Wood River Ends Cougars Season With 67-62 OT Loss

  • In his final high school basketball game, Cougar senior Sawyer Anderson poured in 27 points, but the No. 1 seed CC boys came up short losing to Wood River 67-62 in over time. PCN photo by Travis Lane.
    In his final high school basketball game, Cougar senior Sawyer Anderson poured in 27 points, but the No. 1 seed CC boys came up short losing to Wood River 67-62 in over time. PCN photo by Travis Lane.
  • Cross County’s Gabe Nuttelman gets a good look at the basket over the top of the Wood River defense. PCN photo by Travis Lane.
    Cross County’s Gabe Nuttelman gets a good look at the basket over the top of the Wood River defense. PCN photo by Travis Lane.

    STROMSBURG – After struggling to overcome a nine-point deficit in the second half, Cross County’s boys basketball team managed to force overtime, with a missed lay-up by visiting Wood River in the final seconds seemingly giving the Cougars new life.

    It turned out that the visiting Eagles regrouped well, scoring 10 straight points in the opening two and a half minutes of the extra session and eventu…