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Ponca Hartington-Newcastle

Indians

Wildcats

The Hartington-Newcastle (Hartington, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Ponca (NE) by a score of 54-41.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ponca	16	14	15	9	54
Hartington-Newcastle	13	4	15	9	41

Final score provided by G. Rolfes.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Hartington-Newcastle (25-26)

Ponca

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	54	20	57	35	37
10	Ava Brennan (Jr)	10	3	9	33	44
12	Carlee Beckner (Jr)	6	3	7	43	43
20	Elsie Keller (Jr)	6	2	8	25	25
30	J. Templeman (Jr)	6	3	11	27	27
32	Laken Pfister (So)	2	1	7	14	14
34	Ava Brown (So)	12	5	7	71	71
44	Emerson Ehlers (Sr)	12	3	8	38	38

Hartington-Newcastle

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	16	44	36	42
1	Vayda Lippert (So)	31	12	21	57	69
4	Nora Lange (Fr)	2	1	3	33	33
10	Karissa Bruning (Jr)	5	2	5	40	40
11	Hadley Grutsch (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Kloe Fischer (So)	2	1	7	14	14
14	Ella Eickhoff (So)	1	0	3	0	0
22	Ziva Stratman (So)	0	0	4	0	0

Ponca

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	54	2	18	11	12	24	50	18	39	46
10	Ava Brennan (Jr)	10	2	5	40	2	5	40	1	4	25
12	Carlee Beckner (Jr)	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	4	75
20	Elsie Keller (Jr)	6	0	2	0	2	6	33	2	6	33
30	J. Templeman (Jr)	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
32	Laken Pfister (So)	2	0	2	0				1	5	20
34	Ava Brown (So)	12	0	0	0	2	5	40	5	7	71
44	Emerson Ehlers (Sr)	12	0	1	0	6	7	86	3	7	43

Hartington-Newcastle

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	5	20	25	4	11	36	11	24	46
1	Vayda Lippert (So)	31	5	11	45	2	3	67	7	10	70
4	Nora Lange (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	50
10	Karissa Bruning (Jr)	5	0	0	0	1	4	25	2	5	40
11	Hadley Grutsch (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Kloe Fischer (So)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
14	Ella Eickhoff (So)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	0	1	0
22	Ziva Stratman (So)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Ponca

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	54	14	20	34	10	6	3	7
10	Ava Brennan (Jr)	10	1	1	2	1	2		1
12	Carlee Beckner (Jr)	6	1	2	3	0	1		1
14	Alexa McGhee (So)	0	0		0	0	0		1
20	Elsie Keller (Jr)	6	3	1	4	4	2	2	1
30	J. Templeman (Jr)	6		5	5	1	1		1
32	Laken Pfister (So)	2	1	3	4	4	0		2
34	Ava Brown (So)	12	3	4	7			1	0
44	Emerson Ehlers (Sr)	12	5	4	9				0

Hartington-Newcastle

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	41	6	26	32	7	5	3	15	16
1	Vayda Lippert (So)	31	1	8	9	1	1	2	3	4
4	Nora Lange (Fr)	2	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	2
10	Karissa Bruning (Jr)	5	1	5	6	0	2	1	2	5
11	Hadley Grutsch (Fr)	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1
13	Kloe Fischer (So)	2	2	2	4	2	1	0	3	1
14	Ella Eickhoff (So)	1	0	3	3	1	1	0	4	3
22	Ziva Stratman (So)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0

Ponca

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.43	0.86
10	Ava Brennan (Jr)	1.00	2.00
12	Carlee Beckner (Jr)	0.00	1.00
20	Elsie Keller (Jr)	4.00	2.00
30	J. Templeman (Jr)	1.00	1.00
32	Laken Pfister (So)	2.00	0.00

Hartington-Newcastle

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.47	0.33	0.31	0.19	6
1	Vayda Lippert (So)	0.33	0.33	0.25	0.50	1
4	Nora Lange (Fr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
10	Karissa Bruning (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.40	0.20	0
11	Hadley Grutsch (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
13	Kloe Fischer (So)	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.00	1
14	Ella Eickhoff (So)	0.25	0.25	0.33	0.00	3
22	Ziva Stratman (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Hartington-Newcastle's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Hartington-Newcastle toppled by Ponca

December 4, 2025: Hartington, NE 68739

Ponca Indians (Ponca, NE) supporters left the game satisfied Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad notch a victory over the host Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats (Hartington, NE), 54-41 in a non-league contest.

The Indians (1-0) will now prepare for their contest against Wayne (Wayne, NE). The Blue Devils go into the non-league contest with a 1-0 record. In their last contest, Wayne topped Battle Creek (Battle Creek, NE), 45-36, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] Bobcats (Clearwater, NE) in a non-league match, on Friday, December 5. Hartington-Newcastle will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Bobcats enter the match with a 1-0 record after their 49-33 non-league win over Neligh-Oakdale (Neligh, NE).

Ponca @ HNHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 4, 2025 @ 6p

The Hartington-Newcastle (Hartington, NE) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Ponca (NE) by a score of 54-41.

Rankings & Records

Ponca (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
2-2	1-0	1-2	.500	190	141

Hartington-Newcastle (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
1-4	1-1	0-3	.200	166	229

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Ponca	15.8	10.8	13.0	8.0	47.5
Hartington-Newcastle	8.5	7.5	11.5	6.5	33.2

Team Stat Comparison

Ponca		Hartington-Newcastle
36.3	Points Per Game	34.0
21.3	Rebounds Per Game	28.3
8.7	Assists Per Game	6.3
9.3	Steals Per Game	7.3
1.0	Blocks Per Game	2.8

Team Leaders

Ponca		Hartington-Newcastle	National Avg.
#30 Jaelen Templeman12.5	Points Per Game	#1 Vayda Lippert20.0	4.4
#44 Emerson Ehlers8.0	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Karissa Bruning8.0	3.0
#20 Elsie Keller3.5	Assists Per Game	#4 Nora Lange1.3	0.9
#30 Jaelen Templeman3.5	Steals Per Game	#10 Karissa Bruning1.8	1.3
#20 Elsie Keller1.0	Blocks Per Game	#1 Vayda Lippert1.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ponca	1-1		Hartington-Newcastle	0-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home
12/11/25	Randolph	Ponca	(W) 55-6	1/2/26	Hartington-Newcastle	Randolph
12/16/25	Ponca	Laurel-Concord-Coleridge	(L) 52-44	1/20/26	Laurel-Concord-Coleridge	Hartington-Newcastle
12/19/25	Tri County Northeast	Ponca		1/15/26	Tri County Northeast	Hartington-Newcastle
1/6/26	Crofton	Ponca		1/23/26	Hartington-Newcastle	Crofton
1/8/26	Ponca	Wakefield		12/18/25	Hartington-Newcastle	Wakefield
1/29/26	Ponca	Wynot		2/13/26	Hartington-Newcastle	Wynot

Record Breakdown

Ponca (25-26)		Hartington-Newcastle (25-26)
2-2	Overall	1-4
0-0	League	0-0
2-2	Non-League	1-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-1	Common Opponent	0-0
1-0	Home	1-1
1-2	Away	0-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-2	In-State	1-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0