Ogallala cruises to C1 semis with victory over Syracuse

Ogallala cruises to C1 semis with victory over Syracuse

Updated: March 12, 2026
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ogallala has advanced to the Class C1 semis thanks to a balanced scoring effort.

All five Indians started scored in double digits Thursday morning as Ogallala defeated Syracuse 77-43.

Sawyer Smith led the way with a triple-double that included 23 points, 12 rebounds, 10 steals. He was one assist shy of a quadruple-double with 9 assists.

Will Janssen led Syracuse with 12 points in the defeat.

Ogallala will play in the C1 semifinal on Friday at 9 a.m. CT.

SYRACUSE (18-9) 10 5 15 13 - 43

OGALLALA (26-0) 23 16 18 20 - 77

OGALLALA STATS

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

OR

DR

REB

A

PF

TO

BL

ST

MIN

+/-

0*

GILLEN, LINCOLN

11

4-11

2-7

1-1

1

0

1

0

2

1

0

1

24

23

5*

GILMORE, RYLAN

15

6-11

3-5

0-0

1

3

4

1

4

1

0

4

25

35

11*

CAIN, EDAN

11

5-8

1-2

0-0

2

4

6

2

2

1

0

2

26

22

32*

DECASTRO, TANNE

14

6-13

1-4

1-2

2

4

6

1

3

3

2

1

26

33

33*

SMITH, SAWYER

23

9-17

0-5

5-6

5

7

12

9

4

4

0

10

30

35

2

GILMORE, RHYS

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

13

10

3

LOWERY, CY

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

11

13

22

MUSGROVE, ZACH

0

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

-1

23

FANNING, JACOB

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

24

ROBB, BLAKE

3

1-1

1-1

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

-1

TM

TEAM

0

-

-

-

2

0

2

0

0

TOTALS

77

31-62

8-25

7-9

13

20

33

14

17

11

2

18


SYRACUSE STATS

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

OR

DR

REB

A

PF

TO

BL

ST

MIN

+/-

1*

JANSSEN, WILL

12

3-8

2-6

4-5

1

3

4

0

0

3

0

1

28

-40

2*

LINTZ, MASON

9

3-9

1-3

2-2

0

6

6

0

1

3

0

0

28

-34

12*

SCHROEDER, BREN

8

2-8

1-5

3-5

3

3

6

0

2

4

0

1

27

-30

30*

GARTNER, NOLAN

3

1-3

0-1

1-2

2

3

5

1

2

7

0

3

20

-18

34*

PARDE, MAXWELL

7

2-7

0-2

3-4

0

3

3

1

2

4

2

0

28

-35

3

HESTERMANN, TRI

0

0-1

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

-1

10

CAVANAUGH, KYLE

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

14

JAZBEC, LOGAN

0

0-2

0-1

0-0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22

JANSSEN, JAKE

4

2-2

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

13

-10

24

WEMHOFF, NATE

0

0-3

0-3

0-0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

5

-6

31

LIESEMEYER, AVE

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

1

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

0

32

STARK, GIDEON

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

40

STARK, LAWSON

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

50

ROYAL, LUKE

0

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

-1

TM

TEAM

0

-

-

-

1

0

1

0

0

TOTALS

43

13-44

4-21

13-18

12

20

32

2

8

24

2

5

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