By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Girls: TMP 69, Plainville 60
PLAINVILLE, Kan.-Plainville hit six out of their first eight shots from the floor and raced out to a 16-9 first quarter lead. TMP would kick into gear late in the first quarter and closed the gap to two points at 18-16 after the first quarter. The Lady Monarchs would have a couple of short spurts in the second quarter and would pull on top by halftime 34-26.
TMP took good care of the ball in the first half only turning the ball over twice. Kayla Vitztum led TMP with 12 first half points. Emily Schippers was also in double figures with 11 points. Maeson Dewey led Plainville with 12 in the half.
The two teams would play nearly even basketball in the third quarter. TMP would take a 42-31 lead midway through the third quarter. The Lady Cardinals would start chipping away at the lead and after an Aubree Dewey three pointer in the fourth quarter the TMP was only one point, 55-54. The Lady Monarchs would have an answer of their own as they finished the game on a 14-6 run to pick up the 69-60 victory.
Aubree Dewey led Plainville with 28 points and her sister Maeson scored 12. Vitztum finished with 28 for TMP and Schippers finished with 17. Plainville finishes the regular season at 10-11 and 4-5 in the Mid Continent League. TMP improves to 17-2 on the year and win the MCL with a perfect 9-0 record. The Lady Monarchs will finish their regular season at Hutchinson-Trinity on Thursday.
ROSE MCFARLAND INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Boys: TMP 68, Plainville 67
PLAINVILLE, Kan.-Plainville used a 8-0 run to lead early at home against TMP. The Cardinals would extend their lead to 20-12 late in the first quarter. TMP would cut the lead to 20-15 with a late Ryan Karlin three. That would start a 9-0 run for the Monarchs that helped them take a 21-20 lead early in the second quarter.
The two teams would trade blows back and forth in the second quarter. There were five lead changes between the clubs and TMP stood on top at halftime 32-31. Chase Cellmer led all scorers with 14 first half points for the Cardinals. TMP was led by Creighton Renz with 7 points. There were nine Monarchs that scored in the opening half.
TMP would play a strong third quarter and led 56-47 going to the fourth quarter. The two MCL rivals would start throwing haymakers. TMP led 60-53 midway through the fourth quarter and that’s when Plainville put on a huge 8-0 run to take a 61-60 lead late. The Monarchs would score the next four points on buckets by Renz and Michael Lager to go up 64-61 late.
Plainville would answer with a three pointer from Jared Casey to tie the game at 64 points apiece. TMP would answer immediately with a Tate Garcia bucket to retake the lead. The Cardinals would have one last bucket when Tanner Copeland buried a three from the right wing to give Plainville a one point advantage, 67-66, with 10 seconds remaining. TMP would get the last bucket when Renz found Lager for a layup with 2.2 seconds remaining to pick up the 68-67 win.
Plainville finishes the regular season at 14-6. TMP improves to 14-5 on the season and will wrap up their regular season on Thursday night at Hutchinson-Trinity.
JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS