HHS girls top Lynx, boys fall at buzzer

Humboldt's girls used a big second half effort to rip Webster City, 62-38 Tuesday night in a North Central Conference basketball game in the Humboldt gym. Kessa Kuype scored 19 points to power the Wildcats, 10-7 overall, 8-4 in the NCC.Humboldt's boys, meanwhile, suffered a 66-64 loss to the Lynx. Seth Crouthemel's tip-in just before the buzzer lifted the Lynx. Referees put eight tenths of a second back on the clock but a 30-foot shot by Jaxon Heinz of Humboldt bounced off the front of the rim as the game ended. The Wildcats are 11-5 overall, 8-3 in the NCC.Humboldt will travel to Clear Lake on Friday, Feb. 6, for another NCC night of four games involving JV and varsity girls and boys.Click the link above to subscribe today to the Humboldt Independent Newspaper for full digital and print access to the Independent.