Ottawa boys lose, but girls win

Niedens, Bell power Eudora boys to 59-45 tournament victory over Spring Hill

? Ottawa High’s boys basketball team couldn’t get its break going in a 57-48 loss to Bonner Springs on Tuesday.

The Cyclones, who put up 91 points in their opener against KC Piper, never managed more than 14 points in a quarter Tuesday.

“We never had even a 6-0 run of any kind,” Ottawa coach David Grover said. “They spent a lot of time in 30-, 40-second possessions offensively. It’s like the other night, we put up 45, 46 in each half. But we never got any rhythm offensively.”

Braves center Jared Gillespe was able to hold Cyclones center Ross Thompson in check for most of the game, outscoring the 6-foot-8 senior, 23-17.

Lee Baldwin added 12 points for Ottawa, and Michael Cation scored 10.

The Cyclones (1-1) will play Wray, Colo., in the Topside Tipoff on Thursday in Goodland.

Bonner Springs 57, Ottawa 48

Bonner Springs 16 13 13 15 – 57

Ottawa 12 14 10 12 – 48

KC Turner 51, Baldwin 48

Gardner-Edgerton – The Bulldogs led 31-18 at halftime but were outscored, 33-17, in the second half in the consolation bracket of the Trailblazer Invitational.

Andy Hannon led Baldwin with 20 points, and Joe Gipp added seven.

Eric Williams led Turner with 23 points.

Baldwin will play Spring Hill at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the seventh-place game.

KC Turner 51, Baldwin 48

Baldwin 17 14 10 7 – 48

Turner 10 8 16 17 – 51

Baldwin – Edd Stansberry 4, Joe Gipp 7, Micah Mason 6, Andy Hannon 20, Brian Lauridsen 5, Anthony Myrick 6.

Turner – Eric Williams 23, Seth Thompson 4, Matt Steineger 12, Jeremy Silvey 2, Raphael Robinson 10.

Troy 72, McLouth 58

Atchison – McLouth trailed 42-29 at halftime and couldn’t recover in the first round of the Delaware Valley League Tournament.

Isaac Gardner led the Bulldogs with 19 points.

McLouth (1-2) will play Friday in the consolation bracket.

Troy 72, McLouth 58

McLouth 10 19 12 15 – 58

Troy 15 27 10 20 – 72

McLouth (1-2) – Isaac Gardner 19, Casey Hochard 7, Travis Steffey 6, Tyler Trackwell 10, Fixico 14, Nathan Subelka 2.

Troy (1-2) – McNemee 13, Jensen 5, Sutherland 8, Engemann 11, Gaul 16, Franken 4, Rizer 2, B. Johnson 5, Stock 4, Clary 2, Shelton 3.

Eudora 59, Spring Hill 45

Gardner-Edgerton – Kaleb Niedens scored 16 points, and Andrew Bell had 15 for the Cardinals in the consolation bracket of the Trailblazer Invitational.

Tyler Jackson added 11 points for Eudora.

The Cardinals will play Kansas City Turner in the fifth-place game at 5 p.m. Friday.

Eudora 59, Spring Hill 45

Spring Hill 9 13 15 8 – 45

Eudora 18 8 17 16 – 59

Spring Hill – Jason Murphy 2, Matt Meyer 13, Bryan Bollig 2, Travis Larsen 13, Troy Goff 1, Kevin Phillips 1, Aaron Barnett 5, Kyle Ahlenstorf 2, Phil Goff 6.

Eudora – Tyler Cleveland 4, Tyler Jackson 11, Kaleb Niedens 16, David Grote 8, Chris Gabriel 5, Andrew Bell 15.

Girls

Ottawa 44, Bonner Springs 43

Ottawa – The Cyclones, who trailed by as many as 10 in the second half, won on a three-pointer by Lisa Morrisey with no time remaining.

“We put ourselves in a position to win the game,” OHS coach Cliff McCullough said, “and for a kid who’d never played varsity ball before this year, she stepped up.”

Morrisey’s game-winner came off a pass from Liz Burks, who led the Cyclones (2-0) with 12 points. Jenny Heck added 11.

Ottawa will play Wray, Colo., on Thursday in the Topside Tipoff in Goodland.

Ottawa 44, Bonner Springs 43

Ottawa – Liz Burks 12, Jenny Heck 11, Kelsie Studley 8, Julie Heck 5, Megan Ramsey 3, Lisa Morrisey 3, Raeann Tharp 2.

Bonner Springs – Dill 22, Stanbrough 10, Pinks 4, Crouch 4, McConico 3.

Tonganoxie 47, Leavenworth Immaculata 38

Tonganoxie – Addie Heim led the Chieftains with 16 points. Kelly Breuer, Michelle McWilliams and Madison Weller each scored seven.

Tonganoxie (3-1) will travel to Basehor on Dec. 17 to play Basehor-Linwood.

Tonganoxie 47, Leavenworth Immaculata 38

Tonganoxie – Michelle McWilliams 7, Addie Heim 16, Laura Korb 4, Madison Weller 7, Katie Jeannin 2, Kelly Breuer 7, Jennifer Reischman 4.

Immaculata – C. Bassett 4, K. Bassett 7, A. Donnelson 5, Lemm 2, Bosselor 6, Leintz 10, Woldeck 4.