Thursday’s games (Jan. 11)
Girls
Bishop Ward 51, Perry-Lecompton 33
• Ward turned around a 1-point deficit entering the second quarter by outscoring the Kaws, 28-7, in the second and third quarters to cruise to the win and drop Perry-Lecompton to 1-8. Sophomore Ashleigh Allam scored 10 points to lead Perry-Lecompton.
Boys
Perry-Lecompton 62, Bishop Ward 58 (2 OT)
• The Kaws took a 5-point lead early but the Cyclones turned it into a 2-point lead of their own heading into the fourth quarter. The Kaws forced overtime and, in the second overtime, were able to pull away for the win to move to 4-5. Four Kaws were in double figures led by 17 points from sophomore Andy Bowman. The Kaws also got 11 points from senior Brian Hastert, 11 from sophomore Kyle Morgison and 10 from sophomore Joel Gantz.
Friday’s games (Jan. 12)
Girls
ACCHS 38, Jefferson West 29
• West dropped to 4-6 with the loss. Junior Marcia Beecham scored 15 points to lead the Tigers.
McLouth 59, Cair Paravel 40
• The Bulldogs built a 26-point lead entering the fourth quarter and coasted to the 19-point win to move to 3-5. Freshman Missy Rome scored 24 points and senior Rachael Thompson scored 15 in the win.
Valley Falls 45, JCN 34
• The teams played to an 11-11 tie at the half before Valley Falls cranked up the offense and pulled ahead to win by 11 and move to 3-7. JCN dropped to 3-6. Junior Rebekah Bunde scored 18 points and senior Katie Brevitz scored 16 for the Dragons. Freshman Mallory Grand Pre and sophomore Lisa Weishaar scored 10 points each to lead the Chargers.
Perry-Lecompton 51, Immaculata 47
• The Kaws took a 4-point lead into halftime and made it stand to move to 2-8. Senior Maggie McPherson scored 15 points to lead Perry-Lecompton while Allam and junior Holly Fornelli scored 10 points each.
Boys
JCN 54, Valley Falls 39
• The Chargers kept the Dragons winless as they took a 7-point halftime lead and made it double figures in the second half to move to 6-2. Valley Falls is 0-9. Senior Wes Weishaar scored 21 points to lead JCN. Junior Cameron Bickford led the Dragons with 15 points.
Perry-Lecompton 48, Immaculata 39
• The Kaws improved to 5-5 with the home win. Bowman scored 12 points and Morgison and Gantz added 10 points each for Perry-Lecompton.
Jefferson West 63, ACCHS 60
• West led by 11 at halftime and had to fight off ACCHS in the second half to move to 4-5. Junior Tom Shirley scored 34 points to account for more than half of the team’s points. Senior Brock Anderson added 10 points in the win.
Cair Paravel 63, McLouth 42
• McLouth was down by only 2 at the half but the Lions ran away with the game in the second half to drop the Bulldogs to 3-5. Senior Trevor Keling scored 14 points and junior Mike Rome scored 12 to lead the Bulldogs.
