Chuck Krafft | Class C Finals | March 26, 2011
It’s noon at the Breslin and time for the Class C Championship game. I have not seen either team play, so this will be pretty good. Both teams beat excellent teams to get here, so they are probably worthy of the chance at the title. Schoolcraft has not lost a game all year.
For a bit of interest, our Bleacher Denizen notes that Schoolcraft (in white) and McBain (in green) are playing at the Spartan Breslin Center. If the Spartan Gods have anything to do with the outcome, this game could end up in a tie!
McBain wins the tap and Sophomore Jared Larr hits a layup twenty seconds into the game to begin the scoring. Schoolcraft misses a layup and 6’5 Junior Nathan Smith hits a putback to give McBain a four point lead.
Bryan Jones is fouled by Larr on a putback. He splits the free throws and puts Schoolcraft on the board with 6:49 left. After McBain turns the ball over, Schoolcraft misses and McBain turns the ball over again when a player tries to throw a two foot bullet pass.
Finally, with 6:09 left, Bryan Jones hits Schoolcraft’s first basket (a layup that was assisted by Sophomore Luke Ryskamp.) Derek Vongphasouk assists Nathan Smith on a basket for McBain and it’s 6-3 with 5:53 left. Schoolcraft misses and Jared Larr assists Derek Vongphasouk on a three point shot from the corner. Luke Ryskamp assists Bryan Jones on a layup for Schoolcraft to make it 9.5 with 4:45 left.
Derek Vongphasouk reciprocates Larr’s assist to him with an assist to Larr for a three point shot for McBain. Schoolcraft misses a three pointer but Blake Krum steals the ball back. Blake is rewarded for his defensive hustle when Luke Ryskamp assists him on a layup; he is fouled by Jared Larr (already his second) and hits a free throw. It is now 12-8 McBain.
Cody King assists Jared Larr on a three point shot to make it 15-8 with 3:32 left. Schoolcraft commits a traveling violation. Schoolcraft presses McBain, but McBain breaks the press and Derek Vongphasouk gets a layup. Schoolcraft commits an offensive foul and Jared Larr drives in from the side for a short jump shot. McBain leads 19-8 with 2:29 left. Cody King steals the ball for McBain and Blake Krum steals it back for Schoolcraft. Cam Schwartz gets a twisting driving layup for Schoolcraft.
McBain misses a shot and Tyler Dow hits a layup for Schoolcraft. The score is now 19-12 with 1:23 left in the quarter. McBain misses a jump shot and Luke Ryskamp hits a layup for Schoolcraft. McBain misses another jump shot, but Cody King steals the ball back. Nathan Smith hits a layup for McBain with 15 seconds left, but Luke Ryskamp assists Blake Krum on a short jumper at the buzzer to make the quarter end score McBain 21 Schoolcraft 16.
Schoolcraft has the ball to start the second quarter and Blake Crum starts things off with a layup. He is fouled by Cody King, but misses the free throw. Schoolcraft gets the offensive rebound, but Logan Nemeth steals the ball for McBain and 11 seconds later, Luke Ryskamp steals the ball and takes the ball in for a Schoolcraft layup and the score is 21-20 with 7:17 left. Schoolcraft has almost wiped out McBain’s 11 point lead.
McBain misses a three point shot and Schoolcraft misses two attempts to take the lead but gets two offensive rebounds and finally Blake Krum hits a ten foot shot to give Schoolcraft a 22-21 lead with 6:41 left. Blake Krum steals the ball for Schoolcraft but Schoolcraft turns it back over. Logan Nemeth hits a layup for McBain, is fouled and completes the three point play! McBain has the lead back at 24-22 with 6:18 left!
Schoolcraft commits an offensive foul. McBain’s Logan Nemeth does some clever dribbling to evade some pressure by Schoolcraft. Cody King assists Nathan Smith on a layup to give McBain a four point lead. Schoolcraft travels but Luke Ryskamp steals the ball and makes a nifty layup for Schoolcraft. McBain’s Logan Nemeth assists Derek Vongphasouk on a layup. Luke Ryskamp responds with a putback for Schoolcraft. McBain misses a couple jump shots on its next possession, but Nathan Brown commits a foul on the rebound. McBain ties the game up on a hook layup from Kody Chandler assisted by Luke Ryskamp. It’s 28-28 with 4:04 left in the half.
