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Blue Streak senior Cade Brenner, playing in the final home game of his high school basketball career, scorched the nets and the Knights of Otsego for 36 points to lead Archbold to a 68-47 win, capturing the DIII Sectional Championship Friday evening in the Thunderdome.  The 2024 NWOAL Basketball Player of the Year wasted no time in showing the crowd and the opponent what they were in for as he scored 11 points in the first quarter and 19 for the half with five baskets coming from beyond the arc.

To their credit, the visiting Knights played well and remained relatively close, trailing 51-40 entering the final quarter, but ran out of gas towards the end as both teams emptied their bench in the final minutes.  In addition to Brenner’s 36 points, Micah Nofziger scored 13 for the Streaks.  Jack Simpson led Otsego with 14 points and Devin Silva added 10.

Archbold (21-2) moves on to play in the District Semi-Finals on Wednesday, March 6^th, at Napoleon High School where they will play the Paulding Panthers, a 56-36 winner over the Evergreen Vikings in another Sectional battle.  The game is scheduled for approximately 7:30 PM with the start time contingent on the ending of the first game of the night, Liberty Center versus Emmanuel Christian.

Otsego Knights:  11-12-17-7 = 47     Jack Simpson (14), Devin Silva (10), Kaidyn Hutton (7), Drew Gase (9), Carter Lampe (5), Owen Atkinson (2)

Archbold Blue Streaks:  16-18-17-19 = 68    Cade Brenner (36), Micah Nofziger (13), Sonny Phillips (7), Jayden Zeiler (5), Broden Piercefield (4), Evan Wendt (3)

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Photo: Cade Brenner drives in for two of his game-high 36 points.