Northwest Boys Basketball Season Comes To An End

(Omaha, NE) - The Northwest boys basketball season would end on Monday night, falling at Skutt Catholic 71-42. With the win, the Skyhawks advance to the Class B state basketball tournament in Lincoln for the 8th straight time next week. 

Skutt would open the contest with a 12-0 lead and lead at the end of the first quarter 19-6. Northwest would then trail 21-7, but then Viking senior Cam Walker would go on a 7-0 run to force a Skutt Catholic timeout to only trail by seven, 21-14. Out of the timeout, Skutt would hit the gas and run away to a 38-16 halftime lead. The Skyhawks would have a commanding lead after three quarters 57-29 and then outscore the Vikings 14-13 in the fourth quarter. 

Northwest ends the season with a 17-9 record. It was the first double-digit, single-digit loss and district final appearance for the Vikings since the 2020-2021 season. Skutt Catholic advances to state with a 21-5 record. 

Skutt Catholic   19  19  19  14 - 71 

Northwest        6  10  13  13  - 42

Skyhawk Scoring: Heller 3 - Cannon 12 - Samson 1 - D.Van Dyke 13 - Wissink 3 - Linderman 6 - Lenz 9 - Scholl 14 - Ziebell 10 

Viking Scoring: Eriksen 2 - Dinkelman 2 - Walker 11 - Wald 2 - Brandt 2 - Jensen 2 - Urbanski 12 - Wissing 1 - Bykerk 8 

 

Monday, March 3rd Class B District Final Scores 

Skutt 71, Northwest 42 

Elkhorn North 75, Bennington 55 

Wahoo 75, McCook 53 

Douglas County West 48, Platteview 44 

Scottsbluff 55, Gretna 37 

Gretna East 50, Aurora 40 

Norris 69, Mt. Michael 57 

Lincoln Pius X at Crete - Wednesday, March 5th, 7:00 pm