McBain misses a three point shot and Kody Chandler assists Tyler Dow on a three point shot with 3:20 left to give Schoolcraft a 31-28 lead. Jared Larr assists Cody King on a three point shot and McBain ties it with 3:00 left.
After the media time out, Schoolcraft misses a layup, and Jacob Lenning commits a foul on the rebound. Nemeth passes the ball to Nathan Smith who puts McBain back on top with a jump shot. James Johnson commits a foul for McBain and Tyler Dow ties it for Schoolcraft with a ten foot jumper from the side. After McBain misses a shot they get the offensive rebound and Logan Nemeth hits a three pointer to put McBain back on top. After Schoolcraft misses a shot, Jared Larr hits a jump shot to give McBain a 38-33 lead with 1:12 left. That completes the scoring for the first half.
McBain has the ball to open the second half; they open by missing a three point shot. Jared Larr, McBain’s leading scorer in the first half commits his third foul with 7:08 left. McBain’s coach leaves him in the game. Tyler Dow hits a three point shot for McBain to make it 38-36 with 6:47 left in the quarter. Luke Ryskamp blocks Logan Nemeth’s shot, but Nemeth fights for the ball and gets it back. Bryan Jones fouls Jared Larr and he hits two free throws to give McBain a 40-36 lead. Bryan Jones barrels in from the side for a layup for Schoolcraft five minutes later. Logan Nemeth assists Cody King for a McBain Layup. Schoolcraft commits a foul and turns the ball over. McBain misses a three point shot. After a number of fruitless possessions for both teams, Luke Ryskamp hits a 12 foot jump shot from the left side to get Schoolcraft within two points at 42-40 with 4:39 left.
Ryskamp commits a foul, then Ryskamp steals the ball and Jared Larr commits his fourth foul trying to get the ball back. His coach takes him out and this is a real blow for McBain. I’m sure Jared would like this play back, but I guess his competitive spirit got the best of him for a moment.
After the media timeout, Schoolcraft misses a layup and McBain misses a jump shot. Luke Ryskamp gets the offensive rebound, is fouled and completes a three point play to put Schoolcraft on top 43-42 with 3:25 left. Ryskamp then blocks a McBain layup and the ball is out of bounds to McBain; however the Schoolcraft coach disagrees with this.
The referee gives the ball to Schoolcraft.
Tyler Dow drives in from the side for a Schoolcraft layup. McBain misses a shot and Luke Ryskamp takes the ball all the way down for another Schoolcraft layup. After McBain misses a jump shot, Schoolcraft gets the rebound and the rebounder is fouled. Tyler Dow gets a layup to put McBain up 49-42 with 1:56 left. McBain misses a shot; Schoolcraft turns it over even though Luke Ryskamp goes hard down on the floor trying to save the possession for Schoolcraft. Cody King rebounds his own miss and hits a putback. After Schoolcraft misses, James Johnson gets a putback shot to make it 49-46 with 37 seconds left in the half. Schoolcraft runs a set play and Kody Chandler gets a layup with an assist from Tyler Dow. Cody King hits a layup for McBain and Kody Chandler hits a fallaway 14 foot jump shot at the buzzer with another assist from Tyler Dow. Schoolcraft leads 53-48 at the end of the third quarter.
Schoolcraft opens the fourth quarter with the ball, but Logan Nemeth steals it for McBain. Tyler Dow blocks his layup, but McBain retains possession and Cody King hits a layup. After each team misses a shot, Logan Nemeth steals the ball for McBain. McBain misses a three point shot and Schoolcraft turns it over. Cody King assists James Johnson on a layup to bring McBain within one point at 53-52 with 6:30 left.
Blake Krum gets a layup 12 seconds later to give Schoolcraft a bit of breathing room. McBain misses a shot, and Schoolcraft misses two shots on its next possession. Tyler Dow steals the ball back for Schoolcraft and Kody Chandler puts Schoolcraft up by six points with a three point shot with 5:13 left in the game. Almost two minutes go by with no scoring, but then Ryskamp hits a 15 foot jumper to make it 60-52 with 3:40 left. (I seem to be noting Ryskamp’s contributions quite a bit. HMMM.)
