Fort Calhoun Pioneers 82-73 in Capitol Conference action on Saturday night. The Warriors saw a 20 point second half lead cut to 3 in the fourth quarter.

The Warriors had a big first quarter and jumped out to a 21-11 lead behind 6 points from Jake Barry.

Wahoo led 28-22 midway through the second quarter, when Josh Discher hit a trey from the wing. Discher then added two free throws, and after a Greg Milliken basket, Wahoo led 35-23. Another Discher basket with one second left put Wahoo up 41-28 at the halftime break.
The Warriors continued to build their lead throughout the third quarter. A Derek Fiala trey with three minutes left in the third gave Wahoo its biggest lead at 20 points, 56-36. From there the momentum would shift Calhoun's way. The Pioneers scored on their last four possessions of the third quarter to cut the lead to 10 at 62-52 after three quarters.

Calhoun continued their comeback in the fourth quarter. A Stephen Willey trey cut the Warrior lead to 68-64. The lead was 70-66 with 3:30 to play, when Max Cook hit a driving lay up to put Wahoo up 72-66. A Thomas Luzure trey with 2:40 left cut the Warrior lead to 3 at 72-69.

Following a missed shot from the Warriors, Fort Calhoun had a chance to tie the game up, but a shot rimmed out. On the next Warrior possession, Discher was fouled, and converted both free throws to make it 74-69. Following another Calhoun miss, The Warriors got fouled, missed the front end of a one and one, but Discher grabbed the rebound, made the putback and was fouled. Discher converted the free throw to put Wahoo up 8 at 77-69 with 1:36 left. Four free throws from Greg Milliken iced the game away for the Warriors at 82-73.

"This game was very similar to Friday night's game against Centennial. We work hard to build a big lead, and then we are not able to put the team away. We let them back in the game, and things got very tight in the last four minutes, but nonetheless, the kids did not panic and made the plays at the end that we needed to. Josh Discher really came up big on two straight possessions after they cut the lead to 3. We had foul trouble issues tonight, and it affected the way that we need to play defense. You also have to give Calhoun a lot of credit, as they have three kids who can really shoot the basketball," said Head Coach Kevin Scheef.

Discher and Milliken led the Warriors with 20 points apiece. Jake Barry contributed 14 points, and Sean Lindgren added 12. Fort Calhoun's three guards, Thomas Luzure, Stephen Green, and Stephen Willey combined for 60 of Calhoun's 73 points.

Wahoo out-rebounded Fort Calhoun 52-35. Cole Barry led Wahoo with 13 boards. Discher had 12 boards, Jake Barry contributed 11 rebounds, and Sean Lindgren added 9 boards.

Max Cook had 4 steals and 4 assists, and Cole Barry had 5 assists.

Wahoo improves to 4-1 and will next play on the 29th in the Neumann Holiday Tournament against Lincoln Christian. Fort Calhoun drops to 1-3.