Chillicothe girls take giant step toward MEC title, rally for victory at Lafayette

The 2nd-ranked (Class 4 MBCA) Chillicothe Lady Hornets rallied from an 11-point fourth quarter deficit to force overtime, then overlook the Lafayette Fighting Irish to win 57-49 in a Midland Empire Conference showdown on Tuesday night.

Whitney Clampitt led Chillicothe’s late game surge, scoring 21 points to lead the once-beaten Lady Hornet squad.  Hannah Jones added 16 and Katelyn Parkey 10 for CHS.  Center Ashlyn Dotson led the Fighting Irish charges with 22 points.

The victory pushes the Lady Hornets to a perfect 6-0 record in MEC play, clinching a tie for the conference title.  A victory over Cameron would secure the title outright for Darren Smith’s team.

While the Hornets and Irish played their varsity girls game in St. Joseph, the Lafayette boys traveled to Chillicothe High School to play the Hornets, with the visitors in green coming away with a 74-59 win.  Walker Graves led the Hornets with 15 points.

Here is the complete high school basketball scoreboard from Tuesday, February 14, 2017:

GIRLS:

Grundy County 64, Tri-County 13 (Jandie Peterson 18, Matana Munday, Zoe Littleton, and Morgan Axtell 11 for R-V)

Mercer 84, Gilman City 26

Southwest Livingston 68, Braymer 58

Stanberry 53, Maysville 32

Tina-Avalon 35, Polo 25

North Harrison 44, Worth County 42

East Buchanan 55, Plattsburg 47 (East Buch clinches KCI championship)

West Platte 56, Penney 44 (Penney hosts Trenton on Thursday night)

Lathrop 44, Lawson 36

Mid-Buchanan 77, North Platte 39

East Harrison 50, Winston 34

DeKalb 48, Osborn 21

South Harrison 56, Albany 23

North Andrew 60, Northland Christian 49

Harrisburg 35, Salisbury 32

Keytesville 48, Atlanta 47

Monroe City 51, Brookfield 26

Bucklin/Macon County 58, Brashear 46

Green City 61, Bevier 11

Knox County 45, Marceline 42

Novinger 51, Newtown-Harris 23

LaPlata 55, Northwestern 38

BOYS:

Mercer 91, Gilman City 69

Benton 45, Savannah 31

Braymer 65, Southwest Livingston 54

Bishop LeBlond 61, Smithville 47

Lawson 82, Lathrop 52 (Lawson clinches KCI championship)

Penney 74, West Platte 30

Mid-Buchanan 49, North Platte 35

Stanberry 62, Maysville 40

Polo 52, Tina-Avalon 47

Winston 65, East Harrison 25

Grundy County 66, Tri-County 13

DeKalb 48, Osborn 36

South Harrison 61, Albany 25

Keytesville 57, Atlanta 22

Monroe City 82, Brookfield 51

Worth County 65, North Harrison 36

North Andrew 114, Northland Christian 36

Bucklin/Macon County 70, Brashear 51

Bevier 57, Green City 51

Knox County 41, Marceline 33

Northwestern 68, LaPlata 60