Cody King finally scores a layup on an assist from Nemeth to make it 60-54 with 3:16 left and keep McBain in the game. Ryskamp fights hard for an offensive rebound and gets a putback for Schoolcraft to make it 62-54 with 3:01 left. Ryskamp gets a steal and assists a layup by Blake Krum. Schoolcraft now leads 64-54 with 2:46 left.
Logan Nemeth assists Cody King on a layup to make it 64-56 with 2:26 left. Tyler Dow hits a putback with 2 minutes left to set Schoolcraft’s lead back at ten. Bryan Jones steals the ball and Blake Krum dashes up court for another Schoolcraft layup; he is fouled and converts the three point play and Schoolcraft leads 69-56 with 1:35 left. Logan Nemeth hits a three pointer to get it back down to ten, but with only 1:12 left. Kody Chandler hits four free throws sandwiched around a missed three pointer by McBain as McBain is fouling to stop the clock. This gives Schoolcraft a 73-59 lead and both teams put their subs in.
Schoolcraft wins the championship in Class C 73-59. McBain made a game of it, but after Jared Larr went out, they seemed to have trouble scoring. Both teams have a lot to be proud of for getting this far. Schoolcraft is capping an undefeated season with a state title!!
For McBain, Cody King led with 15 points, Jared Larr had 14 despite sitting out ten minutes with foul trouble and Nathan Smith had ten points and seven rebounds. Logan Nemeth added nine points, Derek Vongphasouk had seven and James Johnson contributed four points.
For Schoolcraft, Luke Ryskamp (whose name you read a lot if you got this far) had nineteen points, eleven rebounds, seven assists and five steals as he had an incredible game.
Tyler Dow had sixteen points, Blake Krum also had sixteen points, Kody Chandler had 13 points, Bryan Jones added seven and Cam Schwartz added two points.
Congratulations to both these fine teams!
It’s noon at the Breslin and time for the Class C Championship game. I have not seen either team play, so this will be pretty good. Both teams beat excellent teams to get here, so they are probably worthy of the chance at the title. Schoolcraft has not lost a game all year.
For a bit of interest, our Bleacher Denizen notes that Schoolcraft (in white) and McBain (in green) are playing at the Spartan Breslin Center. If the Spartan Gods have anything to do with the outcome, this game could end up in a tie!
McBain wins the tap and Sophomore Jared Larr hits a layup twenty seconds into the game to begin the scoring. Schoolcraft misses a layup and 6’5 Junior Nathan Smith hits a putback to give McBain a four point lead.
Bryan Jones is fouled by Larr on a putback. He splits the free throws and puts Schoolcraft on the board with 6:49 left. After McBain turns the ball over, Schoolcraft misses and McBain turns the ball over again when a player tries to throw a two foot bullet pass.
Finally, with 6:09 left, Bryan Jones hits Schoolcraft’s first basket (a layup that was assisted by Sophomore Luke Ryskamp.) Derek Vongphasouk assists Nathan Smith on a basket for McBain and it’s 6-3 with 5:53 left. Schoolcraft misses and Jared Larr assists Derek Vongphasouk on a three point shot from the corner. Luke Ryskamp assists Bryan Jones on a layup for Schoolcraft to make it 9.5 with 4:45 left.
Derek Vongphasouk reciprocates Larr’s assist to him with an assist to Larr for a three point shot for McBain. Schoolcraft misses a three pointer but Blake Krum steals the ball back. Blake is rewarded for his defensive hustle when Luke Ryskamp assists him on a layup; he is fouled by Jared Larr (already his second) and hits a free throw. It is now 12-8 McBain.
Cody King assists Jared Larr on a three point shot to make it 15-8 with 3:32 left. Schoolcraft commits a traveling violation. Schoolcraft presses McBain, but McBain breaks the press and Derek Vongphasouk gets a layup. Schoolcraft commits an offensive foul and Jared Larr drives in from the side for a short jump shot. McBain leads 19-8 with 2:29 left. Cody King steals the ball for McBain and Blake Krum steals it back for Schoolcraft. Cam Schwartz gets a twisting driving layup for Schoolcraft.
