On a day when two of our players went under the knife – Sophomore Cohen Trauth for his hand injury sustained this past Saturday at Lexington Christian, and Senior Carson Hesse, who had his appendix removed, and a third recovering from his stay at Cincinnati Children’s overnight – Jake Bricking recovering from severe abdominal pain, the Mustangs managed to employ “Next Man Up” and took care of business at New Richmond.  In the JV game, down three starters, Brady Rowe took scoring honors with 14 points, while Derek Bezold and Bauer Glass added 10 each as the JVs blew open a close game in the third quarter by limiting the home team to 5 points as we improve to 4-1 on the early season.

In the varsity contest, sophomore Wyatt Feldman was thrown into the fire, gaining valuable experience, starting in the stead of Carson Hesse.  This was another game that featured aggressive play and physicality, which worked to our advantage in this one.  Following the script, the Mustangs ran out to a 19-7 lead after 8 minutes of play, but were outscored 18-12 as New Richmond narrowed the margin to 31-25 at intermission.  In the third period, Nick Cozzi came alive, putting up 8 points enroute to a “coming out” night,  career high 20 points.  Beckett Kuntz dropped a trio of 3-Bombs, and five of them on the night, while tallying 19 for the game and Brady Boruske scored 11 of his 13 point sum total in the third period as the Mustangs outscored the Lions 27-11 and  extended the lead to 58-36.  Late in the game Sophomore Ethan Tiemeier scored his first-ever varsity points.

We did receive good news today when surgery on Cohen Trauth’s hand revealed that a nerve, that was possibly torn, was only bruised, and expected to have healed by the time that Cohen recovers from the surgery. Thanks to all who offered thoughts and prayers for the favorable result and a speedy recovery.

Our Freshmen battled New Richmond to a 25-23 lead with time expiring in the contest when Logan Olsen banked one in at the buzzer, which was the 26-25 game-winner for the Lions.

The Mustangs get a much-needed day on the practice floor on Wednesday prior to engaging Beechwood for three games on Thursday.