The AOMV Boys Basketball Teams had a busy week hosting West Monona on Tuesday, December 12th and Woodbury Central on the 14th. The Hawks were able to protect the home court with both the seventh and eighth grade teams winning both contests.
7th Grade
The seventh grade played a fine game against the Spartans and came away with a 44-24 victory. Nine Hawks made it into the scoring column. Tyler O’Connell had an excellent all around game and led the scoring with 15 points. Kyle Uhl scored 7 points, Keenan Nepper 6 points, Andy Seuntjens and Zach Goslar each contributed 4 points for the victors, and rounding out the scoring were Austin Gothier with 3 points, Beau Wolfe and Ted Hanson with 2 points each, and Ryan Trucke with 1 point.
The seventh graders were also able to defeat the Woodbury Central Wildcats by a 33-27 score. Tyler O’Connell again was the leading scorer with 12 points. Keenan Nepper and Zach Goslar backed him with 8 points each. Beau Wolfe and Austin Gothier finished the scoring with 3 and 2 points respectively.
The two wins gave the seventh graders a 5 game winning streak and puts the season record at 6 wins and 2 losses.
8th Grade
The eighth grade used balanced scoring and a stifling defense to upend West Monona by a 41-19 score. Leading scoring for the Hawks was Brady Wright with 12 points. Eric Koithan joined Wright in double figures with 10 points from his point guard spot. Other Hawk scorers were Josh Trucke with 7 points, Ryan Sulsberger with 4 points, and Tanner Seuntjens, Branden Brown, Cody Conover, and Bryce Utterback with 2 points each.
The eighth grade played an excellent game and disposed of Woodbury Central by a 43-28 score. The Hawks led 19-10 at the half and then cruised to the victory in the second half. Brady Wright had a monster game for AOMV with 27 points. Other Hawks in the scoring column were Eric Koithan and Josh Trucke with 6 points each, and Chase Collins and Tanner Seuntjens with 2 points each. Koithan was credited with doing an excellent job of running the Hawk offense against the Wildcat pressure. Trucke had a huge rebounding game and did an outstanding job holding the leading Wildcat scorer to 4 points.
The two wins raised the Hawk season record to 7 wins and 1 loss.