The postseason is underway across Missouri for high school basketball, with numerous squads seeing their seasons come to a close over the past week, while a busy Saturday approaches with district championship games in area locations that include the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton, Chillicothe High School, Penney High School of Hamilton, and Schuyler County High School.
The Milan Wildcats have returned to a district final, with the two-time Grand River Conference champions, in Thursday night action heard on KTTN FM 92.3, taking down the rival Putnam County Midgets for the fourth time this season, winning a Class 2, District 6 boys semifinal 61-36. Hunter Shaw led the Wildcats with 18 points with Eddie Gonzalez adding 17 in the win, improving Milan to 21-3 on the season. Putnam County, ending the campaign at 13-12, had 10 points each from Hayden Halley and Marcus Furnish.
Earlier in the week, Milan ripped Schuyler County in the quarterfinal round 69-23, with Putnam County taking a hard-fought 59-56 win over KNox County.
Milan’s opponent in Saturday’s 3:30 title tilt from Schuyler County High School will be the Westran Hornets, a 56-48 semifinal winner over Salisbury. In Tuesday night’s quarterfinal round, Westran beat Scotland County, 70-47, while Salisbury ended Marceline’s season, 76-65.
On the girls side of Class 2, District 6, Milan’s Lady Wildcats had their season close on Thursday, with a strong start against #1 seed Salisbury dissipating over the final three quarters in a 63-43 loss on KTTN FM 92.3. Milan started the first quarter up 13-6, but trailed by two points at the half and was outscored 39-19 in the second half, as Salisbury improves to 22-3 on the season. The Lady ‘Cats, in a season that saw a Grand River Conference East title, finishes 16-8.
Salisbury was led by Chloe Wyatt with 20 points, with Bryn Wooldridge scoring 17 and Abigail Gebhardt 15 points. Cady Pauley had a game-high 26 points for MHS, with Tahli Gray, in her final game in Lady ‘Cat “Green and Gold”, adding 13.
Salisbury will play the Scotland County Lady Tigers in Saturday’s 2 o’clock District 6 girls championship game in Queen City, after Scotland County beat the rival Schuyler County Lady Rams in Thursday night’s second girls semifinal, 56-32.
In quarterfinal round action on Monday night, Salisbury routed Westran 66-21, with Milan downing Marceline 61-58, Scotland County over Knox County 43-25, and Schuyler County defeating Putnam County 67-44.
The Trenton Lady Bulldogs have a meeting with arch-rival Chillicothe on the Lady Hornets home floor on Saturday night (5 o’clock – KTTN FM 92.3) for the Class 3, District 14 championship, after the Lady Bulldogs were able to grind out a pair of low-scoring, hard-earned wins earlier this week.
On Monday night, Trenton defeated Richmond by a score of 43-32, and two nights later, the Lady Bulldogs overcame a slow start against Broookfield, rallying for a 42-32 win.
Chillicothe hammered Lexington in the quarterfinals 69-17, before a convincing 47-31 win over Carrollton in the Wednesday night semifinal round. The other girls quarterfinals from Chillicothe High School had Brookfield defeating St. Paul Lutheran 48-41, while the Carrollton Lady Trojans defeated Higginsville 52-31.
The Trenton-Chillicothe winner will advance to play in the Class 3 girls sectional round on Wednesday night at Moberly Area Community College.
Here are the remainder of the scores from district basketball this week!
Class 3, District 14 BOYS (at Chillicothe H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/25):
Chillicothe 82, Trenton 56
Brookfield 40, St. Paul Lutheran 34
Richmond 83, Lexington 56
Higginsville 74, Carrollton 61
Semifinals (2/27):
Chillicothe 69, Brookfield 54
Richmond 53, Higginsville 41
Championship (2/29 at 6:45 PM):
Chillicothe vs. Richmond
Class 1, District 12 GIRLS (at Meadville H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/24):
Green City 62, Bucklin/Macon County 26
Linn County 48, Brunswick 16
Meadville 57, Hale/Bosworth 34
Grundy R-V 77, Northwestern 57
Semifinals (2/27):
Green City 59, Linn County 33
Meadville 62, Grundy R-V 46
Championship (2/29 at 3:00 PM):
Green City vs. Meadville
Class 1, District 12 BOYS (at Meadville H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/25):
Meadville 65, Bucklin/Macon County 26
Green City 88, Grundy R-V 56
Hale/Bosworth 70, Linn County 37
Brunswick 60, Northwestern 30
Semifinals (2/27):
Meadville 57, Green City 52
Brunswick 56, Hale/Bosworth 45
Championship (2/29 at 4:30 PM):
Meadville vs. Brunswick
Class 1, District 13 GIRLS (at Norborne H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/22):
Norborne 71, Breckenridge 18
Hardin-Central 41, Orrick 34
Santa Fe 46, Tina-Avalon 18
Braymer 57, Southwest Livingston 26
Semifinals (2/25):
Norborne 44, Hardin-Central 34
Braymer 47, Santa Fe 35
Championship (2/27):
Norborne 49, Braymer 23
Class 1, District 13 BOYS (at Norborne H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/22):
Southwest Livingston 76, Breckenridge 14
Santa Fe 55, Hardin-Central 34
Orrick 73, Braymer 32
Tina-Avalon 37, Norborne 25
Semifinals (2/25):
Southwest Livingston 38, Santa Fe 29
Orrick 44, Tina-Avalon 28
Championship (2/27):
Orrick 60, Southwest Livingston 57
Class 1, District 14 GIRLS (at Ketcham CC – NCMC and North Harrison H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/24):
Princeton 72, East Harrison 15
Mercer 32, North Harrison 27
Tri-County 59, Gilman City 24
Pattonsburg 67, Winston 61
Semifinals (2/26):
Mercer 39, Princeton 32
Pattonsburg 67, Tri-County 52
Championship (2/29 at 1:30 PM on KTTN FM 92.3):
Mercer vs. Pattonsburg (at NCMC – Trenton)
Class 1, District 14 BOYS (at Ketcham CC – NCMC and North Harrison H.S.)
Quarterfinals (2/25):
Princeton 90, Gilman City 29
North Harrison 50, Winston 36
Mercer 72, Tri-County 50
Pattonsburg 80, East Harrison 45
Semifinals (2/27):
Princeton 72, North Harrison 47
Mercer 55, Pattonsburg 44
Championship (2/29 to 3:00 PM on KTTN FM 92.3):
Princeton vs. Mercer (at NCMC – Trenton)
Class 2, District 15 GIRLS (at Penney H.S. – Hamilton)
Quarterfinals (2/24):
Polo 52, Maysville 42
Penney 73, South Harrison 19
Plattsburg 69, Gallatin 31
Semifinals (2/26):
Wellington-Napoleon 52, Polo 16
Penney 61, Plattsburg 25
Championship (2/27 at 4:00 PM)
Wellington-Napoleon vs. Penney
Class 2, District 16 BOYS (at Penney H.S. – Hamilton)
Quarterfinals (2/25):
Plattsburg 69, Northland Christian 42
Penney 72, Wellington-Napoleon 63
Gallatin 78, Maysville 28
South Harrison 67, Polo 51
Semifinals (2/27):
Plattsburg 66, Penney 48
Gallatin 64, South Harrison 43
Championship (2/27 at 6:00 PM):
Plattsburg vs. Gallatin
