001[music] >> Hello and welcome to your regional semi-final match up tonight between the Belleville Wildcats and your Darlington Redbirds. Darlington Redbirds are coming in here with the number one seed, Belleville with the eight seed. They won over Brodhead on Tuesday night. And we've got an exciting match up here. I'm Alan Meremy, I'll be doing your play-by-play. I'm Blaze White and I'm along for the ride. And now we are going to stand for the national anthem. >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you to the Darlington High School students, Harper Ramsey and Brody Cooper for that singing of the national anthem. And now we're going to announce the starters for the Belleville Wildcats. Number two, Jackson Skolney. Number three, Hazen Edman. Number four, Isaac Luttropp. Number 11, Jackson Fite, Fay, and number 13, Brody Funseth. And now the
002starters for your Darlington Redbirds. >> [cheering] >> Number zero, Dante Gunderson. Number 10, Grady Hartwig. Number 12, Broker Buscher. Number 13, Zeke Zubler-Billings. And number 23, Ryder Fitzsimmons. This is your Grady O'Brien's first game back in a while after suffering a knee injury a couple games ago. So we'll see how he comes out here tonight. He's got his knee all wrapped up, so it'll be nice to have him back. Buscher and Funseth tipping off. Darlington is 21 and three overall. Belleville is nine and 16. Buscher tips it to Zubler-Billings. Zubler with the ball at the top of the key. Passes over to Fitzsimmons at the wing. Fitzsimmons skip pass to Buscher. Buscher back to Fitzsimmons at the wing for three. And knocks it down. Ryder Fitzsimmons with the first basket of the night for the
003Redbirds. Skolney with the ball now for the Wildcats. Passes in the corner to Edman. Edman picks up his dribble. The ball is stolen by Buscher. Buscher now with the ball at the top of the key. Passes to O'Brien in the corner. O'Brien gets it to Zubler at the top of the key. Back to Buscher in the corner for three. It's good. Two threes back-to-back for the Redbirds. What a hot start for them. Skolney with the ball now. Skolney passes it to Edman. Edman looks. Gets it to Funseth. Funseth gets it into Luttropp. Luttropp back out to Fay. Skolney for three. It's good. That was her [cheering] first points of the night. Redbirds push the ball up the court fast. Miscue there. Ball is stolen by Fay who gets the layup. Zubler back to Gunderson in
004the corner. Back to Zubler at the wing. Zubler looking to attack. Gets inside, goes up strong, and is fouled. That'll be a shooting foul. Foul is on number three, Hazen Edman. His first, team's first. Zubler at the line for two. First free throw up and no good. Second free throw up. And good. Luttropp gets it into Skolney for the Wildcats. Skolney being patient. Gets in the corner to Edman. Edman looking to attack. Gets inside. Trapped, but kicks it out to Fay. Fay over to Funseth back to Fay. Into Skolney driving, attacking the lane, and gets a layup. >> [cheering] >> Fitzsimmons with the ball now for the Redbirds. Buscher at the top of the key. Back over to Fitzsimmons in the corner for three. No good. Rebounded by Grady O'Brien. O'Brien for three. No good.
005Rebounded by Fitzsimmons. Goes back up strong, gets the layup. Ryder Fitzsimmons is five points now tonight. [applause] Gunderson picking up Skolney at half court. Skolney gets it to Funseth at the top of the key. Back over to Edmond at the wing, who hands it off to Skolley. Edmond at the corner. Ball tipped away by Grady O'Brien, but Edmond recovers for the Red Wings. Jumper no good. Ball rebounded by Fitzsimons gets it to the Buscher at the wing. Down in the short corner to Glendening. Glendening tries to pass it, but hits the hoop who gets it to Zubiller with the rebound, gets it out to Glendening in the corner for three. No good. Ball is rebounded by Glendening, goes up strong for two. He is blocked, then rebounded by O'Brien who makes the layup and gets
006the foul. O'Brien with a two-point play here. Fouls on Funches. His first, team's second. O'Brien with his first free throw. Is up and good. >> [cheering] [applause] >> Skolley with the ball for the Wildcats. Taking his time. Gets it over to Funches. Funches back to Skolley. Edmond setting the screen for Skolley. Ball is stolen by Buscher, but gets it up to Zubiller. Zubiller with the layup, he is fouled. He will go to the line to shoot two. Fouls on number two. Skolley. His first, team's third. Zubiller. First free throw is up and good. >> [applause] >> His second free throw is up and good as well. Ball taken out by Betrail, gets it to Skolley. Glendening with a little pressure for the Red Birds. Skolley taking his time again. Trying to attack, can't get anywhere.
