On Monday night, the RPAC Girls Basketball Tournament continued. On the West side, Maywood-Hayes Center was the host, so the games were played in Maywood. On the East, Southwest was the host. We saw some good hoops, including two, yes TWO double overtime games. Both of those double OT games were the final ones of the night on the East and West.
At the end of the blog, check out the bracket for updated matchups, locations, and times.
RPAC WEST GIRLS BASKETBALL RESULTS
The opening game of the day was #5 seeded Hitchcock County versus #8 seeded Sutherland. The final in this one was 50-31 in favor of Hitchcock County. The game was very competitve in the first quarter as Hitchcock County had a narrow lead of 9-8. In the second, the Falcons opened things up and led 24-11 at halftime.
The Falcons did not look back as they kept pushing forward towards the finish line. The Falcons did a nice job on the glass in the second half to control the game.
Sutherland was led by Gracyn Elfeldt and had 14 points and four three-pointers. Mahala Vasquez had eight points.
Hitchcock County was led by Madysen Carlson with 18 points and Ragan Hagan had 12.
The second game on the West side was #6 Wauneta-Palisade versus #7 Wallace. Wauneta-Palisade won by a final of 54-21. The Broncos were on fire, knocking down shots left and right. They led 17-8. The Wildcats were playing so hard and got within single digits in th second quarter but the Broncos led 27-14 at halftime.
After three quarters, the Broncos led 42-17 as they kept pressing forward.
Wauneta-Palisade was led by Mesa Cox with 17 points, and Kamryn Fanning had 10 points. Cox had five three-pointers.
Wallace was led by Devin Gisselmann, who scored eight points, and six were scored by Kaley Sauser and Elliana Robertson.
In the third game of the evening, #1 Maywood-Hayes Center was pitted against #4 seed Maxwell. The Wolves won the game 67-39. Initially, the Wildcats were hanging tough with the Wolves as they trailed 15-10. But the pressure of MHC was too much.
MHC went up 34-14 at halftime. They continued to force turnovers and get easy buckets. Maxwell's effort was there, but they couldn't avoid turnovers.
Caylie Softley's 22 points led MHC, Blayklee Farr had 11, Karissa Stengel had 10, and Kesli Cox had nine.
Maxwell had 23 points from Kristyn Cheek and seven from Emory Christensen.
In the final game of the night for the West, it was #2 seeded DCS versus #3 seeded Paxton, and this game did not disappoint. The Paxton Tigers ended up winning in double-overtime, 54-51. DCS had a lead of 19-14 at the intermission. In the third, the offense picked up and DCS still had the lead, 29-27.
Fast forward to the fourth, Paxton was ahead 39-36. DCS's Emily Schack hit a three to tie things up and send it to overtime.
A winner could not be determined in the first overtime period, so we went to another one, tied up at 47-47.
In the final overtime period, Paxton was able to hit some late, clutch free throws, and squeak out the win.
Clara and Abi Spargo each had 18 for DCS. Emily Schack had 10 points for the Tigers, too.
For Paxton, Jaleigh Hanson had 18, Ella Fote had 14, and Jakcee Mitchell added eight.
RPAC EAST GIRLS BASKETBALL RESULTS
On the East side, the first game was #5 seeded Cambridge against #8 seeded Medicine Valley. Cambridge was able to win 37-24. The teams were pretty close in score after the opening eight minutes. It was 14-10 in favor of Cambridge. In the second quarter, offense was hard to come by for both teams as Cambridge led 20-12.
In the second half, Cambridge maintained the lead and held on for the win.
Medicine Valley was led by Remmi Stout with 12 points and Oakley Stout had seven.
Cambridge was led by Mallory Springer with 11 points, Chloe Gooden had nine, and Emmerie Tomlin had eight.
In the second game of the East side, it was #6 Bertrand versus #7 Hi-Line. The Vikings won by a final 50-37. Bertrand came out in attack mode as they led 24-3 after the first quarter. Hi-Line was able to climb back, and it was 33-19 at halftime in favor of Bertrand.
Hi-Line put up a good fight throughout but could not complete the comeback.
Bertrand was led by Shelby Schoene with 18, Livia Phillips with 12 points, and Addison Andersen with 10.
Hi-Line was paced by 12 from Bentley Stubbs, nine from Ellaray Koch, and eight from Lauryn Ruda and Olivia Wall.
In the third game on the East side, it was #1 seed Southwest versus #4 seed Arapahoe. Southwest won 60-40. Southwest set the tone with a 21-1 first quarter. They kept things going with excellent defense and strong offense.
Arapahoe was led by Cadence Carpenter with 11 points and Emma Strand had 10.
Aspen Billeter had 23 points for Southwest. Kyra Nelms had 11. Atleigh Nelms and Payton Truksa had six.
Alright, the final game of the evening on the East was a thriller. It took two extra periods, but #2 Alma won 63-62 over #3 Southern Valley. After the first quarter, Southern Valley led 14-4. The Eagles maintained a 10-point lead at halftime, 23-13. Alma climbed back into the game and forced overtime, as the teams were tied at 42-42.
In the first overtime period, Alma led 49-46 with 53 seconds to go, but the Eagles forced another OT and it was 52-52.
It was 62-60 with under 20 seconds to go, and Alma called a timeout. The Cardinals had the rock, lost it momentarily, but Harper Fennel corraled the ball, fired a top of the key three, and drilled it as the seconds ticked away. Southern Valley had one more heave from half-court, but it fell short.
Both coaches had to problem solve in this one. Alma had three of their starters foul out, their other two had at least three fouls, and Southern Valley had all five of their starters foul out. Crazy, crazy stuff. But that's how it goes sometimes in a conference tournament setting.
For Southern Valley, Vanesa Aguayo had 21 points, including five threes, Adi Hunt had 22 points, and Tori Bose had 11 points.
Alma's Kamryn Scott had 22 points, Tierston Moore scored 12, and Chase Molzahn had 11. Guess how many Harper Fennel had? Three, and they were pretty important, to say the least.
Check out the updated bracket for matchups, game locations, dates, and times as the RPAC Tournament continues for the girls on Thursday. Let's hope Thursday is just as fun.
