KEARNEY – The Bearcats controlled from start to finish, putting the finishing touches on a Senior Night celebration at Kearney High School Tuesday night with a 67-22 win over Fremont. Click here to listen to the broadcast replay.
The Bearcats were rolling entering Tuesday having won their previous two contests over Lincoln Southeast and Columbus and looking to keep their winning ways going into the end of the regular season. Fremont was coming off the win on their season, dropping Lincoln Pius X 65-60 on Saturday night.
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Kearney aimed to avoid the same fate as the Thunderbolts by playing tight defense early, switching constantly and preventing easy looks for the hot-shooting Tigers. The Bearcats controlled the opening tip and the first three minutes as Ben Johnson continued his hot scoring streak hitting back-to-back triples to open the game. As Kearney leaned on their top scoring threats, Jack Dahlgren hit his stride with a triple and found six more points to total nine in the quarter. Treyven Beckman and Karter Lee each scored as well, while Fremont hit some shots outside from Coriahnn Gallatin and worked inside with Zach Keaton, but the young Tigers faced an uphill climb down 22-11 in the first quarter.
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The Bearcats would only allow 11 more points from Fremont the rest of the game, stifling the shooting attack to 6, 1, and 4 in the final three quarters. Kearney would pour on 14, 22, and 9 in the final quarters as Kearney earned their win on Senior Night with reserves playing most of the second half.
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Kearney travels to Lincoln Southwest on Thursday night for the final matchup of the regular season before hitting district play.
The Bearcats had contributions from Beckman with 14 points, Dahlgren with 14, Johnson with 12, Lee with 8, Justin Murray had 4, Colt Straka had 3, while Asher Endorf, Jacob Hansen, and Turner Bertrand each had 2.