007Takes his time, left side. Gets the ball at corner to Fay. But Fay steps out of bounds. The turnover on the Wildcats. >> [applause] >> Zubiller takes the ball, gets it to Buscher. Back to Zubiller. Zubiller at the right wing, dribbles and attacks, goes for the shot. No good. Ball is out of bounds by the Wildcats. And we have a rebound here for the Red Birds. 52 checking in. Slung Glendening. And number three, Keegan Paisley. Some subs here for the Wildcats as well. Time out will be taken by the G Wildcats. 30-second time out. Red Birds 14, Belleville seven. 13:45 left in the first half. Belleville has three fouls. Red Birds have zero. Ref's are letting them play here tonight. Yeah, good game so far though. Everybody's getting all ready here. Ready for the inbound
008play. Red Birds with the box set. Zubiller takes it out for the Red Birds, gets it up top of the key to Paisley. Back over to the wing to Glendening, takes a three, airballs it. Ball is covered by Glendening. Out to Paisley for three. No good. Rebounded by Buscher who gets it into Glendening for the on the block. Misses, no good to the layup. Ball is on the ground now. Foul called on the Red Birds. That was on 52, Slung Glendening. That's his first, team's first. Glendening with pressure at three-quarter scoring on Skolley. Skolley breaks it. Gets it in the corner to Raven who shoots a three and misses. Buscher with the ball now at the wing. Pulls for three, is good. >> [cheering] >> Rocker Buscher with his second three of the night. Skolley
009now with the ball for the Wildcats. Top of the key, passes to Funches who gets it to Nemick. Nemick back to Funches. Back to Nemick in the corner. Nemick attacking. Gets it to Betrail. Betrail out to Raven. Raven to Skolley. Skolley at the wing, passes over to Funches at the other wing. In the corner, Betrail. Betrail attacking. Gets it back to Funches. Funches now attacking. Ball is stolen by Zubiller. Zubiller takes it, kicks it out to Paisley for three in the corner. No good. Ball is rebounded by Glendening, goes up strong for two and gets it. >> [cheering] >> Donte Glendening's first basket of the night. >> [applause] >> Skolley now passes to Nemick in the corner. The ball is stolen by Zubiller as he tried to pass it down low to Betrail. Zubiller now
010attacking, goes for a layup and gets it. >> [cheering] >> Time out called by the Belleville Wildcats. It'll be a full time out. Red Wings were on a little run there after Belleville just called a time out. Yep. Belleville's going to 7-0 run. Yep. Belleville's going to sit and talk about and see what they can do to slow down the Red Birds. I want to take this time here to give a shout out to Cruz Cuts for fading me up today. You know, I'm looking for a haircut too as well, so uh if you guys are looking for a good haircut in the area, talk to him. Hit up Richard Cruz at Cruz Cuts. Weekend supposed to be nice out. Almost 60° tonight at the game. Yeah. Weather's been good today. Even though it rained,
011it's still nice out. We needed the rain. It was dry out. Yeah. First buzzer. Red Birds break the huddle. Second buzzer goes off. Belleville breaking the huddle now. And it's Belleville ball inbounding. Skolley with the ball now. Kendall with the pressure now. Skolley brings it up the court. Gets it inside to Betrail at the high post. Betrail over to Fay. Fay gets it in the short corner to Nemick. Nemick making a move. Is called for an offensive foul. >> [cheering] [applause] >> Fouls on Cooper Nemick. His first, team's fourth. Paisley and the Buscher. Nemick now pressuring Buscher full court. Buscher gets it to Paisley at the wing. Paisley to Glendening in the corner. Back to Paisley at the wing, gets it over to Fitzsimons at the other corner. Fitzsimons attacking middle, gets it up to
012Glendening, over to Kendall in the corner. Kendall gets it to Paisley at top of the key. Gets it to Buscher at the wing. Buscher attacking, pulls for three. No good. Ball is rebounded by Skolley who throws it down court to Nemick. Nemick looking to attack, makes a move. And the Red Birds are called for a shooting foul. Foul will be called on 12, Rookie Buscher. His first, team's second. Nemick goes to the line to shoot two. His first free throw is up and no good. Second free throw is up and good. Buscher gets it in the or Kendall gets it in the Buscher. Buscher taking his time, gets it to Paisley at the corner for three. No good. The ball is rebounded by Kendall, goes up strong, misses it though. Rebounded by Paisley. Paisley skip
013past Glendenning at the at the wing. Down to cutting Paisley. Goes up strong, no good. Rebounded by Buscher. Buscher the block, good pass to Kendall who goes up strong but gets the foul called. >> [cheering] >> Foul is on number three. Hazelton Edmond. His second foul. Team's fifth. Kendall goes to line to shoot two. First one is up and no good. Number 13 is checking in for the Redbirds. >> [applause] >> Kendall's second free throw is up and good. Banks it in there. Scully with the ball for the Wildcats. Gets it into Betrail. Betrail back to Scully at the wing. Scully attacking, right? Goes back left, gets the middle. Ball is stolen by Zuberbuhler. >> [cheering] >> Zuberbuhler passes to Paisley. Rebounded by Kendall and is good. >> [cheering] >> Betrail takes it out and
