Boys lose at home

The Oran Junior High School boys basketball team hosted East Prairie last night. The game was delayed because of an accident that caused the visitors to arrive late.  Both contests featured a running clock throughout.  The seventh grade fell 44-22 and the eighth-grade came up short 30-19.

The younger team was shut out in both the first and third quarters.

Brison Winchester led the Eagles with nine points.  Camden Hahn hit a pair of treys for his six points, Roman Schlosser had four points and Giddeon Davis added a field goal.

They were 2 of 8 from the line and their record is now 1-4 and 1-8.

Coach Joe Bickings said, "We turned the ball over too many times and didn't make fundamentally sound passes early on and we got down really quick.  We did battle back and make it 16-21 at the half but once again we turned the ball over in the 3rd quarter and we weren't able to score.  We have to be smarter with the basketball and value it."

Jase Fuemeller led the older boys with nine, including a trey.  Nate Pobst finished with eight and Jon Tucker had two.

They were 4 of 11 on free tosses and are now 1-5 and 2-8.

Bickings said, "We went into the half down [by two points] 10-12.  We came out fine until we turned the ball over 2 or 3 times in a row that gave them easy layups to take an 8 pt lead after the 3rd.  We battled back and played a little more aggressive in the 4th, but we couldn't overcome the 3rd quarter deficit.  We need to play with the energy and passion like we did in the 1st and 4th quarters."

The boys will conclude the regular season on Thursday when they host Delta at 6pm.