The Chautauqua Lake Thunderbirds will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against the Hutchinson-Central Tech Engineers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Chautauqua Lake focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on December 7th.
Chautauqua Lake took care of business in their home opener. They came out on top against Southwestern by a score of 51-40.
Chautauqua Lake found their leader in underclassman Nick Jacobson, who scored 24 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Nathan Henry was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with seven rebounds.
Even though Hutchinson-Central Tech has not done well against Lewis J. Bennett recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way last Tuesday. Hutchinson-Central Tech walked away with a 62-53 win over Lewis J. Bennett. The win was just what Hutchinson-Central Tech needed coming off of a 99-29 loss in their prior matchup.
Chautauqua Lake's victory bumped their record up to 1-0. As for Hutchinson-Central Tech, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