014gets it in fast to Scully. Scully attacking. Ball is popped out and stolen by Zuberbuhler attacking. Pass to Paisley. Layup is good this time. Those are the [applause] first points for Kegan Paisley tonight. Edmond now with the ball. Gets it over to Faye. Redbirds are called for a foul here. Foul is on three, Kegan Paisley. His That's his first foul. Team's fourth. Brooke Buscher, number 12, checking back in for the Redbirds and number zero Dante Glendenning. Scully takes it out for the Wildcats, gets it into Funsith. Gets it to a cutting Faye. No, ball is no good. Rebounded by Paisley. Paisley attacking, gets to the wing to Zuberbuhler. Back to top of key for Fitzsimons for three. It's good. Fitzsimons' second three of the night as well. >> [cheering] [applause] >> Scully now with the
015ball. Glendenning back with the pressure at half court. Gets it over to Funsith at the wing. Funsith looking, gets it to Nemick at the top of the key. Nemick attacking. Gets it to a Faye. Faye, layup, no good. Ball is rebounded by Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons now attacking on the court. Gets it to Zuberbuhler to Buscher to Paisley in the corner. Back to top of the key to Zuberbuhler for three. It's good. Zeke Zuberbuhler's first three of the night and another timeout called by Belleville. >> [cheering] >> That'll be a full timeout. And the score is Darlington Redbirds 32 Belleville Wildcats eight. 8:48 left in the first half. Darlington has three fouls. Belleville has five. You got any good jokes for us, Alan? I guess I got one off the top of my head. What do you
016call a bear with no teeth? What's that? A gummy bear. It's a pretty good one if I had to say so myself. Thank you. Appreciate it. Oh, no problem. All right. Redbirds break the huddle here. First horn. I got a good joke for the next timeout. [screaming] Everybody just has to wait though. All right, got to keep them on their toes. I I always have to. Funsith takes it out for the Wildcats, gets it into Scully. Pressure by Glendenning, gets it to Faye. Faye over to Edmond at the wing. Edmond attacking middle, gets it to Funsith at the top of the key. Funsith over to Faye. Hands off to Scully. Ball is tipped by Zuberbuhler but recovered by Scully. Zuberbuhler on the ground gets it but they call [screaming] a jump ball. It'll be Wildcat
017ball. Funsith gets it into Scully. Glendenning with the pressure at half court. Back to Funsith at the top of the key. Gets it to Edmond at the wing. Looks in low to Nemick. Nemick trying to make a move on O'Brien. Can't get anything. Gets it to cutting Faye who gets it to Funsith at the wing. Funsith attacking left, gets it to Edmond back to top of the key. Screen from Funsith. Edmond recovers, trips. Ball is out of bounds, tipped by the Redbirds. Here is a sub checking in for foul on number four. Betrail. Coming in for Cooper Nemick. Belleville on the box set here on the inbound. Scully takes it out for the Wildcats, gets it to Edmond in the corner. Back to Funsith at the wing. Over to Faye at the top of the
018key. Gets it to Scully the other wing. Scully attacking middle. Ball is stolen by Zuberbuhler. Zuberbuhler attacking, goes up strong for two and is fouled. He'll go to line to shoot two. Foul would be on number Looks like number 11 there. On Jackson Faye. His first, team's sixth. Zuberbuhler at the line. First free throw is up and no good. Another sub checking in for the Wildcats, number 12. Randy Raven. Zuberbuhler at the line for his second free throw is up and good. Betrail takes it out and gets it into Scully. >> [applause] >> Glendenning with pressure at half court again. Scully attacking right, gets it to Funsith who gets it to Edmond at the wing. He gets it down low to Scully. Scully at the corner, Betrail for three. >> [cheering] >> Hits the top
019of the backboard and out on the wire. Foul will be called out of bounds. It'll be Redbird ball. Fitzsimons gets it into Zuberbuhler. Zuberbuhler taking his time. Gets it to Glendenning at the wing. Glendenning gets it to the high post to Buscher. Back to out corner O'Brien. O'Brien gets it back to Buscher at the wing. Back to Zuberbuhler at the top of the key. Zuberbuhler attacking, is blocked. Out of bounds on the Wildcats. Zuberbuhler takes it out for the Redbirds. Redbirds are running a box set here. Gets it to Buscher at the corner. Glendenning gets it to to Glendenning at the wing attacking. It's good for the layup. >> [applause] >> Scully now with the ball. Glendenning with pressure. Glendenning gets it to Raven. Raven over to Betrail. Back to Funsith at the top of
020the key. Funsith attacking, can't get anywhere. Gets it over to Edmond at the corner. Edmond attacking. >> [cheering] >> Can't get anything. Gets it to cutting Scully but it's out of bounds. Out on the Redbirds, it'll be Bel- Belleville ball still. Sub checking in for the Redbirds, you got number five Marcus Kendall and number three Kegan Paisley coming in for Grady O'Brien or Dante Glendenning. Edmond takes the ball for the Wildcats. Ball is stolen but recovered by the Wildcats. Buscher with Edmond with the rebound. He gets it out to Funsith for three from the corner, no good. Rebounded by Betrail. Betrail gets it out to Scully. Scully looking for a screen. Can't get anywhere. Back to Edmond. Over to Funsith at the corner. Funsith down to Scully. Ball is stolen by Buscher. Buscher no-look pass
