By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Rossville boys basketball bounced back from a Big East League loss against Hiawatha with a 65-42 home league romp past Riley County Tuesday night.
The Bulldawgs, ranked No. 6 in Class 2A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the league with Tuesday's victory.
Brandon McDonnell's Rossville boys basketball team improved to 5-2 Tuesday night with a 65-42 romp past Riley County. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Kameron Badura paced three Rossville players in double figures with 18 points.
Junior Jack Donovan added 16 points and junior Cameron Miller 13 for the Bulldawgs.
Rossville's girls fell to 3-4 overall and 0-4 in the Big East with a 55-33 loss to the Falcons.
Senior Mikey Williams scored 20 points in Highland Park's 86-42 win over KC-Sumner Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
Top-ranked Hi Park boys keep rolling with 86-42 win
Highland Park's boys, No. 1-ranked in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Meadowlark Conference with an 86-42 road romp past Kansas City-Sumner Tuesday night.
The Hi Park win was its second in as many nights and the Scots will play their third game of the week at KC-Harmon on Friday.
Senior Mikey Williams led Highland Park with 20 points against Sumner while senior Ja'Corey Robinson added 19 points and senior Elijah Thomas 17.
Highland Park sophomore Pearmella Carter scored 23 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in the Scots' 54-42 win over KC-Sumner. [File photo/TSN]
Carter posts huge double-double in Hi Park girls win
Sophomore Pearmella Carter scored 23 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as Highland Park improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Meadowlark Conference with a 54-42 win at Kansas City-Sumner Tuesday night.
Carter grabbed 13 of her 20 rebounds on the offensive end and also had 3 assists and 3 steals for the Scots.
Senior Tahtionna Broils added 8 points for the Scots.
Piper earns home UKC sweep over Shawnee Heights
The No. 2-ranked (Class 5A) Piper boys rolled to a 67-50 United Kansas Conference victory over No. 4 Shawnee Heights while the Pirate girls, No. 5 in 5A, took a 73-49 win over the T-Birds.
Piper's boys improved to 6-1 overall and 5-1 in the UKC while Shawnee Heights fell to 5-2, 4-2.
The Piper girls improved to 6-1, 5-1 while Heights dropped to 4-4, 4-3.
Osage City claims Flint Hills sweep over Cair Paravel
Osage City's boys took a 61-37 Flint Hills League win over Cair Paravel Latin Tuesday night while Osage took a 69-10 win in the girls game,
Osage City's boys jumped out to a 14-2 first-quarter advantage over the Lions and went on to lead 33-14 at the half and 44-20 after three quarters.
Junior Kasen Parsons led three Osage City players in double figures with 20 points. The Indians improved to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in the league.
Lucas Marichal led Cair Paravel (3-4, 1-2) with 12 points while Chase Hastert and Judah Condon had 8 points apiece.
Osage City's girls (6-1 overall, 4-0 Flint Hills League) opened up a 19-6 first-quarter lead and outscored the Lions 15-0 in the second quarter to build a 34-6 halftime cushion.
The Indians held the Lions to 4 points in the second half to finish off the win.
Eriana Donaldson and Audrey Chada scored 4 points apiece for CPLS (1-6, 0-2).
Junior Emory Speece scored 29 points with six 3-pointers for Osage City while freshman Kaelyn Boss had 24 points with four 3-pointers.
Junior Kailyn Hanni led the way with 16 points in Silver Lake's 61-31 Big East win over Jefferson West. [File photo/TSN]
No. 4-ranked Silver Lake girls roll to 61-31 Big East win
Silver Lake, fourth-ranked in the Class 3A girls ranks by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, rolled to a 61-31 home Big East League win over Jefferson West Tuesday night.
Junior Kailyn Hanni led Silver Lake (5-1 overall, 5-0 Big East) with 16 points while freshman Karys Deiter added 15 points and senior Taylor Zordel 11.
The Eagles took control with a 17-4 first quarter and boosted their lead to 42-18 at the half.
Silver Lake used a 17-11 third quarter to force a running clock in the fourth quarter.
Junior Dayne Johnson (2) scored 27 points in Silver Lake's 74-55 win over Jefferson West. [File photo/TSN]
Johnsons power Silver Lake boys past Jefferson West
Junior Dayne Johnson and senior Jared Johnson combined for 42 points Tuesday night as Silver Lake posted a 74-55 Big East League win over Jefferson West at Silver Lake.
D. Johnson scored 27 points, going 9-14 at the free throw line, while J. Johnson added 15 points with three 3-pointers as nine Silver Lake players cracked the scoring column.
Silver Lake, 5-1 overall, 4-1 Big East, opened up a 20-11 lead at the end of the first quarter before Jefferson West cut the Eagles' advantage to 33-29 at the half.
The Eagles took control with a 24-10 third quarter and cruised the rest of the way for the 19-point win.
