Area basketball roundup: Tongie boys cruise past Ottawa

Boys

Tonganoxie 59, Ottawa 42

Tonganoxie — Tonganoxie’s boys basketball team took a 15-2 lead after the first quarter and held on to beat Ottawa on Saturday.

Jack Dale led Tonganoxie with 15 points in a make-up game for a matchup that was postponed on Feb. 2.

The Chieftains (7-6) will host Basehor-Linwood on Tuesday at Tonganoxie.

Tonganoxie 15 8 10 26 — 59

Ottawa 2 9 11 20 — 42

Ottawa: Smith 9, T. Jung 3, D. Jung 3, Bunce 4, Stepp 2, Blaue 6, Matney 2, McCullough 11, Silvey 2.

Tonganoxie: Swedo 7, Sommers 2, Hecht 3, Johnson 6, Ford 12, McPherson 4, Grizzle 10, Dale 15.


Girls

Ottawa 45, Tongie 41

Tonganoxie — Emily Soetaert scored 23 points in the Tonganoxie girls basketball team’s loss to Ottawa on Saturday.

Tonganoxie fell to 4-9.

Ottawa 12 6 15 12 — 45

Tonganoxie 10 12 7 12 — 41

Ottawa: Davidson 2, Natt 6, Foster 4, Moore 22, Fischer 9, Lancaster 2.

Tonganoxie: Emily Soetaert 23, Tressa Walker 7, Katelyn Waldeier 10, Kara Banks 1.