By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights capped its three-game week with a 65-3 United Kansas Conference romp at Turner Friday night.
Both teams were missing multiple players due to COVID protocols, but Shawnee Heights, 2-1 on the week with an overtime loss to Class 6A Blue Valley Northwest, still had plenty of firepower to improve to 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the UKC.
Junior Hayden Hill scored a game-high 14 points for the T-Birds, with four 3-pointers.
Junior Emari Doby joined Hill in double figures for Shawnee Heights with 10 points while Taylor Rottinghaus scored nine points and Riley Showalter seven points.
ST. MARYS GIRLS 53, ROSSVILLE 43 -- St. Marys used a 22-7 second quarter to take control and held off Rossville the rest of the way for a 53-43 win.
Rossville, which fell to 4-6, led 11-9 at the end of the opening quarter but the Bears rallied for a 31-18 halftime advantage.
The Bulldawgs outscored the Bears 8-3 in the third quarter to get within eight but couldn't mount a serious run over the final eight minutes.
Sophomores Kinsey Perine and Emma Mitchell scored 14 points apiece for Rossville while St. Marys (4-5) had three players with between 12 and 14 points.
Sophomore Brenna Smith paced the Bears with 14 points, followed by sophomore Catherine Moylan with 13 points and freshman Hayden Heim with 12.
OLATHE HERITAGE CHRISTIAN GIRLS 42, CAIR PARAVEL LATIN 34 -- Cair Paravel Latin saw its two-game win streak come to an end in Friday's 42-34 loss to Olathe Heritage Christian Academy.
Heritage Christian improved to 4-3 while Cair Paravel fell to 2-5.
