Friday, January 25, 2008

Jan. 11-20 county hoops update

Jan. 11 games


Girls

JCN 51, Valley Falls 39
• North pulled away in the fourth quarter to win by 12 and move to 6-1. Valley Falls dropped to 3-4. Weishaar hit six 3-pointers en route to 23 points while sophomore Sara Navinskey added 14 points for the Chargers. Junior Chelsy Lassiter led Valley Falls with 11 points.

Oskaloosa 43, Doniphan West 29
• The Bears took a 12-point halftime lead en route to the win in moving to 6-1. Rockhold led the way with 18 points.

Jefferson West 48, Sabetha 38 (OT)
• West came back from a 1-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime before pulling out the win to move to 4-3. Beecham led West with 12 points.

McLouth 67, Cair Paravel 38
• The Bulldogs ran to a 37-12 halftime lead before coasting to the win to improve to 3-3. Annis and sophomore Melissa Rome scored 20 points each with Shufflebarger scoring 12 in the win.

Perry-Lecompton 49, Immaculata 44
• The Kaws picked up the road win to move to 2-6.


Boys

Perry-Lecompton 62, Immaculata 41
• The Kaws cruised to the win to improve to 8-1.

Oskaloosa 56, Doniphan West 48
• The Bears improved to 5-2 with the win.

JCN 30, Valley Falls 24
• The Chargers held off the Dragons in a low-scoring game to move to 4-2. The Dragons dropped to 2-6. Noll led JCN with 10 points while sophomore Riley Bunde scored 10 points to lead the Dragons.

Sabetha 51, Jefferson West 35
• West dropped to 2-5 as Sabetha took a 12-point halftime lead and held on for the win. Senior Blake Ross and junior Cole Buckman scored 8 points each in the loss.

Cair Paravel 57, McLouth 53
• The Bulldogs dropped to 0-6 as the Lions held them off in the second half for the 4-point win. Rome scored 27 points with 16 rebounds in the loss.


Jan. 12 games


Girls

DVL Tournament

Championship
JCN 39, KC Christian 28
• The Chargers held the Panthers to 4 first-half points and turned a 14-point halftime lead into a league tournament title to improve to 7-1. Navinskey scored 18 points for JCN while Weishaar scored 9 in the win.

Fifth place
Oskaloosa 53, Doniphan West 36
• The Bears pulled away farther each quarter to get the win and move to 7-1. Rockhold scored 14 points while freshman Hailey Kelly scored 12 in the win.

Consolation
McLouth 47, Valley Falls 36
• The Bulldogs improved to 4-3 while Valley Falls dropped to 3-5.


Boys

DVL Tournament

Third place
Troy 35, JCN 27
• North trailed by only 1 at halftime but couldn’t keep pace in the second half in falling to 4-3. Senior Jared Brown led the Chargers with 12 points.

Fifth place
Horton 52, Oskaloosa 44
• Oskaloosa led by 3 at halftime but faltered in the second half to drop to 5-3. Senior Brock McGinnis scored 15 points for the Bears while senior Boone Heston scored 12.

Seventh place
Valley Falls 58, Jackson Heights 51
• The Dragons moved to 3-6 as they outscored Heights, 27-17, in the fourth quarter. Junior Ray Cook scored 22 points while Bunde scored 18 in the win.

Consolation
McLouth 76, Doniphan West 62
• The Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season thanks to outscoring West, 48-34, in the second half. Senior Mark Stewart scored 25 points, Rome and senior Ryan Smith scored 15 each, junior Derrick Crouse scored 11 and sophomore Cole Batman scored 10 in the win. McLouth moved to 1-6.


Jan. 14 games


Tonganoxie Tourney

First round

Girls
Lansing 48, Jefferson West 39
• The West girls dropped their opening round game to fall to 4-4.


Boys
Lansing 48, Jefferson West 46
• The West boys also lost in the first round of the tournament to fall to 2-6.


Jan. 15 games


Girls
Oskaloosa 51, Perry-Lecompton 41
• The Bears took an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter and held on to improve to 8-1. Perry-Lecompton dropped to 2-7. Junior Nicole Rockhold led Oskaloosa with 16 points while senior Holly Fornelli led the Kaws with 10 points.


Boys

McLouth Tourney
First round
Perry-Lecompton 52, McLouth 41
• The Kaws took a 9-point halftime lead and coasted to the win to move to 9-1. McLouth dropped to 1-7. Junior Andy Bowman led the Kaws with 19 points while senior Mike Rome led McLouth with 18 points.

