Wichita Northwest Clinches 6A Boys Title With Late Free Throw
Wichita Northwest Grizzlies beat Shawnee Mission East 53 51 after Chris Harper stole near mid court and made a 3.1 second free throw. Harper 18 points for Northwest while J D Christie led East with 19 points and 15 rebounds. In other finals Great Bend won 62 48 over Highland Park to claim 5A title.
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J.D. Christie
Lancers
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Olathe South
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Jeremy Reed
Highland Park
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Lamont Austin
Dante Redmond
Wichita Heights topples Wichita South in 6A girls state finale
Amanda Orleske scored 15 points as Wichita Heights beat Wichita South 60-47 to avenge last year’s state loss. Copeland 14, Lane 13 led the Falcons (24-1) while Lassley 18 paced South (19-6). Kincaid led Andover Central with 12 in a separate 21-5 run.
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Amanda Orleske
Wichita Heights
Wichita South
Shekeira Copeland
Jennifer Lane
Falcons
Megan Lassley
Pace
Burlington
Hutchinson
Ashley Bell
Wichita Collegiate
Alyssa Reeves
Liz Thompson
Belleville 61 Hoxie 43 in Class 2A state showdown
In Manhattan AP reports Nicki Kass poured in 27 points as Belleville built a 17-1 run to beat Hoxie 61-43. In Hays Kayla Klug and Roxanne Stiles led Claflin 13 points each in a 47-35 Class 1A final win over Greensburg. Amanda Prosser added 12 for the Wildcats (27-1) as Claflin led 20-9 at halftime behind a 23 zone defense.
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Jordan Mellett
Mark Scherer
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Bubba Lundy
Jeff Smith
Chris Norris
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Minneapolis
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Macksville
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St. Thomas Aquinas
Ottopeka
Janae Voelker
Newton
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Erin Runge
Lindsay Ballweg
Aquinas
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Manhattan
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Hoxie
HAYS
Kayla Klug
Roxanne Stiles
Greensburg
Amanda Prosser
Wildcats
Beavers Win Boys State Title For Scott City
Scott City defeats Belle Plaine 71 to 52 to claim the Class 4A state basketball championship. Beavers captain O Neil earns first state title after 20 years coaching across three Kansas high schools. Peintner leads with 19 points and 13 rebounds as Heyd and Kuntzsch also contribute double digits.
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Kansas
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Beaver
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David Heyd
Dunagan
Rose Hill
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Dragons
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Heyd
Holland
Miller
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Trace Kendrick
Kuntzsch
Fort Hays
Dunavan
Scott Montgomery
Gross Memorial Colise
Scott City Boys
Hatfield
Stewart
Burrows
Steele
Gooch
Galliart
Jianfontoni
St. Montgomery
Jerick
Crist
Chelemedes
Kendrick
Acosta
Reed
Peintne
Strube
Summers
Sc. Montgomery
Salina
Jayhawks Top Texas In Big 12 Clash To Reach NCAA Tilt
No 17 Kansas defeated No 8 Texas 80 68 as Rush started hot with two early threes and Jeff Hawkins hit four first half 3s. K enters NCAA field as Kansas improves to 25 7 while Texas drops to 27 6 with Paulino scoring 19 and Tucker adding 16. Guards disrupted Aldridge, Texas foul trouble sealed fate.
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Longhorns
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Kansas
LaMarcus Aldridge
Kenter Paulino
Texas
PJ Tucker
Aldridge
Russell Robinson
Wright
A.J
Jeff Hawkins
Robinson
Chalmers
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Hawkins
Jackson
Giles
Gibson
Tucker
Paulino
Buckman
Akindge
Abrams
Winder
Attcney
Willams
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