Central McLean News-Journal Sports
Comets look to top Wildcats – again
The Comets enter this week’s District 10 girls basketball as the number three seed, taking on Center-Stanton – the last District 10 opponent the Comets played, and defeated just last Tuesday.
Cottingham triple-double spurs hoops win
After starting the season with a 1-6 record, the Comet boys have gone on a 5-2 run, most recently bumping off Westhope-Newburg and Sawyer, both non-district games.
Comets bounced by Trojans, Coyotes
Scoring just five points in an entire half of basketball isn’t going to win many games.
Comet boys find niche, notch pair of wins
The Underwood boys basketball team looks to have found its rhythm as they picked up two more wins on the hard court this past week.
Comet girls notch two
The Underwood Comet girls went 2-1 on the hard court after coming back from the holiday break, picking up both district and region wins.
Eagles hold off come-back Comets
The New Town Eagles were good for just shy of half of their shots from two-point range Saturday night, as the visiting Eagles held off a coming-back Underwood girls hoops team by the score of 59-49, hitting 49 percent of their two-point shots.
Washburn wins in Zach v. Zach battle
It was a "Zach attack" times two last Tuesday as Washburn’s Zach Schell and Underwood’s Zach Cottingham led their respective teams up against each other in District 10 boys’ hoops action.
Kibbel notches double-double
The Underwood Comets will be working on honing their offense, controlling the speed, and making their shots count as they head into the Christmas break following a split on the hard court this week.
Scoring struggles hamper Comets
The Underwood Comets got what they wanted from their defense Saturday night in their season opener against Flasher, but struggled to get their own offense going as they were downed by the Bulldogs 45-20 in Underwood.
Comets notch opening season wins
The Underwood Comets used their defense to up-end their opponents at the McLean County Shootout Friday and Saturday night, not allowing the Beulah Miners any points the first stanza on their way to a 44-32 win Saturday night.
