Ogallala now 18-0, defeats Broken Bow in High School Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball, plays Holdrege at home on Friday, February 13th, 2026

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By: Evan Troxel

The Ogallala Indians High School Varsity basketball team defeated the Broken Bow Indians 78-35 at the Ogallala Auditorium on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Kyan Tobey scored 12 points for Broken Bow. He made three three-point baskets and three free throws.

Rylan Gilmore scored 25 points for Ogallala. He made seven three-pointers!

That was the second-highest scoring game Rylan Gilmore has had all season long! He has scored 20 or more points in just two Varsity games this season!

To start the game, Sawyer Smith made a two-point basket for Ogallala.

Then, Zach Jackson made a three for Broken Bow.

Tanner DeCastro made a two-pointer for Ogallala.

Then, Kyan Tobey made a three-pointer and Broken Bow led 6-4.

Tanner DeCastro made a two and Rylan Gilmore made a three and Ogallala led 9-6.

Kale Kulhanek then made a two-point basket for Broken Bow because of a goaltending by Ogallala's Rylan Gilmore.

Ogallala led at this point 9-8 with 5:07 to go in the first quarter.

Tanner DeCastro then had a dunk for Ogallala.

Zach Jackson then scored two more for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 11-10.

Sawyer Smith then made a two for Ogallala.

Zach Jackson then made a three for Broken Bow and the score was tied at 13!

Sawyer Smith then made a two for Ogallala before Kyan Tobey made two free throws for Broken Bow.

Sawyer Smith then completed a three-point play by making a two-pointer and then making a free throw immediately afterwards.

Rylan Gilmore then made back-to-back twos for Ogallala and they led 22-15 with 1:37 left to go in the first quarter.

Drew Ellis then made a two for Broken Bow.

Rylan Gilmore then made a three for Ogallala while Sawyer Smith made a two-pointer and Ogallala led after one quarter 27-17.

Edan Cain made a two-pointer for Ogallala.

Then, Rylan Gilmore made back-to-back three-pointers for Ogallala and they led 35-17 with 5:42 to go in the second quarter!

Rhys Gilmore then made a two for Ogallala.

Kyan Tobey then hit a three for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 37-20.

Tanner DeCastro then made back-to-back two-pointers for Ogallala.

Rylan Gilmore then hit another three and Ogallala led 44-20 with three minutes to go in the second quarter.

Edan Cain then hit a three-pointer for Ogallala.

Sawyer Smith then made two free throws while Tanner DeCastro made a two for Ogallala and they led 51-20 with 1:30 to go in the first half!

Kyan Tobey then only made the second of three free throws (by swishing it) and Broken Bow had 21 points at that point.

Sawyer Smith then made a two-pointer for Ogallala.

Kyan Tobey then made a last second "catch and shoot" heave three-pointer on the left side from at about the double "l"'s (in cursive writing) in "Ogallala Auditorium" into the east basket and Broken Bow trailed Ogallala at halftime 53 to 24.

Tobey scored 12 points in the first half for Broken Bow while Zach Jackson scored 8 points.

Rylan Gilmore scored 19 points in the first half for Ogallala while Sawyer Smith scored 15 points, Tanner DeCastro scored 12 points and Edan Cain scored 5 points.

To start the second half, Drew Ellis made a two-pointer for Broken Bow.

Then, Tanner DeCastro and Sawyer Smith each made a two-pointer for Ogallala.

Zach Jackson then made back-to-back free throws for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 57-28.

Rhys Gilmore then made only the first of two free throws and Ogallala led 58-28.

Rylan Gilmore then hit a three for Ogallala while Edan Cain made a two for Ogallala.

Rylan Gilmore then hit another three and Ogallala led 66-28 with 3:18 left in the third quarter.

Sawyer Smith then scored a three for Ogallala. At that point, the 40-point running clock rule was in effect in which the game clock doesn't stop at all (not even for fouls) except for the end of the quarter and for timeouts.

Cash Kleeb then made a three-point basket for Broken Bow.

