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North Callaway Van-Far

Thunderbirds

Indians

The Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against North Callaway (Kingdom City, MO) by a score of 64-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Callaway	9	13	15	16	53
Van-Far	13	19	11	21	64

Final score provided by P. Connaway.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Van-Far (23-24)

North Callaway

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	23	47	49	53
1	Cj Cunningham (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
4	Caleb Sheets (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Paul Russell (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
10	Levi Drake (Jr)	6	3	8	38	38
12	Sam Pezold (Sr)	16	7	15	47	50
23	Erik Blair (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
31	Austin Brown (So)	7	3	5	60	70
35	Isiah Craighead (Sr)	20	8	13	62	69

Van-Far

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	64	24	57	42	46
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	6	2	7	29	36
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	6	2	7	29	36
20	Pacey Reading (So)	16	6	15	40	47
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	5	1	3	33	50
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	27	11	20	55	55
34	Evan Utterback (So)	2	1	2	50	50
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33

North Callaway

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	4	17	24	3	4	75	19	30	63
1	Cj Cunningham (Jr)	2							1	1	100
4	Caleb Sheets (Jr)	0	0	1	0
5	Paul Russell (Sr)	2	0	2	0				1	1	100
10	Levi Drake (Jr)	6	0	2	0				3	6	50
12	Sam Pezold (Sr)	16	1	4	25	1	2	50	6	11	55
23	Erik Blair (Jr)	0							0	1	0
31	Austin Brown (So)	7	1	3	33				2	2	100
35	Isiah Craighead (Sr)	20	2	5	40	2	2	100	6	8	75

Van-Far

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	64	5	19	26	11	15	73	19	38	50
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	6	1	1	100	1	1	100	1	6	17
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	6	1	4	25	1	2	50	1	3	33
20	Pacey Reading (So)	16	2	9	22	2	3	67	4	6	67
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	5	1	2	50	2	2	100	0	1	0
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	27	0	2	0	5	7	71	11	18	61
34	Evan Utterback (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50

North Callaway

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	53	1	21	21	15	9	20	20
1	Cj Cunningham (Jr)	2				2	1	1
4	Caleb Sheets (Jr)	0						1	1
5	Paul Russell (Sr)	2				3		3	3
10	Levi Drake (Jr)	6		1		1	1	4	1
11	Clayton Moore (Jr)							2	5
12	Sam Pezold (Sr)	16	1	3	4	4	3	5	1
23	Erik Blair (Jr)	0		1	1	2			2
31	Austin Brown (So)	7		4	4		1	2	3
35	Isiah Craighead (Sr)	20		12	12	3	3	2	4

Van-Far

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	64	11	12	23	13	14	15
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	6	1	2	3	1	1	3
3	Gibson Condie (So)							1
4	Brayden Lay (Sr)							1
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	6	3	3	6	3	4	1
20	Pacey Reading (So)	16	3	2	5	6	0	1
21	Gaven Gaston (So)	5	2	0	2	0	0	2
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	27	0	3	3	3	7	2
34	Evan Utterback (So)	2	1		1			2
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)	2	1	2	3		2	2

North Callaway

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.75	0.45	0.45
1	Cj Cunningham (Jr)	2.00	1.00
5	Paul Russell (Sr)	1.00
10	Levi Drake (Jr)	0.25	0.25	1.00
12	Sam Pezold (Sr)	0.80	0.60	3.00
31	Austin Brown (So)		0.50	0.33
35	Isiah Craighead (Sr)	1.50	1.50	0.75

Van-Far

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.87	0.93
0	Carson Huff (Jr)	0.33	0.33
20	Gage Gibson (Sr)	3.00	4.00
20	Pacey Reading (So)	6.00	0.00
24	Nikos Connaway (Sr)	1.50	3.50
35	Carter Jennings (Sr)		1.00

Game Story

Missouri High School Basketball - North Callaway beaten by Van-Far

December 12, 2023: Vandalia, MO 63382

The Van-Far Indians ran past the visiting North Callaway Thunderbirds basketball team by a final score of 64-53 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Indians face the Silex Owls (Silex, MO) in a Eastern Missouri game, on Friday, December 15. Van-Far will attempt to move on its 5-1 season record.

