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Niobrara/Verdigre Stuart

Cougars

Broncos

The Stuart (NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) by a score of 60-25.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Niobrara/Verdigre	12	5	0	8	25
Stuart	12	21	15	12	60

Final score provided by S. Kraus.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Stuart (25-26)

Niobrara/Verdigre

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	25	9	39	23	27
1	Ian MacKey (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
2	Julius Brandt (Sr)	4	2	8	25	25
3	Gage Vesely (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
4	Danny Pease (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
5	Leon Coffman (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
10	Kash Neilsen (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
11	Skye Denney (Fr)	0	0	5	0	0
12	Jhett Denney (Fr)	2	0	4	0	0
15	Nate Sutta (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Aiden Henry (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
25	Edward Drobny (Jr)	4	1	2	50	50
30	Parker Frank (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0

Stuart

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	60	23	63	37	40
1	Kaige Krieger (Jr)	4	2	1	10	10	10
2	Kayde Ramm (Sr)	4	17	8	19	42	45
3	Lane Boelter (So)	4	5	1	2	50	75
4	Peyton Mustin (Fr)	1
5	Drew Schmaderer (Sr)	4	16	6	17	35	38
10	Austin Connot (So)	3	3	1	1	100	150
11	Kole Estill (Fr)	1	0	0	1	0	0
12	Colin Heiser (Fr)	1
13	Nigel Addison (So)	4	7	3	5	60	60
21	Seth Connot (So)	4	5	1	2	50	50
22	Tommy Paxton (So)	4	2	1	4	25	25
30	Hayden Dvorak (So)	2
42	Kyler Schaaf (Fr)	1	3	1	2	50	50

Niobrara/Verdigre

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	25	3	16	19	4	16	25	6	23	26
1	Ian MacKey (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
2	Julius Brandt (Sr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
3	Gage Vesely (Sr)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Danny Pease (Sr)	3	1	3	33	0	2	0	0	1	0
5	Leon Coffman (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	Kash Neilsen (Jr)	5	1	1	100	0	2	0	1	3	33
11	Skye Denney (Fr)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Jhett Denney (Fr)	2	0	2	0	2	4	50	0	2	0
15	Nate Sutta (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	Aiden Henry (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
25	Edward Drobny (Jr)	4	0	0	0	2	2	100	1	2	50
30	Parker Frank (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Stuart

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	60	4	25	16	10	18	56	19	38	50
1	Kaige Krieger (Jr)	4	2	0	9	0				1	1	100
2	Kayde Ramm (Sr)	4	17	1	5	20	0	2	0	7	14	50
3	Lane Boelter (So)	4	5	1	2	50	2	4	50
4	Peyton Mustin (Fr)	1
5	Drew Schmaderer (Sr)	4	16	1	8	13	3	4	75	5	9	56
10	Austin Connot (So)	3	3	1	1	100
11	Kole Estill (Fr)	1	0							0	1	0
12	Colin Heiser (Fr)	1
13	Nigel Addison (So)	4	7				1	2	50	3	5	60
21	Seth Connot (So)	4	5				3	4	75	1	2	50
22	Tommy Paxton (So)	4	2							1	4	25
30	Hayden Dvorak (So)	2
42	Kyler Schaaf (Fr)	1	3				1	2	50	1	2	50

Niobrara/Verdigre

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	25	9	32	41	5	14	1	38
1	Ian MacKey (Jr)	0							2
2	Julius Brandt (Sr)	4	0	4	4	0	2	0	3
3	Gage Vesely (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	3
4	Danny Pease (Sr)	3	2	5	7	0	2	1	4
5	Leon Coffman (Sr)	2	3		3				1
10	Kash Neilsen (Jr)	5		12	12	1	4	0	7
11	Skye Denney (Fr)	0					1		4
12	Jhett Denney (Fr)	2							2
15	Nate Sutta (Sr)	0	1	2	3				2
23	Aiden Henry (Sr)	2	1	2	3	3	2	0	9
25	Edward Drobny (Jr)	4	2	5	7	1	2		1
30	Parker Frank (Fr)	0					1

Stuart

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	60	14	23	37	12	32	18	18
1	Kaige Krieger (Jr)	4	2	1	1	2	3	6	2	1
2	Kayde Ramm (Sr)	4	17	3	7	10	5	7		2
3	Lane Boelter (So)	4	5	1	2	3	1	2	6	3
4	Peyton Mustin (Fr)	1						1
5	Drew Schmaderer (Sr)	4	16	2	4	6	3	3	2	2
10	Austin Connot (So)	3	3	0	2	2				2
11	Kole Estill (Fr)	1	0						1
12	Colin Heiser (Fr)	1		0	1	1				2
13	Nigel Addison (So)	4	7	3	1	4	2	6	2	1
21	Seth Connot (So)	4	5	2	2	4		3	3	1
22	Tommy Paxton (So)	4	2	2	2	4		4	1	4
30	Hayden Dvorak (So)	2		0	1	1	1
42	Kyler Schaaf (Fr)	1	3						1

