Sumner Newscow report — Both the South Haven boys and girls won huge games when West Elk came to town. South Haven boys won 69-54 to pull into a first-place tie with Caldwell in the South Central Border League race.

The girls would defeat previously SCBL undefeated West Elk 33-30. South Haven girls are now in sole possession of first place at 3-0 (league standings below).

In the boys game, South Haven would get 32 points from Cooper Wolf to pick up the biggest win of the season thus far.

South Haven head boys basketball coach Robert Weber states:

It was a great game coming off a week and a half break do to some quarantines. My boys came out from the gate and controlled the game all four quarters against a great coached West Elk team, which is No. 10 in Class 2A. I’m very proud of my guys. We played a complete game and we have a day of rest before we head west to take on Attica for the first of six games in the next two weeks.

South Haven led 16-10 after the first quarter and held a 35-24 lead at the half. Cardinals would outscore West Elk 16-14 and 18-16 in the third and fourth quarter.

Other scorers for the Cardinals were: Nathan Hilt 14, Hunter Meyer 10, Tucker Locke 7, Ethan Theurer 4, Slate Van Zant 2. South Haven had five 3-pointers and was 20-of-24 from the free-throw line. West Elk was led by D. Loudermilk with 26 points. W. Young had 14.

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In the girls game, South Haven would clamp down defensively against West Elk that came into the game 10-2 and 2-0 in the SCBL. The Cardinals led 5-2 at the end of the first quarter and was in front 15-10 at the half. West Elk narrowed the margin to three before both teams scoring 11 in the fourth quarter.

South Haven was led by Macey Pond with 12. Alyssa Bridges had 11, Britain Dark 5 and Madison Smith 5. West Elk was led by Beeman with 15 points in the losing cause.

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