Boys Top Hemingford

A key win for the Kimball High boys Friday night as they kept their Western Trails Conference hopes alive with a 49-34 win over visiting Hemingford. The Longhorns looked sharp with some good passing and team work with everyone looking for the open man which turned into baskets and a lot of assists on the stat sheet.

First quarter play stayed close with Kimball leading 9-5 after the opening 8 minutes of play, but the Horns turned it on in second quarter action hitting 5 treys and out scoring the Cats 18-4 to take a half time lead of 27-9.

The Horns were strong inside for the win making 16 of 30 shots in the paint and were 36% overall from the field. On 3 point attempts they were 5/22 for 22%, and shot only 2/10 at the foul line for 20%. Kimball also charted 40 rebounds, had 17 assists, 14 blocked shots, 7 steals, 17 fouls, and 14 turnovers.

Brendan Walker was top scorer for Kimball with 13 points including 1 trey. Sam Cajero had 10 with 1 trey, Austin Lulf 8 with 2 treys, Jacob Withrow 8, Beau Hanks 7 with 1 trey, and Brayden Tyan 3.

A big night for senior Beau Hanks who had 9 rebounds, 7 blocked shots, and 6 assists to lead in all of these categories. His blocks per game has to be one of the best in the region, if not the best. Lulf, Walker, and Thomas Muldoon all had 6 rebounds and Tyan 5. Cajero led in steals with 3.

Hemingford converted 5 treys, were 9/23 at the line, and had 14 fouls. They had 9 players score led by Kenny Wyland with 8 and Rick Turek with 7.

With the win, Kimball evened their season record at 10 wins and 10 losses with one regular season game remaining when they host a strong Mitchell club tomorrow (Friday) evening before moving into sub-district tournament play which begins Monday night at Gering.

Tomorrow night’s ame with Mitchell will be final home court appearance for the 8 seniors listed on the Kimball roster including Austin Lulf, Lane Wasielewski, Jacob Withrow, Brendan Walker, Samuel Cajero, Brayden Tyan, Beau Hanks, and exchange student, Arthur Laveran. These seniors, along with their parents will be recognized tomorrow (Friday) night.

KIMBALL 9 18 8 14 - 49

HEMINGFORD 5 4 10 15 - 34

Hemingford won a two quarter JV game 32-17. Scoring for Kimball were Cole Henton with 7 with 1 trey, Cole Heim 6 with 2 treys, Thomas Muldoon 3 with 1 trey, and Arthur Laveran with 1.