By Joanna Chadwick
This is it.
Every team playing is competing for a chance at a state title.
Watch this space for final scores, along with stats and recaps that fans send to me through Twitter (@joannachadwick) or email ([email protected]).
Here are the 6A girls, 5A boys and 4A girls who have qualified already.
Boys
Abilene 64, Rock Creek 57 OT
Andale 62, Rose Hill 52
Bishop Miege 79, Atchison 37
BV Northwest 63, BV North 57
Buhler 44, El Dorado 41
Caldwell 45, Attica 44
Central Plains 46, Centre 41
Dodge City 56, Washburn Rural 49
Eudora 68, Labette County 42
Galena 65, Columbus 39
Girard 41, Burlington 34
Greeley County 72, Wheatland-Grinnell 54
Heights 54, Junction City 39 — Heights’ Dreylin Kemp had 15 points, Chase Harris 13, Marcus Zeigler 12 and TJ Williams 12 points in the win. Harris had six rebounds, four steals, and Kemp had six rebounds, three blocks.
Hesston 49, Cheney 41 — Cason Richardson scored 13 points to lead Hesston. Jackson Voth scored 15 and Harrison Voth 10 for Cheney.
Hillsboro 42, Inman 35
Independent 51, Sedan 40
Lawrence Free State 53, Hutchinson 37
Manhattan 61, Derby 45 — Down 32-25 at the 6:10 mark of the third quarter, Manhattan went on a 15-0 run then opened the fourth with a 12-0 run for the 54-35 lead with 4:06 to go. Dallas Metzger led Derby with 12 points, hitting four three-pointers.
McPherson 60, Pratt 39
Norwich 43, Wichita Classical 26
Olathe North 56, SM East 47
Olathe West 73, Lawrence 69
Osborne 46, Lakeside 41 2OT
Paola 51, Tonganoxie 37
Pittsburg Colgan 76, SE-Cherokee 48
SM Northwest 59, Blue Valley 42
SE-Saline 71, Council Grove 48
Sterling 48, Ellinwood 42
Thomas More Prep 47, Norton 39
Topeka Hayden 55, Wamego 37
Troy 58, Cair Paravel 57
Girls
Andover Central 52, Topeka Seaman 38
Beloit St. John’s-Tipton 56, Logan-Palco 21
Bishop Carroll 50, Andover 42
Burlingame 44, St. Paul 39
Central Plains 68, Rural Vista 15
Cherryvale 59, Neodesha 53
Emporia 48, Kapaun 30
DeSoto 43, Basehor-Linwood 36
Garden Plain 52, West Elk 28 — Ryleigh Stuhlsatz scored 11, while Brooke Hammond and Madelyn Rolfs had 10 apiece in Garden Plain’s win. Hammond added seven rebounds and three steals.
Goodland 40, Phillipsburg 33
Hodgeman County 52, Ness City 42
Hugoton 49, Cimarron 34
Lansing 43, Mill Valley 33
Nickerson 48, Hesston 37 — Josie McLean scored 18 points and Ava Jones had 12 for Nickerson. K. Bruggean had 15 points for Hesston.
Osborne 68, Rawlins County 56
Pittsburg Colgan 55, Uniontown 27
Pretty Prairie 38, Norwich 16
Salina Central 63, Hays 33 — Aubrie Kierscht scored a game-high 29 points.
Santa Fe Trail 58, West Franklin 26
Silver Lake 59, Nemaha Central 54 OT
South Haven 44, Attica 43
SE-Saline 37, Riley County 30
Spring Hill 40, Leavenworth 26
Sterling 74, Elkhart 43
