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Summerland's boys' basketball squad opened holiday tournament play with a solid win over West Holt and met a physical Ainsworth team, Saturday, who handed the Bobcats a loss. In Thursday's game against the Huskies, Summerland opened with a 17-13 lead at the end of the first quarter and stretched the margin to 32-25 at the half. Then, the Bobcat defense upped its game, holding West Holt to 13 second-half points to secure a 61-38 win. The Bobcats shot 53% from the two-point range and made 10-15...
While the Summerland Bobcat Holiday Tournament will remain a winter break staple, the format for the event will have a different look this year, according to Summerland assistant athletic director Shelly Mlnarik. The tournament, slated to begin Thursday, Dec. 28, will feature three days of play. Summerland will host West the first day. Junior varsity girls' and boys' contests will begin at 3 p.m., followed by varsity girls at 4:;30 and varsity boys at 6 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 29, Ainsworth will...
Carter Bergman makes his approach for a layup during Monday's 41-36 Bobcat win against St. Mary's. Bergman scored seven points in the victory. Alec Schindler led the Cats with eight points; Jaykwon Petite and Kellen Mlnarik scored seven apiece; Sam Cheatum contributed half a dozen and Dylan Barlow, Michael Koenig and Preston Hoke added a bucket each. The next contest for the Bobcats will be Dec. 28, at the Summerland Holiday Tournament. The Bobcats are slated to ipoff at 7:30...
It was a tale of unbalanced quarters for the Bobcat boys' basketball team, during the Dec. 28 championship game of the Summerland Holiday Tournament. The hosts lost to Walthill, 67-46. Walthill limited the home squad to eight points in the first quarter, setting the tone by taking a 19-8 lead. But the Bobcats clawed their way back in the second quarter, adding a baker's dozen to their efforts. They trailed 32-21 at the midway mark. Summerland kept pace with the Blujays in the third quarter, but...
The Bobcat girls' and boys' basketball teams were slated to play for the Summerland Holiday Tournament championships, Tuesday evening. The Advocate-Messenger went to press prior to tipoff. Complete coverage will appear in the Jan. 6 edition. Girls' bracket Summerland girls met CWC in the first round and downed the Renegades, 56-38 to advance to the final. Adyson Mlnarik finished in double digits, scoring 21 points, in the win. Emily Nordby pulled down six rebounds. Statistics vs CWC: Lydia Rober...
The Bobcats ran up against a familiar opponent in the Summerland holiday tournament consolation game with a second matchup for the season against the Chambers/Wheeler Central Renegades. Summerland got off to a decent start early in play and won its second game of the season, 42-19. Mason Hoke led the team with 10 points. In the first half, the Bobcats played their best offense of the game and jumped out to an early lead, 19-3. The boys kept the ball rolling and held off the Renegades to take a...
Candice Hoke of Orchard will join Nate Schwager to represent Orchard on the board of education for the new Summerland school district. The boards of education from Orchard, Clearwater and Ewing each voted for two members for the new board of education that will convene in June. Orchard board members selected Schwager, but three votes for the second member each resulted in a tie between Terri Hergert of Royal and Kristi Schutt of Orchard, and selection of the second member was delayed until Monday night’s board meeting at the Orchard school. S...