West Fork boys defeat Newman Catholic

SHEFFIELD—- The West Fork boys kept the winning streak going as they defeated Newman Catholic 76-57 on Dec. 8. to move to 3-0 on the year. 

The offense was key for the Warhawks as they led 18-13 after the first quarter and outscored Newman Catholic 25-11 in the second quarter to make it 43-24 at the half. The Warhawks then outscored Newman Catholic 18-10 in the third quarter but were outscored 23-15 in the final quarter.

The Warhawks went 32-for-63 from the field including 5-for-16 From deep and 7-for-9 from the free-throw line. Cayde Eberling scored a game-high 28 points, Sage Sunken added 27 points, and Gavin Cronk scored 11 points. Levi Ruckdashel added eight points and Edison Maske scored two points. 

The Warhawks had 15 assists as a team, Eberling and Ruckdashel led the team with four assists each. Suntken added three assists and Cronk added two assists.

The team had 10 steals and two blocks on defense. Eberling led the team with three steals, Suntken Jack Ward and Cronk all recorded two steals each.

Head coach Trent Trask  said that the team expected to win all the games they have played so far, but the way the team is winning by large margins has been a surprise and that by winning by a lot that it has been a positive for the Warhawks.

Trask said that going into the game that the team knew what Newman Catholic runs on offense and defense are both things that the team has seen before.

“Going into the game we wanted to focus on us and executing what we do best and taking what we do in practice and applying it to the game,” Trask said. “I knew we played team offense and team defense that we would have success.”

Trask said that confidence is something that he thinks the team can take away from the game. He also said the team can take away the importance of not letting up during games.

“I mean we were up almost 30 going into the fourth,” Trask said. “Then we got lazy for about four or five minutes and started missing everything and not playing great defense. We talked about it in the offseason, when we do get a lead on teams, sometimes we sit back and don’t really put teams away like we should. We like to play fast and there are times when you have to slow it down and execute.”

The Warhawks’ next game is on Dec. 15. Vs St. Ansgar at 7:45 p.m.