De Soto girls, Wellsville boys tumble; Mill Valley boys advance

Two area high school basketball teams lost their state tournament openers on Wednesday, while another advanced to the semifinals.

In the Class 4A-D1 tournament in Salina, De Soto’s girls team fell to Wellington, 62-57.

Mariah Grizzle led De Soto (14-9) with 20 points.

In the Class 3A tournament in Hutchinson, Wellsville’s boys fell to Osage City, 60-44.

Zach Vance led Wellsville (17-7) with nine points.

And in Class 5A at Topeka, Mill Valley’s boys (17-6) upended Salina Central, 55-46. Mill Valley will meet Kansas City Washington (14-8) at 4:45 p.m. Friday in a semifinal.

Wellington Girls 62, De Soto 57

De Soto 1 16 17 13 — 57

Wellington 16 19 13 14 — 62

De Soto (14-9) — Grizzle 6-13 6-8 20, Beal 1-5 0-0 3, Jones 1-7 0-0 3, Saucerman 5-9 1-2 15, Johnson 6-14 0-4 12, Bryden 0-0 0-0 0, Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0, Plake 1-5 2-2 4. Totals 21-53 9-16 57.

Wellington (23-0) — T.French 0-2 0-1 0, Snipes 9-18 4-9 23, S.French 1-1 2-5 4, Rush 1-3 5-7 7, Mitchell 8-14 2-4 20, Adams 2-4 2-2 8, Zimmerman 0-1 0-0 0, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-42 15-28 62.

Osage City Boys 60, Wellsville 44

Wellsville 8 10 13 13 — 44

Osage City 14 21 14 11 — 60

Wellsville (17-7) — Mann 3-8 0-0 8, Brown 2-6 1-2 5, K. Powelson 2-6 1-2 5, Breithaupt 2-5 1-2 5, Smtih 3-7 0-0 6, Crist 3-4 0-0 6, Strawn 0-0 0-0 0, Vance 3-6 3-4 9, Purdham 0-1 0-0 0, Kearney 0-0 0-0 0, Hosford 0-0 0-0 0, C. Powelson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-43 6-10 44.

Osage City (23-1) — Haskins 5-10 1-2 12, K. Irvin 0-1 0-0 0, Fort 16-21 5-9 38, J. Cooley 0-1 0-0 0, Wilkins 5-6 0-0 10, Z. Irvin 0-1 0-0 0, Swindale 0-0 0-0 0, Plinsky 0-0 0-0 0, Schemm 0-0 0-2 0, D. Cooley 0-0 0-0 0, Kimball 0-2 0-2 0, Sage 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-42 6-15 60.