SENECA - Apparently, the stars were aligned for the Seneca boys basketball team last week. When it was over, the team had three more victories.

The wins improved Seneca’s overall record to 8-4 and their record in the Ridge and Valley Conference to 6-3. Yessir, that’s more like it.

The toughest victory of the week was the first one. Seneca went on the road and bumped off Platteville 49-47. Ouch!

Seneca’s leading scorer Ashton Swanson had a game-high 25 points.

Shawn Kirchhoff scored 10 points and Brennan Wallin scored seven. Brennan also led the team in rebounding with eight and steals with four. 

Rounding out the scoring for Seneca were Brock Wall with three points; and Nick Kirchhoff and Tyson Sparks with two points each. Sparks led the team in assists with six.

“We played well last week,” Seneca coach Dave Boland said. “We were shorthanded in the Platteville game. It was a nice win against a bigger school and a pretty good team.”

Things got a lot easier in the other two games Seneca played last week. The team, playing at home on Thursday, Jan. 21, routed a short-handed Weston team 64-15. Boland acknowledged the Silver Eagles effort–they were forced to play with just five players.

“They had some challenges, but they worked hard and did what they could,” Boland said of the Weston team.

For the game, Swanson led all scorers with 17 points. He also had eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals.

Sophomores Brennan Wallin and Evan Payne scored 12 and 11 points respectively. Wallin had five rebounds and Payne had four steals.

Kadin Wallin scored eight points and Brock Wall had nine points.

Rounding out the scoring for Seneca were Joey Oppriecht with three points and Shawn Kirchhoff and Nick Kirchhoff with two points each. Shawn also had six rebounds and five assists.

The Cassville Comets had some trouble in Seneca on Saturday, Jan. 23 losing to the home team 80-37.

“That game kind of surprised me,”  coach Boland said later. “They had a .500 record earlier in the season. We really played well.”

Ashton Swanson led all scorers with 20 points. He also had seven rebounds and five assists.

Evan Payne scored 14 points and had five assists.

Kadin Wallin scored 12 points and led the team in rebounds with eight, while Brennan Wallin scored 10 points. Brock Wall scored eight points.