The Penney Lady Hornets overwhelmed North Platte in a 28-9 second quarter surge on Thursday night, winning the KCI Conference’s girls semifinal game 54-40 at Lathrop High School.
Junior guard Nora Ford led Penney with 21 points while Graycen Prothero had 12, as the Hamilton girls advance to Saturday afternoon’s championship game to play the Lawson Lady Cardinals, a 50-38 semifinal winner over top-seeded Mid-Buchanan. The girls championship game will be Saturday afternoon at 2:30.
Mid-Buchanan and North Platte will play Friday night at 8 o’clock in the girls third place game, with Plattsburg and East Buchanan dueling in the girls consolation final, Friday at 5 PM.
The Lathrop boys beat Lawson in one KCI semifinal on Thursday night, while #1 seeded East Buchanan won the other, beating Plattsburg 61-49. The results place the Mules and Bulldogs in the boys championship game, Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Plattsburg and Lawson will drop into the third place game, Saturday at 1 o’clock, while Penney and Mid-Buchanan play for the boys consolation hardware, Friday night at 6:30.
Here is the area scoreboard for Thursday, December 6, 2018:
GIRLS:
Hardin-Central 47, Meadville 36
Green City 52, Grundy County 26
Polo 49, Winston 17
Tri-County 57, Newtown-Harris 15
KC Lutheran 59, St. Joseph Christian 39
Norborne 59, Braymer 35
Brunswick 57, Bucklin/Macon County 33
North Harrison 42, Novinger 35
BOYS:
Meadville 69, Hardin-Central 27
Green City 58, Grundy County 48
Winston 52, Polo 28
Braymer 60, Norborne 40
North Harrison 53, Novinger 51
KC Lutheran 76, St. Joseph Christian 36
Brunswick 65, Bucklin/Macon County 46