021to Paisley with the layup. It's good. >> [cheering] >> Betrail takes it out to Scully. Scully attacking the lane. But doesn't make the layup but draws a foul. Foul on Zeke Zubeler. His first, team's fourth. And we got a sub here. 52, Sloan Glendening. Looks like Marcus Kendall got hit in the face. Time out called by the Redbirds, 30-second timeout. Glendening Redbirds 37, Baldwin Wildcats 8. 5:52 left in the first half. All right, got any jokes for us, Blaze? Oh, yeah. I got to I got to uh remember it here. Oh, I got it. What do you call cheese that isn't yours? But nacho cheese. It's a good one. Too bad people at home don't have a poll they can vote on whose joke's better. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, I think we all know whose
022joke's better. Yeah, I'm going to say it was mine, though. Don't worry, I got another joke for you guys coming up. Wildcats and Redbirds are back out on the floor. Skolley at the line for two. First free throw is up and good. [snorts] >> [applause] >> Second free throw is up and good as well. Buscher gets it into Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons attacking the wing, gets it over to Buscher at the other wing. Buscher back to Fitzsimons, back to Zubeler in the corner. Zubeler trying to make a move, gets it to Fitzsimons at the top of the key. Ball is stolen by Skolley. Skolley for a layup is good. Buscher throws it down court to Zubeler. Zubeler attacking, goes up strong and misses. Ball is rebounded by Betrail, who gets it to Raven, over to Skolley. Skolley
023gets it to Funseth in the corner for three. No good. [cheering] Ball is rebounded by Fitzsimons. Buscher gets it down low to Paisley. Layup is good. Skolley with the ball now. Screen by Betrail. Skolley gets it to Betrail and then back to Skolley. Skolley for three. No good. Ball is rebounded by Zubeler. Zubeler down court to Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons in the corner to Paisley. Gets it to cutting Buscher. Back to that to the corner for three for Paisley. No good. Rebounded by Raven. Foul called on the Redbirds. The foul is going to be on 52, Sloan Glendening. His second. Team's fifth. And we got Glendening checking in for his brother. >> [applause] >> Raven taking the ball up for the Wildcats. Gets it into Skolley. Paisley now with half court pressure on Skolley. Skolley waiting for
024something to develop, attacks to the right. Goes up strong but misses. The ball is rebounded by Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons gets it to Zubeler attacking. Goes up strong for a layup but he makes it. Skolley now with the ball again, gets it to Raven at the wing. Raven at the top of the key to Nemick. Nemick over to Funseth. Funseth at the wing for three. No good. Rebounded by Buscher. Buscher down low to Paisley, out to the corner to Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons attacking middle. Ball is tipped out behind, poked by Raven, recovered by Skolley. Skolley goes up strong for a layup is good. Glendening gets it to Zubeler. Zubeler over to wing to Paisley to Buscher in the corner for three. No good. Ball is tipped out of bounds by the Wildcats. The Redbird ball. >> [cheering and
025applause] >> Box set for the Redbirds here. Zubeler taking it out. Zubeler gets it to top of the key to Buscher, back to the corner for Zubeler for three. No good. Rebounded by Fitzsimons. Goes up strong for a layup and makes it. >> [cheering] [applause] >> Skolley with the ball half court. Passes to Raven at the wing, to Nemick to the corner. Nemick passes to a cutting Skolley is blocked by Keegan Paisley. It'll be Wildcat ball. Sub checking in for the Wildcats, number Jackson Fay and number three Hazen Edmond. And box set here as well for the Wildcats. Edmond takes it out for the Wildcats. Gets it to Skolley at the corner. Skolley passes down low to Nemick. Nemick trying to make a move. Can't get it there. Gets it to Betrail for three. It's
026good. Glendening takes it out, gets it into Zubeler. Zubeler to Paisley at the wing, and then Buscher to corner. Passes to a cutting Zubeler, misses the layup. Rebounded by Edmond. Edmond gets it to Skolley. Skolley coming up fast, trying to make a move. Goes up strong but misses. Buscher with the rebound, gets it to Fitzsimons. The layup is good for two. And gets the foul. >> [cheering and applause] >> All right, Fitzsimons with the three-point play. And the foul is on number three, Hazen Edmond. His third, team's seventh. All right, Fitzsimons for a chance for a three-point play. His free throw is up and good. Betrail takes it out for the Wildcats, gets it into Skolley. Skolley gets it to Fay at the wing. Fay gets it to Edmond at the block. Edmond trying to
027attack. Gets the layup and it's Zubeler is called for a foul as he goes to the line for his three-point play. Zeke Zubeler's second foul. Team's sixth. Marcus Kendall checking in here for Zeke Zubeler. >> [applause and cheering] >> Edmond at the line. His free throw is up and no good. Rebounded by Buscher. Buscher gets it to Paisley at the wing, who gets it to the low post to Glendening. Skip pass is stolen by Fay. Fay gets it to Skolley. Skolley with the layup is good. Fitzsimons gets it to Buscher. Buscher to Glendening at the corner. Back to Buscher at the top of the key. Buscher attacking. Ball is tipped. Called for a foul. Buscher will go to the line. The line to shoot two. Sorry, excuse me. Foul is on number two, Jackson Skolley.