Niobrara/Verdigre

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.13	0.37
2	Julius Brandt (Sr)	0.00	0.67
4	Danny Pease (Sr)	0.00	0.50
10	Kash Neilsen (Jr)	0.14	0.57
11	Skye Denney (Fr)		0.25
23	Aiden Henry (Sr)	0.33	0.22
25	Edward Drobny (Jr)	1.00	2.00

Stuart

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF
	Team Totals	0.67	1.78	1.78
1	Kaige Krieger (Jr)	1.50	3.00	6.00
2	Kayde Ramm (Sr)			3.50
3	Lane Boelter (So)	0.17	0.33	0.67
5	Drew Schmaderer (Sr)	1.50	1.50	1.50
13	Nigel Addison (So)	1.00	3.00	6.00
21	Seth Connot (So)		1.00	3.00
22	Tommy Paxton (So)		4.00	1.00

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Stuart crushes Niobrara/Verdigre

December 4, 2025: Stuart, NE 68780

The Stuart Broncos (Stuart, NE) basketball crushed the visiting Niobrara/Verdigre Cougars (Niobrara, NE), 60-25 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Broncos now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Central Valley for a non-league bout on Friday, December 5. Stuart will play a Cougars team coming off a 75-44 non-league win over Palmer (Palmer, NE). The Cougars record now stands at 1-0.

With the loss, Niobrara/Verdigre falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Cougars host Elgin/Pope John (Elgin, NE) to play the Wolfpack in a non-league bout on Friday, December 5. The Wolfpack go into the bout with a record of 1-0. Elgin/Pope John won 49-36 in their recent non-league bout against Riverside (Cedar Rapids, NE)

NVHS (CO-OP) @ Stuart Basketball Game Info

Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

The Stuart (NE) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Niobrara/Verdigre (Niobrara, NE) by a score of 60-25.

Rankings & Records

Niobrara/Verdigre (25-26)

NE	Class
255	45

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
0-9	0-5	0-4	.000	292	530

Stuart (25-26)

NE	Class
105	9

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
6-2	3-0	3-2	.750	483	373

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Niobrara/Verdigre	7.8	7.3	7.5	9.9	-	32.4
Stuart	14.1	17.5	14.0	13.0	14.0	60.4

Team Stat Comparison

Niobrara/Verdigre		Stuart
32.3	Points Per Game	62.0
28.3	Rebounds Per Game	30.0
5.6	Assists Per Game	12.0
10.2	Steals Per Game	23.3
1.4	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Niobrara/Verdigre		Stuart	National Avg.
#10 Kash Neilsen7.3	Points Per Game	#5 Drew Schmaderer20.7	5.1
#10 Kash Neilsen7.2	Rebounds Per Game	#2 Kayde Ramm8.2	2.7
#23 Aiden Henry1.5	Assists Per Game	#2 Kayde Ramm3.5	1.1
#10 Kash Neilsen2.3	Steals Per Game	#2 Kayde Ramm5.5	0.9
#4 Danny Pease0.4	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Niobrara/Verdigre	0-4		Stuart	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/5/25	Elgin/Pope John	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 62-36	1/16/26	Elgin/Pope John	Stuart
12/9/25	St. Mary's	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 85-31	1/29/26	Stuart	St. Mary's
12/13/25	Niobrara/Verdigre	Bloomfield	(L) 50-35	12/9/25	Bloomfield	Stuart	(W) 60-51
12/20/25	Creighton	Niobrara/Verdigre	(L) 51-33	1/23/26	Stuart	Creighton
1/13/26	Niobrara/Verdigre	Randolph		2/13/26	Stuart	Randolph
1/20/26	Niobrara/Verdigre	North Central		2/20/26	North Central	Stuart
1/27/26	Chambers/Wheeler Central	Niobrara/Verdigre		1/13/26	Stuart	Chambers/Wheeler Central
1/29/26	Niobrara/Verdigre	Ainsworth		2/10/26	Ainsworth	Stuart
2/10/26	Niobrara/Verdigre	West Holt		1/26/26	West Holt	Stuart
2/13/26	Boyd County	Niobrara/Verdigre		1/8/26	Stuart	Boyd County
2/20/26	Niobrara/Verdigre	Neligh-Oakdale		1/10/26	Neligh-Oakdale	Stuart

Record Breakdown

Niobrara/Verdigre (25-26)		Stuart (25-26)
0-9	Overall	6-2
0-0	League	0-0
0-9	Non-League	6-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-4	Common Opponent	1-0
0-5	Home	3-0
0-4	Away	3-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-9	In-State	5-2
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0