(Guthrie Center, IA) — AC/GC will look to stop Ben Ramsey and IKM Manning tonight in a Class 1A District final, coverage on KS 95.7 FM.
The Chargers come in at 21-2 and are the #1 seed in District 15 and have a balanced scoring attack. Four players average in double figures for Head Coach Lance Kading’s club led by Senior Jathan South at 19.1 ppg. Senior Payton Policky averages a double double — 13.9 points and 13.7 rebounds a game. Junior Joe Crawford is the three point shooter with 53 threes and 11.9 points a game. And then there is Senior Noah Kading who averages 14 points a ball game and leads the team in assists with 5.7 a game. His Dad and Head Coach Lance says that Noah is a team player
The Wolves are 12-11 and their offense is centered around 6 foot Junior Ben Ramsey who is averaging 22 points a game, shooting 35 percent on his threes with 85 total made — he also averages 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. Kading says you can’t fully stop him, you can only hope to try and distract him
AC/GC has never been to the state tournament in this united format — Adair Casey made it 4 times the last being 2009, Guthrie Center made it 4 times the last in 2011. Kading says let’s not get ahead of ourselves
AC/GC battles IKM Manning — the game will be played at Audubon High School, 7 pm tip off, coverage on KS 95 with Iowa St. basketball on KSOM
Complete Interview with Head Coach Lance Kading
