CCS gets second-straight victory

In a battle of the Longhorns, the Chase County boys basketball team came out on top with a 69-45 win over Kimball Saturday.
The teams traded points in the first quarter with CCS taking a 12-8 lead with three minutes left.
Chase County only made one more basket in the rest of the quarter and held a slim, 14-13 margin heading into the second quarter.
Kimball snatched the lead with a basket on its first possession of the second quarter, but CCS regained its lead and was soon up by 10 points, 28-18, with four minutes left in the half. Chase County closed out the half with a 31-23 advantage.
Kade Anderson, Camron Lempke, Tristan Jablonski, Easton Fries and Steven Murray continued to add to Chase County’s offensive total in the second half, while Kimball relied mainly on Kyler Lusche, who scored 26 points in the game, for its offense.
Chase County’s lead grew to 16 points, 41-25, with only three minutes gone in the second half and CCS closed out the third quarter, leading 50-33.
Anderson, Jablonski and Fries hit three of Chase County’s seven 3-pointers in the fourth quarter before heading to the bench, allowing Head Coach Chris Bartels to clear his bench.
Fries led CCS with 23 points. Anderson totaled 21 points and Jablonski also finished in double figures, scoring 11 points.
Fries and Anderson both had double-doubles. Fries pulled down 16 rebounds and Anderson had 10.
Chase County held a huge rebounding advantage, 39-19. CCS nabbed 21 offensive rebounds in the game.
Transition points were also lopsided to the home team. CCS outscored Kimball 12-0, helping Chase County to a 40-30 advantage in the paint.
Up next
Bartels said this week is a great opportunity for CCS to gain some momentum heading into the SPVA tournament. Brackets were released Wednesday.
“We have only played two games in the past three weeks, so it will be nice to get three games in this week against very quality opponents,” he continued.
Chase County hosted Southern Valley (5-4) Tuesday.
Perkins County (4-5) will come to CCS Thursday. The Longhorns will head to Gothenburg (5-5) Friday.
Chase County’s Jan. 3 game against Class D1 No. 4 was postponed, but another matchup with the Tigers remains on the Longhorns’ schedule for Feb. 10.