Norfolk Catholic rallies past North Bend Central, advances to C2 semis

Norfolk Catholic rallies past North Bend Central, advances to C2 semis

March 11, 2026Updated: March 11, 2026
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. — Norfolk Catholic survived a slow start Wednesday morning to advance to the Class C2 semis.

The Knights were shut out 13-0 in the first quarter, but rallied to defeat North Bend Central 48-40.

Gavin Shutt led the Knights with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Norfolk Catholic will face Yutan in the semifinals at the Devaney Center on Friday at 1:30 p.m. CT.

NORFOLK CATHOLIC(23-4) 0 18 23 7 - 48

NORTH BEND CENTRAL (23-6) 13 8 13 6 - 40

SCORING

NORFOLK CATHOLIC

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

REB

A

PF

TO

MIN

0*

TIMMERMAN,N

11

3-5

0-0

5-6

4

1

3

3

29

2*

MARSHALL,C

9

3-8

3-5

0-0

2

0

0

0

32

3*

BURBACH,L

7

3-5

0-0

1-11

12

0

5

5

26

4*

SCHUTT,G

16

6-13

0-2

4-12

11

5

2

4

32

10*

ROTHERHAM,C

1

0-1

0-1

1-2

3

1

0

1

20

1

FEILMEIER,B

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

6

15

KOSCH,B

4

2-3

0-0

0-2

2

0

0

0

12

21

BURBACH,C

0

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

0

1

0

3

TM

TEAM,

0

-

-

-

0

0

2

TOTALS

48

17-36

3-9

11-33

35

7

12

15

NORTH BEND CENTRAL

#

Player

PTS

FG

3FG

FT

REB

A

PF

TO

MIN

12*

CHVATAL,B

7

3-11

0-2

1-2

4

2

4

3

24

14*

STRERUP,D

2

1-6

0-3

0-0

7

2

3

3

18

22*

BAEHR,K

15

4-12

2-9

5-5

6

5

1

5

32

23*

BRABEC,R

8

4-7

0-0

0-0

7

0

5

0

17

55*

HANIS,C

6

2-10

2-9

0-0

2

2

3

3

31

0

KARNATZ,R

0

0-7

0-6

0-0

3

0

2

0

22

2

SCHMIDT,J

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

4

ARMSTRONG,Q

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

5

ARMSTRONG,J

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1

0

1

0

4

10

HILD,A

0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

11

KLUCK,E

2

1-1

0-0

0-0

3

0

1

0

6

24

WISNIESKI,B

0

0-1

0-0

0-0

3

0

3

0

6

TM

TEAM,

0

-

-

-

0

0

0

TOTALS

40

15-55

4-29

6-7

36

11

23

14

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