Saturday, March 17th and Sunday, March 18th, the 7th Grade WBDA Boys White team competed in the MIT (Midwest Invitational Tournament) in Lincoln, NE.  The tournament consisted of 325 teams in 16 age groups in 60 brackets. The boys competed in a 5 team division versus Omaha Warriors, Tri County, Raymond Central and Nebraska City.  On Saturday in Wayne’s first game, they faced a tough Omaha Warriors team but came out with a 47-44 win.  For their second game of the day, Wayne faced Tri County.  The Wayne team was too much for Tri County to handle winning 61-28.  On Sunday morning, Wayne first played Nebraska City winning 57-25.  In Wayne’s final game of the tournament, they faced Raymond Central.  Wayne played great fundamental basketball and held off Raymond Central for a 46-22 win.  With the final win, Wayne finished the tourney in 1st place finish. Congrats players and coaches on a great tournament!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, March 17th and Sunday, March 18th, the 7th Grade WBDA Girls competed in the MIT (Midwest Invitational Tournament) in Lincoln, NE.  The tournament consisted of 325 teams in 16 age groups in 60 brackets.  Wayne was placed in a 6 team pool play bracket.  The blue pool consisted of Wayne, Nebraska City and the Omaha Heat.  The red pool consisted of Beatrice, Sutherland and Pender.  In Wayne’s first game, they played a tough Omaha Heat team.  The game was close throughout, but Wayne finished with the win 23-19.  In their second game, they played Nebraska City, which ended with Wayne winning another close game 31-30.  By winning both their pool play games, Wayne was set to play in the Championship game versus Beatrice.  Wayne competed hard and battled throughout the game, but fell short losing the final game.  Congrats on the 2nd place finish players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, March 4th, The Wayne 6th grade girls wrapped up their season with a 3rd place finish at the David City tournament.  They trailed 11-0 early in the first game against the RC Mustangs, but came all the way back to win 13-12 allowing only 1 point in the second half.  Wayne was defeated, by eventual champion, Cross County 34-22 in game 2.  Then Wayne finished off the year with a 23-19 victory over Twin River in the 3rd place game.  This team closed out their season in usual fashion with their year-end coaches water dump, click here to see the video.  Congrats players and coaches on a Great Season! #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, March 3rd, the 6th Grade WBDA Boys team competed in the Hop’s Hoops Classic in David City, NE.  In their first game, Wayne defeated David City and in the second game, Wayne won a tight contest against Seward by 2 points.  In the final game of the day, Wayne played Boone Central.  Both teams pushed for a win but Boone Central’s size advantage inside proved too much for Wayne.  By going 2-1 in the tournament, Wayne came away with a 2nd place finish.  Congrats Players and Coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball

UPDATE:

Saturday, April 7th, The Knights of Columbus held the State Free Throw Shooting Championship at Grand Island Central Catholic High School in Grand Island, NE.  Communities from all over the state were represented at the event.  The contest had 12 divisions consisting of boys and girls from ages 9 through 14.  Each division had 8 shooters.  Two WBDA players qualified to compete in the state contest.  Frantzdie Barner competed in the girl’s 12 year old division and Colson Nelsen competed in the boy’s 11 year old division.  Frantzdie shot well making 15 of 25 free throws and finishing in 3rd place.  Colson also shot well making 20 of 25 and finishing in 4th place.  Congrats Frantzdie and Colson on the outstanding achievement!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, February 25th, several area players participated in the Regional Knight of Columbus Free Throw Contest.  To qualify for the regional shoot-off, players had to finish highest in their respective age group at their school after 15 free throws.  Six WBDA players qualified to compete in the regional including Frantzdie Barner (12 yrs), Delaney Kruse (11 yrs), Andrew Brunken (14 yrs), Colson Nelsen (11 yrs), Mason Karsky (10 yrs) and Jaxson Kneifl (9 yrs).

In the regional competition, players competed against other shooters in the area and attempted 25 free throws.  All the competing WBDA players medaled and finished 1st in their respective age brackets which earned them an opportunity to shoot in the District competition later that day.

At the District competition players competed against shooters as far away as O’Neill and Tekamah.  The WBDA had five players medal in the District competition.  Both Frantzdie and Colson placed 1st in their age brackets, which qualifies them for the State Competition in Grand Island on April 7th.  Congrats players and Good Luck Frantzdie and Colson at State!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Regional Medalists

District Medalists

Saturday, February 24th, the WBDA 8th Grade boys team competed in the Norfolk Catholic Booster Club tournament in Norfolk, NE.  The boys played three games throughout the day.  Wayne won their first two games beating GACC 46-36 and West Point 57-35.  In the tournament championship game, Wayne faced Norfolk Catholic.  The final game was close, but Wayne fell short in the end losing 47-50.  By finishing the tournament 2-1, Wayne earned the 2nd place finished.  Congrats Players and Coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, February 24th, the WBDA 6th Grade Boys team competed in the Norfolk Catholic Booster Club tournament in Norfolk, NE.  The boys played three games throughout the day.  In their first contest versus Norfolk Catholic, Wayne lost in a hard fought game.  Following the first game, the team rallied and went 2-0 defeating both Stanton and Elgin Pope John.  By finishing the tournament 2-1, Wayne earned the 2nd place finished.  Congrats Players and Coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, February 18, the WBDA 7th Grade White team competed in the Clash of the Plains Tournament in Wayne, NE.  They were in a 4-team round robin bracket with Pierce, Hartington Cedar and Laurel.  In bracket, the Wayne boys won all three games, beating Hartington CC 33-32, Laurel 27-11 and Pierce 74-40.   By winning all three games, Wayne finished the tournament in 1st place.  Congrats players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, February 18, the 7th grade WBDA girls competed in the Clash of the Plains tournament in Wayne, NE.  They were in a 6 team pool play division.  The “Blue” pool included Wayne, Wausa and Crofton.  The “White” pool included Pender, Cougars and Pierce.  Wayne competed well in their pool beating both Wausa and Crofton.  By winning both games they were set to play Pender in the Championship Game.  The final game was close throughout and both teams worked for the win, but in the end Wayne fell short finishing with 2nd place.  Congrats on a great tournament players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, February 18, the WBDA 8th grade boys competed in the Clash of the Plains tournament in Wayne, NE.  The Wayne boys were in a 7 team bracket with Clarkson-Leigh, Laurel, Hartington Cedar, Osmond, Crofton and Stanton.  Wayne faced off against Laurel in their first of two games for the day.  Laurel jumped out to a quick and maintained a lead throughout the game winning 37-25.  The loss put Wayne up against Crofton.  Wayne played great transition offense and pressure defense, which led them to win the game and finish with 3rd place.  Congrats Players and Coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball