LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE 77, NEOSHO 49
ROGERSVILLE, Mo. — Second-seeded Neosho suffered a 77-49 season-ending setback to top-seeded Logan-Rogersville in the championship game of the Class 5 District 11 boys basketball tournament on Wednesday night at Logan-Rogersville High School.
Ranked fifth in Class 5 by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association, Rogersville (20-5) advanced to the sectional round, where they’ll meet the Webb City-Nevada winner on March 9 at a location to be determined.
Neosho hung tough early, but Rogersville pulled away for good with a 22-9 third quarter.
Neosho ends the season at 13-13.
Senior Chase Flynn led Neosho with 19 points, while classmate Landon Austin added 13. Flynn had 13 of Neosho’s 28 points in the first half. Carter Fenske chipped in nine points on three 3-pointers.
Jonathan Dunn scored 33 points for Rogersville. The 6-foot-7 Dunn is a Western Illinois recruit who recently transferred to Rogersville from Hazelwood Central.
Zach Bergmann and Kanon Gipson scored 14 points apiece for Rogersville.
In a clash between Wildcats, Neosho took a 14-13 lead after Fenske hit two 3-pointers, Isaiah Green scored in the lane and Flynn made a pair of free throws.
After hoops from Dunn and Gipson, Rogersville led 20-19 at the end of the back-and-forth first quarter.
Flynn scored seven of Neosho’s nine second-quarter points, and his trey gave the visiting Wildcats a 24-23 lead. It would be Neosho’s last advantage.
Later, Rogersville finished the first half on a 7-2 run to take a 33-28 lead into the break.
The hosts scored the first 10 points of the third period to go up 43-28. Dunn’s back-to-back hoops extended Rogersville’s lead to 50-31.
Neosho trailed 55-37 at the end of the third quarter. Rogersville led 67-42 with 5:30 left en route to victory.
It’s Rogersville’s fourth straight district title.
Playing their final game for Neosho were seniors Flynn, Austin and Dalton Brodie.
EAST NEWTON BOYS 69, AURORA 42
GRANBY, Mo. — The Patriots advanced to the championship game of the Class 4 District 12 tournament.
East Newton (24-2) will host Mount Vernon (16-7) at 7 on Friday in the title game.
Lucas Kimbrough scored 26 points for the Patriots, while Kyson Lahman surpassed 1,000 career points during the game.
The Patriots were up 17-11 at the end of the first quarter and East Newton led 39-23 at halftime.
The Patriots held a comfortable 63-34 advantage by the end of the third quarter.
The Mountaineers beat Reeds Spring 48-36.
MILLER GIRLS 52, ASH GROVE 41
The Cardinals (28-1) advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Class 3 state tournament, where they’ll meet Steelville (22-6) at 1 on Saturday at a location to be determined.
In Wednesday’s sectional, Miller led 13-9 at the end of the first quarter and 26-21 at halftime. By the end of the third period, Miller’s lead was 38-32.
The Cardinals led 44-40 with 5:15 remaining. Miller finished the game on an 8-1 run to advance.
Kaylee Helton and Claudia Hadlock scored 14 points apiece for the Cardinals, while Lili Merrick added 11.
Steelville defeated Strafford 50-41.
Strafford was going for a sixth straight state title and the Indians had won 37 straight postseason games.
