Cardinals End Season with Loss to Colton, 68-51

COLFAX – After the Waitsburg boys’ basketball team lost a tough district championship game to Pomeroy on Feb. 17, they had to return to the court the next night to face Colton in a loser-out playoff game. The Cardinals couldn’t keep up on this Saturday night, and fell, 68-51.

Colton was hot out of the gate and built a 21-7 first quarter lead, which the cardinals couldn’t overcome. The score was 36-21 at the half.

For the game, Jordan Garrity led the scoring with 20 points, including five three-pointers. Kyle Gradwohl had 13, and Jacob Dunn finished with 10.

Colton 21  15  23  10 — 68

Waitsburg  7 14 17 13 — 51

Colton — Kinzer 4 1-1 10, Wolf 5 0-0 14, B. Chadwick 3 0-0 8, Vining 3 1-3 10, R. Chadwick 3 4-4 10, Druffel 1 0-0 3, P. Schultheis 6 1-2 14, Ankerson 0 0-0 0, Stout 0 0-0 0, Bean 0 0-0 0, Meyer 0 0-0 0

Waitsburg — Callas 2 0-0 5, Garrity 6 3-4 20, French 1 0-0 3, Miller 0 0-0 0, Dunn 4 1-1 10, Gradwohl 6 0-0 13

3-point goals — Colton 12 (Wolf 4), Waitsburg 9 (Garrity 5); Total fouls — Colton 17, Waitsburg 13; Fouled out — Waitsburg (Dunn)