Oskaloosa 47, ACCHS 45
• Oskaloosa was down by 5 points entering the fourth quarter but came back to outscore the Tigers, 16-9, to win the game and move to 6-3. Junior J.T. Thurston scored 15 points and senior Brock McGinnis scored 13 in the win for the Bears.

JCN 41, Maranatha 29
• The Chargers moved to 5-3 as they pulled away in the fourth quarter to move into the semifinals. Senior Luke Noll scored 16 points while junior Riley Noll added 11 points in the win.

Valley Falls 55, Bishop Seabury 22
• The Dragons cruised to the win to move to 4-6. Junior Ray Cook scored 16 points in the win.


Jan. 18 games


Girls
JCN 52, ACCHS 49
• North improved to 8-1 with the win.

Tonganoxie Tourney
Consolation semis
Jefferson West 41, Atchison 14
• The West girls moved into the fifth place game with the win to improve to 5-4.


Boys
Tonganoxie Tourney
Consolation semis
Eudora 53, Jefferson West 52
• West took the narrow loss to fall to 2-7 and into the seventh place game.


Jan. 18 games


Boys
McLouth Tourney
Semifinals
Perry-Lecompton 53, JCN 38
• The Kaws took a 12-point lead into the fourth quarter and watched JCN whittle it to 6 before putting the Chargers away to move to 10-1. JCN dropped to 5-4. Perry-Lecompton was led by 16 points from junior Joel Gantz, 15 points from junior Kyle Morgison and 11 points from Bowman. JCN was led by 13 points from Riley Noll and 11 points from Luke Noll.

Oskaloosa 71, Valley Falls 55
• Oskaloosa built a 23-point lead entering the fourth quarter en route to the win to move to 7-3. The Dragons dropped to 4-7. McGinnis scored 22 points while junior Chase Tenpenny scored 12 points and senior Boone Heston scored 11 points for Oskaloosa. Valley Falls was led by 20 points from senior Cameron Bickford.

Consolation semis
Maranatha 47, McLouth 44
• McLouth took a 10-point lead into the second quarter, was down 2 at halftime and got outscored, 24-23, in the second half to drop to 1-8. Rome led the Bulldogs with 17 points in the loss while senior Mark Stewart scored 14.

Jan. 19 games


Girls
Tonganoxie Tourney
Fifth place
Jefferson West 46, Rossville 30
• The Tigers finished fifth in the tournament and improved to 6-4 with the victory.


Boys
Tonganoxie Tourney
Seventh place
Tonganoxie 62, Jefferson West 51
• West trailed by 14 at halftime and couldn’t come back in falling to 2-8. Senior Tom Shirley scored 21 points in the loss.


McLouth Tourney
Championship
Perry-Lecompton 55, Oskaloosa 51
• Oskaloosa led by 3 entering the fourth quarter but couldn’t hold on as the Kaws won the tourney and moved to 11-1. Oskaloosa fell to 7-4. Junior Shane Gimzo led Perry-Lecompton with 20 points while Gantz added 12. Oskaloosa was led by 17 points from McGinnis, 16 points from Thurston and 10 points from Tenpenny.

Third place
JCN 50, Valley Falls 28
• The Chargers defeated Valley Falls for the third time this season to improve to 6-4. Valley Falls dropped to 4-8. Senior Chris Noll scored 14 points to lead JCN while sophomore Riley Bunde scored 9 for Valley Falls.

Seventh place
McLouth 60, Bishop Seabury 29
• The Bulldogs ended the tournament on a good note to improve to 2-8. Rome scored 17 points, sophomore Cole Batman scored 15 points and Stewart scored 12 in the win.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Jan. 4 and Jan. 8 hoops update

Jan. 4 games

Girls

McLouth 63, JCN 50
• The Bulldogs came back from a 2-point halftime deficit to pull away for the win to move to 1-3. JCN fell to 4-1. Senior Abby Annis scored 24 points while sophomore Melissa Rome scored 20 for McLouth. JCN was led by 16 points from sophomore Mallory GrandPre and 10 points from junior Lisa Weishaar.

Oskaloosa 44, Troy 22
• The Bears took a 27-14 halftime lead and cruised with an 11-0 fourth quarter to move to 4-1. Senior Emily Heston scored 12 points while junior Nicole Rockhold added 10 in the win.

Nemaha Valley 47, Jefferson West 44
• West took a 6-point lead into the fourth quarter but couldn’t hold it as the Tigers dropped to 3-2. Senior Kyane Stortzum led West with 10 points in the loss.

Valley Falls 46, Pleasant Ridge 41
• The Dragons took a 6-point halftime lead and made it stand up to improve to 3-2. Senior Rebekah Bunde scored 14 points, freshman Abbey Kearney scored 12 and senior Chelsey Correll scored 10 in the win.