028His second, team's eighth. Buscher at the line for two. His first free throw is up. And no good. Sub checking in for the Wildcats, number Cody Funseth for number three Hazen Edmond. Buscher's second free throw is up and good. Betrail gets it into Skolley. Skolley bringing the ball up the court. Looking, gets it to Betrail. Betrail attacking, can't get anywhere. Gets it to Funseth. Funseth now attacking. Ball is stolen by Fitzsimons gets it up to Paisley. Paisley to the corner to Glendening. Ball is stolen by Fay. Fay gets it to Skolley. He now takes the ball up the court. Skolley goes up strong for two. Misses it but gets the foul. And the foul is on number five, Marcus Kendall. His first, team seventh. Skol gets the line for two. First free throws up and
029good. Second free throw is up and good. Kendall gets it on Buscher. Buscher passes over to Fitzsimons at the wing. In the corner to Paisley, gets it down low to Kendall. Kendall gets it to Glendening at the wing. Shot fake. Gets it over to Fitzsimons at the other wing. Down in the Paisley. Paisley back to Fitzsimons, over to Glendening at the wing. Gets in the short corner to Kendall, back up to Glendening. Glendening in the corner to Buscher. Buscher skip pass to Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons dribbles, passes back to Buscher, back to Buscher at the wing. Buscher back to Paisley in the corner. Kendall goes up strong for layup, misses. Rebounded by Funches. Funches throws it up to us at the scoreboard. Your half time score Don Emetics 47, your brother Wildcats 23. The Emetics had seven
030fouls and the Wildcats had eight. All right, now for my joke quick. What do you call a sun's noodle? I don't know, what? Impasta. That was a pretty good one right there. I'll give you that one for sure. >> That's one of my favorites. Did you come up with that one yourself? A little bit, little play off of uh the original, but yeah. >> I got you. Yep. All right. Now we're going to half time. We'll let you guys enjoy some music here while we uh relax and take some time off. >> [music] [music] [screaming] [music] >> All right, we're going to welcome you guys back here to the final half of the Darlington Redbirds versus Belleville Wildcats. Again, this the Darlington Redbirds are 47, the Belleville Wildcats are 23. Been a good match so
031far here in this regional semi-final. Guess we could welcome you guys back with a joke. Why the scarecrow win an award? Because he's outstanding in his field. That was terrible. Oh, come on, dude. You got to You got to give me some props. I'm sorry. I got to keep people on their toes, remember? You're right. I want to give a quick shout out to Sloan Gundening for being such a true Redbird and what it actually means to be a Redbird. And then we've got some other people that are city boys on the Darlington bench. Zubair brings the ball down the court. Screen from Busher. Zubair attacking. Spin move, gets it out to O'Brien in the corner for three. No good. Ball is rebounded by Gundening. Gundening takes it back out. Gets it over to Zubair.
