Week 7: Recap & Top Performers

<p>This past week, I was able to attend and cover three games. I had the luxury to watch Papillon- LaVista South at Millard North, Elkhorn South hosting Omaha Northwest, &amp; the current number one team in the state, Omaha Westside protect their home court against Omaha South.</p> <p><b>Tuesday’s Recap &amp; Top Performers</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>It doesn’t get better than Tuesday night basketball at The Stable. Papillon- LaVista South on the road looking to bounce back from a 30 point loss to Bellevue West last Saturday. Millard North last loss at home was February 16th 2021 to Creighton Prep.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="890580" first="Daniel" last="Brocaille"]</strong> is coming off a 30 point performance in a loss to the Thunderbirds and against the defending state champs, he did not shy away. <i>Brocaille</i> finished with a game-high 24 points for the Titans. <i>Brocaille</i> was doing it all for the Titans, knocking down shots from deep, attacking the rim, finishing through contact, and making tough shots around the rim. <i>Brocaille</i> is averaging 18.9 points &amp; 8 rebounds. He will be heading to one of the best NAIA teams in the nation in Morningside College.</p> <p>Along side <i>Brocaille</i>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1235584" first="Ian" last="Medeck"]</strong> was huge for the Titans. He finished with a career-high 18 points and 7 rebounds. <i>Medeck</i> did a tremendous job defensively guarding Creighton commit in [player_tooltip player_id="787647" first="Jasen" last="Green"] holding him to 10 points as he's averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per contest.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1253989" first="Isaiah" last="McMorris"]</strong> came off the bench for the Mustangs and lead them in scoring. His contribution in the first half was the difference maker in the game. <i>Morris</i> came in and knocked down his first two attempts from deep banking one of them off the glass, he also had a huge and one play that shift momentum for the Mustangs.</p> <p><strong>Eli Gaeth</strong> went on a scoring spree in the 4th quarter scoring 8 straight points. As the game continued going back and fourth, <i>Gaeth</i> came up huge as <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1131121" first="Neal" last="Mosser"]</strong> went down with an ankle injury earlier in the first-half.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><b>Thursday’s Recap &amp; Top Performers</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Elkhorn South was coming off a 106-102(4OT) thriller victory at Omaha South. As they hosted winless Omaha Northwest, The Storms came out from the jumped and never looked back. Elkhorn South had 11 players who made a basket as their leading scorer for the game were <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1232433" first="Parker" last="Spann"]</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1235940" first="Alec" last="Noonan"]</strong> with 8 points a piece.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1267145" first="Mekhi" last="Marks"]</strong> had a game-high 15 points for the Huskies, but that wasn’t enough. <i>Marks</i> was impressive on both end as he was the sole leader of the team.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1150369" first="Isaiah" last="Forte"]-Williams</strong> was another piece that contributed for the Huskies as he finished the game with 13 points and 6 rebounds for the point guard.</p> <p><b>Friday’s Recap &amp; Top Performers</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Westside was hosting the Packers of Omaha South. The Warriors were able to show why they’re the number one team in Class A. The Warriors were able to cap off the weekend with a dominating 86-64 performance, as they had 4 guys in double-figures.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="890572" first="Reggie" last="Thomas"]</strong> finished with a team-high 15 points for the Warriors. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1235585" first="Charlie" last="Davis"]</strong>,<strong> [player_tooltip player_id="890584" first="Payson" last="Gillespie"]</strong> &amp; <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="890571" first="Chandler" last="Meeks"]</strong> all pitched in with 12 points each. <i>Meeks</i> in the first-half threw in a hammer on 3 Packers defender. As for <i>Davis</i> &amp; <i>Gillespie</i>, they both combined 7-13 on three-pointers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>For the Packers, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1235577" first="Jordan" last="Foard"]</strong> put up a game-high 19 points putting up 17 points in the first-half. He was unstoppable and was scoring at will. He was attacking the rim and finished strong, I sense that <em>Foard</em> loves the mid-range as most of his field goal attempts came from the area. </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1152113" first="Jacob" last="Martin"]</strong> came off the bench scoring 12 points all in the second-half including a half court buzzer beater. <i>Martin</i> is a shifty guard that knows how to protect the basketball. Not only did <i>Martin</i> make a tough half court shot but he was making defenders fall and reach for their ankles during the entire game.</p>