By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Senior Juan'Tario Roberts scored with five seconds left to give Highland Park's boys a 62-60 Centennial League road win at Hayden Friday night.
Roberts' game-winning hoop capped a game that saw notable individual performances by players on both teams.
Juan'Tario Roberts
Junior Tre Richardson tied for game-high scoring honors with 19 points for Highland Park while junior Ketraleus Aldridge added 15 points, junior Jahmir Kingcannon 13 points with three 3-pointers and Roberts with 12 points.
Hayden had four players with at least nine points, led by junior Joe Otting, who tied Richardson for game-high honors with 19 points. Senior Trent Duffey scored 16 points with a pair of 3-pointers for the Wildcats while senior Peyton Bartlett added 11 points with three 3-pointers and junior Jake Muller nine points.
Highland Park doubled up Hayden 20-10 in the opening quarter and still led by a 37-29 margin at halftime but Hayden got within 46-45 at the end of the third quarter with a 16-9 third quarter and the game went down to the wire.
ROSSVILLE GIRLS 49, NEK SAINTS 34 -- Sophomores Kinsey Perine and Emma Mitchell combined for 29 points as Rossville took a 49-34 win over the NEK Saints Friday night in the Jefferson County North Invitational.
Kinsey Perine
Emma Mitchell
Perine paced the Bulldawgs with 17 points while Mitchell added 12 points as Rossville advanced to Saturday's 3 p.m. championship game to face Jefferson County North.
NEK built an 11-5 first-quarter lead over the Bulldawgs and led 24-23 at halftime before Rossville outscored the Saints 26-10 in the second half, including a 16-5 fourth quarter.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN BOYS 74, MARANATHA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 63 -- Senior Noah Hastert scored 26 points and grabbed 24 rebounds and senior Zach Clark added 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Cair Paravel Latin boys posted a 74-63 road win over Maranatha Academy Friday night.
Noah Hastert
Zach Clark
Maranatha came out firing, scoring all 15 of their first-quarter points on five 3-pointers, and finished with 11 treys on the night.
Cair Paravel led 20-15 after the first quarter, 40-36 at the half and by just a 55-53 margin at the start of the fourth quarter before outscoring Maranatha 19-10 over the final eight minutes.
SABETHA BOYS 49, SILVER LAKE 40 -- Sabetha put together a monster second half to spoil Silver Lake's bid for a road win Friday night, with the Blue Jays pulling out the 49-40 victory.
Silver Lake, which fell to 5-7 on the season, led 16-12 at the end of the opening quarter and rode a 16-5 second quarter to a 32-17 halftime advantage.
But the Blue Jays answered with a 15-2 third quarter to pull within 34-32 of the Eagles and closed with a 17-6 fourth period to pull out the nine-point victory.
"Credit to Sabetha for a great second half,'' Silver Lake coach Johnny Roberts said in a text. "They are a good ball team.''
Kamryn Kaniper led Silver Lake with 15 points and Troy Heiman added 10 points.
Sabetha had five players score seven or more points, led by Davis Rokey with 16 points.
Silver Lake will return to action on Tuesday at Osage City.
JUNCTION CITY BOYS 77, TOPEKA HIGH 57 -- Junction City, ranked No. 10 in Class 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, bounced back from Tuesday's one-point overtime loss at Topeka West with a decisive 77-57 home Centennial League win over Topeka High Friday night.
Topeka High was coming off its second win of the season, a 53-49 overtime decision over Hayden on Tuesday.
HUTCHINSON GIRLS 45, SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 28 -- Shawnee Heights' girls fell to 0-2 in the Glacier's Edge Invitational at Emporia, dropping a 45-28 decision to Hutchinson in a Friday consolation game.
The T-Birds will play for seventh place on Saturday.
