Tuesday’s games (Feb. 17)
Girls
JCN 71, Wathena 12
• North rolled to a 46-11 halftime lead on the way to the win to move to 17-0. Senior Amelia Noll led the way for North with 15 points, sophomore Katie Noll scored 14 points, freshman Jordan Kramer scored 11 points and junior Mallory GrandPre scored 10 points.
Oskaloosa 64, Valley Falls 45
• Oskaloosa used a 20-8 edge in the second quarter to take a 36-21 halftime lead and held on to win and improve to 14-3. Valley Falls fell to 9-8. Senior Nicole Rockhold led the Bears with 32 points and moved to 1,016 points in her high school career. Sophomore Hailey Kelly had 12 points while freshman Haley Pfau scored 11 in the win. Valley Falls was led by 8 points from sophomore Abbey Kearney.
Jefferson West 55, Royal Valley 47
• The Tigers trailed by 3 at the half but came back to outscore the Panthers, 32-21, in the second half and improve to 11-6. Junior BriAnna Ploude scored 20 points and junior Taylor Jaimes scored 14 points in the win.
Horton 45, McLouth 38
• McLouth trailed by 11 entering the fourth quarter and couldn’t come back in dropping to 8-9. Junior Missy Rome led the Bulldogs with 18 points in the loss.
Perry-Lecompton 54, Turner 28
• The Kaws rolled past Turner to improve to 3-13. Sophomore Abbey Bays scored 12 points and freshman Natasha Carver scored 10 points in the win.
Boys
Perry-Lecompton 55, Turner 44
• The Kaws took command in the second half to win by 11 and improve to 10-7. Senior Shane Gimzo led the Kaws with 20 points while senior Andy Bowman scored 14 points and junior Brad Phillips scored 10 in the win.
Valley Falls 50, Oskaloosa 45
• The Dragons led by 10 after one quarter but had to outscore the Bears, 20-11, in the fourth quarter to pull out the win and move to 8-10. The Bears dropped to 9-9. Junior Riley Bunde led the Dragons with 18 points while senior Chase Tenpenny led Oskaloosa with 15 points and senior Adam Paavola added 13 points in the loss.
Wathena 42, JCN 39
• North led by 10 at halftime but Wathena surged back to win and drop the Chargers to 9-9. Sophomore Jeff Hale scored 20 points and senior Riley Noll scored 11 in the loss for North.
Jefferson West 64, Royal Valley 46
• West led by 11 at the half en route to the win to improve to 5-12. Senior Willie Barnett led West with 20 points while senior Cole Buckman scored 12 in the win.
Horton 47, McLouth 35
• McLouth lost the game in the final period as Horton outscored the Bulldogs, 19-7, in that quarter to drop McLouth to 2-15. Senior Derrick Crouse scored 15 points and junior Cole Batman scored 13 points for McLouth.
Friday’s games (Feb. 20)
Boys
Piper 55, Perry-Lecompton 50 (OT)
• The Kaws led by 8 entering the fourth quarter but couldn’t hold the lead and then lost in overtime to fall to 10-8. Phillips scored 15 points, senior Joel Gantz scored 13 points and Gimzo scored 10 in the loss for the Kaws.
Oskaloosa 53, McLouth 21
• The Bears led by 8 after one quarter and didn’t look back in improving to 10-9. McLouth fell to 2-16. Tenpenny led the Bears with 14 points while Batman led McLouth with 7 points.
JCN 42, Immaculata 27
• A 16-7 second quarter opened a 10-point halftime lead for North en route to the win to improve to 10-9. Junior Nick Clark led North with 15 points while Riley Noll scored 11 in the win.
Jackson Heights 64, Valley Falls 55
• The Dragons trailed by 2 at halftime and Heights pulled away in the fourth quarter to drop Valley Falls to 8-11. Senior Ray Cook scored 13 points while Bunde scored 10 in the losing effort.
Nemaha Valley 68, Jefferson West 39
• West trailed by 8 after one quarter on the way to dropping to 5-13 with the loss. Barnett and junior Alex Baker scored 9 points each in the loss.
Girls
JCN 45, Immaculata 31
• North led by 16 at the half en route to the win to improve to 18-0. Freshman Jordan Kramer scored 18 points in the win for North.
Oskaloosa 52, McLouth 43
• The Bears had a 25-9 lead at one point in the second quarter and held off the Bulldogs to improve to 15-3. McLouth fell to 8-10. Rockhold scored 25 points and Pfau scored 17 in the win for Oskaloosa. McLouth was led by 19 points from Rome and 11 points from junior Cassidy Bristol.
Jefferson West 50, Nemaha Valley 38
• West led by 12 after one quarter and made it stick to improve to 12-6. Ploude scored 12 points and seniors Audrey Mullins and Hayley Hypse scored 10 each in the win for West.
Jackson Hts. 62, Valley Falls 58 (OT)
• The Dragons led by 2 entering the fourth quarter but the Cobras forced overtime before pulling out the win to drop the Dragons to 9-9. Kearney scored 27 points and senior Chelsy Lassiter scored 11 for the Dragons.
Piper 66, Perry-Lecompton 33
• The Kaws trailed by 14 at the half on the way to falling to 3-14. Junior Katie Volle led the Kaws with 9 points.
