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Last week it was the St. Mary's boys turn to try to prove th...

Ewing Boys Split With 

Elkhorn Valley And St. Mary's

DAMIAN SUMMERS of Ewing (5) goes up for a shot against Cole Moon of St. Mary's in last Thursday's game in Ewing.


The Ewing Tigers boy's basketball team split games last week against Elkhorn Valley and St. Mary's. The Tigers avenged a tough loss to Elkhorn Valley in the holiday tournament by downing the Falcons 60-49 before facing the top-rated Cardinals on Thursday night and falling 78-48. The Tigers took only a one point lead into the fourth quarter against Elkhorn Valley on Tuesday, but exploded for 27 fourth quarter points to come away with the victory. On Thursday night, the Cardinals were too tough for the Tigers as St. Mary's dominated inside with 6'7" twin towers Tom Chvala and Adam Moon and 6'5" Tait Sibbel. Against Elkhorn Valley, the Tigers were led by 20 points and eight rebounds from Robert Nordby. Tad Fry chipped in with 12 points and six rebounds while Jake Walton added 10. Damian Summers led in assists with six while scoring nine points. Blake Cunningham had six assists and five rebounds. In the match against Elkhorn Valley leading the Tigers were Blake Cunningham with 16 points, Damian Summers 15 points and five assists, Tad Fry with 12 points,  Jake Walton with eight points, Robert Nordby with eight rebounds and five assists. Blake Cunningham led the way with 15 points on five three pointers against St. Mary's, and Damian Summers and Jake Walton each added nine points. Cunningham led the way on the boards with six and Michael Hynes added four. "Our team competed very well in the win against Elkhorn Valley on Tuesday, we need to take that and build upon it throughout the remainder of the season. St. Mary's has an outstanding team and we had a period in the first half where we tried to play up-tempo with them and that was a mistake, we needed to be deliberate on offense and play tougher inside and on the boards defensively." said Coach Appleby.

Ewing 12 10 11 27 60

E/V 12 13 7 17 49


Ewing 13 8 12 15 48

SMH 21 20 19 18 78


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