The Northeastern Knights boys basketball team, ranked 16th in the 2A preseason poll, opened regular season play on Wednesday, Nov. 26, by hosting the Seton Catholic Cardinals. The Knights established themselves early, building a 22-10 lead at the end of the first quarter, then pushed their lead to 39-24 by halftime. Ten different Knights scored en route to a 68-42 victory that gave head coach Brent Ross his 285th career win at Northeastern.
Jarrett Leitner led the Knights and all game scorers with 14 points, Marshall Phillips scored 12 points and Brody Ross added seven points and a game high of 10 rebounds. Zach Robinson led the Cardinals with 11 points and Jackson Feist added 10 points.
Northeastern (1-0) 22 17 11 18 68
Seton Catholic (0-1) 10 7 11 14 42
Northeastern (68)
Trent Deloney 3, Kaleb Moore 7, Logan Seal 6, Leitner 14, Gavin Platt 0, Luke Wiley 8, Phillips 12, Brody Ross 7, Lucas Durbin 4, Noah Duvall 5, Landon Helms 2, Cooper Cline 0
Seton Catholic (42)
Ethan Nisewonder 8, Tyson Tremain 4, Robinson 11, Gavin Killion 0, Collin Murray 4, Feist 10, Nate Grujoski 3, Sam Himes 2
JV results: Northeastern 70, Seton Catholic 18
A version of this article appeared in the December 3 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.