CANEY — The Humboldt Middle boys and girls struggled in their matchups at Caney Valley Thursday.
The Cub boys A team was crushed by Caney Valley, 43-20, while Humboldt’s boys B team slipped, 34-18, and the boys C team lost to the Bullpups, 36-12. Humboldt’s girls A team fell to Caney, 25-17, while the girls B team picked up the lone win of the day, 17-8.
Girls Basketball
The Lady Cubs A team fell behind 7-0 at halftime and 17-2 at the end of the third quarter in a sluggish offensive showing. Bailey Daniels notched six points while Lakyn Meadows scored five points and Hadley Galloway contributed four points.
Humboldt then outscored Caney Valley in the fourth, 15-7.
“We hit the snooze button a few too many times tonight,” said Humboldt head coach Scott Brady. “We played such great defense in the first half but couldn’t do anything right on offense. We were just bad in the third quarter but that fourth quarter was something special.”
Daniels led the strong defensive performance with six steals while Meadows and Jo Ellison each collected five rebounds on the boards.
“If the girls can play that for four quarters we will be tough to beat,” Brady said. “Caney didn’t change a thing. They kept pressing but we just got after it and started seeing the court. Cut it five at one point but just ran out of time.”
Humboldt’s girls B team knocked off Caney Valley, 17-8.
Galloway led with four points while Maggie McCullough had four, Jordan Hencey, Leah Carman, Daniels and Jetta Matthews each had two points. Hencey led on the defensive end where she swooped up 10 steals.
“Jordan was everywhere tonight,” said Brady. “She may have only had two points but she dominated that entire game.”
Boys Basketball
Humboldt’s boys A team ran into a good Caney Valley team and got defeated, 43-20.
Collin Cook led the Cubs with seven points while Kage Daniels had five and Thatcher Mueller added four. Cook also had three steals.
The Cubs were out-rebounded by the Bullpups, 34 to 18. Daniels collected four rebounds to lead the way while Zander Roudybush and Hudson Rees each grabbed three.
“Caney is a really good team,” said Humboldt head coach Jeremy Weilert. “They have the ability to get other teams to make mistakes that they normally don’t. Their average margin of victory through nine games was 35.4 points.”
The Cubs B team was also pounced on by Caney, 34-18.
Humboldt grabbed an early 8-4 lead after the first quarter but was quickly outscored in the second, 10-3, and only scored seven points in the second half.
