By Joanna Chadwick
I’m thrilled that high school basketball is back, but I’m especially loving the story out of Southeast-Saline High.
There was a power outage in the second quarter of the girls game, and after extending delays, Kansas Wesleyan said the girls and boys games could be played there tonight.
Now that’s ensuring a good outcome, no matter if there was a win or a loss.
“This community shows up for us,” Steve Wilson of KWU tweeted. “We will always return the favor if we are able. I’m glad it came together!”
Boys
*Marion-Goessel was postponed after a power outage occurred in the first quarter. It will resume on Dec. 17.
Abilene 73, Smoky Valley 52
Arkansas City 64, Winfield 45
Andover 73, Campus 34 — Andover’s Eli Shetlar hit three three-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points, Blake Rucker added 14 and Josh Kim had 10. Campus’ Thomas had 17 points and Andrell Burton scored 12.
Canton-Galva 67, Rural Vista 54 — Jett Vincent led Canton-Galva with 28 and Lane McMannis had 21.
Central-Burden 44, Attica 34
Cheney 63, Clearwater 30
Circle 68, Kingman 55
Conway Springs 51, Medicine Lodge 26 — Eli Howard had 21 points, Taylor Wykes 18 and Nash Johnson 12 as they scored all of Conway Springs’ points in the win.
Cunningham 57, Minneola 54
Douglass 56, Udall 26
Eisenhower 65, Salina South 63 OT
Goddard 58, Augusta 34
Halstead 46, Sedgwick 44 — Koehn Corona had four threes and a game-high 14 points to lead Halstead, while Isaiah Heredia hit two threes in the fourth quarter. Sedgwick’s Scarlett had 13 points and Crumrine 12
Heights 47, Northwest 37 — Heights had a 21-6 lead over Northwest midway through the second quarter, but the Grizzlies tied it up at 27-all with three minutes to go in the third. Northwest took a 35-34 lead early in the fourth quarter, but Heights went on a 13-2 run to finish the game. Heights’
Amalachi Wilkins scored a game-high 21 points and T.J. Williams had six of his 13 points in the fourth quarter. Chase Robinson had eight rebounds and four assists, Marcus Zeigler had seven rebounds and four steals. Northwest’s Tasean Williams had 15 points, hitting three three-pointers and 6 of 6 from the line, while teammate Jerome Henderson had 11 points and three three-pointers.
Humboldt 62, Eureka 29
Independent 74, Kiowa County 39 — Conar Harris scored 27 points, including 13 in the second quarter, of Independent’s win. Javon Beadles added 10 points.
Kapaun 68, North 33 — Coach Steve Eck won his 1,000th career win as Kapaun got the win without Will Anciaux.
Maize 52, Salina Central 50 — Brayden Myovela had 11 points, seven in the first quarter, to lead Maize. Salina Central’s Jones had 12 and Kaden Snyder had 10.
Norwich 72, Belle Plaine 46
Pratt 65, Larned 19
Pretty Prairie 71, Argonia 45
Sterling 66, Hillsboro 60 — Sterling had four in double digits — Carson Gray and Isaac Briar each had 12 points, Colby Beagley 13 and Gabe Riffel 10 as the team shot 24 of 49 from the field, including 7 of 16 from three. Gray had 11 rebounds.
Trinity Academy 53, Garden Plain 31 — Trinity’s Wertenberger had six threes and 24 points, while Zimmerman had 11.Kaeden Kasselman scored 11 to lead Garden Plain.
Wellington 60, Mulvane 28 — Mulvane’s Aiden McKee scored 12 points.
West Elk 61, Oswego 32 — West Elk was led by Maddex Moreno’s 18 points and Uriah Tillapaugh’s 17 points and 14 rebounds.
Wichita West 67, Wichita South 60 — EJ Saunders had 11 points, nine rebounds.
Girls
Andover 67, Campus 10
Augusta 33, Goddard 27 — Avery Williams had 12 points for Augusta.
Bishop Carroll 45, Southeast 25 — Brynn Steven scored 14 points to lead Carroll in the win. Landon Forbes and Laynie Winfrey each had eight.
BV Northwest 41, Derby 32
Buhler 45, Nickerson 43
Cheney 57, Clearwater 47 — Campbell Hague scored a game-high 18 points for Cheney, Leah Durr had 14 and Elina Bartlett 10. Clearwater’s Elizabeth Tjaden had 15.
Circle 46, Kingman 39 — Circle trailed by 12 in the first half before coming back for the win.
Conway Springs 43, Medicine Lodge 35 — Melissa Ebenkamp had 13 points, 10 rebounds, five steals for Conway Springs, while Olivia Lange had nine points, eight rebounds and five steals.
Douglass 59, Udall 27
Eisenhower 42, Salina South 30
Eureka 61, Humboldt 29
Garden Plain 54, Trinity Academy 38 — Celia Puetz had a game-high 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting, while Alayna Hoheisel had 15 points, making 6 of 8 from the field. Puetz added seven rebounds. Wills led Trinity with 14 points, hitting 5 of 9 field goals, 3 of 3 from three.
Goessel 41, Marion 33 — Goessel’s Cheyenne Sawyer had 12 points and Jaicee Griffin had 11. Marion’s Burkholder and Hett had 11 points each.
Halstead 39, Sedgwick 13
Haven 48, Hutchinson Trinity 22 — Kinley Jacques had 13 points, hitting three three-pointers. Sienna DeFrain added 10 points, hitting 5 of 8 shots, and BrieAnn Brawner had six assists. Avery Brawner had nine rebounds.
Heights 55, Northwest 39
Hillsboro 44, Sterling 18 — Hillsboro’s Savannah Shahan had 14 points, Kori Arnold 13 and Zaylee Werth 12 in the win. Werth added four rebounds, four assists and 11 steals. Bella Brownlee had 10 rebounds for Sterling.
Independent 57, Kiowa County 30 — SaMiyah Ellis scored 20 to lead Independent.
Kapaun 53, North 20 — Kapaun’s Lizzie Romer had 12 of her game-high 18 points in the third quarter.
Madison 46, Yates Center 11
Pratt 52, Larned 50
Rural Vista 42, Canton-Galva 32
SE-Saline 49, Hesston 36
Wellington 49, Mulvane 29 — Mulvane’s Lauren Young scored 11 points.
Wichita South 76, Wichita West 10 — Zion Butler scored 29 points, RaMya Kennedy had 17 and Mahagony Butler had 11.
Winfield 35, Arkansas City 32
