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McCool Junction High Plains

Mustangs

Storm

The High Plains (Polk, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 46-35.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	11	4	7	13	35
High Plains	19	10	8	9	46

Final score provided by M. Bruce.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

McCool Junction (24-25)

High Plains (24-25)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	35	12	45	27	28
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Leah Dawson (So)	2	1	2	50	50
14	Natalie Clark (So)	7	0	13	0	0
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	5	2	9	22	22
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	16	7	13	54	58
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	3	1	3	33	33
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33

High Plains

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	46	15	47	32	36
4	Peyton Hofmann (Jr)	19	7	15	47	50
5	G. Lesiak (Jr)	10	3	10	30	40
10	H. Urkoski (So)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Allie Howell (Sr)	3	1	2	50	50
13	C. Carlstrom (Sr)	7	3	5	60	70
14	Emma Brown (Sr)	3	1	8	13	13
24	Rylee Ackerson (Sr)	4	0	6	0	0

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	35	1	15	7	10	18	56	11	30	37
10	Kayleigh Betka (Fr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
12	Leah Dawson (So)	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
14	Natalie Clark (So)	7	0	5	0	7	11	64	0	8	0
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	5	0	5	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	16	1	2	50	1	1	100	6	11	55
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	3	0	1	0	1	4	25	1	2	50
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	2							1	3	33

High Plains

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	46	4	11	36	12	25	48	11	36	31
4	Peyton Hofmann (Jr)	19	1	2	50	4	7	57	6	13	46
5	G. Lesiak (Jr)	10	2	6	33	2	4	50	1	4	25
10	H. Urkoski (So)	0							0	1	0
12	Allie Howell (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	2	50
13	C. Carlstrom (Sr)	7	1	3	33	0	2	0	2	2	100
14	Emma Brown (Sr)	3				1	2	50	1	8	13
24	Rylee Ackerson (Sr)	4				4	8	50	0	6	0

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	35	8	18	26	5	6	7	16
12	Leah Dawson (So)	2	2		2				1
14	Natalie Clark (So)	7	1	1	2	2	4		4
20	Bailey Hall (Sr)	5		3	3				1
22	Claire Brugger (Jr)	16	2	10	12	1	1	3
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	3	1		1	2	1		5
44	D. Wollenburg (Sr)	2	2	1	3			1	1
52	Pieper Epp (So)			3	3			3	4

High Plains

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	46	34	10	5	2	15	17
4	Peyton Hofmann (Jr)	19	5	1			2	1
5	G. Lesiak (Jr)	10	4	4	2		3	4
10	H. Urkoski (So)	0				1		2
12	Allie Howell (Sr)	3	2				3	1
13	C. Carlstrom (Sr)	7	3				2	2
14	Emma Brown (Sr)	3	12	1	1	1	1	4
15	Rylee Hofmann (Jr)						1
24	Rylee Ackerson (Sr)	4	8	4	2		3	3

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr
	Team Totals	0.31	0.38	1
14	Natalie Clark (So)	0.50	1.00	1
24	Harley Stutzman (So)	0.40	0.20

High Plains

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.67	0.33	0.29	0.12
4	Peyton Hofmann (Jr)	0.50
5	G. Lesiak (Jr)	1.33	0.67	0.50
10	H. Urkoski (So)				0.50
14	Emma Brown (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.25	0.25
24	Rylee Ackerson (Sr)	1.33	0.67	0.67

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - McCool Junction beaten by High Plains

February 20, 2025: Polk, NE 68654

The High Plains Storm were victorious over the visiting McCool Junction Mustangs basketball squad by a final score of 46-35 in Thursday's league outing.

MCJHS @ High Plains Basketball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 20, 2025 @ 7p

D1 Sub Districts Final

The High Plains (Polk, NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 46-35.

Rankings & Records

McCool Junction (24-25)

NE	Class
199	32

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-13	2-3	3-5	6-5	1-3	.435	.400	880	1,030

High Plains (24-25)

NE	Class
149	18

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
19-8	2-2	8-3	8-3	3-2	.704	.500	1,243	1,024

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
McCool Junction	9.7	9.2	9.8	9.7	9.0	38.3
High Plains	12.1	12.0	11.8	10.0	4.0	46.0

Head-to-Head

McCool Junction won on 12/14/2024

12/14 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

High Plains 16 10 10 9 4 49
McCool Junction 6 12 14 13 9 54

The High Plains (Polk, NE) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's away conference game against McCool Junction (NE) in overtime by a score of 54-49.
Box score
High Plains won on 2/20/2025

2/20 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

McCool Junction 11 4 7 13 35
High Plains 19 10 8 9 46

The McCool Junction (NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against High Plains (Polk, NE) by a score of 46-35.
Box score

12/14 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
High Plains	16	10	10	9	4	49
McCool Junction	6	12	14	13	9	54

Team Stat Comparison

McCool Junction		High Plains
38.3	Points Per Game	46.0
31.8	Rebounds Per Game	33.7
8.0	Assists Per Game	11.5
10.5	Steals Per Game	12.0
2.9	Blocks Per Game	2.3

Team Leaders

McCool Junction		High Plains	National Avg.
#14 Natalie Clark14.3	Points Per Game	#4 Peyton Hofmann9.8	4.1
#22 Claire Brugger9.7	Rebounds Per Game	#14 Emma Brown8.7	2.8
#14 Natalie Clark2.7	Assists Per Game	#5 Gahvrielle Lesiak3.1	0.9
#22 Claire Brugger3.3	Steals Per Game	#5 Gahvrielle Lesiak3.5	1.1
#22 Claire Brugger1.0	Blocks Per Game	#14 Emma Brown1.3	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McCool Junction	6-7		High Plains	12-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/24	Cross County	McCool Junction	(L) 68-29	1/30/25	Cross County	High Plains	(L) 57-27
				2/8/25	High Plains	Cross County	(L) 46-23
12/7/24	McCool Junction	Hampton	(W) 49-33	1/9/25	High Plains	Hampton	(W) 49-33
				1/25/25	Hampton	High Plains	(W) 51-36
12/19/24	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 53-39	1/3/25	High Plains	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 35-32
1/4/25	Heartland	McCool Junction	(L) 44-27	1/21/25	High Plains	Heartland	(W) 46-15
1/9/25	McCool Junction	Meridian	(W) 51-42	2/4/25	High Plains	Meridian	(W) 48-45
1/16/25	McCool Junction	Giltner	(W) 38-18	12/20/24	Giltner	High Plains	(W) 55-29
1/21/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	McCool Junction	(L) 42-36	2/14/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	High Plains	(W) 41-32
1/27/25	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(L) 45-40
1/23/25	McCool Junction	Osceola	(W) 50-31	2/11/25	Osceola	High Plains	(W) 62-37
				2/18/25	Osceola	High Plains	(W) 56-53
1/30/25	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 53-28	1/16/25	High Plains	Nebraska Lutheran	(W) 50-41
2/7/25	McCool Junction	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 43-40	1/27/25	Nebraska Lutheran	High Plains	(W) 39-31
2/4/25	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 44-30	2/7/25	East Butler	High Plains	(W) 57-39
2/14/25	Dorchester	McCool Junction	(L) 46-27	12/10/24	Dorchester	High Plains	(L) 29-26
				1/31/25	Dorchester	High Plains	(L) 38-37

Record Breakdown

McCool Junction (24-25)		High Plains (24-25)
10-13	Overall	19-8
3-3	League	3-2
7-6	Non-League	13-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-7	Common Opponent	12-4
3-5	Home	8-3
6-5	Away	8-3
1-3	Neutral	3-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
10-13	In-State	19-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0