Tonganoxie boys cruise, girls fall Saturday to Ottawa
Justin Nutter
Jack Dale had a team-high 17 points in Tonganoxie's 56-46 loss to Eudora in the Tonganoxie Invitational. THS will play Atchison in the fifth-place game at noon Saturday.
Tonganoxie’s boys basketball team took a 15-2 lead after the first quarter and held on to beat Ottawa on Saturday.
Jack Dale led Tonganoxie with 15 points in a make-up game for a matchup that was postponed on Feb. 2.
The Chieftains (7-6) will host Basehor-Linwood on Tuesday at Tonganoxie.
Tonganoxie 59, Ottawa 42
Tonganoxie 15 8 10 26 — 59
Ottawa 2 9 11 20 — 42
Ottawa: Smith 9, T. Jung 3, D. Jung 3, Bunce 4, Stepp 2, Blaue 6, Matney 2, McCullough 11, Silvey 2.
Tonganoxie: Swedo 7, Sommers 2, Hecht 3, Johnson 6, Ford 12, McPherson 4, Grizzle 10, Dale 15.
OTTAWA GIRLS 45, TONGANOXIE 41
Emily Soetaert scored 23 points in the Tonganoxie girls basketball team’s loss to Ottawa on Saturday.
Tonganoxie fell to 4-9.
Ottawa 45, Tonganoxie 41
Ottawa 12 6 15 12 — 45
Tonganoxie 10 12 7 12 — 41
Ottawa: Davidson 2, Natt 6, Foster 4, Moore 22, Fischer 9, Lancaster 2.
Tonganoxie: Emily Soetaert 23, Tressa Walker 7, Katelyn Waldeier 10, Kara Banks 1.
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- Jack Dale had a team-high 17 points in Tonganoxie’s 56-46 loss to Eudora in the Tonganoxie Invitational. THS will play Atchison in the fifth-place game at noon Saturday.