Saturday, January 27, 2007

County scores from the JCN girls tourney 1/27

Girls

JCN 51, Maranatha 31 (7th)

Perry-Lecompton 37, Valley Falls 28 (5th)

Oskaloosa 41, McLouth 31 (3rd)

Hoops recaps from Jan. 26 games (updated 1/29)

Friday’s games (Jan. 26)
Boys
Bishop Ward 60, Perry-Lecompton 58
• The third time was the charm for Ward as they finally beat the Kaws on the third try this season. Perry-Lecompton had a 7-point halftime lead but a 24-19 Ward advantage in the fourth quarter helped the Cyclones drop the Kaws to 9-6. Sophomore Kyle Morgison scored 22 points and sophomore Andy Bowman scored 11 for the Kaws.


Girls
JCN Tourney
Semifinals
ACCHS 44, McLouth 22
• The Bulldogs dropped into Saturday’s third-place game by falling to ACCHS. McLouth moved to 5-6.

Rossville 55, Oskaloosa 29
• Rossville built a 12-point lead entering the fourth quarter and outscored the Bears, 16-2, in the final period to drop Oskie to 5-5. Senior Lindsey Ottensmeier led the Bears with 10 points. Oskaloosa would square off with McLouth for third place Saturday.

Consolation semis
Valley Falls 42, Maranatha 33
• The Dragons moved to 4-8 with the win and moved into Saturday’s fifth-place game.

Perry-Lecompton 41, JCN 31
• The Kaws took a 7-point lead into the locker room at the half only to see JCN trim it to 3 by the start of the fourth quarter. The Kaws turned it on in the fourth quarter to win by 10 and move to 4-10. JCN dropped to 3-9. Sophomore Ashleigh Allam scored 11 and senior Maggie McPherson and sophomore Emily Huerter scored 10 each for the Kaws. Freshman Mallory Grand Pre led the Chargers with 8 points.

Friday, January 26, 2007

JCN-ACCHS recap from Jan. 25

Thursday’s games (Jan. 25)
Boys
JCN 52, ACCHS 36
• The Chargers got back on a winning track by taking a 4-point halftime lead and putting the game away in the second half. Senior Wes Weishaar scored 20 points and senior Mark Kern scored 19 in the win. The Chargers are 8-4.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Updated schedule for JCN girls tourney

Friday, Jan. 26
Game 5 -- Perry-Lecompton vs. JCN, consolation semi, 6 p.m., Winchester
Game 6
-- Oskaloosa vs. Rossville, semifinal, 7:30 p.m., Winchester
Game 7 -- Valley Falls vs. Maranatha, consolation semi, 6 p.m., Nortonville
Game 8 -- ACCHS vs. McLouth, semifinal, 7:30 p.m., Nortonville

Saturday, Jan. 27, all games in Winchester
Game 9 -- Loser game 5 vs. loser game 7, seventh place game, noon
Game 10 -- Winner game 5 vs. winner game 7, fifth place game, 1:30 p.m.
Game 11 -- Loser game 6 vs. loser game 8, third place game, 3 p.m.
Game 12 -- Winner game 6 vs. winner game 8, championship, 4:30 p.m.

Basketball update for Jan. 23 games

Tuesday’s games (Jan. 23)
Girls
Santa Fe Trail 54, Jefferson West 38
• West fell behind by 9 at the half and Trail took off from there to drop the Tigers to 5-9. Sophomore Hayley Hypse scored 11 points and freshman Brianna Ploude scored 10 in the loss.

JCN Tourney
First round
Oskaloosa 60, Perry-Lecompton 49
• Oskaloosa avenged a 20-point loss from Jan. 16 as the Bears took a 6-point halftime lead and stretched it to double digits in the second half. The Bears moved to 5-4 and Perry-Lecompton fell to 3-10. Three Bears were in double figures led by sophomore Nicole Rockhold with 17. Junior Myla Heston added 15 points and senior Carol Allen scored 12. Perry-Lecompton was led by 20 points from sophomore Emily Huerter. Oskaloosa will play Rossville in the semifinals Friday.

McLouth 50, Maranatha 40
• The Bulldogs took a 28-12 halftime lead and held off the Eagles in the second half to move to 5-5. Freshman Missy Rome scored 16 points and senior Rachael Thompson added 12 for McLouth. McLouth will play ACCHS in Friday’s semifinals.

Rossville 46, JCN 30
• The Chargers fell behind by 13 at halftime and couldn’t get back in the game as Rossville dropped them into the consolation bracket at 3-8. Sophomore Devin Gigstad led the Chargers with 12 points. They will play Perry-Lecompton in Friday’s consolation semis.

ACCHS 56, Valley Falls 15
• The Dragons found themselves down, 29-4, at halftime after being shut out in the second quarter as the Tigers went on to drop them to 3-8. Junior Rebekah Bunde scored 4 points to lead Valley Falls. Valley Falls will play Maranatha in Friday’s consolation semis.

Boys
Perry-Lecompton 58, Oskaloosa 32
• Perry-Lecompton ran its winning streak to six games by drubbing the Bears. The Kaws were up, 33-16, at halftime and pulled away in the third quarter to move to 9-5. Oskaloosa dropped to 2-9. Sophomore Joel Gantz led PLHS with 17 points while sophomore Shane Gimzo and senior Brian Hastert added 10 points each. Junior Brock McGinnis led the Bears with 17 points.

Jefferson West 47, Santa Fe Trail 33
• West took a 9-point halftime lead en route to the 14-point win to move to 6-7. Junior Tom Shirley and senior Derek Helton led the Tigers with 15 points each.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Hoops recaps from Jan. 20 (updated 1/22)

Saturday’s games (Jan. 20)
Girls
Tonganoxie Tourney
Seventh place
Jefferson West 44, Immaculata 34
• The Tigers improved to 5-8 with the win.


Boys
Tonganoxie Tourney
Fifth place
Lansing 49, Jefferson West 33
• West dropped to 5-7 with the loss.

McLouth Tourney
Championship
Perry-Lecompton 54, Bishop Ward 37
• The Kaws were down 1 at halftime but blew the game open in the fourth quarter to win by 17. Perry-Lecompton took the McLouth tourney title and improved to 8-5 in the process. Sophomore Andy Bowman scored 15 points and senior Brian Hastert scored 10 for the Kaws in the win.

Fifth place
McLouth 54, JCN 45
• McLouth pulled away in the fourth quarter to win by 9 and drop JCN to 7-4. The Bulldogs are 5-6. Senior Andrew Booth scored 16 points and junior Mike Rome and junior Ryan Smith added 11 each in the win for McLouth. JCN was led by 21 points by senior Drew Kraxner.

Seventh place
Oskaloosa 82, Valley Falls 58
• Oskaloosa scored more than 20 points in three separate quarters in drubbing Valley Falls. The Bears moved to 2-8 while Valley Falls dropped to 0-12. Five players were in double figures for Oskaloosa led by junior Boone Heston with 16 points. Valley Falls was led by 17 points from sophomore Jake Massey and 15 points from freshman Logan Wynkoop.