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KANSAS HIGH
SCHOOL CLASS
3A
STATE
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 11-14,
2009 -
Hutchinson Sports Arena, Hutchinson, Kansas |
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BOYS
QUARTERFINALS RECAPS |
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Wichita Collegiate
59, Medicine Lodge 52 |
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Blake Jablonski hit a
pair of 3-point goals and finished with at team-high 16 points to
lead second-seed Wichita Collegiate past Medicine Lodge.
Brett LeMaster came
off the bench to score 11 points and Tre Bailey added 10 for the
Spartans..
Collegiate shot 19 of
44 overall (43.2 percent) and was 3 of 11 from the 3-point line.
The big difference in
the game came at the free-throw line where Collegiate was 18 of 28,
while Medicine Lodge was 1-3 from the line.
Taylor Buck scored 18
points with six rebounds, three assists and three steals to lead the
Indians. Joey Musgrove had 16 points and six rebounds. |
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Rossville 65,
Galena 51 |
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Matt and Mitch Buhler
led sixth-seed Rossville to the first tournament upset over No. 3
seed Galena.
Matt Buhler had 16
points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists, while Mitch
Buhler had 15 points, seven rebounds, and six assists.
Rossville jumped out
to a 14-4 lead after one quarter and Galena never recovered.
Rossville shot a
tournament-high 58.3 percent (21 of 36), including 12 of 16 in the
second half. Tanner Cady had 11 points.
Colton Leet had 15
points and Jacob Gougler finished with 10 points for Galena. |
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Hutchinson Trinity
46, Council Grove 39 |
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Top-seed Hutchinson
Trinity struggled with 28.6 percent shooting, but made some key
plays down the stretch to topple eight-seed Council Grove.
Trinity lead 29-28
after three quarters, and then had to survive six lead changes in
the fourth quarter. With Council Grove leading 38-37 with 1:24 to go
in the game, Ryan Mesh had a three-point play with 1:02 to go to
give Trinity the lead for good. Conor Reilly and Derek Racette added
six-straight free throws in the final minute to seal the victory.
Racette had 16
points, five rebounds and three steals to lead Trinity. Reilly had
14 points and four steals, while Mesh had a double-double with 13
points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Trinity shot just 12
of 42 overall, but hit 18 of 21 free throws.
Derek Ziegenhirt had
10 points to lead Council Grove. |
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Sabetha 70,
Holcomb 66 |
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Mitch Allen and Caleb
Kesler scored 22 points each to lead fifth-seeded Sabetha past
fourth-seeded Holcomb.
Both teams shot
better than 50 percent for the game. Sabetha was 53.5 percent (21 of
40), while Holcomb shot 52.8 percent (28 of 53). The Bluejays had a
big advantage at the free-throw line, going 27 of 38, while the
Longhorns were just 7 of 11.
Jerry Chase had 10
points, four steals and three assists for Sabetha.
C.J. Brau led Holcomb
with 22 points. Jordan Wilcox had 13 points before fouling out. Trey
DeLaRosa and Matt Heydman had 10 points for the Longhorns.
Sabetha had to come
back from an early eight-points deficit and still trailed 34-29 at
halftime. The Bluejays outscored Holcomb 22-11 in the third quarter
and then held the Longhorns off going 15 of 21 from the free-throw
line in the final eight minutes. |
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