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Area high school sports

Area basketball roundup: Ojeleye sets state record
February 20, 2013
Semi Ojeleye set the state career scoring record, scoring 26 points to raise his career scoring total to 2,563 points, as the Ottawa boys took down Eudora, 65-27.
Area basketball roundup: Tongie boys lose to Piper at buzzer
February 9, 2013
Tonganoxie’s boys basketball team turned a 14-point deficit into a late two-point lead Friday at Piper, but the Pirates hit a layup at the buzzer for a two-point win.
Area prep athletes sign with college teams
06:45 p.m., February 6, 2013 Updated 12:43 a.m.
Wednesday, better known in the recruiting world as national signing day, marked not only the culmination of high school careers, but also the beginning of the future for numerous area high school athletes who will move on to compete in the collegiate ranks. And even more will follow suit in the days to come. By Benton Smith
Area basketball roundup: Mill Valley boys rout KC Ward
February 6, 2013
Wyatt Voorhes made six three-pointers in the first quarter and scored a game-high 21 points for Mill Valley (13-2).
Area basketball: Tonganoxie swept by Mill Valley; Baldwin splits with Paola; Eudora sweeps
February 2, 2013
Wyatt Voorhes scored 19 points, including five three-pointers, as Mill Valley rolled past Tonganoxie at home.
Area basketball roundup: Baldwin girls fall in title game
January 27, 2013
Bonner Springs High’s girls basketball team clamped down on defense in the fourth quarter, earning a come-from-behind victory, 41-40, over Baldwin on Saturday in the championship game of the Wellsville Top Gun Tournament.
Area basketball roundup: Eudora girls edge Paola
January 26, 2013
Eudora (5-9) edged past Paola by two points after trailing by three at halftime.
Area basketball roundup: Baldwin girls advance to final at Wellsville
January 25, 2013
The Baldwin girls survived St. Marys’ fourth-quarter three-point marksmanship to move on the finals of the Wellsville Top Gun Tournament.
Area basketball roundup: Perry-Lecompton boys defeat Oskaloosa, 53-40
January 23, 2013
Zach Linquist scored 14 points to lead Perry-Lecompton in high school boys basketball on Tuesday night.
Area basketball roundup: Holton routs Tongie boys
January 20, 2013
Holton extended its lead to as many as 20 points in the second half of the third-place game at the Tonganoxie Invitational, defeating the Tonganoxie boys basketball team 71-56.
Baldwin boys make own final
January 19, 2013
Baldwin held Anderson County to six second-half points in a 57-43 boys basketball victory in a semifinal of the Baldwin Invitational on Friday night.
Area basketball roundup: Tonganoxie girls, boys win at home tourney
January 16, 2013
Tonganoxie’s girls basketball team jumped out to an 18-2 lead after one quarter and cruised to a 47-32 win against Eudora in the opening round of the Tonganoxie Invitational on Tuesday.
Area roundup: Tonganoxie top Turner in overtime
January 12, 2013
Tonganoxie’s John Lean drilled a three-pointer to make it a one-point game with 13.7 seconds remaining.
A Devil, you say: Ottawa standout Semi Ojeleye says Duke best fit
January 11, 2013
At 6-foot-7, 225 pounds, mammoth Ottawa High senior forward Semi Ojeleye is Thor with a hi-top fade. A teenage superhero in Nike Hyperdunks. And that’s before he even gets his colossal mitts on a basketball. When he does, good luck stopping him. By Benton Smith
Area high school basketball roundup: Baldwin sweeps EHS
December 18, 2012
Baldwin pulled away in the fourth quarter to claim a 36-26 high school girls basketball victory over rival Eudora on Tuesday