Now that’s what high school basketball is all about! more

When Shamus Budde gathers his North Scott basketball team around the locker room whiteboard this week, there’s only one word he has to script out. more

There’s definitely something to be said for home cooking, and it’s a good thing the Lancers will most likely be in their own kitchen when the postseason rolls around. more

Oh, what a difference a week can make. more

As is usually the case when Class 4A boys' basketball substate fields are announced, North Scott finds itself smack dab in the middle of an interesting foray. more

When you can’t make baskets, it’s tough to win games, and North Scott saw that situation play out in spades last week as the Lancers missed a golden opportunity to inject themselves back into the MAC championship conversation. more

There were two basic problems for the Lancer boys’ basketball team in Friday night’s rematch with the Pleasant Valley Spartans: offense and defense. Add that the Spartans were white-hot shooting when it mattered most, and it added up to a 51-33 defeat for the Lancers, Coach Shamus Budde's most lopsided loss in recent memory. more

Consider it lesson learned for North Scott. more

Shamus Budde was right. After watching his team come out of the holiday break with a convincing 62-46 win over Central DeWitt on Tuesday (Jan. 5), he warned that there will be nights when it will be hard for his team to score. more

The North Scott boys’ basketball team’s decade-long dominance of Davenport Assumption ended Dec. 22 when the Knights, who were picked to win the MAC, pulled away late to notch a 53-44 victory on North Scott’s home court. more

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Yes, North Scott is off to a perfect 4-0 start, but the competition will soon be getting a lot better, and the Lancers are going to need to keep improving. more

If North Scott’s basketball team unexpectedly gets shut down for COVID-19, the Lancers can bask in the glory of what had to be considered a great opening week. more