BOYS HOOPS

Greeley — The Dayspring and Longmont Christian boys played a game for the ages. For the old, pre-shot-clock ages.

Whether it was missed layups or conservative offense, these teams couldn’t muster much offense. They eventually went to overtime to settle their differences, with Longmont Christian prevailing, 32-31.

With 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Tate Mesbergen hit a 3-pointer to tie the game. Longmont Christian wasn’t able to put in the go-ahead score, so the teams went to overtime. The Eagles were up one with seven seconds left. With two fouls to give, they fouled once, but didn’t execute on the second foul before Longmont Christian was able to hit a layup while getting fouled.

Longmont Christian missed the free throw, but Dayspring couldn’t convert the last second heave.

Dayspring (3-14, 2-4 in 2A Mile High League) hosts Nederland on Monday, and Heritage on Tuesday to wrap up its season.

LCA 7 6 8 5 6 — 32

DCA 7 8 1 10 5 — 31

LCA — Totals 11 0-3 32

Home — Tate Mesbergen 2 2 1-2 11, Seth Guin 3 1-2 7, Brock Popineau 1 2, Kris Bayne 2 4-5 8, Ben Garcia 0, Joel Leasure 1 0-1 3. Totals 8 3 6-10 31

3-point field goals — LCA 4; DCA 3 (Mesbergen 2, Leasure).

Total fouls — LCA 15 (No. 15); DCA 7.

Platte Valley 77, Frontier Academy 34: In Kersey, the Broncos (11-5) jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first half and then put it in cruise control in its nonconference victory over Frontier Academy.

“We pressed them a little bit, got things going and played good defense,” Platte Valley coach Dave Mekelburg said. “We didn’t shoot very well, but we moved the ball and didn’t turn it over much.”

Dillon Joens was good for 19 points to lead the Broncos while Landin Gentry added 13 and Junior Gonzales 12.

Brandon Thaxton was the only double-figure scorer for Frontier Academy with 12 points.

FAHS 6 12 8 8 — 34

PVHS 19 19 30 9 — 77

FAHS — Brandon Thaxton 5 0-0 12, Drew Coggswell 2 0-0 4, Keenan Mai 2 4-6 8, Luke Coggswell 0 1-2 1, Lucas Smith 1 0-0 2, Josh Mellin 1 0-0 2, Bryan Redding 1 0-0 2, Jared Breay 1 0-0 2, Brandon Davis 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 6-10 34.

PVHS — Justin Schneider 1 5-6 8, Dylan Butler 0 0-0 0, Cam Maxey 1 0-2 2, Logan Sitzman 0 2-2 2, Dillon Joens 8 3-4 19, Jordan Dunn 3 4-7 12, Landin Gentry 5 2-5 13, Junior Gonzales 5 2-4 12, Conner Hatton 3 0-0 7, Brandon Gehring 0 1-2 1, Zain Larson 0 0-0 0, Jason Sigmon 0 1-2 1. Totals 26 20-34 77.

3-point field goals — FAHA 2 (Thaxton). PVHS 5 (Dunn 2, Schneider, Gentry Hatton).

Total fouls — FAHS 23 (Alex Zenk fouled out).

PVHS 12.

Valley 67, Berthoud 39: In Berthoud, the Valley Vikings are still exacting revenge for what they describe as a dissapointing loss to Highland on Saturday. Brush took the brunt of the backlash, as Valley held that team to just 32 points Tuesday.

With Berthoud only scoring 39 tonight, it’s easy to see why the Vikings considered the Highland game a necessary “wake-up” call.

Thursday, Valley took advantage of its size and had a field day in the paint. Junior Cedric Collinge had 19 points and 15 rebounds, as the Vikings shot 54 percent from inside the arc.

Valley (18-1, 9-1 in 3A Patriot League) hosts Weld Central on Tuesday.

VHS 12 14 13 28 — 67

BHS 9 11 7 12 — 39

VHS — Fernando Rivera 0, C.J. Ray 1 3, Drew Matsushima 1 2, Tanner Schmidt 8 4-5 20, Sam Chavez 0, Cedric Collinge 7 5-7 19, Carter Chacon 0, Drew Hubbard 0, Joe Dellenbach 5 2 1-2 17, Jeremy Walker 1 4-4 6. Totals 22 14-18 67

BHS — Totals 13 7-9 39

3-point field goals — VHS 3 (Dellenbach 2, Ray); BHS 2.

Total fouls — VHS 10; BHS 14.

Pawnee 83, Briggsdale 37: In Grover, Briggsdale came to town intent on turning some heads and they did just that early. Pawnee defenders kept turning their heads to watch Falcons drive by them and into the paint. Meanwhile, Pawnee was missing layups on the other end.

After halftime, the Pawnee Coyotes got back on track and closed out the game handily. Kevin Shoemaker had 26 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for the Coyotes. The Coyotes played swarming defense as well, forcing 39 turnovers in the game.

Pawnee (14-1, 8-1 in Class 1A North Central League) is looking good as it enters the final frame of the season. The Coyotes just need to put together four solid quarters. The Coyotes host Weldon Valley tonight.

BHS 8 16 9 4 — 37

PHS 18 19 22 24 — 83

BHS — Cash Evans 1-2 1, Nathan Krise 2 4, Austin Launer 2 0-2 4, Jason Stieber 3 6, Tyler Axelson 2 5-6 9, Florencio Lamar 0-1 0, Dakota Will-Potter 2 1 3-4 10, Caleb Fassler 1-2 1, Austin Barthel 2-2 2. Totals 11 1 12-19 37

PHS — Austin Burson 2-2 2, Kelby Hahn 2 4, Scott Klinginsmith 2 4, Brye Brunelle 6 3 0-2 21, Zeb Durst 1 5-6 7, David Martin 3 9, Sage Smock 1 2, Trent Timm 2-4 2, Kevin Shoemaker 12 2-4 26, Jason Willoughby 2 2-2 6. Totals 26 6 13-20 83

3-point field goals — BHS 1; PHS 6 (Brunelle 3, Martin 3).