Basehor-Linwood 50, Perry-Lecompton 22
• The Kaws dropped to 1-5 as Basehor-Linwood took a 23-4 halftime lead and didn’t look back. Four players led the Kaws with 4 points each.


Boys

Perry-Lecompton 60, Basehor-Linwood 50
• Perry-Lecompton stayed perfect at 7-0 as the Kaws outscored Basehor-Linwood, 33-22, in the second half. Junior Shane Gimzo scored 20 points while junior Joel Gantz and senior Caleb Denton scored 15 points each in the win.

JCN 38, McLouth 28
• The Chargers pulled away in the fourth quarter to win by 10 and improve to 3-1. McLouth fell to 0-4. JCN was led by 12 points from senior Luke Noll and 10 points from senior Jared Brown. McLouth was led by 8 points each from seniors Mike Rome and Mark Stewart.

Oskaloosa 45, Troy 36
• Troy had a 6-point lead entering the fourth quarter but was outscored, 16-1, in the final period as the Bears moved to 3-2. Junior Chase Tenpenny led Oskaloosa with 18 points.

Pleasant Ridge 48, Valley Falls 30
• The Dragons dropped to 2-4 with the loss.

Nemaha Valley 70, Jefferson West 62
• Nemaha Valley pulled away in the fourth quarter to drop West to 1-4. Senior Tom Shirley scored 31 points in the loss for West.


Jan. 8 games

Girls

JCN 52, Troy 29
• North led, 14-7, after one quarter and pulled away more each quarter in moving to 5-1. Sophomore Mallory GrandPre scored 12 points and junior Lisa Weishaar scored 10 in the win.

Oskaloosa 53, Valley Falls 48
• The Bears trailed by 7 entering the fourth quarter but outscored the host Dragons, 20-8, in the final period to improve to 5-1. Valley Falls dropped to 3-3. Junior Nicole Rockhold scored 20 points for Oskaloosa while sophomore Audrey Trowbridge scored 11 points. Valley Falls was led by 17 points from senior Rebekah Bunde, 14 points from senior Chelsey Correll and 11 points from freshman Abbey Kearney.

Royal Valley 52, Jefferson West 33
• West was outscored, 27-13, in the second half in dropping to 3-3. Senior Marcia Beecham led West with 8 points in the loss.

McLouth 55, Wathena 50
• The Bulldogs won their second straight game to move to 2-3 as senior Abby Annis poured in 26 points in the victory. Sophomore Kylie Shufflebarger added 13 points for McLouth.

Tonganoxie 80, Perry-Lecompton 25
• Tonganoxie led, 49-14, at halftime en route to dropping the Kaws to 1-6. Sophomore forward Katie Volle scored 7 points to lead the Kaws.


Boys

Tonganoxie 48, Perry-Lecompton 44
• The Kaws suffered their first loss of the season to drop to 7-1.

Oskaloosa def. Valley Falls
• The Bears defeated the Dragons in Valley Falls to move to 4-2. Valley Falls dropped to 2-5.

Troy 47, JCN 43 (OT)
• JCN fought back from a 12-point deficit after the first quarter to force overtime only to see the Trojans pull out the victory to drop JCN to 3-2. Senior Luke Noll led JCN with 19 points.

Jefferson West 48, Royal Valley 43
• West came away with the win to move to 2-4. Senior Tom Shirley scored 21 points while senior Miles Wulfekoetter scored 12 in the win.

Wathena 73, McLouth 40
• The Bulldogs dropped to 0-5 with the loss. Sophomore Cole Batman led McLouth with 12 points while senior Mike Rome added 10.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

County high school wrestling update

• The Jefferson West High School wrestling team recently won the Mission Valley Invitational and Onaga Double Classic Invitational tourneys.

Two Tigers had individual championships at Mission Valley in Brandon Langston at 145 lbs. and Austin Lee at 152 lbs. Ethan Mumaw and Chris Kirk were second at 152 and 160 lbs., Cass Steele and Clint Lee were third at 103 and 125 lbs., Nathan Martin and Tim Heckel were fourth in the 119-lb. and heavyweight division, and Tim Wright and Steven Skaggs were fifth in the 130 and 171 lb. classes, respectively.

At Onaga, Dylan Mumaw, Langston, Ethan Mumaw and Heckel took home individual championships at the 135-, 145-, 152-lb., and heavyweight classes. Sam Ketcherside, Clint Lee, Kirk, Skaggs and B.J. Higgins were second at the 103, 125, 160, 171 and 215 classes; Colby Ketron was third at 119 lbs. and Tim Wright was fourth at 130 lbs.

