The Wildcats took second place in the tournament after they lost the championship game against the Butler Bears 47-70. They advanced to the championship game by beating Knob Knoster 61-49 and Lincoln 69-45

The cats attributed their loss to junior Zach Burch who was number 42 for the Bears. Burch scored 44 of the 70 Butler points.

The basketball team had high expectations going into the tournament.

“Going into the tournament, I expected to win,” said senior Randall Sherman

“I expect the boys to compete everyday and work as hard as they can to help the team to the best of their abilities,” said coach Jared Wallace. “Winning and losing takes care of itself.”

After taking a third game loss to the Bears the basketball team looks forward to the rest of the season.

“We could have played better,” said senior Joey Cooner.

“The tournament gave us good momentum leading into the season,” said Sherman. “I will keep practicing every chance I get to become more prepared.”

  “It is still really early in the season,” said Wallace. “We have good effort and attitude, we will keep improving and have a good year.”