Area high school basketball roundup for the week of January 20-25.
Saturday, January 25
Boys Basketball
No. 7 Omaha Westside 75 North Platte 46
Gothenburg 54 Hastings 47
Tanner Borchardt scored 18 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to lead the Swedes to the win. Bryce Kowalewski was also in double-figures with 12 points.
SPVA Tournament
Championship- No. 6 (D1) St. Patrick’s 47 Chase County 45
3rd-4th Place Game- No. 3 (C2) Kimball 45 Suthlerand 32
5th-6th Place Game- Perkins County 48 Maxwell 34
RPAC Tournament
No. 9 (D2) Wallace 64 Wauneta-Palisade 23
Girls Basketball
No. 6 Omaha Westside 55 North Platte 46
Hastings 49 Gothenburg 35
Regan Geiken scored 14 points to lead the Lady Swedes in the loss.
SPVA Tournament
Championship- No. 3 (C1) Hershey 33 No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 31
3rd-4th Place Game- Sutherland 56 Kimball 51
5th-6th Place Game- Maxwell 54 Perkins County 51
RPAC Tournament
Hayes Center 56 Wallace 48
Friday, January 24
Boys Basketball
North Platte 67 Lincoln 48
Kade Erickson led the Dawgs with 21 points and five assists in a big win over the Links. Drew Callaghan had 16 points and seven rebounds and Shane Mauch scored 13 points to go along with seven boards.
SMC 61 Brady 33
Gothenburg 60 Broken Bow 54
Dawson Graham led four players in double-figures for the Swedes with 16 points in the win. Collin Hahn and Blake Ristine each scored 13 points and Tanner Borchardt was also in double-figures with 11 for Gothenburg.
SPVA Tournament
No. 6 (D1) St. Patrick’s 55 Sutherland 33
The Irish advance to the SPVA Championship, following a dominant semifinal win over the Sailors. St. Pat’s will play Chase County at North Platte Community College on Saturday. The Longhorns beat Kimball 59-53.
Girls Basketball
North Platte 76 Lincoln 51
No. 10 (D1) Brady 65 SMC 40
Gothenburg 41 Broken Bow 24
Emily Franzen scored 11 points and Regan Geiken added 10 to lead the Lady Swedes over Broken Bow.
Thursday, January 23
Boys Basketball
Mullen 66 Brady 32
No. 9 (D2) Wallace 55 Arthur County 36
Girls Basketball
No. 10 (D1) Brady 53 Mullen 42
Wallace 48 Arthur County 44
SPVA Tournament
No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 45 Sutherland 31
No. 3 (C1) Hershey 58 Kimball 42
Tuesday, January 21
Boys Basketball
Dundy County-Stratton 66 No. 9 (D2) Wallace 62
SPVA Tournament
Chase County 60 Hershey 29
No. 3 (C2) Kimball 58 Maxwell 31
Sutherland 48 Perkins County 43
Girls Basketball
No. 8 (C2) Dundy County-Stratton 77 Wallace 43
Monday, January 20
Girls Basketball
SPVA Tournament
No. 3 Hershey 59 Chase County 25
Sutherland 47 Maxwell 33