Grundy Girls, Mercer Boys Into Consolation Finals
The top-seeded Mercer High School girls basketball team made short work of eighth-seeded Hale on Monday at the Meadville Tournament, rolling to a 92-18 victory. On Tuesday, Grundy County’s boys team followed suit, moving into the boys semifinals with a 65-43 win over Bucklin-Macon County.
A 31-2 first quarter run provided Mercer with more than enough points to win, but the Cardinals kept coming, adding 25 points in the second quarter and 29 in the third before coasting through the final frame for the win.
Tori Meinecke had 28 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in the win while Emma Shipley finished with 22 points, four assists and three steals. Mercer also got 16 points, six assists and five steals from Rainey Michael and 11 points and six rebounds from Ashlynn Brown. Maddi Fisher finished with nine points and four steals in the win.
Mercer climbed to 16-1 overall on the season with the win. The Cardinals were in semifinal action against Linn County on Thursday and will play for either third or first at the Meadville Tournament. The third-place game will be tonight (Friday) at 7 o’clock while the title game is scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m.
Grundy’s boys, seeded second, had to do a little more work against seventh-seeded Bucklin-Macon County, but still advanced with relative ease, winning by 22 points.
After trailing 11-6 one quarter in, Grundy hit the reset button and went on a 22-13 second quarter run and a 21-11 third quarter run to restore some order. The Panthers would outscore Bucklin-Macon County in the fourth as well to cruise into the semifinals.
Corbin Axtell had 34 points, nine rebounds, four assists and five steals in the win while Cole Peterson gave the Panthers 12 points and four steals. Aidan Rains finished with eight points, five assists and five steals.
The win pushed the Panthers to 12-4 and into a Thursday night semifinal showdown with host Meadville. Grundy’s boys will play either for third tonight (Friday) at 8:15 or first on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Meadville Girls 61
Grundy Girls 30
Second-seeded Meadville was just too much for the Grundy County girls on Tuesday, bumping the Panthers to the consolation side of the bracket with a first round loss.
Meadville opened the game on a 14-2 run and never looked back, going on to take the game by the 31-point margin.
Grundy was paced by 10 points from Skylar Bonnett while Daya Allnutt added eight points and seven rebounds.
Grundy Girls 56
Northwestern Girls 40
The Grundy girls bounced back on Wednesday, picking up a 16-point win over Northwestern to punch their ticket to the consolation final.
Adysan Rains had 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists and Carly Smith had 13 points and nine rebounds. Grundy also got 11 points, five assists and five rebounds from Landry Oaks and 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals from Bonnett.
Grundy moved to 5-11 overall with the win and will face Bucklin-Macon County in the consolation final today (Friday) at 4:30 in Meadville.
Northwestern Boys 53
Mercer Boys 36
The Mercer boys were dealt a tournament-opening loss by top-seeded Northwestern on Monday at the Meadville Tournament.
Mercer was led by 29 points from Tyler Meinecke.
Mercer Boys 45
Linn County Boys 42
The Cardinals were able to bounce back, however, toppling fifth-seeded Linn County in the consolations semifinals.
Meinecke again led the Cardinals scoring 22 points while Jakub Janosik finished with 13.
Mercer, winners of five of its last six, is now 7-10 overall on the season. The Cardinals will battle for the consolation title tonight (Friday) at 5:45 in Meadville.
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