The top two seeds will play for the Class 4/District 8 championship on Friday night, at Moberly High School.
Hallsville scored the first 12 points and kept Kirksville at arms length the rest of the game for a 66-60 win on Wednesday night. After the first quarter, the lead never got smaller than five or larger than 12. This fourth quarter sequence was much like the game played out….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com, which made the score 63-56. Unofficially, Hallsville was 16-21 from the free throw line while Kirksville was just 7-15. Tatum Braman was 10-12 from the line and scored 17 points in being named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Isaac Stinson led four Indians in double figures with 19. Hallsville improves to 21-5. Cole Kelly returned to the Kirksville lineup after a ten game absence. The senior led the Tigers with 18 points. Kirksville wraps up the season 17-11.
Top seed Mexico rolled to a 72-42 win over Centralia in the first semifinal of the night. The Bulldogs exploded for 26 points in the first quarter and led 43-22 at halftime. Jaydon Eldridge had the hot hand.
Both Eldridge and PJ Perkins finished with 21 points. Centralia’s best run came to start the second half when the Panthers scored the first eight points to get within 13, but Mexico responded by scoring 16 straight to take the definitive advantage.
Ethan Ross paced Centralia, which closes the season at 14-14, with 10 points. Travis Brooks and Anthony Ford each scored nine.
Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Players of the Game
Hallsville-Tatum Braman
Mexico- Jaydon Eldridge
Hallsville coach Brandon Crites Postgame:
Mexico coach Darren Pappas Postgame:
Centralia coach Chad Thall Postgame:
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