SEM and Sandhills/Thedford each advanced to the finals of the D2-8 boys sub district basketball tournament Tuesday night. The top seed SEM rolled to a 75-21 win over Elba for their 18th win of the season. The Mustangs had 11 players score led by Bart Beattie who had a team high 14 points. SEM advances to Thursday night’s sub district final where they will face Sandhills/Thedford. The Knights got past Anselmo-Merna 70-44. Kyle Cox and Brady Dahlberg each had big games as Cox finished with 27 points and Dahlberg had 25 for Sandhills/Thedford. Anselmo-Merna had two players finish in double figures as Quinten Myers finished with a team high 14 points and Aaron Bartak had 13. Thursday’s sub district final between SEM and Sandhills/Thedford will be broadcast on KBBN 95.3 FM and kbbn.com. A live video stream of the game will also be available on the Sandhills Express Facebook page and Sandhills Express You Tube channel.
Broken Bow saw its season come to an end Tuesday evening as they fell to Centura 56-33 at the C1-10 sub district tournament. Broken Bow took the lead at 13-12 in the first half but Centura would close the half on a 10-1 run and then pulled away in the second half. Broken Bow was led Roman Schmidt who hit three 3’s and finished with a team high eleven points.
Ansley/Litchfield advanced to the finals of the D1-7 sub district tournament defeating Burwell 54-25. The Spartans will face Pleasanton in the sub district final Thursday as Pleasanton edged Ravenna 38-34.
South Loup fell to top seed North Platte St. Pat’s 69-52 at the D1-10 sub district tournament. St. Pat’s will face Maywood Hayes Center in the sub district final.
Mullen advanced to the finals of the D2-10 sub district tournament with a 54-27 win over Arthur County. Mullen will face Paxton in the final. Paxton defeated Hyannis 59-33.
