McPherson ? Drew Tochtrop scored a career-high 29 points and led Free State High’s boys basketball team to a 58-45 victory over Wichita North in the first round of the McPherson Tournament.

Playing without senior starters Hunter Gudde and Kristian Rawls, junior Sloan Thomsen had seven points and 11 rebounds while sophomore Reece White-Downing and junior Cameron Clark both had seven points.

The Firebirds (8-1) will face Junction City in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. today.

Wichita North (45)

Tiylar Cotton 8-19 2-2 21, Kace Vongsadka 0-8 0-1 0, Siquente Price 4-7 0-1 8, Jonah Carrasco 0-1 0-0 0, Hunter Shockley 2-7 2-2 6, Braden Johnson 2-5 0-0 6, Chase McCollum 2-4 0-0 4, Brigham Shockley 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Sterner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-51 4-6 45.

Free State (58)

Simon McCaffrey 0-2 0-0 0, Chrision Wilburn 0-2 1-2 1, Drew Tochtrop 11-17 5-5 29, Sloan Thomsen 2-5 0-1 7, Jacob Pavlyak 1-8 3-7 5, Garrett Luinstra 0-0 0-0 0, Reece White-Downing 2-2 2-4 7, Darian Lewis 1-2 0-0 2, Cameron Clark 2-2 3-3 7. Totals 20-40 14-22 58.

North 7 18 10 10 — 45

Free State 9 16 16 17 — 58

Three-point goals: North 5-15 (Cotton 3, Johnson 2); Free State 4-11 (Tochtrop 2, Thomsen, White-Downing). Turnovers: North 10, Free State 15.