JV 'Dogs continue to battle

The CCHS JV boys basketball team defeated Custer/Hysham’s JV 16-14 last Thursday. Chace Loehding had six points and 2 steals to lead the way for the Bulldogs.

CCHS JV 2 4 8 16

Custer/Hysham JV 2 2 11 14

CCHS JV: Chace Loehding 6 pts, 3 trns, 2 stls; Kaleb Frye 4 pts, 2 rbnds, 1 trn; Wyatt Melton 4 pts, 3 rbnds, 1 ast; Ethan Frye 2 pts, 4 rbnds, 1 stl; Brayden Bucholz 5 rbnds, 2 trns, 1 ast; Cole Rost 1 rbnd; Jace Pardee 1 rbnd; Owen Poppema 1 trn.

Custer/Hysham JV: Layne Dunan 9 pts, Tucker Keith 5 pts.

The JV Bulldogs played the Melstone Broncs at home on Saturday. CCHS had a two point lead at halftime, but was held scoreless in the third, and eventually lost by 16 points. CCHS JV attempted only 7 free throws in the contest; Melstone shot only 12. Brayden Bucholz poured in 13 points and had 7 rebounds for CCHS in the losing effort.

CCHS JV 20 32 32 38

Melstone JV 20 30 46 54

CCHS JV: Brayden Bucholz 13 pts, 7 rbnds, 2 trns, 1 ast, 1 stl; Ethan Frye 9 pts, 1 rbnd, 1 ast, 1 stl; Chace Loehding 6 pts, 2 rbnds, 6 trns, 6 asts, 2 stls; Kaleb Frye 4 pts, 2 trns, 1 ast; Zander Ashbrook 2 pts, 1 trn, 1 ast; Wyatt Melton 2 pts, 6 rbnds, 3 trns, 2 asts, 1 stl; Jace Pardee 2 pts, 2 rbnds, 3 trns; Cole Rost 1 trn; Tucker Deford 1 rbnd, 1 trn, 1 ast; Travis Schallenberger 1 trn; James Enos 2 trns; Clay Rost 1 rbnd; Preston Jensen 1 trn.

Melstone JV: Gian Marco Sassolli 19 pts, Trey Meredith 9 pts, Trevan Newman 9 pts, Gage Smith 7 pts, Mike Bergin 6 pts, Gavin Smith 4 pts.

On Tuesday, the CCHS JV boys fell to Broadus’ JV squad, 43-69. The Dogs got off to a slow start, managing only 4 points in the first frame, and couldn’t make up the difference. As a team they shot just over 50 percent (11-20) at the free throw line. Broadus meanwhile, shot 15-31 on free throws. Landen Capp was the game’s top scorer. He had 23 points for the Hawks. Wyatt Melton had 12 for Ekalaka. Brayden Bucholz and Wyatt Melton each had 6 rebounds for the Dogs.

CCHS JV 4 21 29 43

Broadus JV 19 34 54 69

CCHS JV: Wyatt Melton 12 pts, 6 rbnds, 5 trns, 3 asts, 2 stls; Ethan Frye 8 pts, 1 rbnd, 3 trns, 1 stl; Chace Loehding 7 pts, 1 rbnd, 4 trns, 1 ast; Kaleb Frye 7 pts, 4 rbnds, 6 trns, 2 asts, 1 stl; Brayden Bucholz 5 pts, 6 rbnds, 4 trns, 3 asts; Owen Poppema 2 pts, 1 rbnd, Preston Jensen 2 pts, 1 rbnd, 1 trn; Christian Ashbrook 3 rbnds, 1 trn; Tucker DeFord 2 rbnds, 1 trn, 1 ast; James Enos 1 rbnd; Zander Ashbrook 4 rbnds; Jace Pardee 3 trns, 1 ast, 1 stl; Clay Rost 1 rbnd, 2 trns, 1 ast.

Broadus JV: Landen Capp 23 pts, Jaxen Bilbrey 13 pts, Josh Rasmussen 12 pts, Cooper Zimmer 8 pts, Eli Heacock 4 pts, Matt Hansen 4 pts, Zach Jones 3 pts, Ezra Gotfredson 2 pts.