The Tri-County girls earned their first win of the 2016-2017 season on Thursday night, defeating the Newtown-Harris Lady Tigers, 30-26. Â Gabby Nielson scored 20 points in the loss for Newtown-Harris. Â The boys game from Newtown tipped to the Tigers, 67-46. Â Andrew Garcia scored 18, Josh Allen 11, and Ryan Coltrain 10 points for NHHS.
Three games were played at the KCI Conference Tournament in Gower on Thursday night. Â The East Buchanan girls took the consolation final against Penney, winning 51-46. Â Madison McCreary scored 21 points and Josie Fortney 18 for the Lady Bulldogs, with Nora Ford netting 14 points and McKauley Prothero 12 for the Lady Hornets. Â The Plattsburg boys nipped rival Lathrop in the boys consolation final, 54-52 in overtime, while the West Platte girls took a 55-49 win over Lawson, winning the third place hardware.
The KCI Tournament wraps up Friday night at East Buchanan High School, with the East Buchanan boys hosting Mid-Buchanan for third place at 5 PM, followed by the girls title game between Lathrop and Mid-Buchanan at 6:30, and the Penney boys battling Lawson for a championship at 8 o’clock.
From Grundy County High School on Thursday night, the Panther teams were swept by Green City. Â The Lady Gophers took a 51-43 road win, as Brooke Littrell scored 25 points. Â The Lady Panthers had 17 points from Matana Munday and 11 points from Dani Peterson. Â The Green City boys downed Grundy R-5 69-36. Â Wayne Baxter and Jonathan Stimpson both scored 10 points for Grundy, while Bryson Gann pulled down 10 rebounds.
The Polo girls won at Winston, 36-31, as Jenni Farmer had 13 points for the only double-figure scoring output of the night. Â The #2 ranked (Class 1) Winston boys had a workmanlike 53-23 win over Polo, a Logan Caldwell had 20 points and Griffen Harris 14 for the Redbirds.
Stanberry won both ends of a varsity doubleheader with Northeast Nodaway, taking the girls contest 57-24 and the boys game 68-38.
