Wahoo fought the good fight in their overtime game against Gretna East on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 77-68 to the Gretna East Griffins. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Griffins 20-11 in the first quarter.
Dylan Simons
| 02/15/25 vs Gretna East | 30 |
| 01/11/25 @ Lincoln Lutheran | 27 |
| 12/28/24 vs Mount Michael Benedictine | 27 |
| 12/27/24 vs Seward | 25 |
| 02/01/25 vs Ashland-Greenwood | 23 |
When it comes to explaining why Wahoo lost, don't look at Dylan Simons. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double with 30 points and nine rebounds. Those 30 points gave Simons a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cody Hesser, who posted 16 points and five boards.
Talan Hovie was his usual excellent self, going 11-for-20 on his way to 34 points and six assists for Gretna East. Hovie has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. Drayke Brown was another key player, putting up 16 points and three steals.
Wahoo's defeat dropped their record down to 18-4. As for Gretna East, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Coming up, Wahoo is taking a road trip to challenge Malcolm at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wahoo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.9 points per game this season. Gretna East has already played their next contest (against North Platte), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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