MHS - Men's Basketball / January 20, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane Middle School boys basketball kicked off their season last week with games against Winfield on Tuesday, January 19th and Prairie Hills on Thursday, January 21st. The 7th-grade boys are led by returning coaches Josh Hansen and Trevor Metzger and the 8th-grade boys are led by returning coaches Keene Hargrove and Kyle Just.
Against Winfield, The 7th grade A-team took care of business behind the 18 point performance by Parker Clubb with a 53-29 win over the Vikings. The Wildcats went into halftime up 29-10 and outscored the Vikings 24-19 in the second half. Reed Hackelman and Manny Myers finished with 9 and 8 points respectively.
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 17 12 14 10 53
WMS 5 5 14 5 29
* Parker Clubb - 18 pts
* Reed Hackelman - 9 pts
* Manny Myers - 8 pts
* Dominic Baxter - 5 pts
* Blake Grieve - 3 pts
* Qin Wilt - 2 pts
* Ryland Sanders - 2 pts
* Caleb Boor - 2 pts
* Gunner McGrew - 2 pts
* Aaron Heird - 2 pts
The 7th B-team boys only played two quarters due to a shortage of Winfield players and the Wildcats took home the 17-13 win. Jonathan Wilson and Rocky Heersche were the Wildcats leading scorers with 6 and 5 points respectively.
7B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 8 9 x x 17
WMS 4 9 x x 13
* Jonathan Wilson - 6 pts
* Rocky Heersche - 5 pts
* Bo Gashler - 2 pts
* Qin Wilt - 2 pts
* Jaxson Dillon - 2 pts
In the 8th grade A-game, "the boys did a good job making cuts and getting open looks but we couldn't finish open shots all night," said Coach Hargrove. "Winfield had a couple of tall players that we tried to out jump instead of boxing out. On the D end, we really did a decent job getting into passing lanes and making them make mistakes we just didn't capitalize on those mistakes. We put on some full-court pressure and the boys did a great job of getting turnovers in our press. It came down to the little but big things tonight. We will get to practice and work on keeping things simple. Fish, Mow, and Aiden did a good job dealing with their tall athletic post players. Chance Koester, Cavin Martin, and Palmer came in and played some quality minutes for us. I know it was a loss but coach Just and I saw some things that we are really happy with." The box score for this game was N/A.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS x x x x 21
WMS x x x x 30
* Fisher Dye 8 pts
* Aiden Heckathorn 8 pts
* Copper Slayton 3pts
* Brady Nelson 2pts
* Leading rebounders: Cooper Slayton and Fisher Dye.
"In the B game, it was the same as the A game we couldn't make open shots. We had open looks all game and the difference is they made shots and we didn't. Braylon Ross had a great game and really turned it up at the end of the game. Hit some shots and took two charges which gave us a spark. Cavin Martin and Palmer did a great job in the paint. Chance played a really good game on both ends of the court," said Coach Hargrove. The box score for this game was N/A.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS x x x x 18
WMS x x x x 33
* Cameron Hagerman - 3 pts
* Braylon Ross - 7 pts
* Chance Koester - 4 pts
* Kaden Palmer - 2 pts
* Caven Martin - 2 pts
* Leading rebounders: Chance Koester, Kayden Palmer, and Cavin Martin
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The 7A team faced a tough Prairie Hills team and the game came down to just a couple of points and the Wildcats fell short 31-33. The Wildcats were up 25-18 at halftime but the Prairie Hills defense clamped down on the Cats and they could only muster 6 points in the second half. Grey Sanders dropped in four 3-pointers for 12 points and Manny Myers finished with 9 points on the evening.
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 15 10 2 4 31
PHMS 6 12 7 8 33
* Grey Sanders - 12 pts
* Manny Myers - 9 pts
* Parker Clubb - 5 pts
* Dominic Baxter - 3 pts
* Reed Hackleman - 2 pts
The 7B boys got in a full game after only playing two quarters in their season opener. The Wildcats took care of business and shut down Prairie Hills 26-6. Jonathan Wilson lets the Cat attack with 8 points on the evening.
7B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 4 8 4 10 26
PHMS 2 2 0 3 7
* Jonathan Wilson - 8 pts
* Rocky Heersche - 2 pts
* Bo Gashler - 2 pts
* Qin Wilt - 2 pts
* Jaxson Dillon - 2 pts
8A Game:
"The guys played some great D all night. Prairie Hills is a tough team with some tall players. After our first game, we really worked hard on boxing out. We knew PH had some tall kids so we had to get a body on those guys to get boards and we did a great job of it. Aiden Heckathorn and Dylan Mow did a great job rebounding and playing D against their tall players. Fisher had a good game, breaking their press and getting to the rim. Cooper and Brady played a good game and did a great job closing out and stopping PH guards from driving. We knew PH was a tough team and we did a great job slowing down the things they are good at. We controlled the tempo for 3 quarters of the game. We need to do a better job of staying under control in the 4th quarter. I'm very happy with the way we played against a tough team," said Coach Hargrove. The box score for this game was N/A.
Box score N/A.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS x x x x 30
PHMS x x x x 33
* Fisher Dye - 15 pts
* Aiden Heckathorn - 6 pts
* Brady Nelson - 5 pts
* Cooper Slayton - 3 pts
* Dylan Mow - 1 pt
* Leading rebounders: Aiden Heckathorn, Dylan Mow
8B Game:
"Cameron Hagerman and Braylon Ross did a good job of not letting their guards get open. We need to do a better job of keeping things simple and having quality possessions. Bad passes hurt us in our B game. Dylan Paul had a good game on the offensive end of the floor. PH had two kids that were pretty tall and Kaden Palmer and Cavin Martin did a decent job rebounding against those guys," said Coach Hargrove. The box score for this game was N/A.
Box score N/A.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS x x x x 12
PHMS x x x x 28
* Cameron Hagerman - 3 pts
* Braylon Ross - 3 pts
* Dylan Paul - 3 pts
* Kaden Palmer - 2 pts
* Caven Martin - 1 pt
* Leading rebounder: Kaden Palmer, Bradley Neier
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The Wildcats will host Haysville West on Monday, January 25th at the Mulvane Middle School with games starting at 5:00 PM.
