Oskaloosa 8th Grade Boys Basketball Continues To Grow

by Travis Wahlert

The 8th grade “A” team played Pella this past Monday. Pella got off to a fast start on offense and took an early lead. We were not able to get much going on offense and had some defensive mistakes that led to a Pella win. Pella won 68-47.

Max Roach- 29 points
Trey Parks- 8 points
Linus Morrison- 4 points
Kayne Boender- 3 points
Heavon Knox- 3 points

Osky 8th grade “B” and “C” teams played Pella last Monday. The B team played a very good game but just came up short with the final score being 26-22

Mason Muir 3pts.
Cole VanDerWal 3pts.
Blake Herny 8pts.
Omar Garcia 3pts.
Holden Braundmeier 5pts.

The C team couldn’t get anything going on Offense or Defense and lost by a score of 47-4

Liam Dykstra 3pts.
Aamir Wilcoxson 1pt.

Last Tuesday the “A” team played Grinnell. Osky came out firing and took an early lead. Grinnell responded with a couple 3’s of their own. It was hard for Grinnell to get much in the paint as most of their points came from beyond the arch. Trey Parka had his way with Grinnell’s defense which led to an Indian win, 52-36.

Trey Parks- 24 points
Max Roach- 8 points
Linus Morrison- 6 points
Heavon Knox- 5 points
Kayne Boender- 2 points
Ethan Stek- 2 points

Osky 8th grade boys traveled to Grinnell on Tuesday. The B game was a great game, at the end Osky led by 2 pts. with just seconds left but Grinnell went the length of the court and hit a 3 pointer to win the game 35-34

Mason Muir 2pts. 1 rebound
Cole VanDerWal 2pts. 2 rebounds
Omar Garcia 1pt. 2 rebounds
Landon Ramos 9pts. 5 rebounds
Blake Herny 11pts. 3 rebounds
Trevin Griffin 2pts. 3 rebounds
Holden Braundmeier 7pts. 1 rebound

The C team played a very good game also to get a 30-12 win

Liam Dykstra 9pts. 1 rebound
Aiden Krejci 2pts.
Terrance Roberts 2 rebounds
Aamir Wilcoxson 9pts. 4 rebounds
Marshall Seibert 10pts. 13 rebounds

The 8th Grade team travels to Norwalk tonight, Pella Christian on Tuesday and play at home on Thursday against PCM.