Basketball roundup: Veritas takes 2 victories

Trey Huslig scored 25 points, and Weston Flory had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Veritas Christian opened its boys basketball season with a 55-50 victory over Heritage Christian on Friday night at the East Lawrence Rec Center.

Heritage 10 15 4 21 — 50

Veritas 12 16 14 13 — 55

Heritage — Alan Platter 1, Thomas Lipscomb 10, Justyn Pierce 9, Ben Brown 3, Aaron Walt 5, Gerald Smith 9, Luke Hammontree 13.

Veritas — Weston Flory 15, Trey Huslig 25, Jackson Rau 1, Quinton Donohoe 4, Michael Rask 2, Peyton Donohoe 2, Tucker Flory 4, Kyle Weinhold 2.

Seabury 56, Maranatha 40

Mikey Wycoff scored 15 points, Bansi King had 12 and Zach McDermott 11, and Seabury improved to 2-0.

Maranatha 3 8 4 25 — 40

Seabury 14 13 16 13 — 56

Seabury — Mikey Wycoff 15, Zach McDermott 11, Thomas DiZerega 7, Max Easter 5, Bansi King 12, Chris Green 5.

Eudora 73, Spring Hill 62

Eudora — Eudora High senior Mitchell Ballock scored 41 points and lifted the Cardinals to a 73-62 victory over Spring Hill in the boys basketball team’s season opener Friday at Eudora.

The Cardinals (1-0) will face Truman at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Eudora.

Eudora — Elston 4, Hornberger 9, Jerome 2, Pierce 2, Ballock 41, Verbanic 11, Brown 4.

Baldwin 61, Tonganoxie 48

Tonganoxie — Jayce Dighans scored 16 points and Baldwin High’s boys basketball team picked up a 61-48 season-opening win over Tonganoxie on Thursday.

Chandler Caldwell led Tonganoxie with 18 points.

Baldwin — Dighans 16, Laskowski 13, Stiefel 11, Williams 6, Jackman 5, Norris 4, Ramirez 3, Craig 3.

Tonganoxie — Caldwell 18, Thompson 17, Rickard 7, Beach 2, Frese 2, Grey 2.

Baldwin 14 25 12 10 — 61

Tonganoxie 8 13 12 15 — 48

Perry-Lecompton 42, Holton 34

Holton — Behind 15 points from Jordan Spreer, Perry-Lecompton’s boys basketball team won its season-opener over Holton, 42-34.

Perry-Lecompton — Spreer 15, Daniels 11, Baker 1, C. Christman 7, Logan 2, Kellum 4, I. Christman 2.

Perry-Lecompton 6 12 11 13 — 42

Holton 10 6 8 10 — 34

Girls

Veritas 56, Heritage 42

Tori Huslig scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and Alyssa Krestan added 10 points in the Veritas girls’ season-opening victory at East Lawrence Rec Center.

“It was really nice to lead off the season with a win,” Veritas coach Kevin Shelton said.

Heritage 13 6 7 16 — 42

Veritas 9 11 23 13 — 56

Heritage — Julie Edmondson 2, Riley Jarvis 4, Alli Hamm 22, Ayfa Bennaly 12, Allyson Brown 2.

Veritas — Titi Shepherd 4, Holly Scott 6, Alyssa Krestan 10, Maria Stieben 4, Merav Edmondson 2, Chloe Holland 1, Delaeny Shelton 5, Tori Huslig 24.

Maranatha 34, Seabury 26

Kayleigh Boos scored 15 points and Celia Taylor-Puckett added 11, but the Seahawks fell to Shawnee Maranatha.

Seabury (0-2) will play Thursday at Hyman Brand Academy.

Maranatha 21 2 7 4 — 34

Seabury 7 8 0 11 — 26

Seabury — Celia Taylor-Puckett 11, Kayleigh Boos 15.

Eudora 43, Spring Hill 39

Eudora — Emily Watson scored 15 points and Riley Hiebert added 11 as Eudora defeated Spring Hill in its girls basketball opener.

Spring Hill 8 10 14 7 — 39

Eudora 9 10 8 16 — 43

Spring Hill — Roberts 2, Steging 4, Goff 7, Loretinsky 2, Todd 4, Hitchens 8, Williams 12.

Eudora — Reagan Hiebert 5, Riley Hiebert 11, Devin Purcell 2, Emily Watson 15, Catherine Grosdidier 8, Alaina Howe 2.

Baldwin 47, Tonganoxie 22

Tonganoxie — After earning a trip to the Class 4A-II state tournament last season, Baldwin opened the 2016-17 season with a 47-22 win over Tonganoxie on Thursday.

Baldwin — Ogle 7, Kurtz 7, Cawley 6, Ogle 6, Frost 6, Lindenmeyer 3, Anderson 2.

Tonganoxie — Lee 10, Soetart 5, Wingerter 4, Knipp 3.

Baldwin 18 12 15 2 — 47

Tonganoxie 1 6 5 10 — 22