Red Cloud's Blake Brumbaugh shoots against Shelton's
Clayton Stoppkotte during their Twin Valley Conference
semifinal Thursday.
It was evident early in the Twin Valley Conference semifinal game that the Red Cloud boys basketball team had its work cut out for it against second-seeded Shelton.
Not more than a minute after the opening tip, the Warriors lost starting sophomore Wyatt Bell to an injury. Even after being put in a 12-0 hole to start the game, Red Cloud was not about to fold.
The Warriors competed throughout the game, eventually making it a two-possession game. But Red Cloud ran out of time, falling to the Bulldogs 53-43 at Adams Central. The loss snapped a three-game win streak for the Warriors.
"I thought we battled. We lost one of our starters right out of the gate with a sprained ankle and got into some foul trouble, but we battled hard," said Red Cloud head coach Jim Eberly, whose team fell to 7-9. "We talked about doing the little things. That's huge.
"If we take care of the little things, we get more fundamentally sound, we have a chance of being a good basketball team. Can't fault the effort. The effort's there. But we've got to do a better job of understanding situations in games, taking care of the basketball better and understanding how important each possession is."
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