Veritas boys 64, Cair Paravel 48

Eudora — Chad Stieben scored 21 points to lead Veritas Christian’s boys basketball team past Topeka Cair Paravel on Saturday.

“This was a huge win for our team tonight,” Veritas coach Blake Mudd said. “Cair Paravel is a program I have a lot of respect for. Our kids played very hard tonight. We won the game on the boards, outrebounding Cair Paravel, 39-27.”

Veritas (8-8) will play Tuesday at Topeka Heritage.

Cair Paravel 11 5 16 16 — 48

Veritas 10 15 18 21 — 64

Cair Paravel: A. Anderson 15, B. Higgins 17, T. Marsh 2, S. Nigus 10, R. Key 4.

Veritas: Micah Edmondson 14, Chad Stieben 21. Drake Napier 9, Michael Rask 3, Winston Wiebe 2, Mark Weinhold 4, Miles Dressler 9, Seth Hale 2.

Cair Paravel 53, Veritas girls 41

Eudora — Veritas Christian’s girls basketball team fell behind by 11 points in the first quarter and never recovered Saturday in a loss to Topeka Cair Paravel.

Tori Huslig scored 15 points, Alyssa Krestan scored 13, and Hannah Gloss added seven points for the Eagles.

Veritas trailed 14-3 after one quarter, then cut Cair Parvel’s lead to 29-22 at halftime.

“We had been looking forward to this game, and we didn’t start well,” Veritas coach Kevin Shelton said. “We dug a really big hole. We played hard and never quit. We just didn’t do what we needed to do to win. We never could make a big enough run to overtake them.”

Veritas (8-7) will play Tuesday at Topeka Heritage.

Cair Paravel 14 15 10 14 — 53

Veritas 3 19 6 13 — 41

Cair Paravel: Claudia Hickman 2, Hermine Allen 2, Kayla Stone 10, Kristian Guenther 3, Amanda Hiebert 4, Peyton Williams 32.

Veritas: Hannah Gloss 7, Alyssa Krestan 13, Macie Dressler 4, Ashley Bowland 2, Tori Huslig 15.