281 Conference Tournament boys' title game semifinals
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HURON — It will be a title-game rematch, for the championship hardware in the boys’ 281 Conference Tournament, as the Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds and the Sanborn Central-Woonsocket Blackhawks will square off Thursday night for all the marbles.
The two teams played for the conference tournament title last year as well, with Wolsey-Wessington emerging with a 59-46 win.
Here are recaps of the championship semifinals, held Tuesday night at Huron Arena.
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 58, James Valley Christian 52
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket will return to the 281 Conference Tournament championship game, after the Blackhawks downed the James Valley Christian Vikings 58-52 Tuesday night.
Noah Dickson scored 16 points and cleared nine rebounds for the Blackhawks, who opened an early lead, then withstood a frantic JVC rally in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
Trey Weber scored 14 points — including four three-pointers — for SC-W as well, while Trent Kingsbury scored 10 points, had nine boards and led both teams with seven assists. The Blackhawks improve to 8-2 with the win.
James Valley Christian was led by Josh Wieting’s 20-point effort, while Ryan Wager added 13 and had six rebounds and Darrian Hood contributed 12 points. Michael Waldner led the Vikings with seven rebounds and also had four assists.
The Blackhawks will play Wolsey-Wessington Thursday night for the 281 Conference Tournament title at approximately 7:30 p.m., following the girls’ title game, while JVC will play Highmore-Harrold for third place.
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 17 34 47 58
James Valley Christian 11 24 33 52
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket (8-2): Trey Weber 5 0-1 14; Trent Kingsbury 4 1-3 10; Noah Dickson 4 8-8 16; Jared Goldammer 0 2-2 2; Devon Weber 1 0-0 2; Tater Moody 2 2-2 7; Spens Schlicht 2 0-0 5; Trey Ulmer 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 13-16 58.
James Valley Christian (3-8): Ryan Wager 5 0-1 13; Josh Wieting 8 2-2 20; Michael Waldner 2 0-0 5; Darrian Hood 3 4-6 10; Derek Thompson 2 0-1 4. Totals: 20 6-10 52.
FG: SCW - 19-48 40%; JVC - 20-51 39%. 3-pt FG: SCW - 7-20 (T. Weber 4, Kingsbury, Moody, Schlicht); JVC - 6-19 (Wager 3, Wieting 2, Waldner 1). Rebounds: SCW - 37 (Dickson 9, T. Weber 14, Kingsbury 10); JVC - 26 (Waldner 7). TO: SCW - 12; JVC 12. Assists: SCW - 12 (Kingsbury 7); JVC - 11 (Waldner 4). Fouls: SCW - 11; JVC - 14
Wolsey-Wessington 51, Highmore-Harrold 50
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Jharet Bloomenrader puts up a shot over Wolsey-Wessington’s Lynden Williams (3) during their semi-final game of the 281 Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Huron Arena.
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket’s Noah Dickson puts up a shot against James Valley Christian’s Josh Wieting during the semifinals of the 281 Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Huron Arena.
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