032Attacking the middle of the lane. Goes up strong. Ball is blocked. Edmond gets it to Skolley. Skolley goes up strong for a layup. Makes it and is fouled. He'll go to the line to shoot his only free throw. Foul will be on 23. Right here for Fitzsimons. His first, team's first. Or Yes. Skolley at the line for his only free throw. It's up and good. O'Brien gets it in to Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons passes it to Zubair. Zubair hand off to Gundening. Gundening hand off to Busher. Busher O'Brien at the corner. O'Brien attacking. Hand off to Fitzsimons. Hand off to Busher. At the wing to corner. At the wing to three. No good. Rebound by Skolley. Skolley gets it down to Funseth. Ball is stolen by Zubair. Zubair looks to the court. Can't find anybody. Takes it
033himself. Attacking. Goes up strong for a layup. It's good. Edmond gets it in to Skolley. >> [applause] >> Gundening guarding Skolley now. At the wing. Passes to Funseth. Funseth attacking. Throws up a shot and gets a foul called. He'll go to the line to shoot, too. Right here for Fitzsimons. His second foul, team's second. He's been foul happy now. Funseth at the line for two. First free throw is up and good. Second free throw is up and good as well. Busher takes it out and gets it in to Zubair. Zubair at the wing. Attacks. Jumper is good. Petrow leading the Darlington in scoring now. Yep. Petrow gets it to Skolley. Skolley passes it to Funseth. Funseth to Fay. Fay to Skolley to attacking. Key. Skolley looking to attack. Passes it to Fay. Fay attacking. Blocked
034by Busher. Busher with the recovery. Busher gets it to Gundening in the corner for three. It's good. Gundening with his first [cheering] three-pointer of the night. Skolley with the ball at the right wing. Screen from Funseth. Passes. Pick and roll. Gets it in to Funseth. Funseth shot. No good. Rebound by Edmond. Edmond goes up strong for two. No good. Out of bounds on the Wildcats. It'll be Redbird ball. Fitzsimons gets it in to Zubair. Busher pushing posting up in the high post. Zubair gets it to him. Looks to attack. Gets it back out to Zubair at the top of the key. Another screen. Zubair gets it back to Busher. Busher at the wing to Grady O'Brien. Grady O'Brien for three. No good. Rebound by Gundening. Gundening in the low post to Busher. Busher is fouled
035by Foul is hard. He'll go to the line to shoot, too. Foul is on number 11. Jackson Fay. His second. Team's first of this half. Busher at the line for two. First free throw is up and good. >> [cheering] [applause] >> Second free throw is up and good. Petrow takes it out. Gundening with full court pressure on Skolley. Skolley now bringing the ball up the court. Gets it to Funseth. Funseth in the wing to Edmond. Edmond looks in low to Petrow. Petrow back out to Edmond at the wing. Back to top of the key to Funseth. Funseth back to the corner to Petrow. Back to the wing to Funseth. Funseth looking to attack. Throws up a shot. No good. Rebound by Funseth. Shot is no good. Rebound by Grady O'Brien. But Funseth will be called
036for a foul. Funseth gets his second foul, team's second. Sub here for the Wildcats. Number five, Cooper Nemec, subs in. Busher gets the ball in to Zubair. Screen from O'Brien. Zubair at the wing. Skip pass to Grady O'Brien at the other wing. O'Brien looking to attack. Spin move. He'll be called for a travel. >> [cheering] >> Petrow gets it in to Skolley. Skolley passes to Nemec to Fay. Fay looking to attack middle. Gets it to Edmond at the top of the key. Back to Skolley at the wing. Skolley being patient. Dribble attack. Throws up layup. No good. Rebound by Petrow out to Edmond at the corner for three. No good. Rebounded by Zubair. Zubair goes up strong but is blocked by Edmond. It'll be Redbird ball. Box out here for the Redbirds. Zubair takes it
037out. Gets it to O'Brien. O'Brien jumper is good. >> [cheering] >> Looks like he wasn't ready for that one. No. He made the shot, though. >> That's right. Edmond got it in to Skolley. Skolley brings the ball down the court. Skolley step back three. No good. Rebounded by Busher. Busher looking to attack. Goes up strong. But ball is tipped out of bounds. It'll be Wildcat ball. Sub here for the Redbirds. Number three, Kegan Payson, checking in for Grady O'Brien. Skolley with the ball now. Pressure from Gundening. Gundening gets it to Fay. Over to Edmond in the corner. Edmond gets it to cutting Skolley. Goes up strong. No good. Rebounded by Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons gets it to Zubair. Zubair looking to attack. Step through is blocked by Edmond. Edmond with the recovery. Edmond now bringing the ball
038up the court. Zubair will be called for a foul. Zubair's third foul. Third on the Redbirds. Skolley will take the ball out for the Wildcats. Gets it to Fay. Who hands it out to Skolley. Skolley looking to attack. Step back three. No good. [cheering] Rebounded by Zubair. Zubair slowing it down. Zubair gets to the Paisley at the top of the key, over to Fitzsimons at the wing for three, it's good. Right in for Fitzsimons, this is his third three of the night. >> [applause] >> Skolley pass. Ball is kicked by Gondinning. It'll be Wildcat ball. 52 So Gondinning checking in for the Redbirds and number 12 Brandy Raven checking in for the Wildcats. Skolley with the ball at the top of the key. Looking to attack. Layup is good. Buscher takes it out, gets it
039into Fitzsimons attacking, goes up strong. Misses the layup. Rebound by Nemick. Nemick gets it to Skolley. Skolley down low to Nemick. Nemick goes up strong for a layup, it's good. Paisley gets it into Buscher. Foul on the Wildcats. Foul is on number Brandy Raven, his first, team's third. And Marcus Cannon checks in for Dante Gondinning for the Redbirds. We've got a referee timeout. They are currently wiping off the basketball as it looks to be a little bit sweaty. Definitely could be. That'd be a little grody. Boys are playing basketball. That's right. Paisley gets it into Buscher for the Redbirds. Buscher at the top of the key. Attacking, spin move, goes up strong for a layup, it's good. >> [cheering] >> Petrow gets it to Skolley. Pressure from Kendall, gets it over to Raven. Raven with
