Lions Still Looking For First Victory

The Langford Area boys basketball team is still looking for its first win of the season, dropping a pair of contests to Lyman 62-31 and Lemmon 5519 during the holiday break.

Coach Brian Schuring’s club took an 0-7 record into a game at Redfield last night Tuesday. Thursday the Lions will host Waubay-Summit and Herreid-Selby comes to town for a twin bill with the girls’ squad on Friday.

“Having games over Christmas break can be tough because of lack of contact with your players,” noted Schuring. “I was proud of the boys and the way they competed on the road at Lemmon and the Huron Classic.

“We have not shot the ball well yet this season, which is compounded by turnovers that give the opposing team more opportunities,” added Schuring. “Once we are able to get better at these two things we will be able to compete better against teams.”

Lyman 62 Langford Area 31

Langford Area trailed by just 12 at halftime but was outscored 36-17 in the final two quarters as Lyman posted a 62-31 win in the Huron Classic on Friday.

Rennan Bruns had 10 points and three steals, Jacob Samson added nine counters, Kalen Godel pulled down 12 rebounds for the Lions and had a pair of assists, and Dylan Harmon grabbed 10 missed shots.

LA struggled from the field, hitting just 21% of its field goal tries.

LANGFORD AREA: Jacob Samson 4 1-4 9, Rennan Bruns 3 2-4 10, Kalen Godel 1 1-4 3, Dylan Harmon 2 25 6, Caleb Mertz 0 1-2 1, Ryder Smith 1 0-2 2. Totals 11-41 7-21 31.

LYMAN: Aksel Ehlers 2 0-0 5, Carter Jones 1 0-0 3, Jonas Zirpel 4 4-5 13, Dawsen Volmer 3 4-5 10, MJ Diehm 3 6-7 13, Conway Collins 0 1-2 1, Canyon Garnos 1 0-0 3, Wiley Elmood 0 1-2 1, Jake Millard 0 2-2 2, Cole Kieffer 4 1-7 9. Totals 18-37 19-30 62.

LA (0-7) 2 14 26 31 Lyman (2-2) 13 26 43 62

3-point goals – Bruns 2; Ehlers, Jones, Zirpel, Diehm, Garnos. Fouled out – Samson. Total fouls – LA 25, Lyman 20.

Lemmon 55 Langford Area 19

Lemmon exploded for 47 first half points to lead Langford Area 47-7 at intermission on the way to a 55-19 win in the Lemmon Classic on Thursday.

The loss dropped the Lions to 0-6 on the season while Lemmon improved to 4-1.

Rennan Bruns led LA with 11 points, and Kalen Godel grabbed seven rebounds.

LANGFORD AREA: Rennan Bruns 4 2-3 11, Kalen Godel 1 0-0 2, Dylan Harmon 2 2-2 6. Totals 7 4-5 19.

LEMMON: Nathan Penfield 6 12 16, Casey Fogerty 1 0-0 2, Cameron Bentley 0 0-2 0, Hayden Bentley 0 1-2 1, Jacob Sonsalla 5 2-5 13, Logan Dreiske 0 0-2 0, Blake Drayton 2 1-2 6, Blair Ham 6 1-1 15, Sawyer Thompson 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 6-16 55.

LA (0-6) 5 7 13 19 Lemmon (4-1) 23 47 54 55

3-point goals – Bruns. Fouled out – LA, Ethen Olson. Total fouls – LA 16, Lemmon 10.