Bears bounce back after loss to Cedar Catholic
LAUREL — After being overrun by Cedar Catholic the night before, the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge boys basketball team bounced back and claimed a hard-fought home win over Winnebago to cap the week’s play.
On Thursday, the Bears got off to a slow start against Cedar Catholic as the Trojans raced to a 16-point first-quarter lead on their way to a 75-40 blowout.
Cael Hartung was the only Bear in double figures, finishing with 13 points. Evan Haisch scored seven, Wilton Roberts put in six, Grant Erwin, Evan Schmitt and Jake Rath each had four and Lucas Rasmussen scored two.
Hartung, Rath and Haisch each had four rebounds, Haisch had three assists and Rasmussen and Schmitt both had two assists.
The Bears came back from an eight-point halftime deficit the following night, outscoring Winnebago 41-30 in the second half to come away with a 56-53 squeaker over the Indians.
It was a defensive battle early on, but Winnebago used an 18-9 second-quarter surge to take a 23- 15 halftime lead before LCC came back to get the win.
Haisch had a game-high 21 points and Schmitt added 15 for the winners. Hartung and Rath each scored seven points, Roberts had three and Erwin contributed a free throw.
Rath led the team in rebounds with eight while Hartung and Haisch each had seven and Roberts grabbed six. Schmitt had two assists and three steals.
LCC hosted Wayne on Tuesday and will be at Creighton for a Friday matchup before returning home next Tuesday to host Hartington-Newcastle.
Cedar Catholic 22 22 18 13 — 75
LCC 6 15 12 7 — 40
SCORING Cedar - Myles Thoene, 20; Jaxson Bernecker, 13; Tate Thoene, 12; Mack Kuehn, 12; Carter Arens, 6; Carsen Arens, 5; Blake Arens, 2; Dagen Joachimsen, 2; Riley Kuehn, 2. LCC -
Cael Hartung, 13; Evan Haisch, 7; Wilton Roberts, 6; Grant Erwin, 4; Evan Schmitt, 4; Jake Rath, 4; Lucas Rasmussen, 2.
Rebounds Cedar - Mack Kuehn, 8; Jaxson Bernecker, 6; Myles Thoene, 6; Tate Thoene, 5; Carsen Arens, 4; Blake Arens, 1; Dagen Joachimsen, 1; Hunter Thoene, 1; Carter Arens, 1; Riley Kuehn 1; Ethan Becker, 1. LCC - Cael Hartung, 4; Jake Rath, 4; Evan Haisch, 4; Wilton Roberts, 3; Lucas Rasmussen, 1; Carter Kvols, 1; Austin Hall, 1.
ASSISTS Cedar - Jaxson Bernecker, 5; Carsen Arens, 4; Myles Thoene, 4; Tate Thoene, 3; Dagen Joachimesen 1; Mack Kuehn, 1; Carter Arens, 1. LCC - Evan Haisch, 3; Lucas Rasmussen, 2; Evan Schmitt, 2; Wilton Roberts, 1; Deagan Puppe, 1.
STEALS Cedar - Carter Arens, 4; Carsen Arens, 4; Tate Thoene, 3; Dagen Joachimsen, 2; Myles Thoene, 2; Hunter Thoene, 1; Jaxson Bernecker, 1. LCC - Evan Schmitt, 1; Cael Hartung, 1; Evan Haisch, 1; Deagan Puppe, 1.
Cedar Catholic 6 9 19 22 — 56
Winnebago 5 18 10 20 — 53
SCORING LCC - Evan Haisch, 21; Evan Schmitt, 15; Cael Hartung, 7; Jake Rath, 7; Wilton Roberts, 3; Grant Erwin, 1.
Rebounds LCC - Jake Rath, 8; Cael Hartung, 7; Evan Haisch, 7; Wilton Roberts, 6; Austin Hall, 3; Evan Schmitt, 2; Grant Erwin, 1; Deagan Puppe, 1.
ASSISTS LCC - Evan Schmitt, 2; Wilton Roberts, 1; Cael Hartung, 1.
STEALS LCC - Evan Schmitt, 3; Cael Hartung, 2; Grant Erwin, 1; Jake Rath, 1; Deagan Puppe, 1.
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