WEBB CITY BOYS 53, FORT SCOTT 47
FRONTENAC, Kan. — The Webb City Cardinals are once again in the championship game of the Four State Raider Classic.
The tourney’s defending champions, Webb City’s boys held off Fort Scott 53-47 in Friday’s semifinals.
Webb City (13-3) will meet Edmond Santa Fe or Frontenac at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in the tourney title game.
It’s the fifth straight year the Cardinals are in the event’s championship game.
On Friday, Webb City could never gain much separation from the Tigers from the SEK League.
Webb City held a 10-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and the Cardinals were up 25-20 at halftime.
The third quarter was even, 13-13.
The Cardinals outscored the Tigers 15-14 in the final eight minutes, holding on late by making enough free throws down the stretch.
Joe Adams scored 14 points and hit four 3-pointers for Webb City, while Barron Duda added 13 points and Holton Keith had 12 points and seven assists.
Alex Martin contributed eight points and eight rebounds and Jonah Spieker chipped in six points.
Dierks Kegler scored 15 points to lead Fort Scott (3-7), while Spencer Goldston added 13.
CARTHAGE BOYS 60, COFFEYVILLE 44
CHANUTE, Kan. — Carthage advanced to the fifth-place game of the Ralph Miller Classic by beating Coffeyville, Kansas, 60-44 on Friday afternoon in the annual event’s consolation semifinals at Chanute High School.
Up 16-12 at the end of the first period, Carthage extended its lead to 10 by halftime at 33-23.
With a 12-5 third period, the Tigers took a 45-28 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Carthage’s lead was never in jeopardy in the final frame.
Three players scored in double figures for the Tigers, as Max Templeman scored 21 points, while Britt Coy and Clay Kinder added 12 points apiece. Justin Ray added nine and Trent Yates had six.
Carthage made eight treys in the game, with Templeman, Coy and Yates hitting two apiece.
The Tigers (9-7) will conclude RMC play at 12:45 on Saturday against the tourney hosts.
SENECA BOYS 66, NEVADA 65
FRONTENAC, Kan. — The Seneca Indians topped the Nevada Tigers for the second time this week.
In Friday’s consolation game of the Four State Raider Classic, Nevada led 31-20 at halftime, but Seneca outscored the Tigers 46-34 in the second half.
Late in the game, Seneca’s Gavyn Hoover hit a 3-pointer to give the Indians a one-point cushion.
Nevada’s Drew Beachler connected on two free throws to give the Tigers the lead, but Seneca’s Blake Hurn scored on a drive to the hoop for the final margin.
“It was a tale of two halves,” Nevada coach Shaun Gray said. “Hats off to Seneca. They hit clutch shots down the stretch and we turned the ball over a ton in the second half to let them back in it.”
Cooper Long scored 16 points for Seneca, while Hoover added 15 and Zane Grotjohn had 14.
Cade Beshore scored 19 points for Nevada, while Beachler had 12 and Jack Cheaney and Riddick Shook contributed 11 points apiece. Brice Budd added nine for the Tigers.
Nevada (6-11) will play for seventh place at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, while Seneca (9-8) will play for fifth at 2:30.
THOMAS JEFFERSON BOYS TO PLAY FOR TITLE (FROM THURSDAY)
LIBERAL, Mo. — With a 64-59 semifinal win over Colgan, Thomas Jefferson advanced to the championship game of the Tony Dubray Classic, where the Cavaliers will face Galena, Kansas, at 6:30 on Saturday night.
The Cavaliers took control by outscoring the Panthers 24-13 in the second period.
Colgan cut Thomas Jefferson’s lead to one late in the fourth quarter, but Kohl Thurman and Tyler Brouhard connected on four straight free throws for the Cavaliers.
Thomas Jefferson’s Jay Ball had another memorable night. Ball scored 19 points and grabbed a school record 27 rebounds.
Brouhard scored 16 points and had eight rebounds and five assists.
“Jay and Tyler both had big nights, and we rely on them to do that nightly, but the other kids really stepped up,” Thomas Jefferson coach Chris Myers said. “It was a great team win.”
Also for the Cavaliers, Levi Triplett scored 15 points, connecting on a trio of 3-pointers, while Thurman added eight points and seven rebounds, Kip Atteberry had four and Tony Touma scored two.
Tucker Harrell led Colgan with 26 points.
