Creek Valley squads swept by visiting Sutherland

CHAPPELL — Despite owning but one win heading into Thursday evening, Sutherland High School’s boys’ basketball team doubled its win count at the expense of host Creek Valley, 55-49.

“Defensive breakdowns and a lack of rebounding really hurt us ,” Storm coach Roger Behrends said.

Sutherland (2-13) had just four players contribute in the scoring column, but the one-two punch of Tyler Fear and Brett Good was too much to overcome for the Storm (5-9).

Fear scored 28 points, but struggled to hit just half of his eight free-throw attempts.

With the Sailors ahead 52-49, Fear misfired on two charity tosses in the final half-minute, giving Creek Valley a chance to tie with a 3-point basket.

However, Storm leading scorer Sam Behrends was a tad off from long distance, and Fear rebounded and after being fouled again, sank a pair of foul shots to ice the verdict.

Brett Good contributed 16 points to the Sutherland cause.

S. Behrends scored 17 points to pace Creek, Luke Cavalli adding 14.

Creek hosts Garden County to both girls and boys varsity contests this evening.

Boys game

Sutherland 55, Creek Valley 49

Sutherland 11 13 15 16—55

CreekValley 14 11 13 11—49

Sutherland (2-13): Fear 11 4-8 28, Good 5 2-2 16, Copeland 2 2-2 7, Slack 2 0-2 4, Rongisch 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 8-14

Creek Valley (5-9): SBehrends 6 3-4 17, Cavalli 6 2-4 14, Brott 4 0-0 8, Hummermeier 3 0-0 6, Garcia 1 0-0 2, McConnell 1 0-1 2. Totals 21 5-8 49

3-point goals: Sutherland 7 (Good 4, Fear 2, Copeland); Creek Valley 2 (SBehrends 2). Team fouls: Sutherland 14, Creek Valley 16.

Girls game

Sutherland 74,

Creek Valley 24

Guard Sam Staggs almost matched Creek Valley’s output herself, scoring 22 points in the first three periods as Sailors improved to 13-4 with an easy victory.

Creek Valley simply could not get its offense going, trailing 21-4 after a quarter, 49-6 at halftime and 66-11 at the third break.

Shelby Selby wound up with 12 points to lead the Lady Storm (6-8).

Leading scorer Summer Mueller was limited to a single first-period basket.

Jalyne Schuster added 16 points for Sutherland.

Girls game

Sutherland 74, Creek Valley 24

Sutherland 21 28 17 8—74

CreekValley 4 2 5 13—24

Sutherland (13-4): Staggs 10 1-2 22, Schuster 6 1-2 16, Kennedy 3 2-2 8, Hoppig 3 0-0 8, Stewart 2 0-0 5, White 2 0-0 4, Nelson 2 0-0 4, McConnell 1 0-0 3, VanSkiver 0 2-2 2, Bush 1 0-0 2. Totals 30 6-8 74

Creek Valley (6-8): Selby 5 1-2 12, Mueller 1 0-1 2, Schievelbein 1 0-4 2, Reichman 0 0-1 0, Blackwelder 0 0-1 0, Brown 2 1-5 5, JBehrends 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 2-14 24

3-point goals: Sutherland 8 (Schuster 3, Hopping 2, Staggs, Steward, McConnell). Team fouls: Sutherland 17, Creek Valley 6