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Top-ranked Hayden girls top host El Dorado 64-15 in tournament opener
By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
TopSports.news
El Dorado -- In the first round of the 32nd annual Lady Cat Classic, the top-seeded and Class 4A No. 1 Hayden Wildcats went up against the host El Dorado, rolling to the tournament semifinals with a 64-15 win Thursday.
Freshman Hailey Schmidtlein scored a game-high 21 points in Hayden's 64-15 win over El Dorado on Thursday. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden started the game on a 13-0 run before El Dorado would answer with a floater to make it 13-2.
The Lady Cats would go on to out-score El Dorado 51-13 over the final three quarters of play to take a 64-15 decision and advance to play in the 7:45 p.m. semifinal Friday against (6-4) Gardner-Edgerton, which beat Goddard, 48-46.
The Wildcats had a near perfect night from there 6-foot freshman, Hailey Schmidtlein, who went 10-12 from the field to lead all scorers with 21 points.
“She went all out tonight, got some points off our defense and did a really nice job finishing,” Hayden coach Carvel Reynoldon said.
“I can’t thank my teammates enough,'' Schmidtlein said. "They were finding me when I was out ahead, seeing me, giving me those great passes. I didn’t do much but run up the court and get the ball and score.”
Top-ranked Seaman girls cruise to 56-15 win in Glacier's Edge opener
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
EMPORIA -- The Class 5A top-ranked Seaman Lady Vikings cruised past the Wichita Northwest Grizzlies 56-15 on Thursday in the first round of the Glacier’s Edge Tournament hosted by Emporia High School.
Matt Tinsley's Seaman girls basketball team improved to 11-0 Thursday with a 56-15 win over Wichita Northwest. [File photo/TSN]
The Lady Vikes improved to 11-0 on the season and will face the fourth ranked team in Class 6A, the Shawnee Mission South Raiders, in the tournament semifinals at 7:45 p.m Friday.
Nine players scored for Seaman with two scoring in double figures.
The game started with Seaman jumping out to a 7-2 lead in the first four minutes. In the quarter, Seaman assisted on four of their five baskets and led 11-5 after the first eight minutes.
The first three minutes of the second quarter was very sluggish -- several turnovers and missed shots from both teams. A short jump shot from senior Kinley Wilhelm was the only basket until the four-minute mark of the quarter when sophomore Maddie Gragg hit a 3-pointer to extend Seaman’s lead to 16-5. The Lady Grizzlies were held scoreless for the quarter and the Lady Vikes led at the half, 26-5.
Topeka High drops 54-51 Glacier's Edge decision to No. 4-ranked Raiders
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
EMPORIA -- The final first-round game in the Glacier’s Edge Tournament was a back-and-forth battle between the Topeka Lady Trojans and the Shawnee Mission South Raiders, with Topeka High dropping a 54-51 decision to the defending Class 6A state champions, currently ranked No. 4 in the state.
Sophomore Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton scored 19 points in Thursday's 54-51 Topeka High loss to SM South Thursday. [File photo/TSN]
The Lady Trojans fell to 6-4 on the season and will take on Wichita Northwest in the consolation semifinals at 3:15 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
The first quarter saw SM South jump out to a 7-point lead, 18-11, thanks to shooting 8-11 from the field -- a whopping 73 percent. Meanwhile, the Lady Trojans shot 36 percent from the field, but only one out of five from the free throw line.
The script was flipped in the second quarter as Topeka High responded by outscoring SM South 18-8 to take a 3-point lead into the half, 29-26. Topeka High shot 8-15 from the field while SM South cooled off, shooting just 3-11 from the field for the quarter.
SM South began the third quarter on a 6-0 run to take a 32-29 lead, causing Topeka High to burn a timeout. The Lady Trojans responded with a 3-pointer by sophomore Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton to tie the score at 32. The remainder of the quarter went back-and-forth and SM South took a 40-38 lead into the final quarter.
