Feb. 5, 2007 Kimball 58 – Royalton 45 The Kimball Cubs boys’ basketball team hosted Royalton on Monday Feb. 5. Kimball jumped out to an early lead behind the three-point shooting of Jeff Hunt and Logan Looman. The Cubs led at halftime 35-20. The outside shooting of the first half opened up the inside in the second as Adam Magnuson had 10 points and the Cubs closed out a 58-45 win. Adam Magnuson and Jeff Hunt led the team in scoring with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Karl Hunt contributed six assists and seven steals. Adam Magnuson led the rebounding effort with 13. Feb. 8, 2007 Kimball 57 – Rockford 60 (ot) On Thursday, Feb. 8, the Cubs traveled to Rockford to take on the only undefeated team in the conference. Once again, Kimball started out well, leading by a score of 26-25 at the half. The second half went back and forth with both teams leading by as many as six points. With two minutes remaining, Jeff Hunt hit a three to put the Cubs up by six. Rockford, however, would not quit and tied the game at 52-52 with under 25 seconds remaining. The Cubs had a shot at the buzzer, but it came up short.
