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Last week it was all about the St. Mary's Cardinals boys who advanced to State play at the Devaney Center in Lincoln for State level competition. Wednesday, March 11 the team was pitted against a 16-11 Wynot team to kick off State play. To say this game wasn't charged would be a lie as the Cards wanted a little payback from their state football loss at the hands of the Wynot Blue Devils. It was a battle from the start, but the Cardinals quickly moved ahead, 30-15 in the beginning half. The Devils took a final shot and started to overpower the superior ranked Cardinals. It was to no avail, however, and the Devils were forced to concede from the competition. Gage Hedstrom made all the difference, sinking 19 baskets and he also had one steal; Logan Brabec had 14 points; Ben Barlow had nine points, one block and one steal; Lane Bybee right behind with eight points and one block; James Eby had four points; and Eli Banks had two points and one block. SMH 13 17 16 10 56 WHS 6 9 17 10 42 On Friday morning the Cards faced a tough 25-2 team that went on to take the State Title on Saturday. Now, two top-level teams were going head-to-head. The Cards took the lead by one point in the opening, but the Defenders answered back in the second 11-10 to bring the game 25-25 at half-time. With neither team letting up, the tension continued into the third quarter. A continued tie led the game to 37-37 going into the finale. When the smoke cleared, however, the Cards trailed by five to give the Defenders their long-awaited victory. Hedstrom continued to lead the offensive with 17 points and two steals; Brabec had 11 points and two steals; Barlow behind with 10 points; Eby also up there with nine points and two steals; and Bybee had five points and four blocks. SMH 15 10 12 15 52 ACH 14 11 12 20 57 The loss on Friday put the Cards in the consolation game to fight it out with GACC for third, the boys had their final match the following day, March 14. This was the one to decide the team's final fate. This would be the boys' first encounter with GACC this season and it played out just as they would've hoped. Hedstrom played his best this game, racking up 21 points, shooting five two-pointers as well as two three-pointers; Brabec scored 10 points, shooting a two and three-pointer; Barlow right behind with nine points; Bybee had eight points; Eby and Xzavier Parks had three points each; Banks had two points; and Drake Berg had one point to end the night. SMH 15 14 12 16 57 GACC 16 8 9 14 47 With two wins and one loss in the middle, the boys soared all the way to a third place ranking at the State Tournament. Congratulations to all the boys on the team for such an excellent season. They end the year on a positive 27-3 record. The team had a high-scoring match against Creighton on Jan. 27, going 93-48. Seniors on the team were Brayden Krugman, Lane Bybee and Gage Hedstrom.
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