{"id":2409,"date":"2025-01-06T14:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:09:12","slug":"trojan-boys-cruise-to-win-over-hill-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2025\/01\/06\/trojan-boys-cruise-to-win-over-hill-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojan Boys Cruise to Win over Hill City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-275\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The West Central Trojan boys hosted the Hill City Rangers on Friday, January 3rd.\u00a0 The Trojans&#8217; hot shooting in the second and third quarters helped them to a 62-45 win.<\/p>\n<p>Neither team scored in the first four minutes of the game.\u00a0 West Central finally broke the scoreless tie and took a 14-5 lead by the end of the quarter.\u00a0 They would outscore the Rangers 14-7 in the second quarter to grow the lead to 28-12.\u00a0 The big blow by West Central came in the third quarter.\u00a0 West Central&#8217;s defense held Hill City to just eight points in the third quarter and grew the lead to 47-20 by the end of the quarter.\u00a0 That advantage was more than enough for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Will Kuhl finished with 27 points, 11 rebounds, and three steals.\u00a0 Luke Knight had 10 points and five rebounds.\u00a0 Connor Mebius added seven points and three rebounds.\u00a0 Kolte Garry had six points and seven rebounds.\u00a0 Carter Gross ended with five points and four rebounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Central Trojan boys hosted the Hill City Rangers on Friday, January 3rd.\u00a0 The Trojans&#8217; hot shooting in the second and third quarters helped them to a 62-45 win. 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