WARRIORS FALL TO TOP SEED
DIAMOND, Mo. — The eighth-seeded McAuley Catholic boys basketball team suffered a 59-47 loss to top-seeded Purdy on Tuesday at the Gem City Classic.
“I’m proud of the effort our guys showed tonight,” Warriors coach Tony Witt told SoMo Sports. “There were a ton of positives that we took away from tonight. We had some costly mistakes at crucial times that hurt us down the stretch. We can’t hang our heads, though. We lost to a good ball club tonight.”
McAuley’s Daniel Wagner scored 14 points and Thomas Black added 12. Matthew Dohmen scored seven and Joe Staton had six. Rounding out the scoring for the Warriors were Cade Englert (five points) and Rocco Bazzano-Joseph (three points).
Osiel Aldava scored 25 points for Purdy.
FORSYTH HANDS CARL JUNCTION LOSS
FORSYTH, Mo. — Carl Junction fell behind early on the way to a 79-48 loss to the hosts in the Forsyth Tournament on Tuesday.
Forsyth jumped out to a 26-10 lead after the first quarter and built the lead up to 28 points to start the fourth quarter.
Kyler Perry and Alex Baker led Carl Junction with 11 points each. Sincere Williams finished with nine points, while Mylas Derfelt added eight.
