Area basketball roundup: Eudora boys advance to state
Boys 4A-II
Eudora 78, Osawatomie 53
Eudora — Andrew Ballock scored 23 points, brother Mitchell added 18, and Austin Downing chipped in 16 as Eudora hammered Osawatomie, 78-53, to claim a trip to the Class 4A Div. II state boys basketball tournament.
The Cardinals improved to 19-3 with their rout in the sub-state championship game Saturday at EHS.
The Cards will face a to-be-determined foe in the first round of state on Thursday at Hartman Arena in Park City.
Osawatomie 12 11 25 5 — 53
Eudora 19 17 23 19 — 78
Osawatomie: England 7, Greenwood 6, Soucie 15, Rayl 15, Dooe 10.
Eudora: Skyler Shockley 9, Andrew Ballock 23, Austin Downing 16, Mitchell Ballock 18, Zach Scroggin 5, Austin Wellman 3, Zhade Wray 4.
Girls 4A-II
Santa Fe Trail 40, Eudora 18
Eudora — Shelby Dahl scored 18 points to lead Santa Fe Trail past Eudora in a high school girls Class 4A-II sub-state final.
Amber Moore added 12 point for Santa Fe. Abby Richson and Makaila Garcia led Eudora with four points apiece.
Santa Fe Trail will take a 19-3 record into the state tournament. Eudora finished 5-17.
Santa Fe Trail led by just two after one quarter but held the Cardinals to one point in both the second and third quarters.
Santa Fe Trail 10 12 9 9 — 40
Eudora 8 1 1 8 — 18
Santa Fe Trail: Megan Zaldivar 3, Amber Moore 12, Jaeden Romine 4, Bri Beckman 3, Shelby Dahl 18.
Eudora: Tierra Balluch 3, Abby Richeson 4, Cierra Richeson 2, Sophia Lehmann 3, Liz Kendall 2, Makaila Garcia 4.
Boys 4A-I
Topeka-Hayden 42, Baldwin 41
Baldwin City — Chad Berg scored 14 points as Baldwin’s boys basketball team lost its Class 4A-I sub-state final.
Topeka-Hayden 6 5 16 15 — 42
Baldwin 2 12 11 16 — 41
Topeka-Hayden: Head 15, McGreevy 2, Hutley 6, Heinen 13, Meier 6.
Baldwin: Brown 7, Craig 3, Berg 14, Fursman 7, Burton 4, Twombly 6.