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The Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Ainsworth (NE) by a score of 52-43.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ainsworth	2	14	15	12	43
Sandhills/Thedford	6	15	17	14	52

Final score provided by T. Teahon.

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Game Stats

Sandhills/Thedford (25-26)

Ainsworth

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	43	16	66	24	29
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	6	2	11	18	23
3	Zaine Evans (So)	10	4	12	33	42
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	0	4	0	0
13	Graham Duester (So)	2	1	2	50	50
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	4	2	7	29	29
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	0	0	5	0	0
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	17	5	21	24	31
24	Bear Rea (So)	4	2	4	50	50

Sandhills/Thedford

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	52	17
0	Mason Cooksley (Jr)	2	1
11	Payton Saner (Sr)	4	2
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	20	6
15	Carter Anderson (So)	4	1
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	16	5
30	Thatcher Teahon (Jr)	6	2

Ainsworth

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	43	6	29	21	5	6	83	10	37	27
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	6	1	4	25	1	1	100	1	7	14
3	Zaine Evans (So)	10	2	6	33	0	0	0	2	6	33
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	Graham Duester (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	29
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	17	3	14	21	4	5	80	2	7	29
24	Bear Rea (So)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Sandhills/Thedford

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	2FGM
	Team Totals	52	3	15	14
0	Mason Cooksley (Jr)	2			1
11	Payton Saner (Sr)	4			2
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	20		8	6
15	Carter Anderson (So)	4		2	1
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	16	1	5	4
30	Thatcher Teahon (Jr)	6	2

Ainsworth

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	43	16	25	41	12	15	2	24	16
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	6	3	3	6	4	2	0	5	2
3	Zaine Evans (So)	10	4	2	6	1	4	1	8	4
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	0
13	Graham Duester (So)	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	4	2	3	5	2	4	0	3	3
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	0	2	8	10	3	1	1	3	2
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	17	3	3	6	1	2	0	0	3
24	Bear Rea (So)	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0

Sandhills/Thedford

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	52	16	26	42	4	10	11
0	Mason Cooksley (Jr)	2	1		1
11	Payton Saner (Sr)	4	2	2	4		2
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	20	5	5	10	1	3	2
15	Carter Anderson (So)	4	2	7	9	3	2	4
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	16	5	8	13		2	3
22	Tate Johnston (Sr)			1	1			1
30	Thatcher Teahon (Jr)	6	1	3	4		1	1

Ainsworth

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.50	0.63	0.94	0.13	12
1	Chris Fernandez (Sr)	0.80	0.40	1.00	0.00	4
3	Zaine Evans (So)	0.13	0.50	1.00	0.25	3
11	Bateson Raymond (So)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	2
15	Jacob Ortner (So)	0.67	1.33	1.33	0.00	0
21	Jaxon Rucker (So)	1.00	0.33	0.50	0.50	1
22	Witten Painter (Sr)	1.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	2
24	Bear Rea (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

Misc Totals

Sandhills/Thedford has not entered any misc totals stats.

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Ainsworth succumbs to Sandhills/Thedford

January 24, 2026: Dunning, NE 68833

The Sandhills/Thedford Knights toppled the visiting Ainsworth Bulldogs basketball team by a tally of 52-43 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Knights now possess a 8-5 record. They play next when they host Brady for a non-league bout on Monday, January 26. Sandhills/Thedford will play a Eagles team coming off a 86-39 non-league loss to Loomis (Loomis, NE). The Eagles record now stands at 2-13.

With the loss, Ainsworth moves to 3-14 on the season. The Bulldogs host Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) to clash with the Cougars in a D1 District 8 test on Thursday, January 29. The Cougars come into the test with a record of 0-14.

Ainsworth @ STHS (CO-OP) Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 24, 2026 @ 4p

The Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) varsity basketball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Ainsworth (NE) by a score of 52-43.

Rankings & Records

Ainsworth (25-26)

NE	Class
247	49

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-19	1-0	3-6	0-12	2-1	.208	1.000	1,022	1,402

Sandhills/Thedford (25-26)

NE	Class
190	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-9	1-0	6-3	5-4	1-2	.571	1.000	1,261	1,180

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Ainsworth	8.9	10.4	11.5	12.3	-	-	42.6
Sandhills/Thedford	14.4	14.9	15.8	13.4	5.0	5.0	60.0

Team Stat Comparison

Ainsworth		Sandhills/Thedford
42.6	Points Per Game	59.9
29.5	Rebounds Per Game	33.2
10.3	Assists Per Game	9.1
9.6	Steals Per Game	11.4
1.0	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Ainsworth		Sandhills/Thedford	National Avg.
#1 Chris Fernandez11.6	Points Per Game	#20 Maurice Robinson17.5	4.8
#21 Jaxon Rucker7.7	Rebounds Per Game	#20 Maurice Robinson8.9	2.5
#1 Chris Fernandez3.3	Assists Per Game	#12 Brandon Goshorn2.1	1.0
#1 Chris Fernandez2.2	Steals Per Game	#15 Carter Anderson3.0	0.8
#15 Jacob Ortner0.4	Blocks Per Game	#20 Maurice Robinson0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ainsworth	2-4		Sandhills/Thedford	3-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/25	Ainsworth	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 58-30	1/15/26	Sandhills/Thedford	Anselmo-Merna	(W) 74-67
12/16/25	Valentine	Ainsworth	(L) 70-25	2/6/26	Valentine	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 94-56
12/19/25	Broken Bow	Ainsworth	(L) 82-29	1/13/26	Broken Bow	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 74-57
1/2/26	Mullen	Ainsworth	(W) 51-49	1/29/26	Mullen	Sandhills/Thedford	(W) 59-37
				2/10/26	Sandhills/Thedford	Mullen	(L) 59-45
1/6/26	Burwell	Ainsworth	(W) 71-37	2/5/26	Sandhills/Thedford	Burwell	(W) 58-47
1/22/26	Ainsworth	North Central	(L) 72-31	12/13/25	Sandhills/Thedford	North Central	(L) 63-61

Record Breakdown

Ainsworth (25-26)		Sandhills/Thedford (25-26)
5-19	Overall	12-9
2-1	League	1-1
2-14	Non-League	9-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	3-4
3-6	Home	6-3
0-12	Away	5-4
2-1	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-19	In-State	12-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0