Caston boys basketball roundup: Comets finish 17-8

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Lane Hook

The Caston boys basketball team finished a 17-8 season with a 50-42 loss to Tri-County in the Class 1A, Sectional 50 final at Caston Saturday.

Here is a look back at their regular season:

Winamac 48, Caston 42 (Feb. 24): Lane Hook scored 24 points, and Logan Mollenkopf scored seven of his nine in the second half for Caston in a Hoosier North road loss to Winamac Feb. 24.

Justin Potthoff had 13, Jaybin Hines had 10, and Will Malchow had nine for Winamac.

Winamac led 22-16 at halftime and extended the lead to 37-28 after three quarters.

CASTON (42) (14-7, 5-2)

Reed Sommers 1 0-0 2, Carson Harness 1 0-0 2, Logan Mollenkopf 3 3-6 9, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 1-2 5, Lane Hook 9 4-5 24, Owen Chapman 0 0-0 0, Gage Thomas 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 8-13 42

WINAMAC (48) (19-3, 7-1)

Jaybin Hines 3 2-6 10, Justin Potthoff 5 2-2 13, Will Malchow 4 1-2 9, Ethan Burgess 4 0-0 8, Parker Zeider 3 0-0 6, Sean Stark 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 20 5-10 48

Three-point field goals:

Caston 2 (Hook 2),

Winamac 3 (Hines 2, Potthoff)

Total fouls: Caston 12, Winamac 10

Turnovers: Caston 5, Winamac 8

Score by quarters

Caston 9 7 12 14 – 42

Winamac 8 14 15 11 – 48

Caston 79, Oregon-Davis 57 (Feb. 20):

Logan Mollenkopf

Logan Mollenkopf scored 25 points to lead four players in double figures for Caston in a win over host Oregon-Davis at the Bobcat Den Feb. 20.

Kane Hook added 15, Carson Harness had 14, and Gavin Mollenkopf tallied 12.

Caston hit 10 3-pointers.

Caston led 43-32 at halftime and extended the lead to 63-40 after three quarters.

CASTON (79) (14-6, 5-1)

Reed Sommers 1 1-2 3, Carson Harness 5 0-0 14, Logan Mollenkopf 11 2-8 25, Gavin Mollenkopf 4 3-4 12, Lane Hook 4 5-6 15, Owen Chapman 1 0-0 2, Gage Thomas 1 0-0 2, Tyler Remley 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 2 0-0 6, Tucker Woolever 0 0-0 0, London Herd 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 29 11-20 79

OREGON-DAVIS (57) (3-17, 0-8)

Garland 1 0-0 2, Berg 0 0-0 0, Koch 3 0-0 7, Huff 9 6-6 28, Blackburn 2 0-0 4, Swanson 0 0-0 0, Danford 6 2-2 13, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Taylor 0 0-0 0, H. Danford 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 22 8-8 57

Three-point field goals:

Caston 10 (Harness 4, Hook 2, Howard 2, G. Mollenkopf, L. Mollenkopf),

Oregon-Davis 5 (Huff 4, Koch 1)

Total fouls: Caston 15, Oregon-Davis 19

Fouled out: Danford (O-D)

Turnovers: Caston 13, Oregon-Davis 10

Score by quarters

Caston 21 22 20 16 – 79

Oregon-Davis 11 21 8 17 – 57

Lewis Cass 43, Caston 35 (Feb. 17):

Carson Harness

Carson Harness knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 12 points, and Lane Hook added 11, but Lewis Cass avenged a Cass County Invitational loss to Caston Feb. 17.

Logan Mollenkopf was held to eight points.

Caston did not attempt a free throw.

Brennan Deeter scored 17 points, and Julian Levine had 15 for the Kings, who trailed 20-8 at halftime.

Caston beat Lewis Cass 49-32 at Logansport Dec. 23 in the Cass County Invitational.

LEWIS CASS (43) (13-6)

Johnson 2 0-0 4, K. Gray 1 1-3 3, Deeter 6 0-1 17, Levine 6 2-4 15, Darland 0 0-0 0, Lubenthal 0 0-0 0, Lutane 0 0-0 0, McCauley 0 0-0 0, Cotner-Graves 2 0-2 4, B. Gray 0 0-0 0, Dixon 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 17 3-10 43

CASTON (35) (13-6)

Reed Sommers 0 0-0 0, Carson Harness 4 0-0 12, Logan Mollenkopf 4 0-0 8, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 0-0 4, Lane Hook 5 0-0 11, Owen Chapman 0 0-0 0, Gage Thomas 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 0 0-0 0, London Herd 0 0-0 0, Kaemen Lee 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 15 0-0 35

Three-point field goals:

Lewis Cass 6 (Deeter 5, Levine),

Caston 5 (Harness 4, Hook)

Total fouls: Lewis Cass 10, Caston 13

Score by quarters

Lewis Cass 5 3 15 20 – 43

Caston 12 8 6 9 – 35

Caston 67, North Judson 56 (Feb. 13):

Logan Mollenkopf had 20 points, and Carson Harness hit four 3-pointers and added 18 for Caston in a home win over North Judson Feb. 13. Lane Hook added a pair of 3-pointers and had 15.

Christian Ingram hit five 3-pointers and had 19 for North Judson. Javen Christensen added 12, and Aiden McGowen had 10.

Caston led 32-20 at halftime.

Caston beat North Judson for the third straight year.

