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ELKHART — Northridge earned an IHSAA Class 4A Final Four berth in boy basketball with a comeback win Saturday, March 21 before a North Side Gym crammed with green-clad Raider backers.
Showing its resolve, Northridge rallied back from an eight-point deficit to top Homestead 46-39 and gain a spot in the semistate championship game at 8 p.m.
The other semifinal winner was Crown Point (76-47 over Fort Wayne Snider). The Bulldogs are 24-1 and the Panthers finished at 20-8.
“I told them coming into the game, there’s going to be trials,” Raiders coach Scott Radeker said. “Taking a verse from the Bible again (James 1:2), we told them to consider trials pure joy. Because our perseverance now is going to shine through.”
“I was really happy with our guys for the discipline they played with down the stretch.”
By outscoring Northridge 17-5 in the second quarter, the Chris Johnson-coached Spartans were up 28-22 at halftime. Homestead led 28-20 in the last 90 seconds of the half.
Senior Brady Scholl went to the bench with his third foul at 6:32 of the second period and did not return to the floor in the first half.
“That’s the first time that’s happened to him this year,” Radeker said of Scholl’s three first-half fouls. “For us to play without him for that six-minute stretch, it was obviously a little stressful.
“But it’s also time where our guys got to step up. We weathered the storm. We were only down six (at halftime) and that’s because one of their players (sophomore Ryder Imel) hit three 3’s. They didn’t hurt us inside.”
Northridge led 17-13 at the end of the first quarter. At one point, the Raiders were ahead 17-7.
After taking a 33-32 edge into the fourth quarter, the Raiders won by scoring six of the game’s last eight points.
After Homestead pulled even at 37-all, junior Hayden Gorball sank a 3-pointer in transition that put his team on top at 40-37 and the Raiders never trailed after that. The 6-foot-7 Scholl swatted away a couple shots in the closing minutes.
Scoring points for Northridge (26-1) were Brady Scholl (23 — 11 in the third quarter and eight in the first quarter), senior Hayden Johnson (11 — nine in the first quarter), Gorball (8 — seven in the fourth quarter), senior Parker Janes (3) and junior Karsyn Rumfelt (1).
Said Radeker of Scholl, “I thought we were going to win on all the kids’ shoulders, but we definitely went to him in the post.”
Johnson (3), Brady Scholl (1), Gorball (1) and Janes (1) connected on 3-pointers.
Adding to the point total for Homestead (20-7) were Imel (12 — all in the first half), 6-6 junior Mack Welker (12 — six in each half), junior Jake Coolman (9 — seven in the first half), 6-6 sophomore Braylon McNiece (3), freshman Mason Weaver (2) and 6-6 senior Brogan McNiece (1).
There were 3’s for Imel (4), Coolman (1) and Braylon McNiece (1).
The Raiders made 14-of-29 shots from the floor (7-of-11 in the second half) and 12-of-19 from the foul line (9-of-9 in the fourth quarter) while Homestead was 13-of-42 (6-of-24 in the second quarter) and 7-of-11 (2-of-3 in the second half.
Led by Brady Scholl (7) and freshman Jake Scholl (5), Northridge grabbed 29 rebounds. Topped by Welker (11), Homestead gathered 25.
The Raiders committed 13 turnovers (seven in the first half) and Homestead nine (eight in the second half with six in the third quarter).
“For us to get up on them and force those kinds of turnovers got them out of rhythm a little bit in their offense. We went to our zone defense one time and got a steal.”
Northridge — winners of the Elkhart Sectional and Plymouth Regional — extended their win streak to 20.
This story will be updated following the 4A North Semistate Championship.
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Showing its resolve, Northridge rallied back from an eight-point deficit to top Homestead 46-39 and gain a spot in the semistate championship game at 8 p.m.
The other semifinal winner was Crown Point (76-47 over Fort Wayne Snider). The Bulldogs are 24-1 and the Panthers finished at 20-8.
“I told them coming into the game, there’s going to be trials,” Raiders coach Scott Radeker said. “Taking a verse from the Bible again (James 1:2), we told them to consider trials pure joy. Because our perseverance now is going to shine through.”
“I was really happy with our guys for the discipline they played with down the stretch.”
By outscoring Northridge 17-5 in the second quarter, the Chris Johnson-coached Spartans were up 28-22 at halftime. Homestead led 28-20 in the last 90 seconds of the half.
Senior Brady Scholl went to the bench with his third foul at 6:32 of the second period and did not return to the floor in the first half.
“That’s the first time that’s happened to him this year,” Radeker said of Scholl’s three first-half fouls. “For us to play without him for that six-minute stretch, it was obviously a little stressful.
“But it’s also time where our guys got to step up. We weathered the storm. We were only down six (at halftime) and that’s because one of their players (sophomore Ryder Imel) hit three 3’s. They didn’t hurt us inside.”
Northridge led 17-13 at the end of the first quarter. At one point, the Raiders were ahead 17-7.
After taking a 33-32 edge into the fourth quarter, the Raiders won by scoring six of the game’s last eight points.
After Homestead pulled even at 37-all, junior Hayden Gorball sank a 3-pointer in transition that put his team on top at 40-37 and the Raiders never trailed after that. The 6-foot-7 Scholl swatted away a couple shots in the closing minutes.
Scoring points for Northridge (26-1) were Brady Scholl (23 — 11 in the third quarter and eight in the first quarter), senior Hayden Johnson (11 — nine in the first quarter), Gorball (8 — seven in the fourth quarter), senior Parker Janes (3) and junior Karsyn Rumfelt (1).
Said Radeker of Scholl, “I thought we were going to win on all the kids’ shoulders, but we definitely went to him in the post.”
Johnson (3), Brady Scholl (1), Gorball (1) and Janes (1) connected on 3-pointers.
Adding to the point total for Homestead (20-7) were Imel (12 — all in the first half), 6-6 junior Mack Welker (12 — six in each half), junior Jake Coolman (9 — seven in the first half), 6-6 sophomore Braylon McNiece (3), freshman Mason Weaver (2) and 6-6 senior Brogan McNiece (1).
There were 3’s for Imel (4), Coolman (1) and Braylon McNiece (1).
The Raiders made 14-of-29 shots from the floor (7-of-11 in the second half) and 12-of-19 from the foul line (9-of-9 in the fourth quarter) while Homestead was 13-of-42 (6-of-24 in the second quarter) and 7-of-11 (2-of-3 in the second half.
Led by Brady Scholl (7) and freshman Jake Scholl (5), Northridge grabbed 29 rebounds. Topped by Welker (11), Homestead gathered 25.
The Raiders committed 13 turnovers (seven in the first half) and Homestead nine (eight in the second half with six in the third quarter).
“For us to get up on them and force those kinds of turnovers got them out of rhythm a little bit in their offense. We went to our zone defense one time and got a steal.”
Northridge — winners of the Elkhart Sectional and Plymouth Regional — extended their win streak to 20.
This story will be updated following the 4A North Semistate Championship.
Continue reading...
