Breckenridge at Fulton – – Boys Basketball – – The Bleacher Denizen – – December 4, 2025 – – by Chuck Krafft

Tonight, the BleacherDenizenMobile is making it back up north – – over the river and through the woods – – to Fulton High, where the Fulton Pirates will be hosting the Breckenridge Huskies in a boys basketball game. Fulton has already played two games this season and has a 1-1 record. Breckenridge is playing their first game of the season.

I saw Fulton play Fowler Monday and Fulton Coach Tyler Walden gave me this background information about his Pirate players.

Bryson Sattler is an experienced senior guard who handles the ball well and is a big threat when he slashes to the basket. He is a tough perimeter defender as well. Parker Billings is a big guy who defends the post well, is a good rebounder and can score in the post. Connor Cunningham is a diligent perimeter defender. Carter Brown can slash to the basket and is a good rebounder.

Cameron Diana is a persistent and quick perimeter defender. Levi Palacios defends the perimeter well and can hit shots from the three point line. Zach Litwiller, an excellent athlete who starred for the Pirate JV team last year and was a fine quarterback for this year’s football team is unfortunately injured and not able to play tonight.

Breckenridge Coach Gavin Ostrander gave me this information about his Husky players. Noah Barr is a fine all-around guard who plays tough perimeter defense, can hit the three point shot and slashes to the basket well. Gavin Corbat is an excellent athlete (He is the Huskies’ football quarterback.) who is a great rebounder and runs the fast break well. Carter Suhr runs the point for the Huskies. He is a fine ball handler who defends well and is a threat to score on slashes to the basket or from the three point line.

Blaze Snyder brings and excellent basketball IQ as well as superior off-ball movement to the Huskies. Isaac Bush defends well in the post and is a threat from the three point line. Keegan Suhr plays solid perimeter defense.

I got to the gym in time to see that last part of the second quarter of the JV game. With a bit of help from the scorekeeper, I learned that Breckenridge got out to an 8-5 lead after the first quarter. Fulton’s JVs shut out Breckenridge while scoring nine points themselves to take a 14-8 halftime lead. Breckenridge outscored Fulton 7-6 in the third quarter to trim Fulton’s lead to 20-15.

The teams each scored one basket in the first couple minutes of the fourth quarter and then Breckenridge started to whittle down the Fulton lead. The Huskies got to within one point at 27-26 when Kolton Breece passed to Ely Chapin, who drilled a three point shot from the corner with about three minutes left in the game.

After a couple fruitless possessions by each team, Jacob Alexander passed to Lucas Podolak, who hit a layup to give Fulton a 29-26 lead with about 2:00 to play. When Emmet Coyle passed to Kolton Breece, who was fouled on the play, Breckenridge cut the Fulton lead to 29-28 with 1:42 left in the game.

That was the final score for Breckenridge. Fulton got two free throws from Tyler McDonald with 11.1 seconds left for the final points of the game. Fulton won the JV game 31-28.

Kolton Breece led the Breckenridge JVs with 16 points. Ely Chapin supported his teammate with 7 points. Gus Barr added 4 points and Truman Smith had 1 point.

Tyler McDonald led the victorious Fulton JVs with 11 points. Blake Overholt put in 9 points. Lucas Podolak scored 5 points. Cole McCormick, Eli Coblentz and Eli Whitford each added 2 points.

It is now time to review the results of this game through the eyes of an aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to escape church league when he attempted to play basketball in the ancient times. He didn’t understand why his coach frowned on him munching popcorn while he was supposed to be playing defense until it was too late. Alas, your Bleacher Denizen spent a lot of time watching others play. (But he did get to eat his popcorn before it got cold – – – )

Breckenridge briefly won the opening tap, but the player who fielded the tap nearly fell out of bounds; when he tried to throw the ball to a teammate to preserve the possession, there was an over and back violation and Fulton got the ball. The Pirates misfire on a threeball from the corner. Carter Brown grabs the offensive rebound for Fulton. Carter Suhr gets his hand on the ball, but Fulton recovers. Gavin Corbat steals the ball and passes to Noah Barr, who hits a layup to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead.

Connor Cunningham passes to Parker Billings, who hits a layup for Fulton to tie the game. Breckenridge misfires on a threeball from the side. Fulton misses a threeball from the corner. Breckenridge misses a fast break layup. The rebound is tied up. The Possession Arrow looks up from its kitten video and quickly awards the ball to Breckenridge so it can get back to the video. Blaze Snyder passes to Gavin Corbat, who hits an eight foot shot from the baseline to give Breckenridge a 4-2 lead.

Connor Cunningham throws in a threeball from the side to give Fulton the lead. Noah Barr responds by sinking a threeball from the top of the key for Breckenridge to retake the lead. Fulton is whistled for a traveling violation. Parker Billings steals a Huskie pass. Noah Barr knocks the ball away from Fulton and Blaze Snyder picks it up for Breckenridge.

