The top two girls seeds at the Class 2/District 7 Tournament at Glasgow had to persevere to get to the championship game. Top seed Harrisburg survived two overtimes to outlast five-seed Marceline 43-40, while two-seed Westran held off a late Fayette rally to beat the six-seed 48-45.
Marceline scored the last eight points of regulation to send the game to overtime….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Harrisburg’s Lorelai Hunziker scored her team’s six points in the first extra session and had the Lady Bulldogs up 39-36…..
In the second overtime, the Lady Tigers hit a free throw to score their final point and Harrisburg got an Avelina McKenzie bucket and two late free throws from Macie Ellis for the win. The senior Ellis finished with nine points and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. McKenzie had 11 points and Hunziker finished with 10. Harrisburg improves to 21-6. Marceline was led by Natalee Pennington with 15 and Ella Moseley with 13. The Lady Tigers only hit 6-18 free throws and end the season 17-10.
In the second semi, Fayette jumped out to an 18-10 lead in the first quarter. Westran took control in the second quarter outscoring the Lady Falcons 19-5….
The Lady Hornets led by 14 early in the fourth when Fayette scored 11 in a row, but three was as close as they would get. KeBrea Fair wrapped up her Lady Falcon career with 27 points and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the game. Fayette finishes 13-15. Emma Wortmann scored 19 points and Jaelyn Miller added 13 for Westran. The Lady Hornets get their 20th win against seven losses.
It’s an all Harrisburg-Westran final at Glasgow. The boys championship game can be heard Friday night on NEMOPressbox.com starting around 5:45. The girls championship game will be played Saturday afternoon at 2:00 and we will have it for you.
postgame with Jaryt Hunziker:
postgame with Alex Thomas:
