Milan celebrates double championships, closes down the Den with GRC sweep of South Harrison

Tuesday night’s Grand River Conference basketball games at Milan High School took on a celebratory nature, with the Wildcat teams, already clinched the GRC East titles, cruising to a pair of wins over the South Harrison Bulldogs, in contests heard on Hot Country Z 101.7.  

In the opener, the Lady ‘Cats rolled to a 63-20 triumph, with Cady Pauley and Tahli Gray each scoring 22 points for Milan, now 15-6 overall and 7-0 in GRC play, going into Thursday night’s road test at Linn County.  Milan will play the Worth County Lady Tigers in the 6 o’clock GRC championship game on Saturday night at King City High School (on Hot Country Z 101.7).  South Harrison, dropping to 1-17 on the campaign, had seven points from Emily Miller and six from Kaliska Madison.

The boys game went to Milan by a score of 76-45, with Eddie Gonzalez providing a strong 23 point night for the Wildcats, now 18-3 on the season, and 7-0 in the GRC.  Dre Morehead added 15 points and Hunter Shaw and Ryan Dabney 11 each for Milan.  South Harrison, dropping to 10-11 overall and 2-5 in the GRC, had 19 points from Jed Cornett and 10 from Cale Weller.

With a larger gymnasium scheduled to be completed in time for the 2020-2021 basketball season, Tuesday’s games are expected to be the final varsity contests played in the current Milan facility.

Other scores from Tuesday, February 11, 2020:

GIRLS:

Mercer 61, Gilman City 19 (HDC Tournament)

North Harrison 37, Winston 20 (HDC Tournament) 

Albany 43, Princeton 34

Gallatin 38, King City 32

Pattonsburg 65, Maysville 60 

Centerville 67, Putnam County 41

Osborn 60, West Nodaway 31

Penney 64, Lawson 30 

Mid-Buchanan 48, Lawson 45

Plattsburg 46, West Platte 38 

East Buchanan 41, North Platte 35

Chillicothe 41, Maryville 32

Benton 47, Lafayette 20

Meadville 61, LaPlata 41

BOYS:

Winston 76, Gilman City 19 (HDC Tournament)

North Harrison 75, Tri-County 38 (HDC Tournament) 

Princeton 60, Albany 38 

Gallatin 60, King City 18 

Pattonsburg 65, Maysville 46

Centerville 84, Putnam County 50 

Osborn 46, West Nodaway 38 

Lathrop 94, Penney 47

Mid-Buchanan 37, Lawson 34

Plattsburg 61, West Platte 36

East Buchanan 65, North Platte 53

Maryville 57, Cameron 33

Lafayette 44, Benton 42

Meadville 42, LaPlata 38