Breckenridge misses a three pointer from the corner. Trey Most blocks a Fulton layup; the loose ball goes out of bounds and Breckenridge takes possession. Luke Snyder is fouled on a shot and hits one of his two free throws. With 3:12 remaining in the opening quarter, Breckenridge has an 8-5 lead.

Connor Cunningham hits a three point shot from the corner for Fulton to tie the game. Breckenridge misses a ten foot shot in the lane. Isaac Bush gets the offensive rebound for the Huskies. Breckenridge misfires on a triple try from the wing. Fulton misses a layup. Carter Suhr drives and hits a layup to give his Huskies a 10-8 lead.

Fulton loses the ball out of bounds. Breckenridge misses a three pointer from the side. Levi Palacios passes to Connor Cunningham, who hits a layup for the Pirates to tie the game. Connor Cunningham knocks the ball away from Breckenridge. Parker Billings barely manages to keep the ball in bounds, but gets it back to Connor Cunningham to secure the Pirate possession.

Noah Barr steals the ball for Breckenridge. The Huskies miss a layup, but Isaac Bush hustles to hit a fast break putback to put the Huskies back in the lead. Fulton misses a thirty-five foot attempt as the buzzer blares.

After one quarter, Breckenridge holds a 12-10 lead.

Fulton inbounds the ball to open the second quarter. Bryson Sattler drives the baseline and hits a layup for Fulton to tie the game. Parker Billings blocks a Huskie layup; the loose ball goes out of bounds and Fulton takes possession. Fulton is called for a traveling violation. Breckenridge misses a layup; the rebound goes out of bounds and Fulton gets the ball. Fulton misses a layup. Carter Brown hits a putback to give Fulton a 14-12 lead.

Bryson Sattler knocks a Huskie out of bounds; Breckenridge retains possession. Parker Billings knocks the ball away from Breckenridge and Connor Cunningham picks it up for Fulton. Fulton is whistled for a traveling violation. Breckenridge misses a jump shot from the side. Gavin Corbat grabs the offensive rebound for the Huskies. Parker Billings blocks a Breckenridge layup. Breckenridge recovers the ball and Blaze Snyder hits a twelve foot shot in the lane to tie the game at 14-14.

Fulton misses a three point shot from the side. Bryson Sattler knocks the ball away from the Huckies and Carter Brown picks it up for the Pirates. Carter Suhr gets his hand on a pass, but Fulton recovers. Parker Billings makes a great post move and hits a reverse layup to give Fulton a 16-14 lead.

Breckenridge misses a ten foot shot off the dribble from the side of the lane. Bryson Sattler passes to Connor Cunningham, who is fouled as he releases a three pointer from the corner and hits two free throws to push Fulton to an 18-14 lead with 2:27 remaining in the quarter.

Breckenridge watches a triple try from the side go in and out of the basket. Carter Brown saves a bad Fulton pass to prevent a turnover. Fulton misses a three pointer from the side. Breckenridge misses a driving layup. Fulton misses a three point shot from the side. Breckenridge throws a pass out of bounds. Fulton commits an over and back violation. Breckenridge misses a three point shot from the side as the halftime buzzer makes its presence known.

Fulton has an 18-14 lead at halftime.

Noah Barr has 5 points and Blaze Snyder has 3 points to lead the Breckenridge scoring.

Connor Cunningham has 10 points for Fulton and Parker Billings has 4 points.

Breckenridge inbounds the ball to get quarter number three underway. Noah Barr passes to Blaze Snyder, who hits a twelve foot shot from the baseline for Breckenridge. Blaze Snyder steals the ball and hits a layup for the Huskies to tie the game at 18-18.

Connor Cunningham passes to Parker Billings, who hits a layup to retake the lead for Fulton. Breckenridge misses a jump shot; Blaze Snyder grabs the offensive rebound for the Huskies. Breckenridge misses a twelve foot shot from the baseline. Fulton misses a three point shot from the side. Breckenridge misses a three point attempt from the wing. Carter Suhr gets the offensive rebound for the Huskies. Carter Suhr passes to a teammate who is fouled on a layup, but misses both his free throws. With 6:05 to play in quarter number three, Fulton holds a 20-18 lead.

Keegan Suhr pulls down the offensive rebound for Breckenridge. The Huskies miss a twelve footer from the side of the lane. Fulton is fouled on a fast break shot, but misses two free throws. Carter Brown knocks a Huskie pass out of bounds; Breckenridge retains possession. The Huskies miss a threeball from the baseline. Trey Most knocks a Fulton pass into the lane out of bounds; the Pirates retain possession. Bryson Sattler drives and hits an acrobatic almost underhand hook shot to give Fulton a 22-18 lead.

