebens hit a fourth-quarter bucket for two points.
Neal Purdy led New Bloomfield with eight points.
