Mustangs end season with 6-2 record

By Fred Kroner

The Prairieview Ogden eighth-grade boys’ basketball team raised its winning streak to five games before suffering a season-ending loss.

PVO won at Westville on Thursday (Feb. 25). 56-29.

Coy Taylor hit a team-high 19 points. James Huisinga contributed 15 points. Parker Fitch ended with six points. Adding five points apiece were Tayton Gerdes and Teigan Hays.

Taylor rippled the nets for 30 points in a 49-42 win in the team’s home finale, Monday (March 1) against Rantoul St. Malachy. Huisinga netted 12 points. Logan Lackey had five points and Fitch scored the other two.

The winning streak ended on Thursday (March 4) at St. Joseph, in a 44-39 loss.

Taylor led the way with 20 points. Kodey McKinney checked in with six points and Huisinga chipped in with five.

Finishing with two points apiece were Fitch, Gerdes, Brodie Harms and Lackey.

The eighth-grade team concludes play with a 6-2 overall record.

Taylor led the team in scoring in seven games. Fitch was the leader in one game.