January 19
Bemidji came to town with a 9 – 0 record; they left town with a 9 – 1 record. Our Cards have now won 3 in a row and are 7 – 6.
[The action was fast and furious in the JV game . . . ]
[Our Cards pulled away at the end for a nice win . . . ]
[Then the varsity claimed the floor . . . ]
[And then the opening tip . . . ]
[Something you don’t see often in Minnesota high school basketball . . . ]
[The Lumberjacks have a 6’9″ senior center; the Cards countered with a 6’11” sophomore center, Treyton Thompson (42) . . . ]
[And as so often happens, neither got the tip . . . ]
[Cardinal guards sophomore Colton Roderick (35) and junior Carrson Jones (11) on defense . . . ]
[The Cards jumped out to a quick early lead and maintained it throughout the game. Here Colton is joined by the game’s leading scorer, senior forward Anders Hedstrom (22) . . . ]
[Treyton is a very good shooter and likely canned both here . . . ]
[But he and senior guard Trey Hoepner (0) each picked up 2 early fouls and sat out most of the first half. Nevertheless, the team held on to the early lead . . . ]
[Treyton didn’t have a big scoring game, but he dominated with blocked shots and rebounds . . . ]
[Anders is just a solid, non-flashy player who does well in all facets . . . ]
[Inbounding over Treyton has got to be fun?]
[Cards looking for a break out with Carrson on the far wing, freshman Kristen Hoskins (21) in the middle, and junior Cody Branson (3) on the left . . . ]
[The chaos clears – Kristen walks it up . . . ]
[There it goes . . . ]
[Colton under intense defensive scrutiny. The Lumberjacks are a junior-senior team and used their strength to advantage in a physical game . . . ]
[Bodes well for the future when your guards are a freshman and a sophomore . . . ]
[Photo-bombed by the ref . . . ]
[At the half, the Cards were impressive . . . ]
[And Carrson, another starting guard, will also be back next year . . . ]
[Ready to inbound to Colton . . . ]
[Treyton can put the ball on the floor and drive . . . ]
[The collective fan brain trust . . . ]
[Colton with freebies . . . ]
[The bigs underneath. The ‘Jacks kept going to their center to see if he could draw fouls from Treyton. Treyton did a good job avoiding them . . . ]
[Kristen and Carrson with high defense . . . ]
[Can’t remember if it was a block or a foul, but Treyton kept out of foul trouble . . . ]
[Does this look 3D to you?]
[Trey pushes hard with Anders . . . ]
[Excellent win. There were concerns about Colton and Carrson who both had to be helped off the court in the 2nd half. I haven’t heard the extent of their injuries.]
[Good for us!!]
Our offense is like the Pythagorean Theorem. There is no answer. ~ Shaquille O’Neal
Up Next: Continuing with the sports/Spain conundrum.
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