040a deep three, no good. Rebound by Buscher. Buscher now taking the ball up the court for the Redbirds. Buscher pulls three, it's good. Buscher versus third three of the night is good. >> [applause] >> Nemick gets it into Skolley. Skolley attacking. Kicks out the corner to Petrow. Petrow looking to attack, gets to Raven at the top of the key. Raven over to Faye. Faye attacking. Gets to Nemick. Nemick attacking, spin move, goes up strong for a layup, it's good. Buscher gets it into Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons gets the court up the court quicker to the Paisley. Back to Fitzsimons at the top of the key. Screen from Kendall. Fitzsimons looking to attack, gets it to Gondinning at the wing. Hand off to Buscher. Buscher attacking. Pass to Kendall down low, ball is kicked away but recovered by
041Kendall, gets it to Paisley at the corner. Paisley back to Kendall at the wing. Skip pass to Buscher. Back to Fitzsimons at the wing for three, it's good. Another three [cheering] for Fitzsimons. Raven passes it into Skolley for the Wildcats. Pressure from Kendall at half court on Skolley. Skolley gets it to the corner to Raven. Raven for three, no good. Rebound by Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons at the wing, gets it to Gondinning at the corner. He gets it to the high post to Buscher. Buscher looking to make a move, gets it to cutting Gondinning. Gondinning gets it to Paisley back out to Buscher for three, no good. Rebound by Fitzsimons. Ball is stolen by Nemick who gets to Raven, then to Skolley. Skolley with the pass to Petrow. Petrow layup is no good, gets the rebound, puts
042it back up and gets it in. Timeout called by the Wildcats. It'll be a 30-second timeout. Redbirds 69, the Wildcats 36. Both teams are at three fouls apiece and we've got 10:02 left in the first half. The student section at Donken's looking good tonight, pretty full. Yeah, it is a playoff game. That's what you like to see, people showing up for their school and showing their school spirit. You do like to see the the support. And I mean, you got community support all around. Gym is almost pretty much full here. Absolutely. Donken has a great community that surrounds all their sports teams. Yes. Community that is very involved and likes to support the school a lot. Now back to basketball action. Wildcats with a full court press here. Buscher takes it out, gets it to
043Paisley, back to Buscher as he brings the ball up the court. Passes to Zubair. Zubair at the top of the key, gets a screen from Buscher. Zubair at the wing attacking. Tipped out by Skolley, it'll be Redbird ball. Zubair takes it out. Box out from the Redbirds. Zubair gets it to Gondinning. Gondinning down to low post to Buscher. Buscher makes a move, goes up strong, layup is good. >> [applause and cheering] >> Fonsith gets it into Skolley. Kendall picking Skolley up at half court, who gets to Nemick. Nemick over to Faye. Faye attacking, hand off. Fake hand off, back over to Fonsith to Nemick in the corner. Nemick attacking. Gets to low post, kick out to Edmund in the corner for three, it's good. >> [cheering] >> Buscher down the court to Paisley. Paisley to
044layup, it's good. >> [applause] >> Skolley gets it down the court to Nemick. Nemick's layup is good, too. Buscher gets it into Gondinning. Back to Buscher. Buscher gets to Zubair at the wing. Zubair attacking middle. Goes up strong, and then layup is good. >> [applause] >> Skolley with the ball now for the Wildcats. Skolley taking his time. Gets it to Fonsith at the wing. Fonsith attacking right. Spin back left, gets it to Faye. In the middle, Faye goes up strong but is blocked by Paisley. Rebound by Buscher. Wildcats called for a foul there. Foul is called on 11 Jackson Faye. His third, team's fourth. And number four for the Wildcats is checking in, Isaac Petrow. Buscher taking the ball up for the Redbirds. Who gets it to Zubair. Zubair Fake screen from Buscher, goes up
045strong but is fouled. Zubair goes to the line to shoot two. Foul is on 11 again. Jackson Faye, his fourth. Team's fifth. Zubair at the line. His first free throw is up and good. Second free throw is up and but no good. Rebound by Edmund. As he falls to the floor, he'll be called for a travel. >> [applause] >> We've got a sub here for the Wildcats, number 14, Evan Edge. Zubair taking the ball for the Redbirds. Gets it to Kendall. Kendall hand off to Zubair, screen. Kendall cut, no good. Gets it to Buscher at the wing. Buscher dribbles to top of the key. Buscher pulls three. It's good. Buscher for the four-point play here. Yeah, three is good. Foul will be called on >> [cheering] >> There was a tech Technical foul called on
046number three Edmund. Edmund for talking to the ref. >> [cheering] >> I think he would have got two fouls there cuz foul for the three and then the technical foul. Correct. He's still trying to say it is mine, which never works. Buscher goes to the free throw line. Buscher with the free throw is good. That free throw is good for the four-point play. Now he'll get two more because of the technical foul on Edmond. Buscher's free throw is up. No good. Buscher for his last free throw. It's up and good. >> [applause and cheering] >> So Hazen Hazen Edmond has >> [cheering] >> And there'll be another technical foul. >> [applause] >> I think. On number three. >> [cheering] >> So he is out of the game. Yes, he was headed to the locker room.
