Holcomb Wins State 4A-II Title In Defense Powered Victory
Holcomb edges Rock Creek 63-55 behind a strong defense and balanced scoring. VanCleave scores 21, Gottschalk 13 with 10 rebounds, Sleep adds 12 as Sleep, Rupp and Merz steer the Longhorns to their third state crown. Rock Creek, led by Nate Berard with 20, fights to the end as Holcomb seals it with late free throws.
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Holcomb
Longhorns
Sleep
Scott City
Beavers
Gottschalk
Hutchinson
Southwest Kansas
VanCleave
Christian Merz
Merz
Rock Creek
Showalter
Stegman
Ramsey
Rupp
van Cleave
Berard
Goodmiller
Rogge
Becker
Garcia
Feldkamp
Nider
Dobbins
Holcomb High School
Jacob Ramsey
Rock Creek High School
Park City
Conner VanCleave
Dalton Gottschalk
Hugoton earns first title with win over Baldwin
Hugoton edges Baldwin 68 54 to capture the first girls basketball state title.Star players Amy Scott and Callie Hoskinson combined for 46 points while Hugoton's zone defense limited Baldwin's front line.In a tight game the Lady Eagles built a 31 19 lead and then withstood Baldwin rallying to pull within five late in the third quarter Scott and Sosa hit back to back threes to push the lead back to double digits Aaron Gillen praised the team for fighting through height and turnover mismatches while Hugoton shot 51.4 percent from the field and made 24 of 28 free throws remaining strong at the line.
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Osawatomie
Longhorns
Scott City
Nemaha Valley
Rock Creek
Nate Berard
Horns
Chad Novack
Abilene
Novack
Calen Rupp
Rupp
Spe
Lady Eagles
Amy Scott
Callie Hoskinson
Scott
Hoskinson
Baldwin
Hugoton
Katy Heger
Ana Pena
Andy Gillen
Hoskinson Heger
Gillen
Lady ‘Dogs
Alexia Stein
Maddie Ogle
Jordan Hoffman
Ogle
Stein
Clay
Heger
Jefferson West
Clay Center
Callie
Amy
Katy
Sosa
Eagles
Trey
Melissa Fabela
Bulldogs
Lady Bulldogs
Ference
Taylor Cawley
Wichita State and Kansas poised for NCAA clash in Omaha
Wichita State enters as No. 7 seed in the Midwest facing Indiana while Kansas is No. 2 seed versus New Mexico State. The programs could meet in the third round, reviving memories of the 1981 Battle of New Orleans as the schools have not met since 1992.
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Wichita State
Kansas
New Orleans
Omaha
Shockers
Indiana
New Mexico State
Jayhawks
Iowa State
Bill Self
Ron Baker
WSU
Scott City
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Dave
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Colby Casaus
Blake Richmeier
James M. Dobson
Teleam
Johnson
Armendariz
D. Hoskinson
Harper
Fabela
Fiss
Pena
L. Hoskinson
Rawlins
A. Ogle
Cawley
Smith
M. Ogle
Neufeld
Tey Ite
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