Basketball Preview: Wynot Blue Devils vs. Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays
The Wynot Blue Devils will head out to square off against the Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Wynot focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 20 on Friday.
Wynot is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Winside: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Wynot blew Winside out of the water with a 70-33 final score. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 55-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had no chance of recovering from.
Wynot's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Nixen Heimes, who went 6 for 7 en route to 16 points plus four steals, and Justin Heimes, who went 5 for 11 en route to 11 points plus six rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Justin a new career-high in assists (two). Lane Heimes was another key player, posting two points in addition to four steals.
Meanwhile, Guardian Angels Central Catholic had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. They strolled past Wisner-Pilger with points to spare, taking the game 47-30.
Wynot came up short against Guardian Angels Central Catholic when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 52-47. Can Wynot avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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