Broncos can’t catch Cascade-Carkuff leads Champions with 28-point night

A 28-point effort by Jacob Carkuff, who hit four of Cascade’s nine 3-pointers against Boyd Christian Tuesday night, was all the Champions needed to down the Broncos 80-32 in District 9-A action at Boyd.

Cascade heated up the net with 17 points in the opening period, including three 3-pointers. Carkuff scored eight from the outside, while teammates Cory Phillips and Albert Hatchett did their damage in the paint. Casey Myers was the go-to man for the Broncos, as he scored all eight points.

Happy Johnson was all smiles for the Champions in the second period as he netted nine unanswered points during the first four minutes of play. Myers finally got the Broncos on the board at the 4:01 mark and followed with another basket from the paint. Mitchell Young added a basket and Tyler Hillis scored his only point of the night when hit made 1-of-2 from the free-throw line. With under two minutes left in the first half Cascade hit 6-of-6 from the line and Carkuff closed out the half with another 3-point bucket to give his team a 43-15 lead at the break.

Boyd’s offense played better in the third period, Myers hit a pair of buckets and Cole Stubblefield gave the Broncos a spark when he hit two 3-pointers. Austin Young added a pair of buckets but the Broncos couldn’t stop Cascade’s offense. The Champions struck for 20 points to take a 63-29 into the fourth quarter.

The Broncos’ only basket in the final period came from Dylan Fernandez, who hit a 3-pointer at the 2:11 mark. Cascade offense continued to roll in the final period as Kyle Adcock came off the bench to nail two 3-point baskets. As the final horn sounded the Champions had added 17 more points to the board to take a 48 point win over the Broncos.

For Boyd, Myers led with 16 points. Stubblefield had six, Austin Young added four, Fernandez had three, Mitchell Young added two and Hillis had one point.

Carkuff led all scorers with 28 points for Cascade. Adcock and Johnson had nine points each. Phillips had seven, Albert Hatchett and Christian Edmondson added six points apiece.