Mustangs and Lady 'Stangs Are
2025 10th Region "A" Champions!!
I’ve witnessed all previous 16 Brossart Mustangs’ 10th Region “A” Championships, but never have I wanted a team to win one as badly as I did this one. I knew we were perfectly capable of defeating Paris and cutting down the nets and was confident that we would, but I was nervous today, dreading the thoughts of coming this close and being deprived this opportunity. But I shouldn’t have fretted. As is becoming their norm, we bolted from the gate and had opened up a 38-18 lead at halftime. However, this team also has a flair for the dramatic and for the second straight game in this tournament our opponent crept back into the contest and caused us a few anxious moments, closing the gap to 9 points on two occasions in the fourth quarter. But, as in the Augusta game, when we needed a basket we got one. A huge Beckett Kuntz 3-pointer, when I wasn’t sure that was what we wanted at that time was a prime example, taking it from 65-56 to 68-56 and we were never seriously threatened from that point on. Parker Mulberry led all scorers with 23 points that included his 33rd, 34th,and 35th 3-Point goal of the season. Alex Combs poured in 18 points and Ben Doyle added 15. For their efforts Alex Combs, Dom Hadden and Beckett Kuntz were named to the All-Tournament team, while Parker Mulberry took home our All-Academic plaque. The Mustangs will be right back on the bus Friday afternoon enroute to Berea where we will compete in the Bill Smallwood Showcase Classic in Berea versus the host school at 12:30pm on Saturday, and will host Louisville Collegiate at home Monday with JV and Varsity games at 2pm and 3:30pm. For winning the 10th Region “A” Tournament we will represent our region in the All “A” State Tournament this coming Thursday, January 23rd at 10am in the Owensboro Sportscenter where we will take on our football rival. Pineville, in the opening round.
Congratulations also to our Lady ‘Stangs who also punched their ticket to Owensboro in the Thursday night nitecap, defeating Bracken County 60-51. Kylie Smith and Zoee Meyers paced the team with 16 and 14 points respectively. They too will play in Owensboro, in the Sportscenter at 11:30am on Wednesday morning , taking on Louisville Holy Cross. For their efforts Zoey Woosley was tabbed All-Academic, while Kylie Smith, Zoee Meyers, and Rachel Shewmaker were named to the All-Tournament team.
** GIRLS SEMI-FINALS, 1/15 **
Lady 'Stangs 69, Augusta 21
Will face Bracken County, 55-46 winners over Nicholas County, in the Thursday Night Championship Game at @7:45pm
** BOYS SEMI-FINALS, 1/14 **
Tuesday Night's 10th Region "A" Second Round Games
Mustangs Punch Their Ticket To The 10th "A" Finals With a 73-68 Win Over Scrappy Augusta - Will Face Paris Thursday Night at 6pm
Our Mustangs put each dimension of our play on display Tuesday night in winning our 2025 10th Region “A” Semi-Finals bout with the defending champion Augusta Panthers 73-68 at Robertson County High School. Early on we were sliced, diced, and fell behind 6-0 prompting a Ben Franzen time out, righting the ship and igniting a 14-6 run that would see us take the lead at 14-12. The next four minutes we were brilliant, going on a 18-4 run, propelled by an 8 point second quarter output from Beckett Kuntz, to establish a 32-16 lead, doubling it up on the Panthers and giving the appearance of being enroute to a blowout victory – but not to be. The final four minutes of the second quarter belonged to Augusta as they clawed back to cut the Brossart advantage to 33-24 at halftime. Augusta held sway in the third quarter besting our guys 20-14, further narrowing the margin to 47-44, with eight minutes to play in the game. Keeton Bach, the Panthers’ leading scorer came alive in the second half, after being held to a single 2-Point goal in the first half, exploding for 26 second half points, kept his team right in it, but our team was able to answer and maintain that four/five point lead to the finish line, to win and punch out ticket to the Thursday night Championship game versus Paris. Hopefully, history will repeat itself and we will duplicate our efforts of 2023 when we last cut down the nets as 10th Region “A” Champions.
Keeton Bach led all scorers with 28 points, and Noland Young added 15 for Augusta. Meanwhile all five of the Mustangs starters put up double-figures, led by Dom Hadden with 17 points. Beckett Kuntz added 15, Alex Combs 12, Ben Doyle 11, and Parker Mulberry 10. For the contest we held a 19/29 to 7/12 advantage from the free-throw line.
In the early game, long tall Nicholas County, took on quick, athletic, Paris. It was one of those games that Doctor Naismith would not have recognized as the game that he had invented. A myriad of missed shots, turnovers, and low-percentage play described the mayhem. With the game on the line, Paris made three critical errors, yet won anyway. They will be our Thursday night opponents in the championship game.
** GIRLS SEMI-FINALS, 1/15 **
Wednesday Night's 10th Region "A" Second Round Games
Nicholas Co
Bracken Co
46
55
Brossart
Augusta
69
21
** OPENING ROUND, 1/13 **
Monday Night's 10th Region "A" Opening Round Games
Paris
Bracken Co
70
53
Nicholas Co
Calvary
54
51
Brossart
Robertson Co
98
25
Augusta
St Patrick
82
51
Monday Night's 10th Region "A" Opening Round Games
Paris
Bracken Co
39
50
Nicholas Co advances with Calvary drop out
Brossart
Robertson Co
65
14
Augusta
St Patrick
81
30
Lady Stangs and Stangs Both Advance To Semis in Handy Fashion over Robertson County - Girls Win 65-14, and Boys Prevail 98-25
Every game doesn’t have to be a head knock, and on this night neither game was one. Both teams had a lot in common – We scored a lot, and they didn’t. Our girls put 8 players in the scoring column, while the boys had 12 put ink in the scorebook, with Sophomores Jackson Clark and Ryan Eldridge beginning their quest for the Brossart 1,000 Points Club with a varsity basket in the fourth quarter. Alex Combs led all scorers with 18 points and a monster two-handed slam dunk. Dom Hadden (16), Parker Mulberry (15), and Brady Boruske (14) each contributed double-figures. Mulberry connected on three 3-Pointers, bringing his season total to 30. The Mustangs will be right back on the bus Tuesday evening enroute to the 10th Region “A” Boys semi-finals where they will face Augusta at 7:30pm.
On the Girls side, Kylie Smith netted 19 points to lead all scorers, with Avery Wietholter came from off the bench to score 16. The Lady Stangs will return to Mount Olivet on Wednesday night when they will take on Augusta at 7:30pm.
