The Tinora Rams welcomed in their county neighbor, the Napoleon Wildcats, for a Saturday night non-conference contest.
The Rams entered after a frustrating Friday loss at Delta, while the ‘Cats had Friday off, and entered tonight at 1-1.
The only Tinora win in the 11 game series came back in the old Alan Moore gymnasium back in 2017.
The first quarter was a tight battle, Owen Ackerman drove to the bucket multiple times, bucketing nine first quarter points. Napoleon’s Caden Kruse dominated inside and out, giving the Wildcats an 18-13 lead after the initial quarter.
The second quarter was not kind to Tinora. Kruse and Trey Rubinstein would lead the Wildcat attack as Napoleon and would score 18 points in the quarter, while holding the Rams offense to just 6 points. The Wildcats would take a 36-19 lead to the half.
Kruse with two thundering dunks led the way with 13 first half points, while Rubinstein nailed 10. The Wildcats defense held Tinora leading scorer Aiden Rittenhouse to just two first half points.
Ackerman led the Rams at the half with 9 points.
The third quarter didn’t get any better for the Tinora basketball club as Napoleon outscored Tinora 22-8 and grabbed a 58-27 lead after three, leading to, at the time, a running clock.
The fourth quarter showed the Rams still had fight in them, even though the deficit at one time was 35, the Rams eventually fought their way back, getting the Wildcat lead to 13, outscoring Napoleon 20-4 in the final quarter.
Napoleon would come away with a 62-47 victory, but the Tinora Rams showed heart, hustle, and fight over the final eight minutes.
Napoleon 18-18-22-4=62
Tinora 13-6-8-25=47
Napoleon scoring: Balmores 6, Ressler 11, Rubinstein 14, Peckingpaugh 3, Woods 5, Mowrey 2, Kruse 19, Black 2
Tinora scoring: Ackerman 17, Welling 8, Homier 6, Rittenhouse 4, Leib 2, Spychala 8, Friedrickson 2,
Napoleon improves to 2-1.
Tinora falls to 0-3. The Rams will play @ Holgate next Saturday.
Thanks to Dr. AJ, Dr Logan, and coach Fairchild for joining me on the broadcast.
And thanks to Dr. AJ for the setup of the new camera debut and scoreboard on our broadcast tonight.
Give him a shout at https://www.fairchildfamilychiro.com/






