The St. Henry Redskins will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Shawnee Indians at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully St. Henry focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 11 on Tuesday.
St. Henry is returning home triumphant after the team finally put their road woes behind them against Fort Loramie on Tuesday. St. Henry managed a 50-45 victory over Fort Loramie.
St. Henry's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Austin Zimmerman, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Jack Huelsman, who scored 15 points. Another player making a difference was Max Delzeith, who posted five points along with six rebounds.
St. Henry smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 27 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Shawnee slipped by Crestview 57-56 on Friday.
Trevick Bertke and Beckett Bertke were among the main playmakers for Shawnee as the former went 8 for 11 en route to 17 points plus six rebounds and four steals and the latter almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine rebounds. The contest was Trevick's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tate Bender, who scored seven points.
St. Henry's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Shawnee, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: St. Henry has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 29.7 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Shawnee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.3. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
St. Henry came up short against Shawnee in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 79-68. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bertke, who dropped a double-double on 39 points and 11 rebounds. Now that St. Henry knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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