{"id":31144,"date":"2026-02-20T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=31144"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:19:10","slug":"neoga-edges-tri-county-in-boys-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/31144-neoga-edges-tri-county-in-boys-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Neoga Edges Tri County in Boys Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Neoga defeated Tri County 53-52 Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians claimed a first quarter lead of 14-11 but found themselves trailing at half 23-22 after being outscored 12-8 in the second period. Neoga put together a huge offensive third quarter as they posted 25 points to Tri-County&#8217;s 17 for a 47-40 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. Tri County tallied 12 points in the fourth quarter but Neoga&#8217;s six points was just enough for Andrew Snow&#8217;s team to claim the victory in the non-conference battle.<\/p>\n<p>Neoga&#8217;s Brayden Ray led the Indians with 21 points. Trent Ballinger also reached double figures with 11 points. Kaden Bryant finished with 8, Brayden Sparrow had 6, with 3 points from Grady Haarman, and 2 points each from Malik Coy and Marshall Shuler.<\/p>\n<p>Neoga returns to action tonight in Bethany as they take on Okaw Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neoga defeated Tri County 53-52 Thursday night. 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