Rawlins County boys, girls sweep Roughriders

Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette Rawlins County junior Drew Basgall takes it to the basket over Southwest's Jason Daffer Tuesday night at the Southwest High School gymnasium. Basgall had the game-high with 25 points. Rawlins County won the contest 72-53.

SOUTHWEST -- The Rawlins County-Atwood boys basketball teams improved to 8-0 with a 72-53 win over Southwest High School Tuesday night.

Drew Basgall led all scoring with 25 points. Elijah Kastens added 20 and Jackson Grafel and Marcus Cahoj each scored 10 points.

"Alan Haag got in foul trouble, he's a good post player," said Rawlins County coach Jeff Lankas. "They got after it."

Tony Marquadt led the Roughriders with 12 points. Calvin Vontz scored 10 points.

Rawlins County travels to Goodland Friday. Southwest will go to Bertrand Friday.

Rawlins County: Basgall 25, Kastens 20, Grafel 10, Cahoj 10, Holub 3, Cook 2.

Southwest: Brooks 8, Daffer 4, Haag 7, Marquadt 12, Ruggles 5, Timmerman 7, Vontz 10.

Hayes Center boys 66,

Medicine Valley 32

HAYES CENTER -- The Hayes Center boys stay unbeaten with a 66-32 victory over Medicine Valley Tuesday night.

Levi Tyan led the Cardinals with 14 points. Jake Rowley scored 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Matt Gohl scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.

"The boys played good defense tonight and I applaud their effort that they gave," said coach Louis Cuellar.

"We started off a little sluggish offensively but got going in the second half. I challenged them at half time to step up and make plays and they responded quite well."

Clint Bryant led the Raiders with 9 points.

Hayes Center will host Brady Friday. Medicine Valley will host Dundy County Friday.

Hayes Center: Tyan 14, Rowley 12, Gohl 12.

Medicine Valley: Bryant 9, Zysset 5, Gleisberg 4.

Medicine Valley girls 45,

Hayes Center 30

HAYES CENTER -- The Medicine Valley girls held the Hayes Center Cardinals to 10 points in the second half to win 45-30 Tuesday.

Aundrea Jorgensen led the Raiders with 12 points, Krysta Thompson put in 10 points.

Rebecca Gigax netted 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals for the Cardinals.

"I thought this was our best effort of the year so far," said Hayes Center coach Scott Jorgensen. "We started out very strong in the first half, but the intensity wasn't there in the third quarter. In response, the girls played to their ability in the fourth quarter.

"Defensively, we did many good things, once again. Offensively, we struggled, but we didn't give up. Overall, I was satisfied, but I know the girls are hungry for more."

Medicine Valley: Jorgensen 12, Thompson 10, Welch 8.

Hayes Center: Gigax 17, Deaver 5, Tyan 3.

Rawlins County girls 57,

Southwest 54

SOUTHWEST -- The Rawlins County girls held off the Southwest Roughriders to post a 57-53 win Tuesday.

Sara Miller led the Buffs with 23 points. Macy Migchelbrink added 16 points, Laura Wolters 14 points.

"We struggled in the first half with turnovers," said Southwest coach Dennis Troester.

"We gave a great defensive effort in the second half and had opportunities to win the game but just fell short at the end."

Lisa Lord led the Roughriders with 16 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 4 steals. Jennifer Daffer put up 14 points and pulled down 5 rebounds.

Rawlins County will travel to Goodland Friday. Southwest will go to Bertrand Friday.

Rawlins County: Carlson 3, Bergling 1, Migchelbrink 16, Wolters 14, Miller 23.

Southwest: Lord 16, Daffer 14, Conway 7, Weaver 6, McConville 6, Salas 2, Coolidge 2.

Oberlin boys 71, Hoxie 65

OBERLIN -- The Decatur Community Red Devils held off Hoxie 71-65 Tuesday night.

Oberlin had five players in double figures with Lucas Juenemann leading with 23 points.

Logan Fortin scored 11 points. Toby Peters, Jacob Fortin and Sam Stapp each had 10 points.

Josh Gaede led Hoxie with 16 points.

Oberlin will travel to Quinter Friday.

Oberlin: Juenemann 23, Peters 10, J. Fortin 10, L. Fortin 11, Williams 4, Stapp 10, Soderlund 3.

Hoxie: Best 4, Gaede 16, Johnson 5, Heim 2, Rall 12, Scott 1, Peltz 13, Weis 21.

Hoxie girls 68, Oberlin 56

OBERLIN -- The Hoxie girls scored 37 points in the second half to pick up a victory over Oberlin 68-56 Tuesday night.

Corinna Hoyt and Kendra Spresser each scored 16 points for Hoxie.

Adrienne Pauls led Oberlin with 14 points. Heather Glodt added 13 points.

Hoxie: Hoyt 16, Spresser 16, Ochs 11, Hager 10, Stithem 6, Schamberger 5, Eberle 2, Kaus 2.

Oberlin: Pauls 14, Glodt 13, Dreher 10, Olson 9, Murray 8, Horton 2.

Arapahoe boys 56,

Eustis-Farnam 55

ARAPAHOE -- Arapahoe slipped past Eustis-Farnam 56-55 Tuesday night.

Adam Snyder led the Aarapahoe Warriors with 21 points. Dillon Breinig and Jordan Spaulding both scored 13 points.

Weston Keller put in 15 points for the Eustis-Farnam Knights.

The Warriors improved their record to 7-5 and will host Elwood Friday.

The Knights improved to 4-4 on the season.

Arapahoe: Hyke 9, Snyder 21, Breinig 13, Spaulding 13.

Eustis Farnam: Schurr 6, Bendler 6, Wetovick 11, Keller 15, Williams 9, Bellamy 6, Alton 2.

Eustis-Farnam girls 55,

Arapahoe 47

ARAPAHOE -- The Eustis Farnam Knights scored 15 points in overtime to beat Arapahoe 55-47 Tuesday.

Katie Fagot led the Knights with 15 points. Jacy Schultheiss had 13 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocked shots. Jordan Rieker scored 11 points. Lindsey Ferrell added 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

"It was a hard-fought win in a tough environment," said Knights coach Brad Dunlap. "We let a couple of big leads get away from us, but a lot of that had to do with Arapahoe's defensive pressure.

"In the overtime we stepped up and played our best basketball of the night. I'm proud of the girls for bouncing back from the Pleasanton loss and beating a good Arapahoe team."

Cheryl Braithwait led the Warriors with 16 points. Brittany Fanning added 11 and Michele Borden 10 points.

Eustis-Farnam improved to 6-2. Arapahoe goes to 8-4 on the season and will host Elwood Friday.

E-F: Fagot 15, Pieper 2, Keller 2, Ferrell 10, Rieker 11, Schultheiss 13.

Arapahoe: Polston 3, Breinig 2, Fanning 11, Borden 10, Braithwait 16, M. Breinig 2, Stagemeyer 2, Wendland 1.