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The Dorchester (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 58-13.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
McCool Junction	24	16	12	6	58
Dorchester	6	5	0	2	13

Final score provided by J. Wurtz.

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Game Stats

McCool Junction (25-26)

Dorchester (25-26)

McCool Junction

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	24	46	52	60
0	Casper Mertz (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Colby Yates (So)	9	3	6	50	67
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	3	1	1	100	150
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	9	4	5	80	90
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	8	3	6	50	58
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	6	3	7	43	43
30	Cameron Kness (So)	3	1	2	50	75
31	Brayton Clark (So)	4	2	3	67	67
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	9	4	10	40	40
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	7	3	5	60	70

Dorchester

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	148	13	5	28	18	20
1	Max Novak (Fr)	25	3	1	6	17	17
2	Javier Munoz (Jr)	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	Trevin Steuk (Fr)	3	0	0	0
11	Hunter Wake (Sr)	22	0	0	1	0	0
23	Chase Tachovsky (Sr)	25	0	0	2	0	0
24	Mason June (Jr)	22	7	3	6	50	58
25	Landon Shaw (Fr)	9	0	0	0
33	Thor Nerud (So)	22	3	1	7	14	14
44	Paxton Behrens (Fr)	17	0	0	5	0	0

McCool Junction

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	7	19	37	3	4	75	17	27	63
0	Casper Mertz (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Colby Yates (So)	9	2	5	40	1	1	100	1	1	100
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	9	1	2	50	0	0	0	3	3	100
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	8	1	4	25	1	2	50	2	2	100
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	43
30	Cameron Kness (So)	3	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	9	0	1	0	1	1	100	4	9	44
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	7	1	3	33	0	0	0	2	2	100

Dorchester

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	148	13	1	16	6	2	5	40	4	12	33
1	Max Novak (Fr)	25	3	0	3	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
2	Javier Munoz (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Trevin Steuk (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hunter Wake (Sr)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Chase Tachovsky (Sr)	25	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Mason June (Jr)	22	7	1	4	25	0	0	0	2	2	100
25	Landon Shaw (Fr)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Thor Nerud (So)	22	3	0	4	0	1	3	33	1	3	33
44	Paxton Behrens (Fr)	17	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

McCool Junction

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	9	18	27	17	12	7	6	10
0	Casper Mertz (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Colby Yates (So)	9	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	1
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	9	2	2	4	7	4	1	2	0
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	8	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	6	3	3	6	1	0	1	0	2
30	Cameron Kness (So)	3	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	4	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	2
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	9	3	3	6	3	0	1	0	1
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	7	1	2	3	1	3	0	0	2

Dorchester

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	148	13	3	11	14	3	3	17	8
1	Max Novak (Fr)	25	3	0	1	1	1	1	4	1
2	Javier Munoz (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
4	Trevin Steuk (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hunter Wake (Sr)	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
23	Chase Tachovsky (Sr)	25	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	0
24	Mason June (Jr)	22	7	1	1	2	0	0	2	0
25	Landon Shaw (Fr)	9	0	1	3	4	1	0	1	0
33	Thor Nerud (So)	22	3	0	3	3	0	0	1	2
44	Paxton Behrens (Fr)	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3

McCool Junction

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.83	2.00	1.20	0.70	1	31
0	Casper Mertz (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
10	Colby Yates (So)	1.00	1.50	3.00	0.00	0	9
21	Carter Mierau (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
23	Carson McDonald (Sr)	3.50	2.00	4.00	1.00	0	4
24	Jaxon McDonald (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1	4
25	Ja Soukup (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0	2
30	Cameron Kness (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0
31	Brayton Clark (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.50	0	1
32	Jaysen Fuehrer (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
33	Dylan Gonnerman (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	3
35	Jameson Weiss (So)	1.00	3.00	1.50	0.00	0	5

Dorchester

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.18	0.18	0.38	5
1	Max Novak (Fr)	0.25	0.25	1.00	1
11	Hunter Wake (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	1
23	Chase Tachovsky (Sr)	0.14	0.14	1.00	0
24	Mason June (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
25	Landon Shaw (Fr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0
33	Thor Nerud (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2

Game Story

Nebraska High School Basketball - Dorchester routed by McCool Junction

February 13, 2026: Dorchester, NE 68343

The McCool Junction Mustangs bounced the host Dorchester Longhorns basketball squad by a final score of 58-13 in Friday's non-league outing.

