Wildcats, Lady Bulldogs open defense of GRC titles with home-court wins

The Trenton girls and Milan boys were among basketball teams claiming victories on Tuesday night, with Grand River Conference play beginning with seven separate girls/boys varsity doubleheaders taking place across the region.  An eighth scheduled double-dip, Pattonsburg at Braymer, was postponed to a later date.

From Trenton High School, in action broadcast on KTTN 92.3 FM, the Trenton Lady Bulldogs saw an interior advantage over rival with the presence of junior starting forward Maci Moore against the undersized Princeton Lady Tigers.  Trenton went to Moore early and often in a career-high 34 point night for Moore, in a 59-36 victory.  Trenton is now 4-3 overall, and 1-0 in GRC play, while Princeton had a 3-game winning streak snapped, falling to 3-3 overall.

Here is Trenton Head Coach Kameron Cool:

Moore’s 34 point night was two points shy of the Trenton school record set by Lora Gooch.  Princeton, for the second consecutive game, was led by sophomore forward Lauren Krohn with 15 points, although Krohn’s night ended late in the fourth quarter, when she suffered a sprained ankle in front of her own bench.

The boys saw Princeton jump on the host Bulldogs early for a double-digit first quarter lead, only to see Trenton, on a 21-7 second quarter surge, cut the halftime lead to six.  However, the Tigers regained momentum after the break and slowly pulled away from THS, winning 71-49.  Behind a game-high 28 points from Preston Thomas, Princeton snapped a two-game losing skid and improved to 5-2 overall, 1-0 in the GRC, dropping Trenton to 1-6.  Austin Kelly had 13 points and Colton Estes 11 for PHS, while Chase Otto had 19 points and Gavin Roeder 13 for THS.

The Milan Wildcats opened conference play with a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Polo Panthers on Tuesday night, winning the boys contest 74-40.  Eddie Gonzalez led the ‘Cats with 24 points, with Dre Morehead tallying 23, Ryan Dabney 11, and Hunter Shaw 10 points.  The Wildcats are 6-0 overall and 1-0 in GRC play.  

In a back and forth affair in the opener at Milan, the Lady ‘Cats were able to take the win in a tightly-contested, back and forth affair with the Panthers, 51-45.  

Here are the rest of the area basketball scores from Tuesday, December 17, 2019:

GIRLS:
Stanberry 40, Albany 38 

Putnam County 55, Gallatin 25

King City 44, St. Joseph Christian 31

Maysville 42, South Harrison 34

Worth County 55, North Andrew 37

Meadville 45, Linn County 33

Grundy County 71, Winston 16

Tri-County 59, Union Star 19

Southwest Livingston 41, Tina-Avalon 40 

Penney 54, Lafayette 39

Northwestern 53, Bucklin/Macon County 36

Cameron 66, Lawson 30 

Mound City 36, Stewartsville 35

Macon 67, Chillicothe 52

Plattsburg 48, Summit Christian 38 

Maryville 88, Mid-Buchanan 34

East Buchanan 75, Savannah 46

Novinger 61, Bevier 26

Green City 68, Atlanta 46

LaPlata 59, Brashear 52

Marceline 67, Paris 52

BOYS:

Stanberry 54, Albany 45

Gallatin 79, Putnam County 67

St. Joseph Christian 67, King City 11

South Harrison 59, Maysville 32

Worth County 55, North Andrew 42

Meadville 63, Linn County 51

Union Star 43, Tri-County 41

Winston 58, Grundy County 14

Southwest Livingston 58, Tina-Avalon 47

Northwestern 66, Bucklin/Macon County 29 

Northeast Nodaway 48, Osborn 41

Novinger 82, Bevier 41

Chillicothe 68, Macon 52

Atlanta 60, Green City 56

LaPlata 61, Brashear 47

Paris 60, Marceline 46