By Ed Banks
Harrison News-Herald Sports Writer
JEWETT—With the Busby Wildcat Center’s youth basketball league back in action in 2023, the game results are rolling in. From the January 28 game results, the Hornets defeated the Warriors by a score of 44-7; the Bandits, in a very close and exciting game, defeated the Spartans by a one-point margin of 31-30. The 11 a.m. game saw the Wildcats emerge victorious over the Ducks 17-4, and in the day cap, team Knights walked away winners by a 22-8 final.
The top two scorers in each contest were as follows: (Bulls) Kamden Vancuren, five points and Audrey Coffman and Brandan Kelly, two each; (Wildcats) Bentley Slocum, 10 points and Averee Hyde, five points; (Warriors) Ty Bracken, Dalton Cummings, and Jace Bumgardner all had two points; (Hornets) Kingston Smith had 20 points, and Jace Wright had 10; (Spartans) Colson Crothers had 28 points, and Jax Triplett had two; (Ducks) Dustin Ryder and Strawzdon Thomas each had two points; (Bandits) Trenton Blawut had 17 points, and Logan DeWeese had 10; (Knights) Jia Wurschum had 10 points, and Mikey Smith, Waylon Hodkinson, and JB Vissor all had four points. The Vikings had a bye that week.