MHS - Men's Basketball / February 21, 2022 By Kasey McDowell
How do you start a basketball game to get the team and crowd pumped up? An alley-oop dunk of course. That's how the Wildcats started the game last Friday in their 4th matchup with Wellington for the 2021-22 season. Senior Mason Ellis slammed it down after a perfect pass from senior Landon Coe for the Cats first points of the game. The Wildcats did not slow down after that and defeated the Crusaders 65-42. Wellington was able to drop in 20 in the first quarter, but the Cats held them to just 22 points in the last three quarters.
Kaiden Abasolo led the Cats with 19 points in the game and Mason Ellis, Ian Comer, and Landon Coe all got into double digits as they scored 15, 12, and 10 points respectively. Ian Comer had a double-double and led the team in rebounds with 10 boards.
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 18 24 10 13 65
WHS 20 9 4 9 42
* Kaiden Abasolo - 19 pts, 5 reb
* Mason Ellis - 15 pts, 5 reb
* Ian Comer - 12 pts, 10 reb
* Landon Coe - 10 pts, 5 reb
* Aiden McKee - 5 pts, 2 reb
* Jax Gerber - 2 pts, 0 reb
* Gavin Wayman - 2 pts, 0 reb
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The JV team had a shootout with Wellington as they were neck and neck for most of the ballgame but fell just short 52-53. Shannon Fuller led the Wildcats with 14 points on the evening and Ethan Kaspered and Gavin Wayman dropped in 11 points each.
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 9 10 17 16 52
WHS 10 14 11 18 53
* Shannon Fuller - 14 pts
* Ethan Kasparek - 11 pts
* Gavin Wayman - 11 pts
* Easton Groth - 7 pts
* Aiden McKee - 5 pts
* Jax Gerber - 4 pts
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The C-Team had trouble breaking through the Wellington defense all evening as they fell 36-70. Cooper Slayton and Nolan Fevurly led the boys with 8 points each on the evening.
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 6 8 13 9 36
WHS 10 27 25 8 70
* Cooper Slayton - 8 pts
* Nolan Fevurly - 8 pts
* Dylan Mow - 7 pts
* Braylin Coe - 6 pts
* Dylan Paul - 3 pts
* Kaden Palmer - 2 pts
* Braylon Ross - 2 pts
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The Wildcats will finish up the regular season this week as they travel to Clearwater on Tuesday and Andale on Thursday.
