Tongie girls rout De Soto

Chieftain boys rally for sweep in tourney

Tonganoxie — Tonganoxie used a 28-0 run over the entire second quarter and nearly two minutes of the third, and the Chieftains closed the first round of the Tonganoxie Invitational on Tuesday with a 53-27 high school girls basketball victory over De Soto.

De Soto (2-7) led briefly in the first quarter, but Tongie (6-2) won the second quarter, 16-0, to take a 33-10 lead into the break.

The Chieftains held DHS to 10-for-48 shooting. Meanwhile, THS hit 23 of 45 shots.

Tonganoxie senior Roni Grizzle opened the game on a personal 7-0 run and finished as the game’s leading scorer and rebounder with 18 points and 14 boards.

Shelbi Petty led De Soto with six points.

Tonganoxie advances to play Lansing at 6 p.m. Friday at 6 p.m. De Soto will take on Jeff West in the consolation bracket at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Eudora 83, Don Bosco 2

Tonganoxie — Don Bosco’s bus arrived about a half hour late to the game, but that really only delayed the inevitable. Eudora held the Kansas City, Mo., school scoreless for the first, second and fourth quarters in an ugly victory in the Tonganoxie Invitational.

Eudora led 36-0 at the end of the first quarter and 52-0 at the half. The mercy rule was enacted and a continuous clock ran from the second quarter on.

“I told the girls that it’s one of those games that we forget about and move on,” Eudora coach Ryan Luke said after the game. “We made a lot of mistakes, but I thought we did a good job just playing the game and trying to do the best we could do. We’re just ready to move on.”

Haley Epperson led Eudora with 16 points, hitting all eight of her shots. Bailey Scott added 13, and Evan Folks and Rachel Pyle both scored nine apiece for Eudora (8-1).

Don Bosco’s lone basket came from Jessica President during the third quarter. Eudora will play Silver Lake at 3 p.m. Friday in the second round. Eudora beat Silver Lake earlier in the season.

“They are very well coached, and they are a really good team, so it’s going to be a really good game,” Luke said. “It’s going to be a huge challenge for us. That’s a game we definitely would like to win.”

Oskaloosa 52,

Perry-Lecompton 32

Perry — Oskaloosa raced to a 12-point first-quarter lead and never looked back.

Perry-Lecompton (1-6) will play Friday at K.C. Ward.

Boys

Eudora 89, Don Bosco 52

Tonganoxie — Michael Bricker scored 17 points and pulled down six rebounds to lead Eudora over Don Bosco in the first round of the Tonganoxie Invitational.

Eudora outscored Don Bosco, 29-5, in the third quarter to blow the game open. Five players scored in double figures for Eudora (8-1).

“Our bigs, they gave us some layups,” Eudora coach Kyle Deterding said. “But in the halfcourt, once we got it inside our bigs all scored a little bit.”

Drew Noble had 11 points and Cody Carlson 10 for the Cardinals. EHS will face Tonganoxie at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Tonganoxie 57,

Silver Lake 49

Tonganoxie — Silver Lake led most of the way, but Tonganoxie ralled for a victory in the first round of the Tonganoxie Invitational.

After trailing at the half and leading by just one after three, THS (5-3) eked out a victory by outplaying the Eagles (5-5) in the fourth quarter as junior Keaton Schaffer caught fire and scored nine of his 14 points.

Senior Austin Smith dominated the paint for THS, going 10-for-15 from the floor on his way to 23 points.

The game was tied at 44 in the fourth before Schaffer gave Tonganoxie the lead for good on a baseline drive. That bucket was followed by a tip-in by Smith that gave THS a four-point cushion with less than two minutes remaining.

Jeremy Carlisle and Jamie Everett both went 2-for-2 from the line in the final 1:15 to seal the victory.

Oskaloosa 50,

Maranatha 48

McLouth — Adam Bowser scored 15 points and J.T. Thurston and Chase Tenpenny each added 11 as Oskaloosa slipped past Shawnee Maranatha in the McLouth Invitational.

Baldwin 87,

Bonner Springs 74

Baldwin City — Brandon Tommer scored 27 points and Justin Vander Tuig added 20 as Baldwin held off feisty Bonner Springs in the Baldwin Invitational.

Baldwin will play Perry-Lecompton in the second round at 7 p.m. Friday.

Perry-Lecompton 55, Anderson County 52

Baldwin City — A strong third quarter helped the Kaws pull away from Anderson County in the Baldwin Invitational.

Shane Gimzo led the Kaws with 15 points. Kameron Hurd added 13, while Joel Gantz scored 10.

K.C. Christian 45, Wellsville 41, OT

Baldwin City — Terrance Pratt led Kansas City Christian with 11 points in the Baldwin Invitational.

Dyllan Calderwood led Wellsville with a game-high 16, and Clint Newton added 14.