Ed-Co stuns Trojans in OT

By Becky Walz,

Trojan senior Oliver Schmitt splits a pair of Ed-Co defenders on the way to the hoop in district action Monday. (Photo courtesy of Leah Kruse)

In a tale of two very different halves, the Turkey Valley boys basketball team couldn’t finish Monday’s Class 1A District 12 game with a win, falling to Edgewood-Colesburg (5-18) at home 60-56 in overtime.
The Trojans were hot from the start, outscoring Ed-Co 13-3 in the first period, and was capped off by back-to-back threes by senior Caleb Kurtenbach. The Vikings bounced back in the second quarter on an 8-1 run in the final 2:04 to trail 23-17 at halftime.
Logan Busta scored seven of the Trojans’ first nine points in the first 1:30, of the third period but little by little, Ed-Co crept back into the game, trailing by four with 47 seconds remaining. A final Busta trey gave TV a 43-36 lead with eight minutes to play. In the fourth, Ed-Co did its job on both ends of the floor, with five unanswered points in the closing 1:25 to knot the score at 55-all at the end of regulation. Overtime saw Oliver Schmitt score the lone Trojan point from the charity stripe, as Ed-Co put up five for the win.
Coming off the bench, sophomore JD Kruse had the game of the night, with a team-high 13 points and nine rebounds. Russell Nieman, Busta and Schmitt were all on the board with 10. Busta also dished out eight assists along with three steals and two blocks. Kurtenbach put up nine points, four assists and one steal, while Braylen Byrne added four points and nine boards.
Turkey Valley ends the year with a 12-11 overall record and will graduate five seniors who have logged many minutes on the court, including Caleb Kurtenbach, Russell Nieman, Oliver Schmitt, Braylen Byrne and Aidan Holthaus.

Scoring – JD Kruse 13; Russell Nieman 10; Logan Busta 10; Oliver Schmitt 10; Caleb Kurtenbach 9; Braylen Byrne 4
Rebounds – Byrne 9; Kruse 9; Busta 8; Nieman 4; Schmitt 3; Assists – Busta 8; Kurtenbach 4; Schmitt 4; Kruse 1; Steals – Busta 3; Nieman 2; Schmitt 2; Kruse 2; Kurtenbach 1; Byrne 1; Blocks – Busta 2; Byrne 1

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