Tuesday’s games (Feb. 3)
Boys
Lansing 41, Perry-Lecompton 32
• The Kaws fell to 8-5 with the loss despite leading by 2 entering the fourth quarter. Senior Shane Gimzo led the Kaws with 13 points.
JCN 48, Oskaloosa 45 (2 OT)
• The Chargers finally beat the Bears on their third try of the season in a see-saw game. North led by 1 at half but Oskaloosa led by 1 entering the fourth quarter. The Bears missed a would-be game-winning lay-up in regulation and then forced a second overtime before North pulled out the win to improve to 7-7. Oskaloosa fell to 7-7. Senior Riley Noll scored 13 points while sophomore Jeff Hale scored 10 in the win for North. Oskaloosa was led by 14 points from junior Brandon Barnes and 12 points from senior Chase Tenpenny.
Troy 45, Valley Falls 34
• The Dragons led by 2 at halftime but were outscored, 16-5, in the fourth quarter to drop to 6-8. Sophomore Alex Nottingham led the Dragons with 9 points.
MHMA 57, Jefferson West 51
• West led Maur Hill Mount Academy by 2 at halftime but couldn’t keep up in the second half to drop to 3-10. Senior Willie Barnett scored 19 points and sophomore Dillon Roy scored 12 in the loss.
Pleasant Ridge 67, McLouth 41
• Ridge rolled to a 21-7 lead after one quarter and pulled away in the final period to drop McLouth to 1-12. Senior Derrick Crouse scored 17 points and junior Cole Batman scored 10 in the loss.
Girls
JCN 37, Oskaloosa 28
• North made it 2-0 versus Oskaloosa and 12-0 overall this season as the Chargers trailed by 1 after one quarter but outscored Oskaloosa by 10 from there. The Bears fell to 10-3. Freshman Jordan Kramer and junior Mallory GrandPre led North with 9 points each while Oskaloosa was led by 10 points from freshman Haley Pfau.
Jeff. West 37, MHMA 28
• The Tigers used a 13-2 second quarter to get the needed elbow room to improve to 8-5. Senior Audrey Mullins scored 15 points and junior BriAnna Ploude scored 10 in the win for West.
Valley Falls 39, Troy 32
• The Dragons trailed by 2 at the half but used a 14-4 fourth quarter to pull away for the win and improve to 8-5. Sophomore Abbey Kearney scored 10 for Valley Falls in the win.
McLouth 60, Pleasant Ridge 36
• McLouth led by 19 at halftime en route to the win to improve to 7-6. Freshman Terri Stewart and junior Missy Rome scored 13 points each while freshman Morgan Drinnon scored 11 and junior Kylie Shufflebarger scored 10 for McLouth in the win.
Friday’s games (Feb. 6)
Boys
Perry-Lecompton 49, Tonganoxie 45
• The Kaws came back from a 6-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to win and improve to 9-5. Gimzo scored 19 points while senior Joel Gantz scored 13 in the win.
Oskaloosa 57, Wathena 48
• The Bears improved to 8-7 with the win.
Valley Falls 69, McLouth 46
• The Dragons held a 16-point halftime lead and pulled away in the second half to improve to 7-8. McLouth fell to 1-13. Senior Ray Cook led the Dragons with 14 points while sophomore Brooks Glassel scored 12, senior Jake Massey scored 11 and junior Mitchell Streeter scored 10. McLouth was led by 11 points from Batman and freshman Alen Kramer.
Jackson Heights 60, JCN 55
• North led by 4 at the half but was outscored by 9 in the second half to drop to 7-8. Riley Noll scored 18 points and Hale also scored 18 in the loss for North.
Jefferson West 64, ACCHS 62
• West led by 1 at the half and held on to pick up the narrow win to improve to 4-10. Barnett scored 17 points, junior Alex Baker scored 16 points and Roy scored 12 in the win.
Girls
JCN 52, Jackson Heights 38
• North coasted to the win in the second half to improve to 13-0. Kramer scored 19 points, GrandPre scored 18 points and senior Amelia Noll scored 11 in the win for North.
Oskaloosa 55, Wathena 16
• The Bears rolled to a 27-6 lead after one quarter and didn’t look back in moving to 11-3. Senior Nicole Rockhold scored 21 points, Pfau scored 14 and sophomore Hailey Kelly scored 11 in the win for the Bears.
Jefferson West 48, ACCHS 29
• West racked up a 28-9 halftime lead on the way to moving to 9-5. Mullins scored 16 points and senior Hayley Hypse scored 11 in the win.
Valley Falls 45, McLouth 41
• The Dragons led by 1 at the half and made the lead stand to improve to 9-5. McLouth fell to 7-7. Kearney led Valley Falls with 21 points. McLouth was led by 16 points from Rome, 12 points from Shufflebarger and 11 points from Drinnon.
Tonganoxie 46, Perry-Lecompton 36
• The Kaws went on a scoring drought in the fourth quarter as they fell to 2-11. Senior Megan Elder led the Kaws with 13 points.
Monday’s game (Feb. 9)
Girls
JCN 66, Maranatha 36
• The Chargers improved to 14-0. GrandPre scored 22 points, Kramer scored 19 and Amelia Noll scored 10 in the win.