McBain misses a shot and Tyler Dow hits a layup for Schoolcraft. The score is now 19-12 with 1:23 left in the quarter. McBain misses a jump shot and Luke Ryskamp hits a layup for Schoolcraft. McBain misses another jump shot, but Cody King steals the ball back. Nathan Smith hits a layup for McBain with 15 seconds left, but Luke Ryskamp assists Blake Krum on a short jumper at the buzzer to make the quarter end score McBain 21 Schoolcraft 16.
Schoolcraft has the ball to start the second quarter and Blake Crum starts things off with a layup. He is fouled by Cody King, but misses the free throw. Schoolcraft gets the offensive rebound, but Logan Nemeth steals the ball for McBain and 11 seconds later, Luke Ryskamp steals the ball and takes the ball in for a Schoolcraft layup and the score is 21-20 with 7:17 left. Schoolcraft has almost wiped out McBain’s 11 point lead.
McBain misses a three point shot and Schoolcraft misses two attempts to take the lead but gets two offensive rebounds and finally Blake Krum hits a ten foot shot to give Schoolcraft a 22-21 lead with 6:41 left. Blake Krum steals the ball for Schoolcraft but Schoolcraft turns it back over. Logan Nemeth hits a layup for McBain, is fouled and completes the three point play! McBain has the lead back at 24-22 with 6:18 left!
Schoolcraft commits an offensive foul. McBain’s Logan Nemeth does some clever dribbling to evade some pressure by Schoolcraft. Cody King assists Nathan Smith on a layup to give McBain a four point lead. Schoolcraft travels but Luke Ryskamp steals the ball and makes a nifty layup for Schoolcraft. McBain’s Logan Nemeth assists Derek Vongphasouk on a layup. Luke Ryskamp responds with a putback for Schoolcraft. McBain misses a couple jump shots on its next possession, but Nathan Brown commits a foul on the rebound. McBain ties the game up on a hook layup from Kody Chandler assisted by Luke Ryskamp. It’s 28-28 with 4:04 left in the half.
McBain misses a three point shot and Kody Chandler assists Tyler Dow on a three point shot with 3:20 left to give Schoolcraft a 31-28 lead. Jared Larr assists Cody King on a three point shot and McBain ties it with 3:00 left.
After the media time out, Schoolcraft misses a layup, and Jacob Lenning commits a foul on the rebound. Nemeth passes the ball to Nathan Smith who puts McBain back on top with a jump shot. James Johnson commits a foul for McBain and Tyler Dow ties it for Schoolcraft with a ten foot jumper from the side. After McBain misses a shot they get the offensive rebound and Logan Nemeth hits a three pointer to put McBain back on top. After Schoolcraft misses a shot, Jared Larr hits a jump shot to give McBain a 38-33 lead with 1:12 left. That completes the scoring for the first half.
McBain has the ball to open the second half; they open by missing a three point shot. Jared Larr, McBain’s leading scorer in the first half commits his third foul with 7:08 left. McBain’s coach leaves him in the game. Tyler Dow hits a three point shot for McBain to make it 38-36 with 6:47 left in the quarter. Luke Ryskamp blocks Logan Nemeth’s shot, but Nemeth fights for the ball and gets it back. Bryan Jones fouls Jared Larr and he hits two free throws to give McBain a 40-36 lead. Bryan Jones barrels in from the side for a layup for Schoolcraft five minutes later. Logan Nemeth assists Cody King for a McBain Layup. Schoolcraft commits a foul and turns the ball over. McBain misses a three point shot. After a number of fruitless possessions for both teams, Luke Ryskamp hits a 12 foot jump shot from the left side to get Schoolcraft within two points at 42-40 with 4:39 left.
Ryskamp commits a foul, then Ryskamp steals the ball and Jared Larr commits his fourth foul trying to get the ball back. His coach takes him out and this is a real blow for McBain. I’m sure Jared would like this play back, but I guess his competitive spirit got the best of him for a moment.