Edan Cain then made a two for Ogallala while Cash Kleeb made a two for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 71-33 after three quarters.

Rhys Gilmore made only the first of two free throws for Ogallala.

Then, Drew Ellis made a two-pointer for Broken Bow.

Rhys Gilmore made a two-pointer for Ogallala and Edan Cain also made a two and Ogallala led 76-35.

Then, Jacob Fanning made a two-pointer for Ogallala and Ogallala won by a final score of 78-35.

For Broken Bow, Zach Jackson scored ten points. He made two three-pointers and two free throws.

Drew Ellis scored six points.

Cash Kleeb scored five points. He made one three-pointer.

Kale Kulhanek scored two points.

For Ogallala, Sawyer Smith scored 20 points. He made one three-pointer and three free throws.

Smith was also honored before the game as being the the all-time leading scorer in Ogallala High School Boys' basketball history.

Before Saturday's game he scored 1,750 points in his career. So I guess he now he 1,770 points in his career.

Smith has scored 20 or more points in three of his last five games. He has scored 20 or more points in seven of eleven games in the actual year of 2026 so far.

Tanner DeCastro scored 14 points. He made seven two-pointers.

DeCastro has scored double-digit points in every game in the actual year of 2026 so far.

Edan Cain scored 11 points. He made one three-pointer.

Edan has scored double-digit points in four of his last five games.

Rhys Gilmore scored six points. He made two free throws.

This is the most amount of points that Rhys has scored in his last five Varsity games.

Jacob Fanning scored two points.

Broken Bow (7-12) is currently ranked 40th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 39.4211 wild card points.

Broken Bow plays at Ord on Tuesday, February 10th. Then, they host Cozad on Friday, February 13th.

Broken Bow then plays Centura on the road in Cairo, Nebraska, on Tuesday, February 17th, and then they host Amherst on Saturday, February 20th.

Ogallala is now 18-0 on the season and is the top team in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 48.0556 wild card points as of Monday, February 9th, 2026, at 7:23 p.m. Mountain Time.

Ogallala hosts Holdrege for their regular season home finale on Friday, February 13th, which is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time, one hour earlier than normal. Then, Ogallala travels to Grand Island for a game against Ashland-Greenwood on Saturday, February 14th, at 3:50 p.m. Mountain Time.

Ashland-Greenwood (19-0) is currently ranked second in Class C1 with 47.6842 wild card points.

Cozad (20-2) is ranked third in Class C1 with 45.6818 wild card points (with their only losses this season being to Ogallala) and Auburn (18-1) is ranked fourth in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 45.5263 wild card points.

Ogallala will then travel to Gering on Tuesday, February 17th, and they will also travel to Gothenburg on Friday, February 20th, for the final game of the regular season.

The C1-12 Subdistrict Tournament (which Ogallala I believe will be hosting) is on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, February 23rd, 24th and 26th.

The District Final is on Saturday, February 28th.

The Boys' High School State Basketball Tournament will be March 11th through March 14th, 2026.

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The Ogallala Indians High School Junior Varsity basketball team defeated the Broken Bow Indians 65-46 at the Ogallala High School Gymnasium on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Adrian Gibbons scored 18 points for Broken Bow. He made four three-pointers!

Anthony Perrin scored 20 points for Ogallala. He made two three-pointers and two free throws.

Perrin doubled his top scoring total in a single Junior Varsity home game. His previous high was nine points against Minden on Saturday, December 6th, 2025.

To start the game, Adrian Gibbons scored a two-pointer and a three-pointer for Broken Bow and they led 5-0.

Anthony Perrin made a two-pointer for Ogallala while Zach Musgrove hit a three and Ogallala tied it up at five!

Jack White then made a two and Broken Bow led 7-5.

Anthony Perrin made a two-pointer for Ogallala. Then, Rhys Gilmore made two free throws and Ogallala led 9-7 with 4:17 left in the first quarter.

Cooper White then made a two for Broken Bow.

