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Cats are PAC Champs!

by Staff on January 21, 2007

Ryan Dannar pumped in four 3-pointers against Hay Springs Saturday evening to help the Bobcat efforts on the 56-50 win over Hay Springs to win the conference title. (Ledger Photo)

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Ryan Dannar pumped in four 3-pointers against Hay Springs Saturday evening to help the Bobcat efforts on the 56-50 win over Hay Springs to win the conference title. (Ledger Photo)

Hemingford Boys Win Panhandle Conference Championship!

The Hemingford Bobcat Boys Basketball team put in a series of solid performances this past week, winning three games in five days to claim the 2007 Panhandle Activities Conference crown in basketball.

Coach Tim Lanik and his team won a first round game against Crawford 58-26, advancing to second round action at Sioux County, the site of this year’s PAC semi-final and final rounds.

In the second round, Hemingford took on the home town Warriors, a 6-4 (W-L) team that was missing their team leader due to injury. With Brody Roes and Kevin Bradt leading the way in scoring with 16 and 13 points respectively, the Cats prevailed in the hard-fought contest 45-41.Coach Tim Lanik thought that the Cats had an excellent defensive effort, controlling the tempo of the game, and wearing down the Warriors with a hard press. With their second straight victory, the boys advanced to play 10-4 (W-L) Hay Springs in the Championship finals on Saturday night.

In a game that went back and forth, and in one where the Cats trailed after the first quarter 16-11, at half 24-22, and after the third quarter 40-37, the fourth quarter turned into the one that mattered, as the Cats outscored the Hawks by nine, 19-10, to win the ballgame 56-50. Perimeter shooting and good free-throw shooting at the end of the game enabled the Cats to seal the victory.

Brody Roes led the Cats in scoring with 17 points, followed by Ryan Dannar with 14 and Patrick Jesperson with 11. Colt Frahm had 9 and Kevin Bradt had 5 to round out the scoring. Frahm had 11 rebounds and Jesperson had 10 to help the Cats control the boards. Issac Hughs had 17 for the Hawks in a losing effort, followed by Jake Pond with 11.

With the three victories, the Cats are 6-9 on the season, and look to finish strong with the Western Trails Conference Tourney on the horizon and games with Sioux County, Minatare, Morrill, Hay Springs, and Crawford as well. Sub-Districts will be on the 19^th and 20^th in Gering, featuring Bayard, Creek Valley, Garden County, and Morrill, in addition to Hemingford.

A winning season record is in sight for the Cats if they keep up the hard work and never say die attitude!