Tonganoxie 61, Eudora 50

Tonganoxie — A terrific start to the fourth quarter took an unexpected turn for the Eudora High boys basketball team Friday night.

After the Cardinals took a lead on host Tonganoxie for the first time in three quarters, the Chieftains responded with an incredible run fueled by an exuberant home crowd and earned a spot in the Tonganoxie Invitational championship game.

EHS (6-4) trailed by seven entering the fourth quarter, but went on a 9-1 run (featuring six points from Justin Ballock, plus an and-one from Joel Lauer) to open the period and take a 40-39 lead.

However, in the next 4:43, Tonganoxie (5-4) went on a 20-3 run to seal the victory.

“It shows our poise and our confidence we’ve developed,” THS coach Shawn Phillips said.

Tonganoxie shot 55 percent from the floor Friday, in large part because of Jeremy Carlisle (11 assists) setting up teammates for easy looks.

Keaton Schaffer scored a game-high 21. Dane Erickson had 18 points, and Ballock had 18 for EHS.

The loss put Eudora in the third-place game of the invitational against De Soto.

The Chieftains will play for the championship at 6:30 p.m. today against Silver Lake.

Eudora 11 8 12 19 — 50

Tonganoxie 11 12 15 23 — 61

Eudora — Coulter Vestal 3-6 2-5 8, Evan Cleveland 3-6 1-2 7, Justin Ballock 8-20 2-5 18, Brian Katzfey 3-10 0-0 7, Drew Noble 2-8 2-2 6, Conner Scott 0-1 0-0 0, Matthew Jump 0-0 1-2 1, Joel Lauer 1-3 1-1 3.

Tonganoxie — Dane Erickson 6-9 6-8 18, Keaton Schaffer 8-14 5-8 21, Jeremy Carlisle 2-5 2-4 7, Austin Vickers 2-3 0-0 4, Justin Jacobs 2-5 2-2 6, Dylan Scates 2-4 0-0 5.

Baldwin 53, Perry-Lecompton 40

Baldwin City– Justin Vander Tuig and Zach Wright took over in the paint during the second half.

The Bulldogs rallied from a six-point deficit in the second quarter to beat Perry-Lecompton in the semifinal of the Baldwin Invitational Tournament. The pair of Baldwin post players combined for 25 points.

“Every year we play, we want to be on the winner’s side and play for a championship,” BHS coach Eric Toot said. “It gives the kids something to remember. There is nothing like having a home tournament. I’m really excited for the kids, because they earned it tonight. We were terrific tonight, especially offensively. I’m so proud of how we played tonight.”

Baldwin will play Bonner Springs in the BIT championship at 5:30 p.m. today.

Baldwin 9 6 20 18 — 53

Perry-Lecompton 13 5 10 12 — 40

Baldwin — Kyle Pattrick 3, Britton Shroeder 3, Carson Barnes 4, Nate Growcock 10, Camdon Schwartz 5, Brandon Kraus 1, Caleb Gaylord 2, Zach Wright 14, Justin Vander Tuig 11.

Perry-Lecompton — Jeremy Immenschuh 2, Riley Shafer 14, Logan Hurd 1, Brad Phillips 6, Shelby Politte 17.

Silver Lake 44, De Soto 37

Tonganoxie — Ice-cold shooting and 18 turnovers cost the De Soto High’s boys basketball team dearly in the second round of the Tonganoxie Invitational.

De Soto made just four field goals in the first half and only three in the second half, combining to shoot 7-for-27 from the floor.

De Soto scored 18 points on free throws to stay in the game.

Brandan Philbrook scored 12 points and had six rebounds for De Soto.

De Soto (7-4) will play Eudora (6-4) at 2:30 p.m. in the third-place game.

Silver Lake 8 10 9 17 — 44

De Soto 9 7 10 11 — 37

Silver Lake — Luke Ziegler 6, Cody Johnson 11, Eric Roberson 10, Casey Smith 9, Keenan Kruger 6, Jeremy Boyd 2.

De Soto — Daniel Peterson 3, Kyle McCulloch 5, Dylan Burford 3, Brandan Philbrook 12, Aaron Nutterfield 4, Joey Johnson 10.

Valley Falls 62, Oskaloosa 53

McLouth — Oskaloosa had four players score in double figures, but Valley Falls had 11 players score at least two points in a narrow victory in a semifinal of the McLouth tournament.

Valley Falls 14 17 15 16 — 62

Oskaloosa 10 10 16 17 — 53

Valley Falls — Nottingham 15, Streeter 13, Bunde 12, Glassel 5, T. Wynkoop 3, Watson 3, Jones 3, Lederer 2, L. Wynkoop 2, Gray 2, Morrow 2.

Oskaloosa — McGinnis 15, Barnes 12, Wade 12, Bowser 10, Malicke 2, Boucher 2.

Maranatha 43, McLouth 24

McLouth — Single-digit scoring in each quarter doomed McLouth in a semifinal game of its own tournament.

Maranatha 12 8 15 8 — 43

McLouth 4 5 6 9 — 24

Maranatha — Swank 13, Asbell 10, B. Thomas 8, R. Thomas 4, Johnson 4, Craig 2, Williams 2.

McLouth — Roberts 7, Swearngin 7, Kramer 6, Wolbridge 2, Deinnon 2.

Girls

Perry-Lecompton 37, Maize South 30

Perry — Perry-Lecompton built a halftime lead, then rode a strong fourth quarter to a victory over Maize South on Friday.

Perry-Lecompton led 19-8 at halftime, but managed only four points in the third quarter as Maize South inched closer.

The Kaws held on with a 14-point fourth quarter.

Jessica Christman led Perry-Lecompton with 14 points.

Perry-Lecompton 11 8 4 14 — 37

Maize South 6 2 11 11 — 30

Perry-Lecompton — Abby Bays 2, Emma Gantz 3, Natasha Carver 3, Katie Hirsch 3, Taylor Akagi 4, Jessica Christman 14, Katie Volle 8.

Maize South — McKay 2, Domnic 5, Larson 2, Poynter 2, Lewis 1, Johnson 3, Phillips 15.

Silver Lake 31, Tonganoxie 21

Tonganoxie — An early lack of offense cost the Chieftains in the Tonganoxie Invitational.

Tonganoxie (4-5) could barely find shot attempts, let alone points in a six-point first half.

The Chieftains scored just two points in the first quarter and didn’t get their first field goal until freshman Jenny Whitledge hit a jumper with 2:57 to go in the second quarter.

THS coach Randy Kraft had a serious conversation with his players at the half.

“We talked a lot about pride,” Kraft said. “I think six points in a half … they had to be embarrassed. I hope they were.”

The loss places the host Chieftains in the third-place game against Chanute at 1 p.m. today.

Silver Lake 8 13 6 4 — 31

Tonganoxie 2 4 11 4 — 21

Tonganoxie — Andie Jeannin 1-2 0-0 2, Lauren Hall 0-5 0-0 0, Danielle Miller 1-2 2-4 4, Jenny Whitledge 3-10 0-0 6, Hannah Kemp 0-2 6-8 6, Haley Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Tavia Brown 0-0 3-6 3.

McLouth 43, K.C. East Christian 41

Kansas City, Kan. — Missy Rome scored 20 points, and McLouth overcame a sluggish first half.

McLouth 7 8 17 11 — 43

K.C. East Christian 11 10 9 10 — 41

McLouth — Rome 20, Bristol 11, Shufflebarger 6, Stewart 2, Troupe 2, Terry 2.

K.C. East Christian — Meinke 10, Heurtz 9, Opperman 8, Johnson 6, Rice 5, Adams 3.