Knights win for second time in three games

North Cedar’s Carter Johnson brings the ball up the floor as Du- rant’s Josh Hein, left, tries for the steal during the Knights game with the Wildcats last month. Johnson had 10 points and was one of three Knights in double figures in their 10-point, 63-53 win at Mid-Prairie last Friday. It was the second win in three games for North Cedar. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker. 

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

WELLMAN — The North Cedar Knight boy’s basketball team won their second game in three tries after winning by 10 points, 63-53 last Friday. The Knights improved to 3-6 and won their first road game in six road games so far this season.
The Knights fell behind 14-9 after one quarter, but played the Golden Hawks nearly even in the second quarter 16-15 to go to halftime down 30-24. North Cedar came alive in the second half. North Cedar used a 19-9 run in the third quarter to take a 43-39 lead into the final quarter. North Cedar extended their lead to 10 by the end of the game, after outscoring Mid-Prairie 20 to 14 in the final quarter.
North Cedar had a good shooting night, going 23-for-46 from the field to end the game shooting 50-percent. The Knights also shot 50-percent from the three-point line (4-for-8) and the Knights got to the free throw line 22 times, making 13 of those attempts.
Four North Cedar players scored in double figures. Logan Minar led North Cedar scorers with 17 points. Mason Minar scored
16, Jacob Jensen 15 and Carter Johnson 10. Mason Minar had 5 steals and 2 assists and Carter Johnson had 3 assists and 3 steals. The Golden Hawks lost to the Knights a night after beating Me- diapolis by 30 points, 59-29. Caleb Statler had 19 points and 9 rebounds to lead Mid-Praire.
Golden Hawks Consistency Too Much For Knights
WELLMAN — The North Cedar girl’s basketball team fell victim of a consistent Mid-Prairie girl’s basketball team last week in a 50-29 loss Friday. The Golden Hawks scored 11 or more points in each of the four quarters while holding the Knights to less than 10 points a quarter in the ball game.
Mid-Prairie jumped out to a 15-4 lead after the first quarter and North Cedar could not claw back into the game. Mid-Prairie led 26-12 at halftime and 38-21 after three quarters.
Leah Crock had another big game scoring a career high 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to record her first double-double. Mid-Prairie shutdown the Knights starting guards, holding Tessa Fields, Grace Proesch and Lexi Crist to 4 points combined in the game and 2-of-17 shooting.
Ireland Hostetler lead six Golden Hawk scorers with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
GB: Mid-Prairie 50, North Cedar 29 Friday, January 6
At Wellman
1 2 3 4 Final NorthCedar 4 8 9 8 29 Mid-Prairie 15 11 12 12 50
NORTH CEDAR (29): Tessa Fields (g) 0-4 0-0 0, Lexi Crist (g) 2-9 0-0 4, Grace Proesch (f) 0-4 0-0 0, Darby Hawtrey (f) 1-2 0-2 2, Leah Crock (f) 8-12 2-5 18, Kourtney Bendixen 1-4 0-0 2, Nicole Sander 1-8 1-4 3, Lakaya Lyon 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 13-45 3-11 29.
MID-PRAIRIE (50): Anna Vilochik (g) 2-4 1-4 6, Addie Rath (g) 3-10 2-2 8, Shae Becker (g) 4-9 1-4 9, Ali Butters (f) 1-7 5-6 7, Ireland Hostetler (f) 7-15 3-4 17, Kessa Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Caitlyn Riggan 1-3 1-2 3, Makensie Rich 0-0 0-0 0, Abby Frantz 0-0 0-0 0, Lanie Bowlin 0-0 0-0 0, Delaney Smith 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 18-50 13-22 50.
3-Pt. FG: NC 0-7 (Crist 0-3 Sander 0-3, Lyon 0-1), MP 1-9 (Vilovchik 1-1, Butters 0-3, Smith 0-2, Riggan 0-2, Rath 0-1). Rebounds: NC 29 (Crock 10, Hawtrey 6, Crist 4, Proesch 4, Fields 2, Sander 1), MP 35 (Hostetler 12, Becker 7, Rath 5). Assists: NC 5 (Hawtrey 2, Bendixen 1, Crist 1, Fields 1), MP 14 (Rath 6). Steals: NC 7 (Hawtrey 3, Fields 3, Proesch 1), MP 18 (But- ters 6, Becker 4, Rath 4). Blocked Shots: NC 4 (Crock 4), MP 1 (Bowlin 1). Total Fouls: NC 16, MP 17. Fouled Out: NC none. MP none.
BB: North Cedar 63, Mid-Prairie 53 Friday, January 6
At Wellman
1 2 3 4 Final North Cedar 9 15 19 20 63 Mid-Prairie 14 16 9 14 53
NORTH CEDAR (63): Jacob Jensen (g) 7-11 0-0 15, Mason Minar (g) 6-11 3-4 16, Asron Woodward (f) 1-2 1-2 3, Carter Johnson (g) 2-8 4-5 10, Owen Meyer (f) 0-1 0-0 0, Brice Sahr 0-1 2-2 2, Logan Minar 7-12 3-9 17. Totals: 23-46 13-22 63.
MID-PRAIRIE (53): Carter Reinier (g) 4-11 0-0 9, Brad Tornow (g) 5-13 1-1 11, Derek Rich (g) 2-9 0-0 4, Tom Buters (f) 1-6 1-2 3, Caleb Statler (f) 8-13 3-3 19, Cary Schaefer 2-4 1-2 5, Ryan Slaubaugh 0-0 2-2 2, Dominic Pickard 0-0 0-0 0, Josh Slaubaugh 0-2 0-0 0, Kyle Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 22-59 8-10 53.
3-Pt. FG: NC 4-8 (Johnson 2-3, M. Minar 1-3, Jensen 1-1, Sahr 0-1), MP 1-8 (Reinier 1-5, Tornow 0-1, Schaefer 0-1, Rich 0-1). Rebounds: NC 16 (M. Minar 4, Johnson 3, Woodward 3, Jensen 2, Meyer 2, L. Minar 2), MP 34 (Statler 9, Rich 8). Assists: NC 10 (Johnson 3, Jensen 2, M. Minar 2, Woodward 2, Sahr 1), MP 10 (Tornow 3). Steals: NC 13 (M. Minar 5, John- son 3, Jensen 2, Woodward 2, Sahr 1), MP 14 (Reinier 4). Blocked Shots: NC 5 (L. Minar 2, M. Minar 2, Meyer 1), MP 3 (Statler 2). Total Fouls: North Cedar 9, MP 20. Fouled Out: North Cedar none. MP none.