The Princeton basketball teams were dominant in claiming a pair of Thursday night semifinal wins, with the Lady Tigers moving their winning streak to five with a 48-29 win over Pattonsburg, while the PHS boys dropped 70 points in a 70-43 triumph over Northeast Nodaway.
The Lady Tigers opened “Semifinal Thursday” at the Gilman gym with a 14 point effort from junior Jaelyn Thomas, 11 from Vivian Allen, and 10 points from Payton Goodin. Â Princeton will play North Harrison in the Gilman City girls championship game on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Â The Lady Shamrocks, the tournament’s #1 seed, routed East Harrison in the second girls semifinal of the night, 60-24. Â
Pattonsburg will take on East Harrison in the girls third place, Friday night at 8 o’clock.
The Princeton boys win over Northeast Nodaway is the Tigers second within a two-week period against the Blue Jays, matching the win PHS took in the mid-January South Harrison Tournament. Â The Tigers opponent in Saturday’s boys championship game (4:30 PM) will be the Pattonsburg Panthers, after the tournament’s #1 seed took down Gilman City, 60-39 on Thursday night.
The Gilman City boys will challenge Northeast Nodaway for third place, starting Saturday’s three-game slate from Gilman City at 1:30 in the afternoon.
