Dundy County girls, boys fall at Oberlin Invitational

OBERLIN -- In a 7-5 overtime, the Dundy County girls basketball team opened the Oberlin Invitational Tourney Tuesday with a 40-38 loss to Quinter, Kan.

Atwood defeated Cambridge 44-38 and Hoxie cruised to an 80-51 win over St. Francis in the other opening-round games played Tuesday.

Dundy County will face the loser of the remaining first-round game, Resurrection Christian vs. Oberlin, which is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Oberlin gym.

Dundy County, 11-2 and ranked eighth in Class D-1 by the Omaha World-Herald, will play at 3:30 p.m. on Friday in the Oberlin junior high gym.

Atwood will face Hoxie at 3:30 p.m. on Friday in the senior high, while Cambridge will play St. Francis at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the junior high gym.

On the boys side, Cambridge kept its undefeated streak alive with a 65-19 win over St. Francis, Quinter rolled to a 70-32 defeat of Atwood and Hoxie beat Dundy County 54-43.

Quinter (9-0) will play Hoxie in the semifinals Friday, while Atwood (2-8) will play Dundy County (7-3) in the consolation round.

Cambridge, 12-0 and ranked second in Class C-2 by the World-Herald, will play the Oberlin-Resurrection Christian winner.

St. Francis (3-7) faces the Oberlin-Resurrection Christian loser in the consolation bracket.

GIRLS

Quinter 40,

Dundy County 38 OT

The Tigers were led by 12 points from Alison Glidden and 11 points from Amber Morris.

Quinter -- Coberly 15, Selensky 8, Anderson 7, Wilson 6, Prorter 2, Goodison 2

DCHS -- Glidden 12, A. Morris 11, Steele 8, Shill 3, H. Morris 2, Hudson 2

Atwood 44,

Cambridge 38

Chelsey Kramer had a game-high 18 points to lead Atwood to a win, including 4-of-4 shooting from the free-throw line. Emily Wolters provied another 10 points.

Cambridge's top scorer was Lisa Minnick with 15 points.

Atwood -- Kramer 18, Wolters 10, Timm 5, Leitner 4, Woody 6, Dunker 1

Cambridge -- Nickerson 7, Minnick 15, Langley 9, Rice 5, Bruckman 2

Hoxie 80,

St. Francis 51

A trio of Hoxie players reached double-figures including a tourney-high of 36 points.

The top scorer for St. Francis was Kandee Raile with 18 points with 12 of those from beyond the arc. Amy Nickols added another 10 points, including three 3-pointers.

Hoxie -- J. Hoyt 36, J. Pratt 7, D. Pratt 6, Torlmemke 18, Rhodes 10, Heim 2

St. Francis -- T. Rice 10, Faulkender , Sowers 6, Zimbleman 2, Grace 2, M. Rice 4. Lampe 1, Raile 18

BOYS

Quinter 70,

Atwood 32

Ten Quinter players scored during Tuesday night's win, including two into double-figures.

Atwood's Adam Holste had a team-high 8 points, with Carter Snodgrass providing another 6 points.

Quinter -- Anderson 7, Kesler 13, Reed 5, Walt 2, Hemmert 21, Blackwill 4, Machen 3, Benisch 2, Eikenberry 8, Grandison 5

Atwood -- Green 4, Holste 8, Fikan 5, Snodgrass 6, Finley 4, Lucas 2

Cambridge 65,

St. Francis 19

Cambridge had four players reach double figures, including a trio at 11 points.

Marcus Vontz, Matt Depperschmidt and Levi Hilker each scored 11 points in the win, while Derek Light finished with 10 points.

With 10 points, Adam Peter was the lone Indian to hit more than one field goal.

Cambridge -- Moore 2, M. Vontz 11, W. Vontz 8, Lylte 4, Depperschmidt 11, Sexton 8, Light 10, Hilker 11

St. Francis -- Peter 10, Roelfs 2, Voorhis 2, Hawkins 2, Raile 2, Zweygardt 1

Hoxie 54,

Dundy County 43

The Hoxie boys (6-5) advanced to the semifinals of the Oberlin Invitational with a 54-43 victory over Dundy County Tuesday night.

Dundy County dropped to 8-3.

Jeff Cameron led Hoxie with 18 points. Jordan Vickers added 17 and James Newman 12.

Austin Davis paced the Tigers with 17 points. Dustin Riley added 12.

Hoxie broke the game open with a 17-5 third quarter.

Hoxie: Jeff Cameron 18, Jordan Vickers 17, Spresser 2, Eland 2, James Newman 12, Bird 3.

Dundy County: Castillo 4, Dustin Riley 12, Baird 4, McVey 2, Rosenfelt 2, Watkins 2, Austin Davis 17.