came through when the Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball team needed him to do so Monday.

That night, the first-year high schooler sank two foul shots to help the Bulldogs ice their 50-45 win over visiting Northland Christian, Bulldogs coach Brent Behler stated via email.

Smith was Hardin-Central’s No. 3 scorer. Junior Kameron Pugh poured in 26 points to lead the way, followed by senior J.W. Doyle with 12 and Smith with six.

The win put the Bulldogs at 8-11 overall entering Thursday’s nonconference road meeting with Wellington-Napoleon.

ROLLING AGAIN

Orrick has staged another winning tear in varsity boys basketball.

After experiencing a three-game losing skid, the Bearcats had won four out of five and were 12-7 overall entering Thursday’s I-70 Conference road meeting with Santa Fe. They defeated Tina-Avalon 71-44 Jan. 20 on the road and Winston 48-40 Jan. 23 at home before falling to St. Paul Lutheran of Concordia 67-52 Jan. 24 on the road, then rebounded by defeating Hardin-Central 76-4…