The Luxemburg Casco Spartans were on the road Friday night trying to make it a winning week but fell short against the Waupaca Comets, 75-48 as heard on 104.1 WRLU. 

 

The contest started with both teams trading baskets early on, before the Comets went on an 18-0 run to make the score 24-5.  In that run, Comets center Riley Bechard grabbed the Waupaca High School single season rebounding record. The Spartans ended the half on a high note, as Mason Burmeister got a steal and hit a deep 3 just across half court at the buzzer to narrow the halftime deficit to 45-16.  

 

 

Luxemburg Casco came out riding the momentum of the buzzer beater and wouldn’t go away, including a sequence of 3 straight 3pt shots by the Spartans to cut into the lead.  Ultimately though, the Comets remained in control and extended the lead out to close the game.  

 

 

Riley Bechard paced all scorers with 24 points, nearly all of them in the paint, and Henry Mouw chipped in 20 as well for Waupaca.  For the Spartans, Lance Cherovsky scored 11 points, 9 of which came in the 2nd half.  

 

 

Luxemburg Casco will find out its playoff seeding over the weekend, and wrap up the regular season on Thursday evening, hosting Fox Valley Lutheran.