During warmups before Thursday’s Upstate Eight Valley game at South Elgin, the net on Neuqua Valley’s hoop broke and needed to be replaced.
Joe Sieger and the Wildcats needed the final five minutes of warmups and 2:30 of the first quarter before properly breaking it with a shooting barrage that built a 16-point lead during the second quarter en route to a 78-54 victory over the Storm.