After the media timeout, Schoolcraft misses a layup and McBain misses a jump shot. Luke Ryskamp gets the offensive rebound, is fouled and completes a three point play to put Schoolcraft on top 43-42 with 3:25 left. Ryskamp then blocks a McBain layup and the ball is out of bounds to McBain; however the Schoolcraft coach disagrees with this.
The referee gives the ball to Schoolcraft.
Tyler Dow drives in from the side for a Schoolcraft layup. McBain misses a shot and Luke Ryskamp takes the ball all the way down for another Schoolcraft layup. After McBain misses a jump shot, Schoolcraft gets the rebound and the rebounder is fouled. Tyler Dow gets a layup to put McBain up 49-42 with 1:56 left. McBain misses a shot; Schoolcraft turns it over even though Luke Ryskamp goes hard down on the floor trying to save the possession for Schoolcraft. Cody King rebounds his own miss and hits a putback. After Schoolcraft misses, James Johnson gets a putback shot to make it 49-46 with 37 seconds left in the half. Schoolcraft runs a set play and Kody Chandler gets a layup with an assist from Tyler Dow. Cody King hits a layup for McBain and Kody Chandler hits a fallaway 14 foot jump shot at the buzzer with another assist from Tyler Dow. Schoolcraft leads 53-48 at the end of the third quarter.
Schoolcraft opens the fourth quarter with the ball, but Logan Nemeth steals it for McBain. Tyler Dow blocks his layup, but McBain retains possession and Cody King hits a layup. After each team misses a shot, Logan Nemeth steals the ball for McBain. McBain misses a three point shot and Schoolcraft turns it over. Cody King assists James Johnson on a layup to bring McBain within one point at 53-52 with 6:30 left.
Blake Krum gets a layup 12 seconds later to give Schoolcraft a bit of breathing room. McBain misses a shot, and Schoolcraft misses two shots on its next possession. Tyler Dow steals the ball back for Schoolcraft and Kody Chandler puts Schoolcraft up by six points with a three point shot with 5:13 left in the game. Almost two minutes go by with no scoring, but then Ryskamp hits a 15 foot jumper to make it 60-52 with 3:40 left. (I seem to be noting Ryskamp’s contributions quite a bit. HMMM.)
Cody King finally scores a layup on an assist from Nemeth to make it 60-54 with 3:16 left and keep McBain in the game. Ryskamp fights hard for an offensive rebound and gets a putback for Schoolcraft to make it 62-54 with 3:01 left. Ryskamp gets a steal and assists a layup by Blake Krum. Schoolcraft now leads 64-54 with 2:46 left.
Logan Nemeth assists Cody King on a layup to make it 64-56 with 2:26 left. Tyler Dow hits a putback with 2 minutes left to set Schoolcraft’s lead back at ten. Bryan Jones steals the ball and Blake Krum dashes up court for another Schoolcraft layup; he is fouled and converts the three point play and Schoolcraft leads 69-56 with 1:35 left. Logan Nemeth hits a three pointer to get it back down to ten, but with only 1:12 left. Kody Chandler hits four free throws sandwiched around a missed three pointer by McBain as McBain is fouling to stop the clock. This gives Schoolcraft a 73-59 lead and both teams put their subs in.
Schoolcraft wins the championship in Class C 73-59. McBain made a game of it, but after Jared Larr went out, they seemed to have trouble scoring. Both teams have a lot to be proud of for getting this far. Schoolcraft is capping an undefeated season with a state title!!
For McBain, Cody King led with 15 points, Jared Larr had 14 despite sitting out ten minutes with foul trouble and Nathan Smith had ten points and seven rebounds. Logan Nemeth added nine points, Derek Vongphasouk had seven and James Johnson contributed four points.
For Schoolcraft, Luke Ryskamp (whose name you read a lot if you got this far) had nineteen points, eleven rebounds, seven assists and five steals as he had an incredible game.
Tyler Dow had sixteen points, Blake Krum also had sixteen points, Kody Chandler had 13 points, Bryan Jones added seven and Cam Schwartz added two points.
Congratulations to both these fine teams!