The Worth County Tigers beat Princeton in Grand River Conference crossover games on Tuesday night in Grant City. In a pair of high-scoring affairs, the host Lady Tigers beat Princeton 78-58 while the boys final was 75-56. The Princeton varsity teams, 0-1 to start the season, are off until Monday, when they play in the quarterfinals of the Albany Invitational Tournament. The Princeton girls, seeded #5, will battle King City at 7:45, while the 7th seeded Princeton boys take on perennial state power Jefferson at 6:15.
In their loss to Worth County, Jaelyn Steeby-Thomas led Princeton with 27 points, while Lindsey Batson added 11. The second and fourth quarters were the trouble spots for PHS, outscored by a combined 45-23 over those two frames. Anna Gladstone and Regan Allee both had 23 points for a vastly improved WCHS team. Jessi Badell had 12 and Kaylee McElvain 11 points.
The Princeton boys were paced by 12 points each from Blaine Millburn and Andrew Smith, while Riley Lewis contributed 11. For Worth County, Drake Kinsella had a game-high 20 points while Cade Allee added 13.
In addition to the games to start the Albany Tournament involving Princeton, other quarterfinals from Albany High School will be, on Monday, Jefferson girls vs. Albany at 4:45 PM and the South Harrison boys vs. King City at 9:15 PM.
On Tuesday night, quarterfinal action continues as South Harrison’s Lady Bulldogs, seeded #3, take on Worth County at 4:45, followed by the Worth County boys, a #3 seed, challenging Pattonsburg at 6:15. The Stanberry Lady Bulldogs lay Pattonsburg at 7:45, followed by the #1 seeded Stanberry boys against Albany at 9:15.
Consolation semifinals will be Wednesday, November 30th, with championship semifinals at Thursday, December 1st. The consolation finals and girls third place game will be the night of Friday, December 2nd, with three games, starting with the boys third place game at 5:30 PM, finishing the Albany Tournament on Saturday night, December 3rd.
Here is the complete high school basketball scoreboard from Tuesday, November 22, 2016:
GIRLS:
Marceline 45, Brookfield 41
Breckenridge 32, Newtown-Harris 28
Gallatin 47, Pattonsburg 16
Chillicothe 60, Penney (Hamilton) 18
Savannah 55, Harrisonville 46
Tarkio 52, Maysville 22
Osborn 48, Gilman City 35
Macon 44, Cameron 26
South Harrison 52, Winston 24
Northeast Nodaway 34, Albany 31
Mound City 50, Stanberry 46
South Nodaway 48, King City 45 (OT)
Plattsburg 43, Nodaway-Holt 33
Lathrop 64, University Academy 21
Lexington 51, Lawson 44
North Harrison 32, North Nodaway 31
St. Joseph Central 41, Staley 40
DeKalb 61, St. Joseph Christian 25
East Harrison 47, Stewartsville 37
Jefferson 56, Maryville 18
Mid-Buchanan 58, Summit Christian 27
North Platte 66, KC Lutheran 45
BOYS:
Brookfield 58, Marceline 53
Newtown-Harris 58, Breckenridge 37 (NaVontae Rainey 21, Andrew Garcia 15)
Gilman City 57, Osborn 20
King City 60, South Nodaway 51
Lathrop 78, University Academy 76
Cameron 27, Macon 25
Gallatin 48, Pattonsburg 29
Tarkio 46, Maysville 41
Winston 53, South Harrison 37
Northeast Nodaway 31, Albany 24
Stanberry 68, Mound City 59
North Nodaway 57, North Harrison 26
Stewartsville 57, East Harrison 45
St. Joseph Central 58, Staley 40
St. Joseph Christian 71, DeKalb 13
Braymer 46, Tina-Avalon 16 (MONDAY)
