The Broken Bow boys basketball team advanced to the finals of the C1-10 subdistrict basketball tournament Tuesday night with a 44-34 win over Ord in Burwell. Broken Bow led from start to finish and built a lead as large as 13 in the first half. Ord would fight back though and got to within one in the second half but Reise Kahnk would make a bucket to go up by three and Austin Harvey hit a three to get the lead back up to six as Bow regained control and held on for the win. Harvey was top man for the Indians with a team high 13 and Keegan Baxter also finished in double figures with 11. Broken Bow will play O’Neill on Thursday night. The top seeded Eagles held off Valentine 57-48. Thursday’s game will tip off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on KCNI 1280 AM / 96.3 FM and kcni1280.com.
It will be Burwell vs Anselmo-Merna for the D1-10 subdistrict title Thursday night in Broken Bow. Burwell knocked off the top seed Ansley/Litchfield Tuesday night in a thriller. The Longhorns overcame an 11 point halftime deficit and outscored the Spartans 26-11 in the third quarter. The game would ultimately go to overtime tied at 62 and then would go to double overtime tied at 67. In double OT, Burwell would prevail by a final score of 75-72. Barak Birch of Burwell led all scorers with 29 points and Parker LeFever was top man for Ansley/Litchfield with 27. The Longhorns will face Anselmo-Merna for the subdistrict title on Thursday. The Coyotes jumped out early and never looked back in defeating the #2 seed South Loup 60-31. A-M was led by Jace Leibhart who had a game high 17 and South Loup was led by Jace Connell who had a team high 14. Thursday’s D1-10 final will tip off at 7 p.m. at the Indian gym in Broken Bow and will be broadcast on KBBN 95.3 FM and on the web at kbbn.com
Arcadia/Loup City fell to Grand Island Central Catholic at the C2-8 subdistrict tournament Tuesday night 73-31. GICC advances to play Centura who defeated Ravenna 57-42.
North Platte St. Pat’s knocked off Sandhills/Thedford at the D1-11 subdistrict tournament 83-44. The Irish advance to play Maxwell who defeated Maywood Hayes Center 48-28.
The Mullen Broncos edged Medicine Valley 45-44 to advance at the D2-10 subdistrict tournament. The Broncos will face Wallace on Thursday night. Wallace defeated Brady 56-38.