Total fouls — BHS 19; PHS 17.

Longmont 49, Greeley Central 41: In Longmont, Greeley Central had a 20-14 lead at halftime, but that’s as good as it got for the Wildcats, for Longmont came out firing in the second half to eventually claim the victory. Sheldon Darnell led the Wildcats in scoring, with 17, but it wasn’t enough to combat 6-of-9 three-point shooting from Longmont.

GCHS 9 11 12 9 — 41

LHS 7 7 20 15 — 49

GCHS — Shane O’Connell 1 2, Daniel Vigil 0, Logan Parks 0, Danny Butherus 3 2-2 9, Jevon Martinez 0, Zach Elrick 2 2-3 6, Tanner Tellez 2 5, Sheldon Darnell 6 4-4 17, Dakota Stanek 1 2. Totals 15 8-9 41

LHS — Totals 17 9-13 49

3-point field goals — GCHS 3 (Butherus, Tellez, Darnell); LHS 6.

Total fouls — GCHS 14; LHS 14.

GIRLS HOOPS

Greeley — The Dayspring Christian Eagles came out with a ton of energy against Longmont Christian, winning 50-41 on Thursday.

The Eagles used stifling defense and consistent scoring to go up by 14 by the end of the third quarter.

The Eagles are looking to finish second in the 2A Mile High League North Division, and if they continue to keep fouls low and defensive intensity high, that is a definite possibility.

Hannah Donoho scored 13 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Meanwhile, Karina Metzler scored 16 points and added seven rebounds and seven steals. Dayspring (6-10, 2-3 in 2A Mile High League) hosts Nederland on Monday.

LCA 11 12 5 13 — 41

DCA 13 15 14 8 — 50

LCA — Totals 16 8-23 41

DCA — Emily Kurz 2 2-8 7, Tara Mowery 0, Mikayla Donoho 1 2, Jordan Angus 2-3 2, Hannah DOnoho 4 5-9 13, Sara Ingram 1 2-3 4, Kaylie Angus 3 6, Karina Metzler 6 3-5 16. Totals 17 14-28 50

3-point field goals — LCA 1; DCA 2 (Kurz, Metzler).

Total fouls — LCA 19; DCA 18 (Ingram).

Brush 42, University 35: In Greeley, the University Bulldogs battled with Brush, but couldn’t get it done.

Tori Fisher (13 points) and Sofia Softas-Nall (12) led the way for University. But the Bulldogs just couldn’t get enough scoring in the second half, as Brush slowly pulled away.

BHS 10 8 10 14 — 42

UHS 8 11 8 8 — 35

UHS — Sofia Softas-Nall 4 1-2 12, Sallay Kallon 0, Courtney Rusch 2 0-2 4, Madison Clark 0, Tori Fisher 5 2-4 13, Abbie Rastatter 0, Becky Reeve 1 1-2 , Haley Wiedeman 1 3, Samantha Smith 0. Totals 13 4-10 35

3-point field goals — UHS 5 (Softas-Nall 3, Fisher, Wiedeman).

Total fouls — UHS 14.

Weld Central 48, Lyons 37: In Lyons, the Weld Central Rebels got off to a slow start in their game Thursday, falling behind by nine at one point. But just as they’ve done so many times recently, they rose to the occasion, focused and pulled together to win.

This win marks three straight for the surging Rebels, and each win has been a little different. This time, without the normally reliable scoring of Kellie Schreibvogel (five points), others had to step up. Help came from Ivannie Robertson (13 points) and Emily Smialek (14).

Weld Central (10-7, 5-4 in 3A Patriot League) is at Platte Valley on Monday.

WCHS 9 14 6 19 — 48

LHS 11 10 5 11 — 37

WCHS — Maesyn Ries 3 2-3 8, Kellie Schreibvogel 2 1-2 5, Alicia Gerken 1 2, Emily Smialek 4 6-7 14, Nicole Mettler 2 0-3 4, Ronnie Lewis 1 2, Ivannie Robertson 6 1-2 13. Totals 19 10-17 48

LHS — Totals 11 9-16 37

3-point field goals — WCHS 0; LHS 6.

Total fouls — WCHS 19; LHS 19 (20, 22).

Fossil Ridge 53, Greeley West 34: In Fort Collins, the Greeley West Spartans played hard, but they didn’t play smart.

The girls committed 37 turnovers, and shot just 24 percent from the field.

Greeley West (4-17, 1-13 in 5A Front Range) hosts Fort Collins on Tuesday.

GWHS 7 10 11 6 — 34

FRHS 12 11 13 17 — 53

GWHS — Daisha Shumpert 3 4-6 10, Alissa Mascarenas 1 5-5, Sydney Brown 1-2 1, Moriah Campbell 0, Danara Flores 0, Ellie Davidson 2 5, Harper Sheets 2 3-4 7, Kalene White 1 0-2 2. Totals 9 13-19 34

3-point field goals — GWHS 1.

Total fouls — GWHS 20.

Pawnee 65, Briggsdale 37 : In Grover, Coyotes senior guard Adele Cass had a game-high 30 points and Pawnee improved to 15-0 on the season.

The Coyotes’ 1A North Central League win is the third this season against Briggsdale (7-2 North Central, 12-3 overall), which hasn’t lost to any other team this season than Pawnee (9-0 15-0).

BHS 8 11 7 11 — 37

PHS 15 21 14 15 — 65