047>> [cheering] [applause] >> Now the refs are talking here for a minute. >> [applause] >> And it looks like we've got some subs coming in for the Redbirds here. Buscher will go to the line for two more free throws, it looks like. >> [applause] >> The game has gotten a little chippy. Yes, it has. Buscher at the free throw line. First free throw is up and good. >> [cheering] [applause] >> Buscher's second free throw is up and good as well. >> [applause] >> It'll be Redbird ball again. So we've got five for five subs checking in for the Redbirds. We've got Michael Larson, Landon Edgington, Paxton Paisley, Caleb King, and Payton Dempsey. They're going to finish the game out with 6 minutes and 40 seconds left to go and the clock is running. Score is
04883-41, Redbirds. >> [cheering] >> Paxton Paisley gets it to the Dempsey. Dempsey to at the wing to King. King gets it to Larson at the top of the key, looking to attack. Gets it down low to Paisley. Paisley kicks it out to King. Back to Dempsey. Over to Larson. Ball is stolen but recovered by Larson. King gets the ball, throws it up to Dempsey. Dempsey gets it to the top of the key to Larson, over the wing to Edgington. Edgington for three. No good, but foul called. >> [applause] >> He will go to the line to shoot three free throws. Foul's on 12, Landon Raven. His second, team's ninth. His first free throw is up. No good. Second free throw is up and no good. And we got a sub here, number 10. Austin McKinley
049for the Wildcats. Edgington with his last free throw is up and no good. Rebounded by Demps. Rebound or ball is out of bounds by Dempsey. It'll be Red Wildcat ball. Petrello gets it to Scully. Scully attacking in the middle. Foul be called on the Redbirds. Foul's on 20, Payton Dempsey. His first, team's fourth. Scully will go to the line to shoot two free throws. First free throw is up and good. Number five, Cooper Nemec checking in for number 13. Jared Funchess. Second free throw is up and no good. Rebounded by Dempsey. Dempsey throws it to the corner to Larson. Larson gets it to Paisley at the wing, up to Edgington at the top of the key. Edgington attacking, goes up strong. Ball is blocked by Nemec. Rebounded by Paisley. Paisley be called for a foul.
050It'll be Wildcat ball. Number six, Paxton Paisley's first foul, team's fifth. And we've got 3 minutes and 40 seconds left to go in the game. Petrello gets it to Scully. Scully gets it to Nemec. Nemec for three. No good. Rebounded by Larson. Larson pass is stolen by Evan Edge. Who is then stolen by Paxton Paisley. Recovered by Dempsey. Dempsey looking to attack. Gets the ball in the corner to King. King in at to the wing to Edgington. Top of the key to Larson, to the other wing to Paisley. Paisley to the corner to Dempsey. Foul called on the Wildcats. >> [applause] >> Yeah, foul will be on Jackson Scully, his third. Team's 10th. Dempsey will go to the line to shoot double bonus. His first free throw is up. No good. Second free throw is
051up. No good. Rebounded by Petrello. Petrello gets it to Edge. Edge brings the ball up the court, gets it to Nemec. Nemec gets it to Petrello. Petrello looking to attack. Can't get anywhere. Gets it to Nemec at the wing. Nemec for three. No good. Foul called on the floor. It'll be on >> Foul's called on number two, Jackson Scully. [cheering] His fourth, team's 10th it's still or should be 11 but only goes to 10. And we got some subs checking in here both teams. And we've got number 22, Oscar Garnica, and number 21, Manuel Arriaga checking in for the Redbirds as well as number one, Brendan Leary. And some subs for the Wildcats as well. Number 21 and 23 and number one. Dempsey goes to the line for double bonus. He'll get two free throws.
052First free throw is up. No good. Number 20 was Henry for the Wildcats and number 24, Dylan Kramer. Clock is still running here. 43 seconds left to go. Second free throw is up and good. Smith bringing the ball down the court. Gets it to Johnson. Johnson over to the corner for three. No good. Rebounded by Arriano. Foul called on the floor. Foul called on the Redbirds. It'll be Wildcat ball. And that'll be the game as cuz the Redbirds are up by 40 points so we'll continue with the clock. Yep. So we've got the Darlington Redbirds 84 and the Belleville Wildcats 42. We want to congratulate the Belleville Wildcats on an amazing season and um congrats to their team. And we would like to also congratulate the Darlington Redbirds on their win and they will be
053moving on to play tomorrow night at home, I believe. Yep, at 7:00. At 7:00. Do you know against who? I do not. I haven't looked at the other game. Well, we will find out tomorrow night when the game is on. So everybody have a good night and uh get home safe. >> That's right. Enjoy the nice weather this weekend. Yep. Al Merims signing out. >> Blaze White signing out.