By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Girls: TMP 63, Sacred Heart 40
HAYS, Kan.-TMP scored the first five points on Saturday night and never trailed in their 63-40 victory over Sacred Heart at Al Billinger Fieldhouse in Hays. Kayla Vitztum paced the Lady Monarchs in the first half with 11 points and Adell Riedel came off the bench to score six in the half. TMP did struggle with turnovers as they gave away eight turnovers in the half which kept the Sacred Heart close in the first half.
The Lady Knights would close the gap to three points midway through the third quarter and TMP kicked it into gear and pushed the lead back to eight points, 43-35, heading to the fourth quarter. TMP outscored Sacred Heart 20-5 in the fourth to pick up the 23 point victory. Vitztum finished with 27 points for the Lady Monarchs and joined the 1,000 point club at TMP joining Megan Koenigsman, Madyson Koerner, Rachel Jacobs, Kaylee Hoffman and Lori Flax.
The Lady Monarchs improve to 7-1 on the season and will travel to WaKeeney to battle with the Trego Golden Eagles on Tuesday.
ROSE MCFARLAND INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Boys: TMP 80, Sacred Heart 73
HAYS, Kan.-David McFarland scored 19 first half points and paced his TMP Monarchs in the first half on Saturday night at Al Billinger Fieldhouse. TMP led 23-14 after the first quarter. They experienced some foul trouble in the second quarter and had to go deep on the bench but they didn’t slow down as the went to the locker room at the half up 44-28.
Sacred Heart came out firing in the second half and cut the TMP lead to single digits with some strong scoring from Caleb Jordan. TMP would come back with an answer to hold on to a 59-50 lead after three quarters and the fourth quarter would be a gem. The Knights would close the game to one possession late in the fourth quarter at 69-66 but TMP had the answer as they closed the game on an 11-7 run to pick up their sixth straight victory.
McFarland finished with a game high 32 points for the Monarchs who improve to 6-2 and will face the Trego Golden Eagles in WaKeeney on Tuesday.
JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW
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