By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Girls: TMP 63, Hutch-Trinity 55 2OT
It took two overtimes for the TMP Lady Monarchs to pick up their 17th win on the season, 63-55 over Hutchinson Trinity. The Lady Monarchs were on fire in the first quarter and half while they built up a 27-10 lead. The Lady Celtics would score the next 10 points to pull to within seven. Megan Koenigsman would hit one of her five three pointers on the night to push the TMP lead to 10 again. Trinity would cut the lead back to eight, 30-22, at halftime.
The two teams would battle back and forth in the second half. Trinity cut the TMP lead to four points, 41-37, after the third quarter. The visitors would shave four more points off the lead and tie the game at 49 with a chance to win it late. TMP was able to block a couple of shots late to send the game into overtim.
The first overtime had a lot of defense and not much offense. TMP scored the first bucket two minutes into the extra period on a Kaylor Gottschalk put back. Mariah Hammersmith would tie it at 51 with 25 seconds left to play. TMP couldn’t get on off balance shot to go from Koenigsman and the game went to a second overtime. In the second overtime TMP would get a Katelyn Zimmerman free throw to go up one. The shot of the night was the fifth and final three from Koenigsman that put the Lady Monarchs up 55-51 and the game wouldn’t get any closer.
Koenigsman finished with 26 to lead the Lady Monarchs. Melissa Pfeifer chipped in 11. TMP never trailed in the game and improve to 17-3 on the season. They will play next Friday night in Colby in the opening round of sub-state play.
KAYLOR GOTTSCHALK INTERVIEW
GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS
Boys: TMP 75, Hutch Trinity 41
TMP delivered a first half knock out blow in their 75-41 win over Hutch Trinity on Thursday night at Al Billinger Fieldhouse. The Monarchs started the game on a 15-0 run and Trinity could never recover. TMP went in at the half with a 42-19 lead.
The second half was much the same as they first half. The Monarchs stretched their lead as high as 36 points before settling in for the 34 point victory. Kameron Schmidt led TMP with 17 points and Jared Vitztum added 15. Senior Max Megaffin went down with a sever ankle sprain in the third quarter, the one downside for TMP.
The Monarchs will be the number one seed in their sub-state next week in Colby. They will open up on Thursday night with the host Eagles.
JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW
BOYS HIGHLIGHTS