Cards Defeat Cougars

The St. Mary's Cardinals traveled to Verdigre on Tuesday, Dec. 6 and defeated the Niobrara/Verdigre Cougars by the score of 65-33. The Cards extended a six point first quarter lead by outscoring the Cougars 23-11 in the second period.

The Cardinals (2-0) were led in scoring by sophomore Adam Moon with 22 points while senior Tait Sibbel contributed 18 tallies. Sibbel scored 11 points the first period to get the St. Mary's offense going while Moon tallied 10 the second stanza. Moon also led the rebounding charts with nine caroms while senior Tom Chvala hauled down six boards. Sibbel and junior Connor Connot each contributed five rebounds. Junior point guard, Ty Eiler, handed out eight assists to lead the ball handling. Senior David Shields added two assists. On defense, Moon led with four steals and one blocked shot while Eiler recorded three steals.

The Cardinals will face North Central on Friday and Spalding/Spalding Academy on Monday, Dec. 19 and to finish out before the holidays a trip to Hartington High School on Thursday, Dec. 22 for a make-up game. 

St. Mary's JV

The SMH boys JV are off to a 3-0 start with victories over Clearwater/Orchard, West Boyd and Niobrara/ Verdigre. The JV will have four more contests before Christmas break as they work hard to gain experience.

JV team members are : Cole Moon, Kyle Pardun, Lucas Schneider, Kyle Loecker, Jared Tomjack, Kyle Regan, Matt Kelly, Jeremiah Cuddy, Lucas Kozisek and Will Hupp. Freshman members are: Brant Shoemaker, Zack Novak, Drew Young, Logan Spencer, Michael Wecker, Grady Novak, Jacob Peterson, Adam Soukup and Jon Hofer.

The freshman have also played three freshmen contests against Bloomfield, O'Neill High and Clearwater/Orchard. The young Cards have lost all three games but continue to improve and show promise. Their final pre-Christmas game will be Saturday, Dec. 17 at Spencer against West Boyd.

"With the number of boys out for basketball at 29, we will continue to schedule games to help our young men gain game experience," said Coach Chvala