Bloomfield, Missouri - The future appears bright for the Bloomfield boys basketball program. The Wildcats continue their impressive winning streak as they improved their record to 4-0 on the season defeating the Kelly Hawks 60-49 at home.
Kelly did not leave without a fight. They paced the Wildcats in each period, but fell short in the fourth quarter giving the Wildcats a larger margin of points.
“I give a lot of credit to Kelly,” commented Bloomfield head basketball coach Jason Karnes. “Coach Garnett had his guys ready to play and compete tonight. We just kind of went through the emotions without a lot of energy.”
“Our margin for error is very small, and we have to make sure we are ready to compete and play as hard as we possibly can every single night,” continued Karnes. “Facing adversity was good for us tonight, and hopefully we learned from it.”
Noah Vandiver tallied an impressive game-high 19 points for the Wildcats including 1 trey.
Nathan Newell recorded 14 points and sank two 3-pointers for Bloomfield.
Austin Bond also added 14 points for the Wildcats.
Bloomfield's Tyler Battles hit two treys.
Final Score Kelly 49, Bloomfield 60
Kelly 14 9 16 10 - 49
Bloomfield 10 18 12 20 - 60
Kelly (49) - Ty Houscholder 10, Cayden Williams 5, Levi Alsup 7, Jake McClain 4, Skylar Lemons 14, Isai Campos 2, Conner Dittinger 5. FG 16, FT 12/16, F 20 (3-pointers Cayden Williams 1, Skylar Lemons 4. Fouled Out: Levi Alsup, Skylar Lemons).
Bloomfield (60) - Tim Hector 1, Peyton Bell 3, Nathan Newell 14, Austin Bond 14, Tyler Battles 9, Noah Vandiver 19. FG 20, FT 15/31, F 14. (3-pointers: Nathan Newell 2, Tyler Battles 2, Noah Vandiver 1, Fouled Out: None)
In JV basketball action the Kelly Hawks defeated the Wildcats 45-43. Their record moves to 2-2 on the season.
Matt Gibbs tallied a game-high 22 points and Carson Blair recorded 14 points.
Bloomfield (4-0) will be back in action on Friday evening at Essex against the Richland Rebels.
Pictured is Noah Vandiver with the ball at the Bernie Tournament earlier in the season.
