The Langford Area boys basketball team will wrap up its regular season schedule at Waverly-South Shore on Friday and then open Region 1B play on Monday.
Coach Brian Schuring’s club, now 3-16, dropped decisions to Aberdeen Christian 83-51, Ipswich 69-41, and Highmore-Harrold in the Warner Classic 66-36 last week.
Based on power point rankings through Monday games the 10th-seeded Lions would play at #7 Hitchcock-Tulare (6-13) and #8 Wilmot (6-14) would host #9 Tiospa Zina (2-16) in play-in games on Monday.
Tuesday matchups would pair top-seeded Leola-Frederick (17-2) against the Wilmot-TZ winner, #2 Aberdeen Christian (14-4) would host the LA-HT winner, #3 Waubay-Summit (13-7) would host #6 Northwestern (8-11), and #4 Waverly-South Shore (11-8) would host #5 Warner (8-11). Semifinal games are set for Friday, March 7, to determine SoDak 16 qualifiers.
Aberdeen Christian 83
Langford Area 51
Aberdeen Christian boosted a five-point first period lead to 18 at halftime thanks to a 24-point second quarter and Langford Area was not able to cut into that deficit.
AC’s Ethan Biel, who is normally a key reserve but started the game on Senior Night, pumped in 26 points on eight three-pointers to lead the Knights. Kassen Keough notched 30 for the Lions, Jacob Samson added 11, and Conner Glines grabbed 11 rebounds.
LANGFORD AREA: Jacob Samson 4 0-0 11, Kassen Keough 10 5-5 30, Conner Glines 2 0-0 4, Dylan Harmon 3 0-1 6. Totals 18-52 5-6 51.
ABERDEEN CHRISTIAN: Jett Johnson 3 1-2 8, Dylan Hofer 6 1-1 13, Luke Kaiser 6 0-0 12, Brooks Jett 1 1-2 3, Raymond Rodriguez-Martinez 3 1-2 8, Ethan Biel 9 0-0 26, Grady Jett 4 0-0 8, Daniel Opdahl 2 0-0 5. Totals 34-58 4-7 83.
LA (3-14) 13 24 36 51
AC (14-4) 18 42 60 83
3-point goals – Samson 3, Keough 5; Johnson, Martinez, Biel 8, Opdahl. Total fouls – LA 7. AC 5.
Ipswich 69
Langford Area 41
Ipswich built an 18-point halftime lead and added to that margin in the final two periods.
Kassen Keough led the Lions with 24 points and five rebounds and Jacob Samson added 10 counters.
LANGFORD AREA: Jacob Samson 4 0-0 10, Kassen Keough 7 6-7 24, Conner Glines 1 0-4 3, Dylan Harmon 2 0-0 4. Totals 14-44 6-11 41.
IPSWICH: Kyle Hettich 3 2-4 9, Tucker Kadlec 7 1-3 15, Max Kulesa 4 2-2 11, Rasmus Loken 1 0-0 2, Hayden Crissman 1 1-2 3, Jaxon Holt 3 2-2 11, Shay Knust 3 3-4 9, Hayden Schlosser 1 0-0 3, Tate Hogie 1 2-2 4. Totals 25-63 13-19 69.
LA (3-15) 5 18 31 41
Ipswich (12-7) 15 36 54 69
3-point goals – Samson 2, Keough 4, Glines; Hettich, Kulesa, Holt 3, Schlosser. Total fouls – LA 13, Ipswich 13.
Highmore-Harrold 66
Langford Area 36
Highmore-Harrold boosted a five-point first quarter advantage to 13 at halftime and added to that margin the rest of the way.
Kassen Keough laced 18 points to pace the Lions and Conner Glines had six rebounds.
HIGHMORE-HARROLD: Brooks McPeak 8 2-4 22, Jordan Erfman 5 0-1 10, Miles McPeak 1 0-0 2, Aidan Ferens 5 0-0 16, Caleb Roth 6 1-4 13, Drew Palmer 1 0-0 3. Totals 26 3-9 66.
LANGFORD AREA: Jacob Samson 1 0-0 3, Joao Nunes 1 0-0 2, Kassen Keough 6 3-4 18, Conner Glines 3 2-6 8, Caleb Mertz 0 1-2 1, Dylan Harmon 2 0-0 4. Totals 13 6-14 36.
HH (5-13) 19 35 49 66
LA (3-16) 14 22 31 36
3-point goals – B. McPeak 4, Ferens, Palmer; Samson, Keough 3. Total fouls – HH 15, LA 17.
