Scoring:....................... Gms 2pt FG 3pt FG FT Pts Pt. Avg Reb Asst Stl Myles Smith......................... 26 18-37 73-232 39-51 294 11.3 92 45 39 Payton Reed......................... 20 71-113 18-74 59-93 255 12.8 157 29 18 Max Huxoll........................... 26 97-155 3-15 25-67 228 8.8 98 45 37 Jacob Huxoll......................... 17 61-115 0-0 30-67 152 8.9 130 18 23 Mason Ehly........................... 26 40-66 18-74 17-34 151 5.8 107 33 20 Keith Kliewer........................ 26 25-66 27-112 18-36 149 5.7 42 68 14 Juan Reyes........................... 24 6-24 5-39 9-14 36 1.5 26 14 7 Harrison Schurman.............. 16 1-10 2-10 6-9 14 0.9 19 8 2 Cash Parrish......................... 22 2-9 0-0 0-6 4 -- 20 10 6 Rylan Reutzel........................ 9 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 -- 3 1 0 Chase Clark............................ 7 2-3 0-1 0-0 4 -- 1 0 1 Eli Ladehoff........................... 9 1-3 0-6 0-0 2 -- 6 4 0 Tristan Griess......................... 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 -- 3 0 0 Everett Yost........................... 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 -- 2 1 0 Kellen Ebert.......................... 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 -- 0 0 1 Sutton Totals:................ 26 327-609 146-564 203-377 1,295 49.8 706 276 168 Sutton Avg or %/Gm........ -- 53.7% 25.9% 53.8% 49.8 -- 27.2 10.6 6.5
BY TORY DUNCAN
The Sutton Mustangs wrapped up the 2025-26 basketball Sutton then closed out the regular season with a tough loss to Wilber-Clatonia, before downing Fillmore Central and Superior.
Once in the post-season, Sutton began the C2-7 sub-district tournament with a 58-51 win over Twin River of Genoa, before the host Alma Cardinals ended the Mustangs season with a 52-28 loss.
season with 15 wins in 26 total games, with Sutton averaging just under 50 points per game, collecting nearly 30 rebounds per game, while making nearly 11 assists, and making 6.5 steals per game.
December opened the year, winners of five of eight games, downing H&H, BDS, Hastings St. Cecilia, and Nebraska Christian, before taking down Mead 44-41 in the opening round of the Mead Holiday tournament.
As the season moved into the month of January, Sutton picked up five more wins against five losses, defeating Centura, Centennial, Wood River, Thayer Central, and Sandy Creek along the way.
Once the Southern Nebraska Conference tournament got underway, the Mustangs opened with wins over Thayer Central and Fairbury, but closed out the tournament with losses to Sandy Creek and Milford to finish fourth overall.
Kliewer had a team-high 68 assists, with Max Huxoll and Smith both gaining 45.
Smith picked up a team-high 39 steals, with Max Huxoll gaining 37, Jacobo Huxoll 23, and Ehly 20.
2025-26 SCHEDULE
Freeman..........................................................L 57-28 H&H.............................................................. W 80-44 McCool Junction..............................................L 55-45 BDS............................................................... W 56-33 Hastings St. Cecilia........................................ W 53-41 Nebraska Christian........................................ W 55-37 Mead Holiday Tournament Mead...................................................... W 44-41 Archbishop Bergen (Fremont)...................L 64-49 Centura......................................................... W 47-25 Cross County....................................................L 61-48 Centennial..................................................... W 59-41 Wood River.................................................... W 50-45 Thayer Central............................................... W 49-35 EMF.................................................................L 74-59 Fairbury...........................................................L 48-42 Milford............................................................L 63-53 Sandy Creek.................................................. W 59-52 SNC Tournament Thayer Central......................................... W 45-31 Fairbury................................................... W 63-50 Sandy Creek...............................................L 53-45 Milford......................................................L 51-31 Wilber-Clatonia...............................................L 52-48 Fillmore Central............................................. W 52-48 Superior........................................................ W 57-38 C2-7 Sub-District Tournament Twin River............................................... W 58-51 Alma.........................................................L 52-28
SEASON LEADERS
Freshman Myles Smith proved to be the scoring leader, averaging 11.3 points per game in 26 games, finishing the year with a team high 294 points.
Senior Payton Reed dropped in 255 points in 20 games played to average a team-high 12.8 points per game.
Sophomore Max Huxoll tossed in 228 points in 26 games to average 8.8 points per game, with senior Jacob Huxoll adding 152 points, freshman Mason Ehly, 151 points, and senior Keith Kliewer, 149 points.
Rebounding leaders proved to be Reed with 157, Jacob Huxoll 130, and Ehly with 107.