With the defeat, North Callaway moves to 1-4 on the year. The Thunderbirds travel to Louisiana (Louisiana, MO) to face the Bulldogs in a Eastern Missouri game on Thursday, December 14. The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 2-5. Louisiana lost 67-46 in their recent league game against Bowling Green (Bowling Green, MO)

Players of the Game

North Callaway (23-24)

North Callaway has not selected any Players of the Game.

Van-Far (23-24)

Congratulations to #24 Nikos Connaway for being selected the Van-Far Basketball Player of the Game.

NCHS @ Van-Far Basketball Game Info

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023 @ 7p

Van-Far R-1 High School

The Van-Far (Vandalia, MO) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against North Callaway (Kingdom City, MO) by a score of 64-53.

Rankings & Records

North Callaway (23-24)

MO	Class
455	82

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-18	6-4	2-6	6-3	2-9	.357	.600	1,516	1,620

Van-Far (23-24)

MO	Class
211	22

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
22-6	10-1	8-0	7-3	7-3	.786	.909	1,765	1,284

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
North Callaway	13.9	13.7	14.3	13.1	-	-	-	54.1
Van-Far	15.1	16.1	15.7	14.0	0	0	68.0	63.0

Team Stat Comparison

North Callaway		Van-Far
54.1	Points Per Game	62.8
28.1	Rebounds Per Game	28.0
13.6	Assists Per Game	14.4
11.5	Steals Per Game	9.5
1.2	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

North Callaway		Van-Far	National Avg.
#12 Sam Pezold16.4	Points Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway16.8	4.9
#35 Isiah Craighead7.3	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway6.6	2.6
#12 Sam Pezold3.5	Assists Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway6.0	1.0
#12 Sam Pezold3.4	Steals Per Game	#24 Nikos Connaway4.1	0.8
#35 Isiah Craighead0.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Callaway	7-8		Van-Far	12-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/23	Centralia	North Callaway	(L) 66-44	12/5/23	Van-Far	Centralia	(L) 64-52
12/1/23	Silex	North Callaway	(W) 78-47	12/14/23	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 85-44
1/25/24	Silex	North Callaway	(W) 51-42	1/23/24	Silex	Van-Far	(W) 69-38
12/7/23	Boonville	North Callaway	(L) 61-49	12/9/23	Boonville	Van-Far	(W) 62-48
12/14/23	North Callaway	Louisiana	(W) 60-40	11/30/23	Van-Far	Louisiana	(W) 63-51
12/19/23	Montgomery County	North Callaway	(L) 69-51	2/1/24	Van-Far	Montgomery County	(L) 63-46
2/22/24	Montgomery County	North Callaway	(L) 62-45
1/19/24	Clopton	North Callaway	(L) 75-52	1/27/24	Clopton	Van-Far	(W) 62-46
				2/9/24	Clopton	Van-Far	(W) 70-56
1/23/24	North Callaway	Bowling Green	(L) 75-50	1/25/24	Van-Far	Bowling Green	(W) 66-40
2/15/24	North Callaway	Bowling Green	(W) 66-64	2/17/24	Bowling Green	Van-Far	(W) 60-40
1/27/24	Elsberry	North Callaway	(L) 49-40	1/11/24	Van-Far	Elsberry	(W) 56-48
2/2/24	Elsberry	North Callaway	(L) 57-54
1/29/24	North Callaway	Wellsville-Middletown	(W) 72-34	2/6/24	Van-Far	Wellsville-Middletown	(W) 90-23
2/6/24	Wright City	North Callaway	(W) 63-37	2/12/24	Van-Far	Wright City	(W) 47-37
2/13/24	North Callaway	Mark Twain	(W) 68-55	2/2/24	Mark Twain	Van-Far	(W) 78-47

Record Breakdown

North Callaway (23-24)		Van-Far (23-24)
10-18	Overall	22-6
7-5	League	10-2
2-6	Non-League	5-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-8	Common Opponent	12-2
2-6	Home	8-0
6-3	Away	7-3
2-9	Neutral	7-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
10-18	In-State	22-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1