Grundy Boys Pick Up Conference Win Over Bobcats
A 27-9 first-quarter run set the tone for what would be a rout for the Grundy County High School boys basketball team on Tuesday night in Galt. Visiting East Harrison offered little resistance as the Panthers picked up the HDC Conference victory, 69-36.
Corbin Axtell led the way with 22 points, eight assists and five steals. Cole Peterson followed with 11 points and six rebounds and Hunter Miller tallied 10 points and five steals. Aidan Rains finished with eight points and eight assists.
With the win, Grundy moved to 7-4 overall and 3-1 in the HDC Conference.
East Harrison Girls 47
Grundy Girls 45
The Grundy girls suffered a two-point setback against East Harrison at home on Tuesday.
Grundy got 14 points and three steals from Skylar Bonnett while Daya Allnutt had 13 points and nine rebounds. Landry Oaks had eight points and 10 rebounds and Adysan Rains had seven points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals.
With the loss, Grundy fell to 1-9 overall and 0-4 in league play.
Tri-County Girls 48
Gilman City Girls 46
The Gilman City girls ended up on the wrong side of a two-point game on Tuesday, falling at home to Tri-County.
The Mustangs got 18 points and two assists from Carly Turner in the win while Destiny Gutshall finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Tri-County also got 10 points, six rebounds and three assists from Anissa Williams.
Ava Langfitt led Gilman with 20 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Gilman also got eight points and seven rebounds from Laina Ward and seven points and six rebounds from Presley Burke. Sidney Gibson had six points and five rebounds while Jolee Ward pulled down nine rebounds.
The win pushed Tri-County to 8-1 overall and 3-0 in the HDC while Gilman fell to 5-6 overall and 2-1 in the HDC
Tri-County Boys 63
Gilman City Boys 59
A big night from Brody Langfitt wasn’t enough for Gilman City as the Hawks suffered a four-point loss to the Mustangs on Tuesday night in HDC Conference action.
Langfitt had 19 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals for the Hawks, who also got 14 points and seven rebounds from Kaden Locker. Kyler Preston added 13 points for Gilman City.
Tri-County, meanwhile, got 16 points from Jakob Ybarra, 14 from Garrett Skinner, 11 from Noah Tomlinson, 10 from Derick Curtis and nine from Keaton Norman.
The win pushed the Mustangs to 2-7 overall and 1-2 in HDC play. Gilman City fell to 2-8 overall and 1-2 in the HDC.
Tonight (Friday) Tri-County plays host to Mercer and Gilman City plays host to Grundy County as both schools continue their conference slates.
Mercer Girls 57
Winston Girls 16
Tori Meinecke nearly doubled up Winston on her own Tuesday night as the Mercer High School girls basketball team rolled over Winston at home.
Mercer scored 20 points in the first quarter behind 13 from Meinecke. Another 12 from Meinecke in the second quarter helped push Mercer’s lead to 40-6 before the Cardinals backed off and coasted through the second half en route to the win.
Meinecke finished with 31 points while Rainey Michael scored nine and Maddi Fisher had seven. Five points each from Emma Shipley and Gracie Rogers rounded out the Cardinal total.
Mercer moved to 9-1 overall and 3-0 in the HDC Conference with the win.
Winston Boys 49
Mercer Boys 17
The Mercer boys were on the wrong end of a lop-sided score, falling to Winston by 32 points.
The loss dropped the Mercer boys to 1-8 overall and 1-2 in the HDC.
Both Mercer teams are set to travel to Jamesport tonight to take on Tri-County in another HDC Conference doubleheader.
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