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DISTRICT HOOPS: Seneca, Nevada girls advance to title games

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

SENECA GIRLS 50, MONETT 45

MONETT, Mo. — Second-seeded Seneca knocked off third-seeded Monett 50-45 in the semifinals of the Class 4 District 12 tournament on Thursday night.

Hazley Grotjohn scored 27 points to lead Seneca, while Parker Long added 19 points.

Allyson Inman scored 13 points to lead Monett.

Top-seeded Aurora defeated fourth-seeded Cassville 46-26 in the other semifinal.

The district title game between Aurora and Seneca is scheduled for 6 on Saturday night.

 

NEVADA GIRLS 42, HARRISONVILLE 39 (OT)

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. —Top-seeded Nevada advanced to the championship game of the Class 4 District 13 tournament by beating the fourth-seeded Harrisonville Wildcats 42-39 in overtime on Thursday night.

Clara Swearingen scored 23 points to lead Nevada (20-6), hitting four 3-pointers in the game. Maddy Majors added seven points for the Tigers, while Abbey Heathman scored six.

Harrisonville received 15 points from Maddie Johnson.

The game was deadlocked at 34 at the end of regulation. 

Nevada outscored Harrisonville 8-5 in the extra session, with Katie Johnson knocking down a key go-ahead jumper for the Tigers late in the game before Heathman converted two free throws for the final margin.

Nevada will take on No. 3 Clinton in the title game at noon on Saturday at Pleasant Hill High School.

 

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