North Fayette Valley junior guard Ben Martin goes up for the contested layup in recent action. (Jerry Wadian photo)

By Jerry Wadian
Sports Editor
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

Saturday’s home game was a tale of two halves, and the TigerHawk boys came out on the short end in the vital second half to fall to Decorah, 48-43, on Jan. 11, in West Union.

NFV played extremely well in the first half against the Vikings, taking a 26-13 lead into the locker room.

However, the visitors lit it up over the final 16 minutes, including holding the TigerHawks to a 20-9 score in the final quarter.

Austin Callahan led the TH scoring with 13 points; he also led the rebounding effort with eight.

Lincoln Johansen added eight points and five boards, while Tristan Riley and Alex Callahan chipped in with seven points; Alex also ripped down seven rebounds.

NFV is now 4-4 on the season and 4-1 in the UIC, while Decorah moved to 4-4 with all of the wins coming against UIC opponents.

Dec. 7     6 15   20 48

NFV 9 17 8 9 43

NFV (43)- Au. Callahan, 13; Johansen, 7; Riley, 7; Al. Callahan, 7; Hanson, 5; Kleve, 3; 3-pointers- Kleve, Riley. Rebounds- Au. Callahan, 8; Al. Callahan, 7; Hoopes, 5; Johansen, 5; Hanson, 2; Kleve, Riley, Fenneman. Assists- Riley, Hanson, Fenneman, Al. Callahan, Hoopes, Johansen. Steals- Riley, 2; Au. Callahan. Blocks-  Fenneman, 3; Moore, Hoopes, Al. Callahan.

Friday’s game at Elkader was postponed due to the fog and ice; no makeup date had been set by press time.

Also, the game against South Winn that had been postponed earlier in the season has been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18, in Calmar.