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JOHNSON - The Johnson-Brock Eagles hosted the Mead Raiders for their final regular season game on Friday night, February 15th.

The Eagles had a scoring explosion in the 1st period as they got up 24-3 right away and cruised into the halftime break with a huge 41-12 advantage.

Mead went on an 18-11 run in the 3rd period before Johnson-Brock outscored them 13-10 in the final period for the easy 65-40 victory.

Ty Hahn poured in 26 points in the game and had 6 treys along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.

Cole Fossenbarger followed close behind with 20 points and had 3 treys with 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Kaden Glynn also hit double digits with 10 points and had 2 treys, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.

Kolt Davis scored 5 points with 1 assist and 1 steal and Dylan Rowe added 4 points with 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Shane Westhart pulled in 5 rebounds in the game and had 1 assist while Wyatt Volker made 1 assist.

ADAMS - The Sterling Jets played their last regular season game on Friday, February 15th against the Freeman Falcons, but couldn’t pull off the upset on the Falcons home floor.

Sterling trailed 10-17 after the first period, but only scored 4 points in the 2nd period and got down by a 14-36 deficit at the half.

Freeman went on to outscore the Jets 15-6 in the 3rd quarter before Sterling took a slight 15-13 edge in the final quarter to lose 35-64.

Logan Jasa led the Jets with 9 points off of 3 treys while Caleb Dolbow followed with 8 points and 2 treys. Trace Dirks hit two treys for 6 points and Kaleb Masur connected on 5/8 freethrows for 5 points.

Treygan Keeler pitched in 4 points off of two field goals and Andrew Richardson hit one trey for 3 points.

ADAMS, HUMBOLDT - The Johnson-Brock Lady Eagles went 1-1 in their last regular season games last week against the Freeman Lady Falcons and the Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans to make their season record 13-8 heading into subdistricts this week.

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FALLS CITY, YUTAN - The Johnson County Central boys’ basketball team is still working on making improvements as they head into this final week of regular season competition and then subdistricts next week.

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ALBION - The Johnson County Central wrestlers competed at the C-2 District Wrestling Tournament at Boone Central H. S. in Albion on Feb. 8th-9th.

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PALMYRA - Johnson County Central wrestlers competed at the ECNC wrestling tournament held on Friday, February 1st in Palmyra.

Weeping Water claimed the team title with 148 pts., followed by Conestoga with 120 pts., Auburn with 115 pts., and JCC with 113 pts.

Josh Bailey (220) and Julio Reyes (106) continued to lead the Thunderbirds with both winning conference championships.

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PAWNEE CITY, LEWISTON - The Johnson-Brock Eagles were the #2 seed heading into the 2019 Pioneer Conference Basketball Tournament and that's exactly where they ended up after playing three games against quality opponents throughout the week. The Eagles defeated Diller/ Odell and Tri-County before falling to the #1 Falls City Sacred Heart Irish in the Championship game.

J-B vs. Diller/Odell

The Eagles took the floor against the #7 seeded Diller/ Odell Griffins on Tuesday, January 29th and rolled to a 64-27 triumph.

Johnson-Brock jumped out on the Griffins 20-2 in the 1st quarter and never looked back. By halftime, they were up 33-8 and then they outscored D/O 18-16 in the 3rd period and a went on a 13-3 run to end the game.

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STERLING, WYMORE - The Sterling Jets split their games with Omaha Christian Academy and Wymore Southern last week.

Sterling vs. OCA

The Sterling Jets hosted Omaha Christian Academy on Tuesday, January 15th and only used four scorers to bring down their visitors by a 61-53 score.

Sterling led 22-18 after the 1st period and then led 34-33 after the first half. The Jets scored 10 more points in the 3rd period and then went on an 18-10 run in the final period to win 61-53.

Logan Jasa led the Jets with 22 points off of 4 treys and had 10/10 freethrows while Caleb Dolbow scored 17 points off of 7 field goals and 3/3 freethrows.

Sam Boldt scored 13 points from 1 field goal, three treys and 2/4 freethrows while Trace Dirks added 9 points from 3 field goals and 3/6 freethrows.

TECUMSEH, HUMBOLDT - The Johnson County Central Lady Thunderbirds dropped two games last week against Weeping Water and Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer and had foul trouble against the Lady Titans.

JCC vs. Weeping Water

The Lady T-birds hosted Weeping Water on Tuesday night, January 15th, but lost 34-52.

Head Coach Karen Hunzeker commented, “I thought the girls played with a lot of heart! They held the two highest scorers to only 13 and 15 points. This was a victory in itself! As a team we shot 33% from the field and were 75% from the free throw line.”

Dakotah Ludemann led the Lady T-Birds with 12 points and had 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

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TECUMSEH, HUMBOLDT - The Johnson County Central boys’ basketball team picked up two big wins last week.

JCC vs. Weeping Water

The Thunderbirds opened the week on Tuesday, January 15th with a 54-14 drubbing of Weeping Water. JCC led 14-3 after the 1st period and were up 30-5 at the half. They outscored their guests 18-5 in the 3rd period and 6-4 in the final quarter for the easy win.

Head Coach Kirk Faris commented, “In our practices coming into this game we emphasized the importance of defense and how our defense can lead to easy baskets. Our team played well tonight especially on the defensive end. We were also able to take advantage of our size mismatch inside to get high percentage shots near the basket.”

Eli Waring led all scorers with 19 points and had 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Tucker Liberty added 12 points with 10 rebounds for a double double and had 2 steals and 1 block.