Zach Musgrove then hit another three and Ogallala led 12-9.

Rhys Gilmore then made a two-pointer and immediately afterward made a free throw to complete a three-point play and Ogallala led Broken Bow 15-9 with 2:22 left in the first quarter.

Kale Kulhanek then made a three for Broken Bow.

Anthony Perrin and Rhys Gilmore each hit a three for Ogallala and they led after one period 21-12.

Perrin then made a two for Ogallala and Beckan Cain hit a three-pointer and Ogallala led by 14, 26-12.

Kale Kulhanek then hit two more threes for Broken Bow and they trailed just by eight.

Jacoby Bauer then made a three for Ogallala and they led 29-18.

Adrian Gibbons then scored a two for Broken Bow.

Jacoby Bauer and Beckan Cain then each scored two-point buckets and Ogallala led 33-20 with 4:19 left in the second quarter.

Rhys Gilmore made a two-pointer for Ogallala.

A free throw make from Broken Bow's Cash Kleeb gave Ogallala a 35-21 lead.

Anthony Perrin and Rhys Gilmore each scored two-pointers for Ogallala and they led at halftime 39-21.

Kale Kulhanek scored nine points while Adrian Gibbons scored seven points in the first half for Broken Bow.

Rhys Gilmore scored 12 points for Ogallala in the first half and Anthony Perrin scored 11.

To start the second half, Rhys Gilmore made back-to-back two-pointers for Ogallala.

Adrian Gibbons hit a three for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 43-24.

Anthony Perrin hit a three, Rhys Gilmore made a two and Anthony Perrin scored back-to-back two-pointers and Ogallala led 52-24 with 4:11 to go in the third quarter.

Adrian Gibbons then hit another three for Broken Bow.

Anthony Perrin then made two free throws for Ogallala and they led 54-27.

Zach Musgrove then made a two-pointer for Ogallala while Ayden Clark made a two for Broken Bow.

Cooper Whit then hit a three for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 56-32.

Zach Musgrove then hit a three for Ogallala, while Jacoby Bauer scored a two and he also made two free throws for Ogallala.

Adrian Gibbons made a two for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 63-34 after three quarters.

Broken Bow then scored the first ten points of the fourth quarter.

Adrian Gibbons and Cash Kleeb each hit three-pointers for Broken Bow.

Kleeb and Braydon Cunningham each made a two-point basket for Broken Bow and Ogallala led 63-44 with 2:56 left in the fourth quarter.

Tate Kirchner then scored for Ogallala, a two-pointer.

Braydon Cunningham scored a two again for Broken Bow and Ogallala won by a final score of 65-46.

Broken Bow fell to 12-3 on the season while Ogallala improved to 9-3 in High School Boys' Junior Varsity basketball.

For Broken Bow, Kale Kulhanek scored nine points. He made three three-pointers.

Cash Kleeb scored six points. He made one three and one free throw.

Cooper White scored five points. He made one three-pointer.

Braydon Cunningham scored four points. He made two two-point baskets.

Ayden Clark and Jack White each scored two points.

For Ogallala, Rhys Gilmore scored 18 points. He made one three-pointer and three free throws.

That is the tied for the second-most points he has scored in a Junior Varsity home game so far this season. He has scored double-digit points in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.

Zach Musgrove scored 11 points. He made three three-point baskets!

Musgrove has scored double-digit points in three of five home Junior Varsity games so far this season.

Jacoby Bauer scored nine points. He made one three-pointer and two free throws.

Bauer has scored at least eight points in every single Junior Varsity home game so far this season.

Beckan Cain scored five points. He made one three-pointer.

Beckan has scored at least four points in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.

Tate Kirchner scored two points.

Broken Bow after this game was 12-3 in the Junior Varsity season. Ogallala after this game was 9-3 in the Junior Varsity season.

Again, Ogallala will be hosting Holdrege for the final Junior Varsity home game of the season on Friday, February 13th, 2026, at the Ogallala Auditorium. The game is scheduled to be played at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time, one hour earlier than normal.