The CCHS Bulldogs hung around with the Wibaux Longhorns in Wibaux on January 6th, but eventually lost by 17 points. The 'Dogs shot 6 of 14 from the free throw line (42 percent) while Wibaux went 8 of 18 (44 percent). CCHS did outscored Wibaux in the second quarter 13-10. Bulldog freshman Jace Pardee led the scoring in that frame where he got 8 of his 9 total points. Ethan Frye led CCHS in points with 12; Longhorn Wyatt Ree led all scorers with 22 in the contest.
CCHS 6 19 33 41
Wibaux 12 22 41 58
CCHS: Ethan Frye 12, Wyatt Melton 9, Jace Pardee 9, J.W. Elmore 5, Brayden Bucholz 4, Chace Loehding 2.
Wibaux: Wyatt Ree 22, Kreed Eskew 14, Trey Knight 7, Colter Bacon 6, Birch Obrigewitch 5, Will Ree 2, Samuel Braden 2.
CCHS played an exciting game down to the wire versus Jordan the following night at home. The 'Dogs had a one-point lead at halftime and lost by 2. Bulldog freshman Chace Loehding had a fine game at point-guard. He had 19 total points and hit 3 shots from behind the arc. Classmate Wyatt Melton also finished the game with double digit points (13). Blue had 16 turnovers and shot 7 of 18 (39 percent) on free throws. Mustang Jayden Saylor led all scorers with 22 points. Full court pressure from the 'Dogs helped to force 23 Mustang turnovers.
CCHS 11 27 38 52
Jordan 10 26 41 54
CCHS: Chace Loehding 19, Wyatt Melton 13, Brayden Bucholz 9, Ethan Frye 7, J.W. Elmore 2, Kaleb Frye 2.
Jordan: Jayden Saylor 22, Nolan Kamerman 18, Porter Kreider 7, Garrett Bliss 5, Kalob Bollinger 2.
Turnovers plagued the 'Dogs in a non-conference home game versus the Spartans of Baker on Tuesday night. CCHS had 29 of them in the game; compared to 15 for Baker. Nine Bulldogs made their way into the scoring column, led by freshman Wyatt Melton with 17. Free throws were at a minimum on both sides; Baker shot 3-7 and CCHS was only 3-4. The 'Dogs were outscored in each frame and eventually lost by 26. Spartan Cooper O'Connor led all scorers with 25 points.
CCHS 12 24 37 53
Baker 20 39 58 79
CCHS: Wyatt Melton 17, Brayden Bucholz 11, Kaleb Frye 7, Chace Loehding 6, Ethan Mellon 5, Zander Ashbrook 2, Jace Pardee 2, Preston Jensen 2, Ethan Frye 1.
Baker: Cooper O'Connor 25, Gentre Coulter 12, Nathan Schallenberger 12, Rory Lingle 6, Drake Graham 5, Brian O'Connor 5, Riley WIlliams 4, Quinn Griffith 4, Jesse Bradley 2, Ethan Gundlach 2, Jarek Janz 2.
The JV Bulldogs had a huge fourth quarter, overcoming a six-point deficit to win in Wibaux last Friday. Ekalaka had 25 turnovers and shot 11 of 24 from the charity stripe. JV Bulldog Ethan Mellon led all scorers with 14 points, 6 of which came in the fourth quarter.
CCHS JV 7 17 30 51
Wibaux JV 12 24 36 48
CCHS JV: Ethan Mellon 14, Zander Ashbrook 7, Kaleb Frye 7, Jace Pardee 7, Preston Jensen 7, Christian Ashbrook 4, Roger Beach 3, Tucker DeFord 2.
Wibaux JV: Will R. 12, Alec H. 12, Cade H. 8, Colter B. 7, Huntare B. 7, Landon S. 1, Jonas B. 1.
Jordan's JV squad flipped the script on CCHS JV the following night in Ekalaka. Blue was up one point at the end of the third quarter but was outscored in the final frame 9-18, eventually losing by 8. CCHS shot 33 percent on free throws compared to 68 percent for the JV 'Stangs. Mellon had 16 to pace the JV 'Dogs.
CCHS JV 11 22 33 42
Jordan JV 11 23 32 50
CCHS JV: Ethan Mellon 16, Roger Beach 6, Preston Jensen 6, Jace Pardee 4, Kaleb Frye 4, Zander Ashbrook 4, Weston Strub 2.
Jordan JV: D. Pluhar 15, R. McWilliams 12, T. Bollinger 8, K. Saylor 7, A. Murnion 3, S. Murnion 2, L. Nordlund 2, B. Turtehell 1.
Baker's JV boys outscored the CCHS JV squad in each quarter as the Spartans won Tuesday's matchup in Ekalaka, 58-29. CCHS shot 57 percent on free throws; Baker was also 57 percent, but had 14 more attempts. Mellon led all scorers with 18 in the losing effort; 12 of those points came from behind the arc.
CCHS JV 3 15 25 29
Baker JV 13 31 48 58
CCHS JV: Ethan Mellon 18, Roger Beach 9, Preston Jensen 2.
Baker JV: Drake Graham 10, Jesse Brawley 10, Cru Schwartz 9, Kane Olsen 9, Caden Barth 6, Jarek Janz 6, Chase Follmer 3, Lucas Gundlach 3, Turner Smith 2.
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