Wolverines drop pair at home

[January 17, 2014]  Wednesday night the Wolverines of West Lincoln-Broadwell hosted the Aces from Springfield St Agnes.

In the seventh-grade game, the Wolverines (5-10) lost 46-39. Kaden Froebe led the way with 10 points and Kameron Whiteman added nine. Also scoring for WLB were Blain Robbins, Dreyden Pozsgai and Shane Shumard with five each, Justin Long with three, and Payton Batley with two. The Wolverines were scheduled to play Mount Pulaski on Thursday with a 6 p.m. tip at Lincoln College in the third-place game of the Logan County Conference tournament.

In the eighth-grade contest, WLB (9-4) fell 55-41. The Wolverines were led by Zach Morris with 20 points while Jack Eimer added 16 and Froebe contributed five. The eighth-grade squad will next play in a second-round Logan County Conference tournament game Saturday night at Lincoln College. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:15 p.m.

Next week WLB will host Springfield Little Flower on Wednesday and observe eighth-grade night to honor the accomplishments and dedication of the student athletes. The student athletes and their parents will be recognized in a ceremony between games.

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