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O'Neill's Donnie Taylor gets by a Hartington C.C. defender for a shot in last Friday's game at home.


On Friday the Eagles hosted Hartington Cedar Catholic and lost a heartbreaker in overtime, 66-65.  The game was back and forth all night with both teams trading buckets and neither able to pull away.  

At half time the score was all knotted up at 32 apiece and the second half was much of the same and the game got pushed to overtime due in large part to some unfortunate self inflicted errors by the Eagles.  In overtime the game was again all tied up until a big three by Hartington that gave them a three point lead with under 20 seconds to go.  

O’Neill got the ball in their own territory and got several good looks at the hoop but could only come up with two points to end the game with the one point loss.  “I thought our boys played extremely hard and never gave up, but we need to do a better job of taking care of the basketball and limiting our turnovers and mental mistakes.  We didn’t shoot real well from the perimeter tonight either, but we got great looks and those shots will start falling because we have a lot of guys who are capable of knocking down shots.  Sometimes the ball just doesn’t want to fall,” commented Coach Kallhoff.   

Scoring for the Eagles was very balanced as all five starters finished in double figures, led by Derrick Hostert with 14, Jordyn Johnson with 13, Conner Peterson and Brock Schueth each with 11, and Tyler Knopp with 10 points. Johnson led the team in rebounds with 11  as Peterson grabbed nine to go along with his team high four assists.  

On Saturday O’Neill traveled to Madison and brought home their first win with a 26 point victory.   Eight Eagles were able to break into the scoring column led by Brock Schueth who had 14 points, followed closely by Jordyn Johnson with 13. “We were able to work on a lot tonight and it was nice to get a victory after suffering two one point losses in a row,” commented Coach Kallhoff.  It was a victory that we really needed but we were all reminded that winning a basketball game is not that important in the grand scheme of life.  Madison suffered the loss of two student athletes in a tragic car accident earlier in the week and the boys of Madison showed tremendous heart going back onto the floor for the contest.    

Next action for the Eagles was Tuesday as they traveled to Pierce to face the Bluejays and then back on the road on Saturday to face the Wayne Blue Devils in Wayne.  


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