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The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Lawrence-Nelson (Nelson, NE) by a score of 86-48.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lawrence-Nelson	10	11	16	11	48
McCool Junction	20	24	21	21	86

Final score provided by J. Wurtz.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

McCool Junction (25-26)

Lawrence-Nelson

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	18	43	42	48
0	Kolten Menke (So)	1	0	3	0	0
1	C. Culbertson (Sr)	6	2	5	40	60
4	Jace Hoelting (Jr)	4	1	13	8	12
5	Wyatt Frey (Jr)	17	6	10	60	65
10	T. Schneider (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
31	Caleb Griffis (Jr)	13	6	6	100	100
32	Joel Hoelting (Fr)	5	2	3	67	83
45	C. Heikkinen (So)	2	1	2	50	50

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	86	31	60	52	67
10	Colby Yates (So)	18	7	13	54	69
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	11	4	7	57	71
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	24	8	16	50	69
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	14	5	7	71	100
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	6	3	3	100	100
30	Cameron Kness (So)	0	0	2	0	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	1	0	3	0	0
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	12	4	7	57	71

Lawrence-Nelson

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	5	20	25	7	20	35	13	23	57
0	Kolten Menke (So)	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
1	C. Culbertson (Sr)	6	2	5	40	0	4	0	0	0	0
4	Jace Hoelting (Jr)	4	1	8	13	1	2	50	0	5	0
5	Wyatt Frey (Jr)	17	1	4	25	4	9	44	5	6	83
10	T. Schneider (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Caleb Griffis (Jr)	13	0	0	0	1	3	33	6	6	100
32	Joel Hoelting (Fr)	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	2	50
45	C. Heikkinen (So)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	100

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	86	18	29	62	6	7	86	13	31	42
10	Colby Yates (So)	18	4	6	67	0	0	0	3	7	43
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	11	2	4	50	1	1	100	2	3	67
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	24	6	9	67	2	2	100	2	7	29
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	14	4	5	80	0	0	0	1	2	50
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
30	Cameron Kness (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	3	0
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	12	2	4	50	2	2	100	2	3	67

Lawrence-Nelson

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	7	19	26	14	4	1	24	8
0	Kolten Menke (So)	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	3
1	C. Culbertson (Sr)	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	0
4	Jace Hoelting (Jr)	4	1	4	5	3	2	0	5	1
5	Wyatt Frey (Jr)	17	1	2	3	3	0	0	8	3
10	T. Schneider (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	Jaxen Vaughn (Fr)	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
31	Caleb Griffis (Jr)	13	1	7	8	1	0	0	1	1
32	Joel Hoelting (Fr)	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
45	C. Heikkinen (So)	2	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	0

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	86	8	16	24	24	13	3	6	21
0	Casper Mertz (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
10	Colby Yates (So)	18	1	3	4	2	2	0	0	0
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	11	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	24	0	6	6	9	2	1	1	2
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	14	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	4
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
30	Cameron Kness (So)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	1	3	1	4	4	1	1	0	1
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	2	5
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	12	0	1	1	3	3	0	1	4

Lawrence-Nelson

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.58	0.17	0.50	0.13	9
0	Kolten Menke (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
1	C. Culbertson (Sr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	1
4	Jace Hoelting (Jr)	0.60	0.40	2.00	0.00	4
5	Wyatt Frey (Jr)	0.38	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
15	Jaxen Vaughn (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
31	Caleb Griffis (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
32	Joel Hoelting (Fr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2
45	C. Heikkinen (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	4.00	2.17	0.62	0.14	2	22
10	Colby Yates (So)	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	9
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	9.00	2.00	1.00	0.50	1	1
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	1.50	1.00	0.50	0.00	1	1
30	Cameron Kness (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	2
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.40	0.20	0	5
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	3.00	3.00	0.75	0.00	0	2

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Lawrence-Nelson trounced by McCool Junction

January 6, 2026: McCool Junction, NE 68401

The Lawrence-Nelson Raiders basketball team (Nelson, NE), was trounced 86-48 in Tuesday's non-league challenge with the host McCool Junction Mustangs (McCool Junction, NE)

The Mustangs (7-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Meridian (Daykin, NE). The Mustangs enter the non-league match with a 3-7 record. In their last match, Meridian overwhelmed Lewiston (Lewiston, NE), 40-34, in a non-league match.

The Raiders now own a 6-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to St. Cecilia for a non-league match on Friday, January 9. Lawrence-Nelson will battle a Bluehawks team coming off a 61-33 non-league loss to Sandy Creek (Fairfield, NE). The Bluehawks record now stands at 1-9.

LNHS @ MCJHS Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 6, 2026 @ 7:30p

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Lawrence-Nelson (Nelson, NE) by a score of 86-48.

Rankings & Records

Lawrence-Nelson (25-26)

NE	Class
124	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
20-4	3-0	12-1	7-3	1-0	.833	1.000	1,246	1,002

McCool Junction (25-26)

NE	Class
78	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-7	2-0	8-1	6-3	7-3	.750	1.000	1,583	1,276

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Lawrence-Nelson	12.1	13.8	11.9	10.8	-	51.9
McCool Junction	13.6	14.4	14.3	14.0	9.5	56.5

Team Stat Comparison

Lawrence-Nelson		McCool Junction
51.9	Points Per Game	56.5
33.4	Rebounds Per Game	28.6
11.8	Assists Per Game	14.6
8.4	Steals Per Game	9.6
4.1	Blocks Per Game	2.0

Team Leaders

Lawrence-Nelson		McCool Junction	National Avg.
#5 Wyatt Frey17.2	Points Per Game	#23 Carson McDonald17.3	4.8
#5 Wyatt Frey9.3	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Carson McDonald6.5	2.5
#1 Caden Culbertson4.0	Assists Per Game	#23 Carson McDonald5.0	1.0
#1 Caden Culbertson3.0	Steals Per Game	#23 Carson McDonald2.3	0.8
#5 Wyatt Frey1.9	Blocks Per Game	#23 Carson McDonald0.4	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lawrence-Nelson	5-1		McCool Junction	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/25	Meridian	Lawrence-Nelson	(W) 57-37	1/8/26	Meridian	McCool Junction	(W) 68-29
12/13/25	Lawrence-Nelson	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 45-32	1/20/26	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 55-38
1/13/26	Osceola	Lawrence-Nelson	(W) 49-46	1/22/26	Osceola	McCool Junction	(W) 71-58
1/26/26	Palmer	Lawrence-Nelson	(W) 58-23	2/24/26	Palmer	McCool Junction	(W) 68-18
2/20/26	Lawrence-Nelson	Deshler	(L) 56-37	1/16/26	Deshler	McCool Junction	(L) 60-49
2/24/26	High Plains	Lawrence-Nelson	(W) 67-60	12/11/25	McCool Junction	High Plains	(W) 63-12

Record Breakdown

Lawrence-Nelson (25-26)		McCool Junction (25-26)
20-4	Overall	21-7
5-0	League	5-0
12-3	Non-League	10-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-1	Common Opponent	5-1
12-1	Home	8-1
7-3	Away	6-3
1-0	Neutral	7-3
0-1	Playoff	2-1
20-4	In-State	21-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0