The Oakland-Craig Girls Basketball Team placed 3rd at State last week, upsetting GACC 60-53 in the first round from Lincoln Southeast last Tuesday night in action aired on 107.9 the Bull before falling 69-55 to Bridgeport in the Semifinals from the Devaney Center Thursday afternoon in action also aired on the Bull, and then beating Crofton 60-57 for 3rd place at Lincoln East Friday morning.
The GACC game was tied at 15 after one before the Bluejays won the 2nd quarter 14-13 to take a 29-28 lead into the locker room.
O-C outscored GACC 17-11 in the 3rd quarter to pull in front 45-40 at the end of three.
The Knights won the 4th quarter 15-13.
Sadie Nelson led the way with 19 points while Chaney Nelson and Adi Rennerfeldt were also in double figures with 16 and 11, respectively.
Head Coach Scott Guzinski says the extra preparation and practice time led to the win.
Oakland-Craig led the Bulldogs 20-13 after one. Bridgeport outscored the Knights 17-7 in the 2nd quarter to take a 30-27 lead into the locker room.
The Bulldogs won the 3rd quarter 18-17 to extend their lead to 48-44 at the end of three.
Bridgeport outscored O-C 21-11 in the 4th quarter.
Sadie Nelson led the way with 23 points while Chaney Nelson also reached double figures with 12. Bailey Pelan added 9 while Shea Johnson totaled 11 rebounds.
The Knights led the Warriors 15-12 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 14-9 to take a 29-21 lead into the locker room.
Crofton won the 3rd quarter 21-20 to make it a 49-42 game at the end of three.
The Warriors won the 4th quarter 15-11.
Chaney Nelson led the way with 18 points while Sadie Nelson notched 17. Rennerfeldt chipped in 9 while Johnson totaled 11 rebounds.
Great tournament and a great season for Oakland-Craig that ends at 20-8.
Chaney Nelson led the team in scoring at 16 points per game while Sadie Nelson led the team with 14 points per contest. Johnson averaged 7 rebounds per game for the season.
Highlights for the season included winning the East Husker Conference Tournament and District Final, in addition to 3rd place at State.
Certainly the challenging schedule paid off in a big way for Oakland-Craig.
Coach Guzinski says the girls really persevered and overcame adversity with injuries early in the year.
He adds all 13 girls on the team are great kids and people and worked hard on the court and in the classroom.
And the scary thing is the Knights return everybody next year.
Coach Guzinski says his team has to really get after things in the offseason.
With that said, Oakland-Craig figures to be one of the contenders to win it all next year you would think.
