Broncos, Raiders, Wolves roll into RPAC with wins

MAYWOOD, Neb. — Vikings found no miracle wins on Thursday as Maywood-Hayes Center’s girls beat the Bertrand Vikings, 52-33.

The amazing Wolves will take a 13-2 record into RPAC tournament play starting Saturday.

Sophomore Jaycee Lapp’s 14 points and 13 from junior Jayden Widener powered this latest MH-C victory.

Senior Rebel Sjecklocha added eight rebounds while junior Paige Wood stepped up to pull down a team-high eight rebounds.

The Wolves dominated every quarter, finishing with 20 points in those last eight minutes.

Seniors Grace Koubek (six points), Sydney Mullen-Shaw (five), sophAvery Johnson (four) and Wood (two) all hit clutch shots.

Sjeklocha cleaned the glass of seven more caroms.

The Wolves enter a strong RPAC West tournament bracket which includes 11-4 Wauneta-Palisade.

Coach Matt Cox’s Broncos cruised past host Paxton, 53-31, Thursday night after breaking from a 10-10 deadlock.

“We started off very slow with a real lack of focus and intensity. I give Paxton a lot of credit,” Cox commented. “I liked the way we bounced back in the second quarter by continuing to rebuild and defend.”

The Broncos outscored those Tigers, 33-11, during quarters two and three.

Senior Faith Simpson’s 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals paced W-P as usual.

Mo Gooden and Destiny Beacham added eight points each.

Junior Michaela Dukes (five) and Reagan Skow (four) joined Simpson in cleaning the boards.

Boys

Unbeaten Paxton (13-0) fought past Wauneta-Palisade, 56-52, in the boys’ varsity contest.

The Broncos (8-6) trailed 44-33 through three quarters and made a great late rally attempt.

No individual stats were obtained.

Other boys’ action featured Bertrand beating Maywood-Hayes Center, 68-30.

A 26-3 third quarter broke open this game as MH-C boys slipped to 5-10 this season.

Raiders romp

CURTIS, Neb. — A 19-0 fourth quarter put the final touch on Medicine Valley’s 71-35 boys victory over Elwood Thursday night.

The Raiders (5-6) outscored Elwood, 37-7, after intermission.

Med Valley’s girls scored an excellent win on Tuesday but lost 60-35 to Elwood Thursday evening.

Senior Rachel Lashley did hit four of five shots and tally 12 points for the 3-9 Raiders.

Junior Alex Ellermeier added another 10 points with sophomore Sabra Schmidt adding four.

Medicine Valley also begins RPAC tournament action on Saturday.