Tuesday’s games (March 3)
Girls
4A substate quarterfinals
Jefferson West 44, Royal Valley 40
• The fourth-seed Tigers took a 16-9 lead after one quarter and held on to win and improve to 15-6. They moved on to face top seed Holton in Friday’s semifinals in Perry. Junior BriAnna Ploude led West with 13 points and senior Audrey Mullins scored 11 in the win.
Holton 70, Perry-Lecompton 25
• The eighth-seed Kaws fell to Holton for a second straight year to end the season at 3-17. Junior Katie Volle led Perry-Lecompton with 9 points.
2A substate quarterfinals
Burlingame 46, Valley Falls 44
• The sixth-seed Dragons fell behind, 11-3, after one quarter and couldn’t come back for the win to end the season at 9-13. Sophomore Abbey Kearney led Valley Falls with 16 points, senior Chelsey Correll scored 12 points and senior Shelbie Glissman scored 10 in the loss.
Boys
3A substate quarterfinals
Silver Lake 75, Oskaloosa 58
• The fourth-seed Bears trailed by 11 after a quarter and Lake pulled away in the second half to end Oskaloosa’s season at 11-11. Senior Chase Tenpenny led Oskaloosa with 14 points, senior J.T. Thurston scored 12 points, sophomore Adam Bowser scored 11 points and sophomore Levi Wade scored 10 points in the win.
Marysville 66, JCN 36
• The sixth-seed Chargers were down, 27-11, at the half en route to the loss to end the season at 10-12. Senior Riley Noll, junior Austin Gaspard and senior Brendan Stevens led JCN with 7 points each.
KC Christian 71, McLouth 31
• The Bulldogs’ season ended at 2-19.
Thursday’s games (March 5)
Boys
4A substate semifinals
at Perry
Basehor-Linwood 60, Perry-Lec. 57
• The Kaws’ season ended at 12-10 as Basehor-Linwood took a 7-point lead into the second quarter and made it last. Senior Andy Bowman led the Kaws with 23 points, senior Shane Gimzo scored 13 points and junior Riley Shafer scored 11 points in the losing effort.
2A substate semifinals
at Lyndon
St. Marys 72, Valley Falls 42
• The Dragons trailed by 20 after one quarter and St. Marys pulled further away each quarter to end Valley Falls’ season at 11-12. Junior Mitchell Streeter led the Dragons with 13 points while senior Ray Cook scored 10 in the loss.
Girls
3A substate semifinals
at Marysville
Riley County 46, JCN 43 (2 OT)
• The Chargers trailed by 6 at the half but outscored Riley County, 9-0, in the third quarter to take a 3-point lead. Riley County came back to force overtime and outscored North, 7-4, in the second extra period to end the Chargers’ undefeated run and season at 21-1. Freshman Jordan Kramer was the only Charger in double figures with 10 points.
at Silver Lake
Oskaloosa 57, KC Christian 40
• The Bears rolled past KCC to move on to the substate title game Saturday. Senior Nicole Rockhold led the Bears with 19 points while freshman Haley Pfau scored 17 points and sophomore Hailey Kelly scored 13 points. The Bears improved to 19-3.
Rock Creek 54, McLouth 22
• The Bulldogs trailed, 33-3, at halftime in ending the season at 11-11. Junior Missy Rome led the Bulldogs with 10 points in the loss.
Friday’s game (March 6)
Girls
4A substate semifinals
at Perry
Holton 58, Jefferson West 33
• Holton took a 10-0 lead early and withstood a couple Tiger runs before pulling away in the second half to win and end West’s season at 15-7.
Saturday’s game (March 7)
Girls
3A substate championship
at Silver Lake
Rock Creek 50, Oskaloosa 30
• The Mustangs took an 11-point lead out of the first quarter and slowly pulled away to end Oskaloosa’s season at 19-4. Rockhold scored 17 points in her final high school game to lead the Bears.