David City (Second Round, Sub-Districts @ Seward)--February 19, 2008
Wahoo    62
David City    61
Taylor Murren's 35-foot shot at the buzzer allowed the Wahoo Warriors to escape and keep their season alive with a 62-61 win over David City in District action at Seward.
David City jumped out to leads of 7-0 and 16-9 in the first quarter. Wahoo closed with an 8-1 run to end the quarter on baskets from David Stuchlik, Taylor Murren, Grant Anderson, and Austin Watton, to tie it up after one at 17.
The second quarter saw David City lead most of the way. The Scouts went up 29-21 after a Harley Fiala bucket. David City led 35-29 at halftime.
The Scouts still led 41-34 midway through the third quarter after Seth Behrens' basket. The Warriors then caught fire. Three straight baskets from Grant Anderson and two more from Austin Watton completed an 11-0 run that put the Warriors up 45-41. Wahoo led 51-47 heading into the fourth quarter.
A conventional 3-point play from the Scouts' Kyle Hilger closed the Warrior lead to 51-50 early in the fourth. Two free throws apiece from Hilger and Nolan Vandenberg put David City up 54-51. A basket from Grant Anderson cut the lead to 54-53, but two free throws from Aaron Schmid and a Vandenberg basket pushed the Scout lead to 58-53 with 3:00 minutes left. Following a missed Warrior trey, Austin Watton came up with a big steal for the Warriors on a possession, that could have put David City up 7. Following Watton's steal, Anderson converted on the other end to cut the lead to 58-55. One free throw from Broderick Sylvester made it 59-55 David City. Austin Watton's bucket with 2:05 left cut the lead to 59-57. Following a David City turnover, Taylor Murren hit 2 free throws with 1:29 left to tie it up at 59. David City then held the ball for the last shot. Harley Fiala's shot with 6 seconds left hit nothing, but Kyle Hilger grabbed the errant shot and laid it in with 3.8 seconds left. Following a Warrior time out, Murren went up the floor, stumbled and almost lost it, but regained control and put up the 35 foot shot at the buzzer that rattled in.
"It was a tremendous high school basketball game, that we were very fortunate to win. What a great play by Taylor at the end, but our entire team made some big plays in the fourth quarter that gave us the opportunity to win it at the end. Grant Anderson made some very big plays for us tonight, and played very well against some talented big men for David City. Austin Watton made some huge plays for us tonight as well, and just played a complete game. It was a great win for us," said Coach Kevin Scheef.
Grant Anderson led Wahoo with 19 points. Taylor Murren and Austin Watton added 16 points a piece. Watton also had 7 boards, 7 assists and 6 steals. David Stuchlik had 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and Anderson added 6 boards, and Jake Barry added 5.
Wahoo improves to 12-8 and will face Bishop Neumann on Thursday in the Sub-District Finals. David City finishes its season at 17-4.