Dogs open season at Lavina

Last weekend the Bulldog men took the court in a start-of-season tournament at Lavina. Blue went 1-1 to start their season, defeating Reed Point-Rapelje and losing to Winnett-Grass Range.

The Dogs took a one point lead at the half in their game against Reed Point-Rapelje, overcoming a three point first quarter deficit. They outscored the opponent 12-11 in each of the final two quarters, securing a three point victory. Blue did most of their scoring inside, led by junior Mick O'Connor who had 25 points, despite shooting only 7 for 13 from the charity stripe. As a team, the Bulldogs went only 10-24 on free-throws. They also did not make a three pointer in the contest.

CCHS 8 20 32 44

RPR 11 19 30 41

CCHS: Mick O'Connor 25, Jared Pardee 16, Caleb Fix 2, Turner Tooke 1

RPR: Tristan Gieser 9, Daynon B. 9, Taylen Dolan 8, Ty Herzog 8, Jeremy B. 7

Winnett-Grass Range jumped out to an early lead against the Dogs at the Lavina tourney. They led by 5 after one quarter, and by 8 at the half. Blue put up 21 points in the final frame, but it wasn't quite enough to overcome the deficit as they went on to lose by 4. Sophomore Jared Pardee was instrumental in the comeback effort; he had 11 of his 20 points in the fourth. The Dogs shot 59 percent from the free-throw line on 17 attempts and had a total of 18 team fouls. Turner Tooke fouled out of the game and Pardee finished with 4.

CCHS 11 21 27 48

WGR 16 29 34 52

CCHS: Jared Pardee 20, Mick O'Connor 13, Caleb Fix 9, Wyatt Kittelmann 4, Ryan Rychner 2

WGR: Zane Stahl 26, Jacob Jessen 9, Walker Doman 8, Caden McCarthey 3, Charlie Keith 3, Ryan Drollinger 3