Boys

Bishop Ward 59, Tonganoxie 56

Tonganoxie — After dissecting Bishop Ward’s zone early on, the Tonganoxie High boys basketball team couldn’t maintain that success in the second half Tuesday and fell to the Cyclones.

The Chieftains hit six of their 11 shot attempts in the first quarter. THS (0-2 overall, 0-2 Kaw Valley League) couldn’t operate as smoothly, however, in the second half and the team shot 7-for-23 in the final 16 minutes.

Atchison County 70, Oskaloosa 47

Atchison — Adam Bowser scored 18 points in a losing effort for Oskaloosa (2-2).

Baldwin 53, Paola 42

Baldwin — Despite missing more than half of its free throws, Baldwin (3-2) won its opening Frontier League contest.

Girls

Tonganoxie 50, Bishop Ward 44

Tonganoxie — Tonganoxie took its first lead of the fourth with 4:27 to play when sophomore point guard Hannah Kemp drained her first shot of the game, a wide open three-pointer that gave THS (1-1 overall, 1-1 Kaw Valley League) a 42-40 lead.

Silver Lake 45, Perry-Lecompton 26

Perry — Madison Hess scored 10 points for Perry-Lecompton.

Louisburg 55, Eudora 31

Eudora — Ashlyn Jackson led Eudora with seven points in the Cardinals’ loss to Louisburg.

Baldwin 50, Paola 47

Baldwin — A 15-1 run during the fourth quarter helped Baldwin (4-1) cruise on Tuesday night.