NORTH JUDSON (56) (5-14, 1-5)

Ingram 7 0-0 19, Christensen 4 0-0 12, Chambers 0 0-2 0, McGowen 3 4-6 10, Brazauskas 1 0-0 2, E. Radtke 2 0-2 5, Nowak 2 4-4 8, A. Radtke 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 19 8-14 56

CASTON (67) (13-5, 4-1)

Reed Sommers 3 0-0 6, Carson Harness 5 4-6 18, Logan Mollenkopf 8 2-5 20, Gavin Mollenkopf 1 0-2 2, Lane Hook 5 3-3 15, Owen Chapman 3 0-0 6, Gage Thomas 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 25 9-16 67

Three-point field goals:

North Judson 10 (Ingram 5, Christensen 4, E. Radtke),

Caston 8 (Harness 4, Hook 2, L. Mollenkopf 2)

Total fouls: North Judson 18, Caston 9

Fouled out: Chambers (NJSP)

Turnovers: North Judson 7, Caston 9

Score by quarters

North Judson 11 9 16 20 – 56

Caston 16 16 16 19 – 67

Caston 66, North White 11 (Feb. 5):

Lane Hook scored 19 points, Brodie Howard had 14, and Logan Mollenkopf added 12 for Caston in a home win over North White Feb. 5.

Hook, Mollenkopf and starting point guard Reed Sommers did not play in the second half.

Hook scored 13 points in the first quarter as Caston jumped out to a 24-0 lead. Caston hit six 3-pointers in the second quarter, including three from Howard, to increase their halftime lead to 48-2.

NORTH WHITE (11) (3-13)

Avendano 2 0-2 4, DeBoard 0 0-0 0, Applegate 0 0-0 0, Denton 0 0-0 0, Howard 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 2-2 2, Reif 1 0-0 2, Parsons 1 0-0 3, McQuinn 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 4 2-4 11

CASTON (66) (12-4)

Reed Sommers 1 0-0 3, Carson Harness 2 0-0 5, Logan Mollenkopf 4 2-2 12, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 2-4 6, Lane Hook 8 1-3 19, Owen Chapman 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 5 0-0 14, Gage Thomas 2 0-2 4, Tucker Woolever 1 0-0 2, London Herd 0 0-0 0, Kaemen Lee 0 0-0 0, Mack Mappin 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 25 6-13 66

Three-point field goals:

North White 1 (Parsons),

Caston 10 (Howard 4, Hook 2, L. Mollenkopf 2, Sommers, Harness)

Total fouls: North White 13, Caston 10

Turnovers: North White 19, Caston 8

Score by quarters

North White 0 2 4 5 – 11

Caston 24 24 15 3 – 66

Caston 47, Tri-County 44 (Jan. 31):

Logan Mollenkopf scored 13 of his game-high 22 points in the third quarter for Caston in a road win over sectional rival Tri-County Jan. 31. Lane Hook added 14, including five points in the fourth quarter.

Tyler Burns and Drew Foster had nine points each for Tri-County.

Caston made more free throws (7) than Tri-County attempted (2).

The game was tied 38-38 after three quarters.

CASTON (47) (11-4)

Reed Sommers 0 0-0 0, Carson Harness 2 1-2 6, Logan Mollenkopf 9 2-3 22, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 1-2 5, Lane Hook 5 3-6 14, Owen Chapman 0 0-0 0, Brodie Howard 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 18 7-13 47

TRI-COUNTY (44) (8-6)

T. Foster 2 2-2 6, Miller 3 0-0 7, Burns 4 0-0 9, Voors 1 0-0 2, N. Foster 1 0-0 3, D. Foster 4 0-0 9, Atkinson 2 0-2 4, Tyler 2 0-0 4

TEAM: 19 2-2 44

Three-point field goals:

Caston 4 (L. Mollenkopf 2, Harness, Hook),

Tri-County 4 (Miller, Burns, N. Foster, D. Foster)

Total fouls: Caston 10, Tri-County 15

Score by quarters

Caston 11 10 17 9 – 47

Tri-County 8 15 15 6 – 44

Caston 54, Pioneer 46 (Jan. 30):

Logan Mollenkopf scored 16 points, and Lane Hook added 13 for the host Comets in a win over conference and sectional rival Pioneer Jan. 30.

Mollenkopf and Hook scored seven points each in the fourth quarter.

Reed Sommers added eight. He went 5 for 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. Carson Harness hit a pair of 3-pointers in the second quarter for eight.

Gabe Scott led Pioneer with 16, including eight in the fourth quarter. Shiloh Rine added 15.

Caston led 32-30 after three quarters and went 12 for 15 from the line in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Caston has won the last seven meetings against Pioneer.

PIONEER (46) (2-11, 0-4)

Micah Rans 2 0-0 5, Ronny Layer 2 0-0 5, Phillip McFatridge 0 2-4 2, Gabe Scott 7 1-3 16, Shiloh Rine 3 9-10 15, Kayden Rigney 0 0-0 0, Lane Weldy 1 0-0 3, J.J. Solano 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 15 12-17 46

CASTON (54) (10-4, 3-0)

Reed Sommers 1 5-6 8, Carson Harness 2 0-0 6, Logan Mollenkopf 6 3-3 16, Gavin Mollenkopf 1 1-2 3, Lane Hook 4 5-7 13, Owen Chapman 2 0-0 5, Brodie Howard 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 17 14-18 54

Three-point field goals:

Pioneer 4 (Scott, Rans, Layer, Weldy),

Caston 6 (Harness 2, Sommers, Chapman, L. Mollennkopf, Howard)

Total fouls: Pioneer 17, Caston 19

Fouled out: Scott (PIO), Rine (PIO)

Turnovers: Pioneer 10, Caston 12

Score by quarters

Pioneer 7 11 12 16 – 46

Caston 13 10 9 22 – 54