Humboldt eighth grade takes comeback

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Middle School’s eighth-grade boys weren’t about to let a 9-2 halftime deficit get them down Thursday evening.
The Cubs erupted for 17 points in the third quarter and 19 in the fourth of a 38-20 victory over visiting Galesburg.
“I can’t say enough about the way we played in the second half,” head coach Jeremy Weilert said. “Every single member of the eighth-grade team contributed in this victory. We played with intensity.”
Zack Korte scored eight, followed by Wyatt Seufert with seven, Caleb Hart with six and Hesston Murrow with five. Ty Griffiths added four points and six rebounds, Jacob Barker had four points, Jackson Wilder two and Josh Vanatta and Edward O’Neal scored one point each. Lance Daniels pulled down eight rebounds. Noah Johnson and Colin Gillespie had four boards each.
Humboldt’s B team rolled to a 37-22 win. Teryn Johnson had 17 points and six rebounds. Logan Gray and Bo Bigelow both had six points. Gray pulled in seven rebounds, Bigelow three. Dylan Doolittle and Tucker Hurst both scored four.
Humboldt also prevailed, 24-17, in the C team affair. David Watts scored five points, Seth Hegwald, Brent Yost and Tim Yokum all had four. Scoring two apiece were Caleb Klauman, Joe Murrow and Scott Todd. Kyle O’Neal scored one.

IN GIRLS ACTION, Humboldt’s A team fell, 37-20, while the B team won, 22-21, and the C team lost, 20-8.
“You could tell we hadn’t played a game in 20 days at times, but Galesburg has a good team with a couple of extremely talented girls,” Humboldt girls coach Scott Brady said.
Aricah McCall led Humboldt’s A team with seven points and four steals. Rylan Wilhite added four points, eight rebounds and six steals. Lizzie Myers, Chassis Hoepker, Maggie Johnson and Kassie Angleton each scored two points. Kaiti Carpenter added one.

KATIE ANGLETON spearheaded the B team attack for Humboldt with 14 points and seven rebounds. Kaylie Johnson scored three points. Myers and McCall both had two points. Sydney Barker had one point.
Scoring two points each for Humboldt’s C team were Denise Johnson, Barker, Zoey Rinehart and Katie Lott.