Players of the Game

McCool Junction (25-26)

McCool Junction has not selected any Players of the Game.

Dorchester (25-26)

Congratulations to #24 Mason June for being selected the Dorchester Basketball Player of the Game.

MCJHS @ Dorchester Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 13, 2026 @ 7:30p

The Dorchester (NE) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against McCool Junction (NE) by a score of 58-13.

Rankings & Records

McCool Junction (25-26)

NE	Class
78	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
21-7	2-0	8-1	6-3	7-3	.750	1.000	1,583	1,276

Dorchester (25-26)

NE	Class
275	47

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
1-21	0-3	0-11	1-9	0-1	.045	.000	579	1,289

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
McCool Junction	13.6	14.4	14.3	14.0	9.5	56.5
Dorchester	6.0	6.3	7.4	6.4	-	26.3

Team Stat Comparison

McCool Junction		Dorchester
56.5	Points Per Game	26.3
28.6	Rebounds Per Game	22.7
14.6	Assists Per Game	5.9
9.6	Steals Per Game	5.2
2.0	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

McCool Junction		Dorchester	National Avg.
#23 Carson McDonald17.3	Points Per Game	#33 Thor Nerud7.3	4.8
#23 Carson McDonald6.5	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Thor Nerud7.6	2.5
#23 Carson McDonald5.0	Assists Per Game	#1 Max Novak1.7	1.0
#23 Carson McDonald2.3	Steals Per Game	#24 Mason June1.4	0.8
#23 Carson McDonald0.4	Blocks Per Game	#11 Hunter Wake0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McCool Junction	11-4		Dorchester	0-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/4/25	McCool Junction	Cross County	(L) 58-47	1/20/26	Dorchester	Cross County	(L) 68-8
12/11/25	McCool Junction	High Plains	(W) 63-12	12/9/25	High Plains	Dorchester	(L) 63-30
				1/24/26	High Plains	Dorchester	(L) 62-42
12/16/25	McCool Junction	Twin River	(L) 59-57	2/6/26	Dorchester	Twin River	(L) 66-12
1/29/26	McCool Junction	Twin River	(W) 43-29
12/18/25	Shelby-Rising City	McCool Junction	(W) 53-49	1/22/26	Shelby-Rising City	Dorchester	(L) 61-22
1/26/26	McCool Junction	Shelby-Rising City	(W) 52-42
1/8/26	Meridian	McCool Junction	(W) 68-29	12/5/25	Dorchester	Meridian	(L) 56-34
1/16/26	Deshler	McCool Junction	(L) 60-49	12/4/25	Deshler	Dorchester	(L) 88-31
1/20/26	McCool Junction	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	(W) 55-38	12/12/25	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	Dorchester	(L) 50-25
1/22/26	Osceola	McCool Junction	(W) 71-58	12/18/25	Dorchester	Osceola	(L) 58-35
1/30/26	East Butler	McCool Junction	(W) 61-48	1/15/26	Dorchester	East Butler	(L) 65-22
2/3/26	McCool Junction	East Butler	(L) 52-49
3/12/26	McCool Junction	East Butler	(W) 55-50
2/6/26	Nebraska Lutheran	McCool Junction	(W) 67-41	2/5/26	Nebraska Lutheran	Dorchester	(L) 58-29
				2/24/26	Dorchester	Nebraska Lutheran	(L) 38-21
2/24/26	Palmer	McCool Junction	(W) 68-18	1/10/26	Palmer	Dorchester	(L) 47-38

Record Breakdown

McCool Junction (25-26)		D Dorchester (25-26)
21-7	Overall	1-21
5-0	League	0-3
10-5	Non-League	1-16
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-4	Common Opponent	0-13
8-1	Home	0-11
6-3	Away	1-9
7-3	Neutral	0-1
2-1	Playoff	0-1
21-7	In-State	1-21
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0