'Hawks beat Eagles for title

PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls caught fire in the fourth quarter of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament championship game here Saturday and went on to a 44-33 victory over Uniontown.

The teams will square off again tonight at Mound City. The girls' tip is set for around 6:30 p.m. -- after a junior varsity game finishes -- with the boys' teams to follow.

The Jayhawks (8-3) outscored Uniontown, 15-3, in the fourth quarter, breaking open what had been a very tight ball game.

"We couldn't buy a basket in the fourth quarter," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said, noting that the Eagles (7-4) made only 1 of 11 field-goal tries in the period.

"It was a big win for us over an excellent basketball team," Jayhawk head coach Charlie Beckman said. "The game was very intense, close to a Sub-State atmosphere."

The Jayhawks went 6 of 10 from the floor in the fourth with Meriel Long hitting a pair of 3-pointers. Jayhawk-Linn was 4 of 10 from behind the arc in the contest while Uniontown went 0 for 8.

Long finished the night with 17 points. Taylor Dawson added 13 for the 'Hawks, who also outrebounded Uniontown, 34-26.

Abbie Smith led Uniontown with 18 points as she made 7 of 14 shots from the field. Jacy Ermel followed with 9 points and a team-high 12 rebounds.

In the other girls' games, Central Heights took third place with a 48-33 victory over Pioneer League rival Prairie View, Northeast-Arma took fifth with a 53-20 victory over Crest, and Pleasanton defeated Humboldt, gaining its first victory of the season in the process, 32-27.

In boys' action, Central Heights defeated Crest, 49-41, in the championship game. Humboldt defeated Jayhawk-Linn for third, 55-40; Uniontown took the fifth-place game over Pleasanton, 41-38, and Prairie View finished seventh with a 61-44 win over Northeast.

Details from the other games were not available to the Tribune.

Pleasanton's teams host Altoona-Midway tonight in a Three Rivers League doubleheader

Girls' Championship

JAYHAWK-LINN: Long 7-23 0-1 17, Dawson 5-14 2-3 13, Miller 2-6 1-2 5, Hargrove 2-4 1-2 5, Walters 1-6 0-0 2, Krull 1-1 0-0 2, Pollard 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 9-32 18-40 36.

UNIONTOWN: Smith 7-14 4-6 18, Ermel 4-13 1-3 9, Poyner 2-5 0-0 4, Clayton 1-1 0-0 2, Esslinger 0-4 0-0 0, Rathbun 0-3 0-0 0, Jurgensen 0-2 0-0 0, Harper 0-3 0-0 0. TOTALS: 14-45 5-9 33.

Jayhawk-Linn................ 13 6 10 15 -- 44

Uniontown................. 7 11 12 3 -- 33

Three-point field goals: Jayhawk-Linn 4-10 (Long 3-8, Dawson 1-1, Miller 0-1), Uniontown 0-8 (Smith 0-1, Poyner 0-1, Rathbun 0-1, Harper 0-2, Esslinger 0-3)

Total fouls: Jayhawk-Linn 9, Uniontown 12. Fouled out: None.

Rebounds: Jayhawk-Linn 34, Uniontown 26 (Ermel 12). Assists: Jayhawk-Linn 12, Uniontown 11 (Esslinger 5). Turnovers: Jayhawk-Linn 16, Uniontown 15. Steals: Jayhawk-Linn 3, Uniontown 4 (Ermel 3).