The Langford Area boys basketball team is still looking for its first win of the season after dropping decisions to Estelline-Hendricks 72-27 last week Tuesday and to Hitchcock-Tulare 52-40 on Saturday.
The Lions now 0-3, will tangle with Burke at noon on Monday in the Huron Classic at the Huron Arena. LA was scheduled to play Ipswich on Thursday but that contest was postponed due to bad weather and rescheduled for Feb. 21.
Hitchcock-Tulare 52
Langford Area 40
Langford Area led by 11 points over Hitchcock-Tulare at halftime and still held a five-point edge after three periods but then went scoreless in the final eight minutes as H-T outscored the Lions 34-11 in the second half.
“We played pretty good basketball for three quarters against H-T,” said LA boss Brian Schuring. “The ball wouldn’t go in the basket in the fourth quarter and added to that we had too many turnovers. But we got better in this game and hopefully we will keep making strides to get better.”
Kassen Keough led LA with 17 points and Rennan Bruns added 10.
LANGFORD AREA: Jacob Samson 2 4-4 9, Kassen Keough 7 2-4 17, Rennan Bruns 4 0-0 10, Ethen Olson 0 2-2 2, Caleb Mertz 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 8-10 40.
HITCHCOCK-TULARE: Devin Enander 8 5-7 22, Patrick Maynard 6 1-2 14, Deegan Moes 4 0-0 8, Preston Wipf 2 0-1 5, Aiden Frankenstein 1 0-2 3. Totals 21 6-12 52.
LA (0-3) 16 29 40 40
HT (1-2) 6 18 35 52
3-point goals – Samson, Keough, Bruns 2; Enander, Maynard, Wipf, Frankenstein. Total fouls – LA 15, HT 15.
Estelline-Hendricks 72
Langford Area 27
Estelline-Hendricks led by 21 points at halftime and then put the game away by outscoring Langford Area 17-1 in the third period.
Kassen Keough led the Lions with five points and four steals as eight players reached the scoring column. Jacob Samson pulled down seven rebounds. LA was guilty of 34 turnovers.
LANGFORD AREA: Jacob Samson 1 1-2 4, Kassen Keough 2 0-0 5, Rennan Bruns 1 0-0 3, Ethen Olson 1 0-0 2, Conner Glines 2 0-2 4, Caleb Mertz 0 2-2 2, Dylan Harmon 0 3-4 3, Ryder Smith 2 0-0 4. Totals 9 6-10 27.
ESTELLINE-HENDRICKS: Ken Hauck 1 0-0 2, Kyler Carlson 8 8-9 26, Wyat James 1 0-0 2, Braxton Pravecek 4 1-2 11, Matthew McAninch 2 1-4 5, Cooper Schafer 2 0-0 4, Tayden Miller 2 0-0 5, Drayden Cokens 2 0-0 6, Braxton Jongeling 1 0-0 2, Ethan Axtell 2 0-0 6, Larkin Schultz 1 1-1 3. Totals 26 11-16 72.
LA (0-2) 5 16 17 27
EH (3-0) 19 37 54 72
3-point goals – Samson, Keough, Bruns; Carlson 2, Pravecek 2, Miller, Cokens 2, Axtell 2. Fouled out – Bruns. Total fouls – LA 11, EH 14.
