The Giltner/Harvard boys basketball team closed out the 2025-26 season with an 8-16 record, with six of their eight wins coming before the end of the first week of January.
Prior to the Wilcox-Hildreth holiday tournament, the G/H boys won three of six games, defeating Palmer, Axtell, and Dorchester, while in tournament action in Wilcox, G/H split games with the host team, before claiming third place with a 43-36 win over Wauneta-Palisade.
The month of January gained them their other four wins, defeating Gibbon, College View Academy, Elba, and Franklin.
The post-season ended with a 64-36 loss to Wood River in the C2-8 sub-district tournament to close out the season.
SEASON LEADERS Braxton Cady led the team in scoring, averaging 14.5 points per game with his total of 348 points.
Brody Rudy tossed in 184 points to average 7.7 points per game to follow Cady’s leading efforts.
Ben Gordon hit for 124 points, while Owen Nuss scored 120, and Fallon Hunnicutt, 103.
Scoring:......................Gms 2pt FG 3pt FG FT Pts Pt. Avg Reb Asst Stl Braxton Cady......................24 139-294 4-28 58-96 348 14.5 195 46 100 Brody Rudy.........................24 42-119 27-116 19-35 184 7.7 37 74 33 Ben Gordon........................24 20-88 24-114 12-26 124 5.2 71 31 25 Owen Nuss.........................23 52-123 0-1 16-30 120 5.2 114 13 42 Fallon Hunnicutt.................24 4-20 30-109 5-6 103 4.3 49 25 30 Kristian Kiva.......................22 16-59 1-3 17-47 52 2.4 75 13 19 Cohen Reutzel....................24 12-54 1-10 6-26 33 1.4 39 13 15 Tanner Schelkopf................23 6-13 1-8 3-4 18 -- 24 11 9 Ashton Ward....................... 11 1-3 1-3 0-0 5 -- 2 1 0 Jaxyn Eastman...................12 0-1 1-6 0-0 3 -- 3 1 1 Jorden Simms-Tuxhorn.......14 0-4 0-5 2-3 2 -- 4 3 2 Mason Lesonik....................7 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 -- 1 0 1 Jack Nuss............................. 4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 -- 1 0 0 Fernando Gabriel.................7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 -- 0 0 0 G/H Totals:................... 24 292-781 90-404 137-271 991 41.3 593 225 263 G/H Avg or %/Gm...........-- 37.4% 22.3% 50.6% 41.3 -- 24.7 9.4 11.0
Cady also led the team in rebounds with 195, and in steals with 100.
Rudy dished out a teamhigh 74 assists, with Cady Nuss ended the year with 42 steals, while Rudy finished the year with 33 steals.
2025-2026 SCHEDULE Franklin................................................ L 38-37 Palmer.................................................W 49-45 Axtell...................................................W 51-28 Dorchester...........................................W 56-22 High Plains Community......................... L 49-28 Grand Island Lutheran........................... L 52-22 Wilcox-Hildreth Holiday Tournament Wilcox-Hildreth............................... L 54-41 Wauneta-Palisade..........................W 43-36 H&H...................................................... L 62-29 Gibbon.................................................W 74-54 College View Academy..........................W 58-44 Red Cloud............................................. L 66-37 Kenesaw............................................... L 56-34 Osceola................................................. L 67-17 Silver Lake............................................ L 46-42 Blue Hill................................................ L 59-35 Deshler................................................. L 64-27 Elba.....................................................W 63-21 Twin Valley Conference Tournament Franklin.........................................W 57-32 Lawrence-Nelson............................ L 62-30 Blue Hill.......................................... L 48-45 Lawrence-Nelson.................................. L 58-27 Shelton................................................. L 66-34 Wilcox-Hildreth..................................... L 54-42
