The Louisburg girls got out to a big lead and never looked back. LHS handed the Tonganoxie girls their first loss with a 55-11 advantage.

In the boys game, the Wildcats again jumped out to a big lead, as LHS had an 11-0 lead when THS scored its first points with a 3-pointer with 2:20 left in the first quarter.

Louisburg led by as many as 20, but Tonganoxie clawed back in the second half. They trimmed that lead down to single digits and had some chances in the fourth quarter to rally even more, but Louisburg eventually pulled away with a 46-32 victory.

Both Tonganoxie teams fell to 0-1 on the season.

The squads headed Tuesday to Atchison for a non-conference doubleheader against the Phoenix. The game took place after The Mirror’s print deadline. The AHS boys entered the game at 1-0 after defeating Rossville, 76-37, at home. The Atchison girls opened the season with a 58-30 loss to Rossville.

Tonganoxie teams are back home Friday against Wamego. The WHS boys are 1-0 after defeating Topeka High, 62-47, at home. The Wamego girls also opened the season with a victory against THS, 57-52.

On the boys side, there are two more games before winter break: Dec. 15 at Eudora and Dec. 20 at Baldwin. Eudora is 1-0 after beating Spring Hill, 38-23, while Baldwin also is 1-0 after dropping Paola, 54-36, in the season opener. On the girls side, THS will face Eudora (0-1), which opened the season with a 38-26 loss to Spring Hill, and Baldwin, which defeated Paola, 43-36.

The Wamego girls were ranked No. 2, while the Eudora girls No. 6 in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association preseason poll. The Eudora boys are preseason No. 1, while Wamego is No. 8.