Friday, January 19, 2007

Hoops recaps from Jan. 18 (updated 1/22 with JCN score)

Thursday’s games (Jan. 18)
Girls
McLouth 49, Cornerstone 28
• A 14-2 fourth quarter finished off the game for McLouth as the Bulldogs improved to 4-5. Freshman Missy Rome scored 17 points and freshman Kylie Shufflebarger added 11 in the victory.

ACCHS 40, JCN 25
• The Tigers jumped out to a 14-2 lead after one quarter and held off the Chargers in the second half to drop JCN to 3-7. Freshman Sara Navinskey scored 6 points to lead JCN.

Mill Valley 46, Perry-Lecompton 44
• A 3-point lead after one quarter turned into a 4-point deficit at the half for the Kaws, who couldn’t climb back into the lead for good. They dropped to 3-9. Sophomore Ashleigh Allam scored 14 points and sophomore Emily Huerter added 12 in the loss.

Tonganoxie Tourney
Consolation semis
Atchison 45, Jefferson West 33
• West fell back by 7 at halftime and slipped farther behind in the second half in dropping to 4-8. Junior Marcia Beecham and junior Nichelle Palmateer led the Tigers with 8 points each. The loss moved West into the seventh-place game versus Immaculata. That game is set for 10 a.m. Saturday in Tonganoxie.

Boys
Tonganoxie Tourney
Consolation semis
Jefferson West 63, Pleasant Ridge 51
• West was down by 3 at halftime but took a 1-point lead into the fourth quarter and didn’t look back in moving to 5-6. Junior Tom Shirley scored 24 and senior Brock Anderson scored 15 points for West in the victory. West moved into the fifth place game versus Lansing. That game is set for 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Tonganoxie.