Noah Barr hits a fifteen foot shot from the side for Breckenridge. Fulton misses a three pointer from the side. Breckenridge fouls on the rebound. Fulton misses a layup. Carter Brown gets the offensive rebound for the Pirates. Bryson Sattler drives the lane and hits a layup to boost the Fulton lead to 24-20.

Breckenridge misses a three pointer from the side. Gavin Corbat gets the offensive rebound for the Huskies. Blaze Snyder is foul on a driving eight foot shot and hits one of hits two free throws for Breckenridge. Fulton rebounds the ball, but there is a scuffle. Breckenridge is whistled for a foul and Fulton is assessed an intentional foul. Parker Billings hits one of two free throws for Fulton. Gavin Corbat hits two free throws for Breckenridge to cut the Fulton lead to 25-23 with 3:26 remaining in the period.

Because of the intentional foul, Breckenridge inbounds the ball. Carter Suhr passes to Isaac Bush, who throws in a threeball from the side to give Breckenridge the lead. Fulton is assessed a three second violation. Gavin Corbat passes to Blaze Snyder, who hits a fifteen foot shot from the side to push the Huskie lead to 28-25.

Bryson Sattler drives and hits a layup for Fulton. Noah Barr inbounds the ball to Isaac Bush, who hits a layup for Breckenridge. Blaze Snyder blocks a Pirate layup. The ball goes out of bounds and Fulton gets another opportunity. Blaze Snyder steals the Pirate inbound pass. Breckenridge misses a ten foot shot from the baseline. Isaac Bush hits a putback to boost the Huskie lead to 32-27.

Bryson Sattler drives and hits a layup for Fulton. Isaac Bush hits a three point shot from the side for Breckenridge. Blaze Snyder steals the ball for the Huskies. Isaac Bush is fouled on a fast break layup with 29 seconds to play in the quarter and hits one of his two free throws. Fulton misses a three point shot from the side. Parker Billings gets the offensive rebound for the Pirates. Fulton misses a layup as quarter number three come to a close.

After three quarters, Breckenridge has a 36-29 lead.

Fulton inbounds the ball to open the fourth quarter. Blaze Snyder blocks a Pirate layup. Fulton recovers, but misses another layup. Parker Billings is fouled on a putback and hits one of his two free throws for Fulton. Noah Barr drives and hits a layup for Breckenridge. Fulton misses a layup. Connor Cunningham plays tough in the post and forces a Huskie traveling violation. Connor Cunningham passes to Parker Billings, who is fouled on a layup and hits one of his two free throws to trim the Breckenridge lead to 38-31 with 6:14 left in the game.

Noah Barr inbounds the ball to Carter Suhr, who hits a three pointer from the corner for Breckenridge. Fulton misses a three pointer from the side. Breckenridge misses a three pointer from the wing. Fulton loses a pass out of bounds. Breckenridge is assessed with a traveling violation. Connor Cunningham passes to Parker Billings, who is fouled on a layup and hits one of his two free throw. With 4:18 left on the clock, the Breckenridge lead is at 41-33.

Breckenridge misses a ten foot shot off the dribble from the baseline. Noah Barr knocks the ball out of bounds; Fulton retains possession. Fulton throws a pass out of bounds. Noah Barr hits a layup for Breckenridge. Parker Billings passes to Cameron Diana, who hits a three point shot from the corner to trim the Huskie lead to 43-36.

Parker Billings steals the ball for the Pirates. Fulton misses a layup. Carter Brown gets the offensive rebound for the Pirates. Parker Billings drives the baseline and hits a layup to cut the Breckenridge lead to five points. Parker Billings knocks the ball away from Breckenridge and Bryson Sattler picks it up for Fulton. Fulton misses a three point shot from the corner. Parker Billings steals the ball for Fulton. Blaze Snyder knocks a Pirate pass out of bounds; Fulton retains possession. Fulton throws a pass out of bounds. Noah Barr passes to Blaze Snyder, who hits a layup to extend the Breckenridge lead to 45-38.

Fulton misses a three point shot from the corner. Cameron Diana gets the offensive rebound for the Pirates. Noah Barr is fouled with 38.8 seconds left and hits one of his two free throws. Carter Suhr knocks a Pirate pass out of bounds; Fulton retains possession. Blaze Snyder gets his hand on the Fulton inbound pass and Carter Suhr picks the ball up for Breckenridge. The Huskies dribble out the last five seconds on the clock.

Breckenridge wins its season opener by the final score of 46-38.

Parker Billings led the Fulton scoring with 13 points. Connor Cunningham and Bryson Sattler each joined him in double figures with 10 points each. Cameron Diana had 3 points and Carter Brown tallied 2 points.

Isaac Bush led the victorious Huskies with 13 points. Blaze Snyder and Noah Barr each added 12 points. Carter Suhr added 5 points and Cavin Corbat tossed in 4 points.