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Junior high girls teams hit hardwood

By Staff | Nov 5, 2003

The Tonganoxie Junior High seventh-grade girls basketball teams opened their seasons last week with six games.

The A-team opened the season 1-1, while the B-team is off to a 1-3 start.
The Warriors won their first A-team game with a 31-17 win against Clark before losing a 34-29 contest to Eudora.

In B-team action, the Warriors lost a tough game to Clark, 16-13. They then lost to Eudora, 26-16, and Linwood, 40-4, before defeating Lexington Trails, 12-6.

The teams are back in action Thursday with seventh-grade games at Monticello in Shawnee. Games begin at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The eighth-grade A- and B-teams will take on Monticello in Tonganoxie at the same times. The teams then will play Tuesday with seventh-grade at home against Linwood and the eighth-grade teams at Linwood.

Box scores
Oct. 28
Clark “B” 6 4 6 0 — 16
Tonganoxie 2 5 2 4 — 13
TJHS scoring — Gripka 3, Coulter 2, Hughes 4, Rickey 4.

Clark “A” 4 4 5 4 — 17
Tonganoxie 7 9 11 4 — 31

TJHS scoring — Himpel 0 (4 steals), Jeannin 16, Kerbaugh 3 (5 rebounds), Hicks 6 (8 rebounds), Rush 6 (6 rebounds).

Thursday
Eudora “B” 6 12 0 8 — 26
Tonganoxie 2 0 8 6 — 16

TJHS scoring — Gripka 4, Hughes 2, Rickey 4, Osborne 2, Krivjansky 4.

Eudora “A” 9 3 10 12 — 34
Tonganoxie 7 8 4 10 — 29

TJHS scoring — Himpel 4, Jeannin 3 (8 rebounds, 4 assists), Kerbaugh 6, Hicks 12 (6 rebounds), Rush 4.

Saturday
Tonganoxie Tournament
Linwood “B” 14 10 14 2 — 40
Tonganoxie 0 0 0 0 — 4

TJHS scoring — Gripka 2, Papa 2

Lexington Trails “B” 0 0 4 2 — 6
Tonganoxie 6 2 2 2 — 12

TJHS scoring — Debraeve 2, McCaffrey 6, Krivjansky 2, Gripka 2