Ogden used a 16-2 spurt in the 3
rd quarter to go up 6 and slowly worked the lead to 15 in the 4
th as they top a Wolves team that fought hard all night. Ogden shot lights out in the 1
st quarter, building leads of 13-2 and 19-7 with 5-3’s in the 1
st quarter. IKM-Manning went man-to-man in the 2
nd quarter and took Ogden out of their rhythm on offense. The wolves took advantage of that, getting 3’s from Connor Keller, Kyler Rasmussen and Drew Doyel. IKM-Manning spurt started late in the 1
st quarter as they trailed 19-12 after the 1
st quarter. They outscored the Bulldogs 16-4 in the 2
The Carroll Tigers were able to add another win to their impressive season with a strong showing against the Carlisle Wildcats. The Tigers would start off the battle of the big cats with a closer than expected first quarter with the Tigers taking a 19-13 lead. The six point Carroll lead would turn into 16 by halftime at 38-22. Kaleb Booth would lead the Tigers with nine first half points.
The points would continue to come and the defense would get stronger for the Tigers in the second half. They would keep the Wildcats to seven third quarter points while they packed on 17 points in the third. The Tigers would have a closer fourth quarter as their bench players would get some playing time. The Tigers would still come out on top in the fourth quarter going 19-16 and winning this contest 74-45.
Carroll held on Tuesday after nearly giving up a 19 point lead in the final quarter. The Tigers dominated the first 24 minutes and led 60-43 heading into the final stanza. Kaleb Booth and Nick Macke were shooting the three really well combining for 8 in the game. The Tigers defense had held Jevin Sullivan to 17 points through 3 quarters. He scored more than that in the 4
th quarter. Sullivan went off for 27 points in the 4
th, finishing with 44 points. The Comets scored 33 points in the 4
th after scoring 43 in the first three quarters. A Nick Macke assist to Treyton Goins for a layup stemmed the tide briefly for Carroll. The Tigers saw a 62-43 lead cut to 70-68 before the Goins layup. Carroll built the lead back to 76-68 before the Comets charged again. Nick Macke and Colby Christensen hit enough free throws down the stretch to seal the deal.
The Carroll Tigers continued their dominant ways by adding another victory to their undefeated season, beating Boone on Tuesday night. Right out of the gate, the Tigers dominated the Toreadors and never gave up the lead. The Tigers would escape the first quarter scoring 20 points and left Boone with only seven points. In the second quarter, it was much of the same dominant basketball from the top ranked team in the Raccoon River Conference. The Tigers left no room for the Toreadors to score leaving them with six points as they would go on to score 14 before the halftime. The lopsided score was in favor of Carroll by a score of 34-13.
And a firefighter, like his dad.
And a pro football player.
He was 15, and there was no limit to his dreams.
Max Sanford
Max, a Manning resident and freshman at IKM-Manning High School, died December 18 after a car crash the evening before. He was the son of Brett and Kasie (Lorenzen) Sanford and brother to Jack, Ella and Will.
âHe was a helper who would bend over backwards to do for others and never said a word about it,â said Rev. Joel Sutton, pastor at United Methodist Church in Manning, at Maxâs funeral on December 23, held in the IKM-Manning High School gym where heâd played basketball. âWhether he was quietly mentoring other students, or moving his cousins into a new home, or visiting the cemetery to clean up and care for his grandmaâs grave â he didnât do these things for attention. He did them to benefit and to lift up others. He did them because he was kind.â