Colin Noeth and Brandon Burke both registered double-doubles as the Byron-Bergen boys’ basketball team defeated Pavilion 53-37. Earlier in the week, the girls fell to Wheatland-Chili 36-23.
The boys’ contest featured seven lead changes in the first half before the Bees took control over the final 16 minutes. Burke scored six points while senior guard Jacob Prospero added two treys and a field goal in the third quarter to lead the Bees to a nine-point advantage after three quarters.
The fourth quarter was the Noeth show as he hit a pair of free throws and two field goals over four consecutive trips down the floor and later added a pair of lay-ups as the Bees outscored Pavilion 12-5 over the final quarter.
Noeth finished with a varsity career-best 21 points while hauling in ten rebounds and adding five assists. Burke had 15 points with ten rebounds and four assists while Prospero added 14 points with five assists.
In the girls’ game, the Bees were frustrated offensively scoring only eight points total in the second half in their 36-23 loss to Wheatland-Chili.
Karson Richenberg hit all four free throws while Dana VanValkenberg added a lay-up plus one free throw and Jean Denson a steal as Byron-Bergen led 9-7 after one quarter.
The Wildcats limited the Bees to just two field goals by VanValkenberg and a breakaway from Denson in the second quarter as W-C opened up a five-point halftime lead leading to the second half scoring difficulties.
VanValkenberg finished with nine points while Denson and Richenberg (five rebounds) each had four points. Bethany Ezard had five rebounds and Alicyn Bizari added four boards. The Bees were only seven-of-14 from the free throw line as their record dropped to 1-9 on the season.
