Girls

Tonganoxie 62, Atchison 36

Tonganoxie — The Tonganoxie High girls earned their first basketball state bid in six years Saturday with a 62-36 victory against Atchison in a Class 4A sub-state championship game on their home floor.

The fourth-seeded Chieftains (15-7) jumped to a 19-10 lead after one quarter and extended their advantage to 14 at halftime, 30-16. The lead grew to 19 midway through the third quarter, but second-seeded AHS (15-7) used a 12-2 run to get back within nine with 7:30 left.

That’s as close as it got, though, as THS outscored its opponent by a 23-6 margin the rest of the way to punch its first state ticket since the 2006-07 season.

Tonganoxie’s Jenny Whitledge recorded her second straight double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds — both game-highs. Emily Soetaert joined Whitledge in double figures with 14 points. Arika Smith and Madison Sanders led Atchison with 15 and 10 points, respectively.

Atchison 10 6 10 10 — 36

Tonganoxie 19 11 9 23 — 62

Atchison — Arika Smith 15, Madison Sanders 10, Alyson Weber 7, Marianna Markou 2, Laurene Cushinberry 2.

Tonganoxie — Jenny Whitledge 23, Emily Soetaert 14, Katelyn Waldeier 7, Madee Walker 6, Sarah Ahart 6, Hannah Kemp 6.

Paola 41, Baldwin 33

Ottawa — Paola held off a late challenge to defeat Baldwin and advance to the state tournament.

Paola (18-4), the top-seeded team in the Ottawa 4A girls sub-state, jumped on Baldwin (24-8) early, building a 18-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Paola 18 3 9 11 — 41

Baldwin 8 8 2 15 — 33

Paola: Lyndsee Johnson 9, Remick Paulsen 11, Taylor Williams 2, Kaylee Farmer 2, Morgan Lauden 4, Kelvey Slawson 6, Tiana Moala 7

Baldwin: Kelsey Dighans 2, Maddie Ogle 12, Katie Jones 5, Kailyn Smith 6, Katie Kehl 8

Boys

Mill Valley 65, KC Washington 50

Carbondale — Mill Valley earned a spot in the Class 5A boys state tournament with a victory over Kansas City Washington in the sub-state championship game.

Nathan Stacy scored 22 points to lead Mill Valley.

Mill Valley (18-3) will open play in state on Thursday at Topeka.

Mill Valley 17 15 15 18 — 65

Washington 13 7 17 13 — 50

Mill Valley: Kyle Kain 6, Wyatt Vorhes 19, Brett Hamilton 4, Pat Muldoon 14, Nathan Stacy 22.

Washington: Trivillion 2, Williams 11, Allen 5, Bennett 3, Mays 2, King 21, Jappa 6.

Ottawa 73, De Soto 39