• Oskaloosa High School’s wrestling team recently competed at a tournament in Onaga.

Adam Engelken and Dusty Kitchen were second in the 125 and 215 lb. divisions, Jessica Coffman and Alex Garst were third in the 119 and 130 lb. classes, respectively, and Zach Beach was fourth in the 171-lb. division.

Basketball update

Dec. 4 games

Girls

Jefferson West 54, Perry-Lec. 31
• West moved to 1-1 as a 24-4 second quarter run gave the Tigers an 18-point halftime lead and they didn’t look back. The Kaws dropped to 0-2. Sophomore Brianna Ploude scored 13 points while junior Audrey Mullins and senior Nichelle Palmateer scored 10 each. Sophomore Emma Gantz scored 10 to lead the Kaws.

DVL Tourney
Quarterfinals
JCN 41, Pleasant Ridge 23
• JCN outscored the Rams, 21-6, in the fourth quarter, to move to 3-0 and into the tourney semifinals. Junior Amelia Noll scored 18 to lead North.

KC Christian 54, Oskaloosa 45
• KCC pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Bears and drop them to 2-1 into the consolation semifinals. Freshman Hailey Kelly scored 13 points and junior Nicole Rockhold scored 11 to lead Oskaloosa.

Consolation game
Jackson Heights 32, McLouth 25
• McLouth dropped to 0-3 as they fell back by 3 points at halftime and the Cobras pulled away in the second half. Senior Abby Annis scored 8 to lead McLouth.


Boys
Perry-Lec. 51, Jefferson West 42
• West took a 1-point lead into the fourth quarter but got outscored by the Kaws, 20-10, in the fourth quarter to drop to 0-2. The Kaws moved to 2-0. Junior Kyle Morgison led the Kaws with 19 points while junior Joel Gantz scored 11. Three players scored 8 points to lead West.

DVL Tourney
Quarterfinals
KC Christian 50, Oskaloosa 45
• Oskaloosa dropped to 1-2 as KCC broke open a tie game in the fourth quarter. Junior Chase Tenpenny scored 18 points to lead the Bears.

JCN 54, Valley Falls 32
• North took a 12-point halftime lead and coasted from there to drop Valley Falls to 2-1. North improved to 2-0. Senior Luke Noll scored 18 points, senior Chris Noll scored 15 points and freshman Jeff Hale scored 11 for North. Junior Ray Cook led the Dragons with 10 points.


Dec. 7 games

Girls
Jefferson West 35, Sabetha 24
• The Tigers improved to 2-1 as they took an 8-point halftime lead and made it stand. Senior Marcia Beecham and Palmateer scored 8 points each to lead West.

Perry-Lecompton 49, Maranatha 16
• The Kaws cruised to the win to improve to 1-2. Senior Jamie Fuller led the Kaws with 15 points.

DVL Tourney
Semifinals
JCN 46, Horton 43 (OT)
• North trailed by 10 at halftime but came back to take a late lead before Horton forced overtime. JCN pulled out the win, however, to move to 4-0 and into the tourney championship. Sophomore Mallory Grand Pre scored 23 points to lead North to the win.

Consolation
Valley Falls 30, Jackson Heights 14
• The Dragons moved to 1-2 as they took a 20-2 halftime lead and held on from there. Senior Rebekah Bunde scored 16 points to lead the Dragons.


Boys
Perry-Lecompton 60, Maranatha 44
• The Kaws moved to 3-0 as they blew open a 4-point halftime lead. Junior Shane Gimzo scored 22 points and Morgison scored 16 points in the win.

Sabetha 64, Jefferson West 46
• Sabetha led, 24-13, after one quarter en route to dropping West to 0-3. Senior Tom Shirley scored 12 points to lead the Tigers.

DVL Tourney
Semifinals
Wathena 47, JCN 40
• North had a 14-3 lead after one quarter but the lead shrank to 1 by halftime. The Wildcats outscored JCN, 19-12, in the final quarter to drop the Chargers to 2-1. Junior Riley Noll scored 9 to lead North.

Consolation semis
Oskaloosa 61, Jackson Heights 40
• Oskaloosa pulled away in the second half to move to 2-2. Junior J.T. Thurston scored 15 to lead the Bears.

Horton def. Valley Falls, score n/a
• The Dragons dropped to 2-2.

Consolation
Pleasant Ridge 57, McLouth 43
• McLouth fell to 0-3 as Ridge pulled away from a 5-point halftime lead.


NOTE: We still need a score from the Oskaloosa girls' consolation semi Dec. 7. Saturday's DVL Preseason Tourney games were delayed by winter weather and were again postponed Wednesday.