Caston boys basketball briefs: Smith scored 14, but Comets fall to Lewis Cass

Spin leads with 14 in loss to LaVille in Hoosier North finale

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Lewis Cass 50, Caston 30 (Saturday): Sam Smith scored 14 points, but the Comets fell at home to Lewis Cass Saturday night.

Kade Zeider hit Caston’s only 3-pointer and had five. Bryce Rudicel also had five.

Caston lost despite making more free throws (7) than Lewis Cass attempted (4).

Tristin Miller and Carson Vest had 10 points each for Lewis Cass, who led 21-9 at halftime.

LEWIS CASS (50) (11-9)

Good 1 0-0 2, Young 3 0-0 7, Tyson Johnson 4 0-0 8, Chambers 1 2-2 4, Vest 5 0-2 10, Tyler Johnson 0 0-0 0, Lytle 0 0-0 0, Miller 5 0-0 10, Fitch 1 0-0 2, Rudd 3 0-0 7, Hillis 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 23 2-4 50

CASTON (30) (6-15)

Joey Spin 1 0-0 2, Kade Zeider 1 2-2 5, Cam Kline 0 0-0 0, Bryce Rudicel 2 1-2 5, Sam Smith 5 4-5 14, Colby Pugh 0 0-0 0, Kobi Martindale 0 0-0 0, Jake Paschen 1 0-0 2, Jessie Rock-Wolf 1 0-0 2, Cartee See 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 11 7-9 30

Three-point field goals:

Lewis Cass 2 (Young, Rudd),

Caston 1 (Zeider)

Total fouls: Lewis Cass 14, Caston 11

Score by quarters

Lewis Cass 6 15 13 16 – 50

Caston 2 7 11 10 – 30

LaVille 54, Caston 45 (Friday): Joey Spin scored 14 points, Sam Smith had 10, and Kade Zeider had nine for the host Comets in a loss to LaVille in their Hoosier North finale Friday.

Bobby Good scored a game-high 25 points for LaVille. Leyton Czarnecki added 20, including seven in the fourth quarter.

LaVille outscored Caston 17-8 from the foul line.

LaVille led 28-20 at halftime.

LaVille finished Hoosier North play 6-1 and clinched a share of the conference title. The winner of this Friday’s Triton-Knox game will share it with them.

LAVILLE (54) (12-7, 6-1)

Doyle 0 4-4 4, James 1 0-0 2, Dill 1 0-3 3, Czarnecki 4 10-13 20, Good 9 3-5 25, Plummer 0 0-0 0, R. Wagoner 0 0-0 0, G. Wagoner 0 0-0 0, Coleman 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 15 17-25 54

CASTON (45) (6-14, 2-5)

Joey Spin 5 4-5 14, Kade Zeider 3 0-0 9, Bryce Rudicel 1 0-3 2, Cam Kline 1 0-0 3, Sam Smith 3 4-7 10, Colby Pugh 0 0-0 0, Jake Paschen 1 0-0 3, Jessie Rock-Wolf 2 0-0 4, Carter See 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 8-15 45

Three-point field goals:

LaVille 7 (Good 4, Czarnecki 2, Dill),

Caston 5 (Zeider 3, Kline, Paschen)

Total fouls: LaVille 17, Caston 22

Fouled out: Zeider (CAS), Smith (CAS)

Score by quarters

LaVille 19 9 15 11 – 54

Caston 9 11 18 7 – 45