Heintz’s Bucket Lifts Necedah Boys Over Wolves
The game was even out of the gate, but Wonewoc pulled ahead by 13 at the half as Necedah
got into foul trouble. The second half saw the Cardinals come storming back to make it a
game. The back-and-forth game saw lead changes regularly happening the last 6 minutes of
the game. Necedah was down 4 with just 90 seconds left in the game. Senior forward Philip
Heintz scored the go ahead bucket for Necedah with just 13 seconds left on the clock and
Necedah came up with a stop off a shot that came nowhere close to going in. Junior forward
Cam Thellefsen scored a game high 25 for the Wolves. Necedah’s balanced attack was led by
Heintz’s 13 and junior guard Elijah Peak’s 13. Both players scored 11 of their points in the
second half. Luke Murphy added 11 for the Cardinals who outscored the Wolves 38-24 in the
second half on the way to their first conference win of the season

