Kansas high school basketball scores: Bishop Carroll boys take down top-ranked Kapaun
It was a familiar setting on Tuesday night, as Steve Eck and Dale Faber paced the sidelines and squared off against each other in a thrilling City League boys basketball game.
No, this wasn’t 1995. This was 2024.
After taking separate 25-year breaks from coaching in the high school ranks, Eck and Faber are both back coaching in the City League, and their first meeting didn’t disappoint. The Holy War added yet another riveting chapter on Tuesday in a 56-52 win by Faber’s Bishop Carroll team over Eck’s Kapaun Mt. Carmel squad that was undefeated and ranked No. 1 in Class 5A as defending state champions.
It wasn’t long ago when Carroll was contending for state titles, but after three straight losing seasons, Tuesday’s win felt like a statement win under Faber. Carroll students celebrated the momentous victory by rushing the floor after the final buzzer.
Faber is back at Carroll, where he coached from 1987-99, after retiring from a standout 18-year career as head coach at Friends University in 2021. It’s a path similar to the one that brought Eck back, as he coached at South from 1986-96, left to coach in college and retired from a successful career at Hutchinson Community College to take the Kapaun job in 2021.
As for Tuesday’s game, Kapaun (3-1) looked every bit like the defending champions in the first quarter when Corbin Johnson was spectacular to lead the Crusaders to a 17-9 lead. The star senior finished with a team-high 18 points.
But Carroll (2-1) steadily chipped away at the lead behind the play of Ian Muth (19 points) and Brody Kreutzer (15 points). A free-throw line jumper by Muth put Carroll in front 30-29 early in the third quarter and a late-clock 3 by Kreutzer put the Golden Eagles up 42-35.
Kapaun managed to claw back to within 50-47 in the final three minutes of the game and even had two great looks at potential game-tying 3s. But both shots missed; Carroll added to its lead on a Kreutzer fadeaway jumper. A corner 3 by Owen Herlocker trimmed the deficit to 52-50 with 1:22 left, but Muth was fouled and made both free throws to extend the lead and Kapaun never came within a single possession again.
The Crusaders’ comeback bid was not helped by 4-of-9 shooting at the foul line in the fourth quarter.
Below is a full list of Kansas high school basketball game scores from Tuesday, December 17.
Greater Wichita Athletic League basketball scores
Boys
Bishop Carroll 56, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 52
Heights 68, Southeast 39
Northwest 65, East 58
South 75, North 45
Girls
Bishop Carroll 58, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 50
East 66, Northwest 30
Heights 60, Southeast 32
South 83, North 5
Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League basketball scores
Boys
Andale 67, Rose Hill 47
Andover 70, Eisenhower 35
Andover Central 71, Arkansas City 37
Augusta 64, Mulvane 54
Circle 68, Winfield 54
Collegiate 76, Wellington 74
Derby 63, Maize 43
El Dorado 54, Clearwater 51
Hutchinson 57, Campus 25
McPherson 70, Buhler 30
Salina Central 48, Goddard 29
Salina South 58, Newton 47
Valley Center 55, Maize South 54
Girls
Andale 44, Rose Hill 23
Andover 58, Eisenhower 23
Arkansas City 44, Andover Central 43
Buhler 55, McPherson 44
Circle 32, Winfield 28
Clearwater 55, El Dorado 24
Derby 67, Maize 36
Hutchinson 50, Campus 17
Maize South 45, Valley Center 25
Mulvane 57, Augusta 45
Salina Central 62, Goddard 60
Salina South 49, Newton 22
Wellington 84, Collegiate 6
Other Wichita-area basketball scores
Boys
Belle Plaine 47, Douglass 45
Chaparral 49, Medicine Lodge 41
Cheney 59, Wichita Trinity 25
Conway Springs 68, Caldwell 36
Fredonia 89, Bluestem 29
Haven 63, Nickerson 28
Hesston 56, Smoky Valley 35
Hillsboro 77, Halstead 66
Kingman 47, Inman 44
Lyons 73, Sedgwick 32
Moundridge 66, Little River 38
Neodesha 66, West Elk 61
Remington 48, Elyria Christian 47
Sterling 62, Hoisington 40
Girls
Belle Plaine 35, Douglass 21
Berean Academy 50, Salina Sacred Heart 48
Bluestem 46, Fredonia 23
Conway Springs 64, Caldwell 29
Halstead 37, Hillsboro 28
Haven 60, Nickerson 4
Hesston 60, Smoky Valley 42
Hoisington 51, Sterling 39
Inman 68, Kingman 36
Lyons 45, Sedgwick 41
Medicine Lodge 46, Chaparral 43
Pratt 43, Russell 29
Wichita Trinity 38, Cheney 25
This story was originally published December 18, 2024 at 5:32 AM.
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