Cambridge Invitational: Wauneta-Palisade boys, Southern Valley girls capture championships

Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette Cambridge High School junior Whitney Rice (15 black), left, is guarded by Southern Valley sophomore Mallory Murdoch (11 white) during the Cambridge Invitational girls championship game Tuesday night. Southern Valley won the girls title game 47-45.

CAMBRIDGE -- The Wauneta-Palisade boys basketball team coasted past Hitchcock County 65-33 in the Cambridge Tournament championship games Tuesday.

Both teams went into the contest undefeated.

The Broncos had four players in double figures with Andrew Isom scoring 14 points, Marc Klima 14.

Taylor Dixon and Russell Ridlen added 11 each.

Josh Kershaw led the Warriors with 10 points.

W-P: Isom 16, Klima 14, R. Ridlen, Dixon 11, T. Ridlen 9, Flaig 4.

Hitchcock County: Kershaw 10, O. Riggs 6, Wright 3, D. Matson 2, S. Matson 2, T. Riggs 2, A. Renfro 2.

So.Valley

boys 57,

Cambridge 38

CAMBRIDGE -- Southern Valley held the Trojans to six total points in the second half to get a 57-38 win for third place in the Cambridge tournament.

Brock Einspahr led the Eagles with 13 points, Matt Hoxmeier had 12 and Jared Maruhn had 10.

Dillion Mowry scored 12 for the Trojans.

Southern Valley: Einspahr 13, Hoxmeier 12, Maruhn 10, Lueking 9, Fults 5, Becker 4, Nielsen 2.

Cambridge: Mowry 12, Keener 9, Johnson 5, Hayes 5, Cribelli 2, Carpenter 2, Koch 2.

So.Valley

girls 47,

Cambridge 45

CAMBRIDGE -- Southern Valley held the Trojans off to win the championship game in the Cambridge tournament 47-45.

Mallory Murdoch led the Eagles with 18 points.

Shelby Schultz netted 18 points and snagged 10 rebounds.

Kymbre Lytle added 12 points for the Trojans.

Southern Valley (7-1): Murdoch 18, Witte 8, Strickland 6, Steele 5, Siebels 4, Hogeland 4, Brooks 2.

Cambridge (4-4): Schultz 18, Lytle 12, Peterson 9, Keyser 9.

Wauneta-

Palisade

girls 39,

Hitchcock

County 35

CAMBRIDGE -- Wauneta-Palisade slid past the Hitchcock County girls 39-35 in the consolation game in the Cambridge tournament.

No other information was available.

Hayes Center-

Sutherland ppd.

HAYES CENTER -- The boys and girls basketball games at Hayes Center between the host Cardinals and Sutherland Tuesday night were postponed because of weather.

The games will be played Jan. 23.

Wallace sweeps

WALLACE -- The Wallace boys and girls basketball teams swept Medicine Valley Tuesday night at Wallace.

The Wildcat boys won 70-27 and the girls won 41-34.

No details were available.