Raiders, Broncos, Wolves among big area winners

Wauneta-Palisade’s girls will be among many area teams looking for open teammaets and wins as subdistrict basketball tournaments tip off this week. Most games were postponed on Monday due to icy road conditions which caused cancellation of schools across the region.

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CURTIS, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s six-girl team showed its great tenacity again with a 42-35 win over Brady to finish regular-season play Friday evening.

The Raiders earned five wins (5-15) including two of their last three games going into subdistrict tourneys this weekend.

Sophomore Acelyn Klein shook off a scoreless first quarter and finished with 17 team-points for the Raiders.

Soph guard Jess Bailey added 11 including two three-point baskets.

Both Klein and Bailey delivered their best in the second half where they teamed to score 20 points. A 12-4 third quarter gave Med Valley enough momentum to clinch this home-court win.

Others hitting shots were Kaylyn Roblee (eight points), Sabra Schmidt (four) and senior Jasmine Tutlam-hazen (two points).

Medicine Valley’s boys fell short, 67-23, to Brady in Friday’s other varsity game.

Wolves win

WAUNETA, Neb. — The Maywood-Hayes Center girls roar into playoffs at 18-5 following a 63-25 triumph over Wauneta-Palisade last weekend.

Sophomore Jaycee Widener (16 points) led four double-figure scorers as senior Jayden Widener and junior Jaycee Lapp added 11 points each.

Senior Paige Wood hit four of her five shots for another 10 points.

Junior Avery Johnson buried her only three-point attempt and tallied nine points.

Wood also pulled down nine rebounds to go with classmate Jayden Widener’s five assists and four steals in their final regular-season games.

Sophomore Destany Simpson’s eight points paced Wauneta-Palisade with seniors Monique Gooden, Dakota Ingold and sophomore Haylee Sandman scoring five each.

Sandman’s seven rebounds topped the Broncos (7-13), who rebounded for a 43-28 win over Arthur County in their regular-season finale on Saturday.

Bronco boys win

The Wauneta-Palisade boys romped to an 81-30 win over Arthur County to reach 16-5 this season.

The Broncos featured five topping 10 points: senior Dennis Cavanaugh (13), junior Ty Duvel (12), seniors Joel Maris (12), Dalton Harchelroad (12) and sophomore Braxton McKinney (10 points).

They followed an 88-30 victory over MH-C on Friday which featured a 52-point first half.

Coach Dave Kuhlen’s team hit 51 in the first half of a win over Medicine Valley one week earlier.

Senior Duncan Rector reached 24 points Friday night followed by Duvel (17), Cavanaugh (15) and senior Caid Doetker (12).

Arapahoe edges

BERTRAND, Neb. — Gentry Anderson’s 19 points led another Warrior thriller with Arapahoe winning this one, 55-54, Friday evening.

Anderson hit nine of 11 free throws and also took down 10 rebounds as Arapahoe reached 9-14 this season.

Senior Carson Schroeder tallied 12 points to help Arapahoe recover from an overtime loss at Cambridge earlier last week.

Yordi Gutierrez netted another nine points followed by sophomore Cord Frink with seven.

In other area games, Southwest’s boys (9-10 record) will try to regain their winning ways by playoff time following a 62-44 loss at Axtell Friday night.

Junior Bryan Leslie’s 15 points led the Roughriders, who have struggled since Christmas.

Senior Brandon Leslie added eight points with seniors Dylan Hoffman and Caleb Shald scoring six apiece.

Other area teams played during the weekend and watch for more results including subdistrict playoff openers in Wednesday’s Gazette.