J-Linn girls advance; Uniontown teams outsted

Thursday, March 3, 2011

COTTONWOOD FALLS -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls will get to play on their home court one more time. The opportunity comes about after the fifth-seeded Jayhawks went on the road Tuesday night and defeated the No. 4 seed, Chase County here, 52-41, in the first round of the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Sub-State Tournament.

Even though Jayhawks (11-10) are the host school, as they lower seed they had to go on the road. And they rallied back from a 36-29 deficit after three periods, outscoring Chase County (11-9) by a 23-5 margin in the fourth.

"The girls' effort and execution in the fourth quarter was as good as it has been all year," Jayhawk head coach Charlie Beckman said.

Jessica Walters led the 'Hawks with 16 points while Emma Hargrove had 13 points and 12 rebounds. The two combined for 18 points in the fourth quarter.

Friday's girls semifinals start with a 6 p.m. match between No. 2 Lyndon (14-7) and No. 3 Madison/Hamilton (13-8). The Jayhawks will face top-seeded Burlingame (15-5) at 7:30.

Kansas City Christian girls 43, Uniontown 27.

PRAIRIE VILLAGE -- Kansas City Christian (10-10) outscored Uniontown 13-2 in the second quarter to take a 22-12 lead it would not relinquish in the first round of the Burlington Class 3A Sub-State here Tuesday night.

Hayden Rathbun scored 11 points to lead Uniontown (10-11). The Eagles were held to 8-of-48 field-goal shooting.

Kansas City Christian's boys (12-8) ended Uniontown's boys' season with a 59-15 decision. The Eagles' season ended with a record of 5-16. No other information was available.


at Cottonwood Falls

(5) JAYHAWK-LINN: Bruner 1 0-0 2, Krull 0 0-2 0, Murrow 0 0-0 0, White 4 4-5 12, Clark 0 0-0 0, Beckman 1 5-10 7, Wilson 0 2-4 2, Walters 6 2-4 16, Hargrove 3 7-10 13. TOTALS: 15 20-35 52.

(4) CHASE COUNTY: Nelson 1 3-4 5, Riley 1 0-2 2, Grokett 1 0-0 2, Hedoncan 4 1-2 9, Watts 1 4-4 6, Barns 1 6-8 8, Jirak 0 0-0 0, Bing 2 5-7 9. TOTALS: 11 19-27 41.

Jayhawk-Linn.... 14 10 5 23 -- 52

Chase County..... 8 14 14 5 -- 41

Three-point field goals: Jayhawk-Linn 2 (Walters 2), Chase County none.

Total fouls: Jayhawk-Linn 19, Chase County 28. Fouled out: Tanner, Watts.

at Prairie Village

(5) UNIONTOWN: Rathbun 2-14 6-8 11, Shinn 2-6 2-4 6, Jurgensen 2-6 0-0 4, Esslinger 1-13 0-0 3, Shook 1-6 0-0 2, Harper 0-1 1-2 1, Ridge 0-2 0-0 0, Rockhold 0-0 0-0 0, Ulrey 0-0 0-1 0, Coyan 0-0 0-0 0, Dixon 0-0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 8-48 9-15 27.

(4) KANSAS CITY CHRISTIAN: Rogers 6-7 1-1 13, Trott 6-10 1-4 13, Blusher 3-7 0-0 6, Hawthorne 1-6 3-6 5, Tippin 1-8 1-1 4, McGregor 0-1 2-2 2, White 0-1 0-1 0, Sotelo 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17-40 8-15 43.

Uniontown......... 10 2 7 8 -- 27

K.C. Christian..... 9 13 8 13 -- 43

Three-point field goals: Uniontown 2-16 (Rathbun 1-2, Esslinger 1-11, Harper 0-1, Shook 0-2), K.C. Christian 1-4 (Tippin 1-3, Hawthorne 0-1)

Total fouls: Uniontown 13, K.C. Christian 14. Fouled out: None.