Fort Calhoun got out to an early 7-3 lead after a basket by Cody White. Wahoo then went on a run, which included three Max Cook treys, and a basket by Sam Cook put Wahoo up 15-11. The Warriors led 15-14 after one quarter.

Calhoun scored the first two baskets of the second quarter to go up 18-15. Free throws from Cole Barry and a Jake Barry basket put Wahoo back on top 19-18. A Christian Hohl trey gave Wahoo the lead for good at 22-20. Moments later, Hohl hit another trey to put Wahoo up 27-22. A Greg Milliken basket put Wahoo up 31-24 at halftime.

The Warriors scored on seven of their first nine possessions of the third quarter to take command of the game. Following a Cole Barry basket, and a Milliken free throw, the Warriors led 47-26. The quarter ended with Wahoo up 47-28.
Milliken basket put Wahoo up 49-28 one minute into the fourth quarter, but from there, things would get ugly for the Warriors. Three consecutive treys from the Pioneers, including two from Thomas Luzure, cut the Warrior lead to 51-37. A Jake Barry basket put Wahoo up 54-39 with 5 minutes left, but the Pioneers would score the next 5 points to make it 54-44 with 4 minutes left. Following two Josh Discher free throws, Wahoo led 56-44, but another 5-0 run by Calhoun cut the lead to 7 at 56-49 with 3 minutes left. A Cole Barry basket pushed the lead back to 9 at 58-49, but 5 more points from Steven Willey cut the Warrior lead to 4 at 58-54 with 32 seconds left. Max Cook and Cole Barry were able to hit 4 consecutive free throws to allow the Warriors to pull out the win, 62-54.

“We just have to be able to put teams away, when we have them down like that, and we were not able to do so. They hit three straight three’s, which really gave them some momentum, and then we really started making some poor decisions with the basketball. We have to handle that situation better. Max Cook and Cole Barry did step up and hit four big free throws right at the end. We played really well in the second and third quarters. We just need to stay more consistent,” said Head Coach Kevin Scheef.

“Jake Barry did an outstanding job on the glass tonight for us. Greg Milliken raised his game in the second half and did a good job. Max Cook has really gotten us off to good starts each of the last two games, and Christian Hohl really provided a spark in the second quarter with his shooting,” Scheef added.

Jake Barry recorded a game-high 16 rebounds, as the Warriors out-rebounded Calhoun 35-28. Milliken scored 16 points and had 5 assists for Wahoo. Max Cook had 12 points on 3-5 shooting from behind the arc, along with 4 steals. Jake and Cole Barry each had 8 points for the Warriors.

Wahoo improves to 8-5 and will next face Ashland-Greenwood on Friday night in the Conference Tournament Semi-Finals. Fort Calhoun drops to 5-7.