By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Rossville's girls basketball team opened its 2022-2023 season in impressive fashion, rolling to a 58-30 road victory at Atchison.
Rylee Dick had a big night in her first high school game, scoring 24 points with four 3-pointers while Bulldawg junior standout Emma Mitchell added 17 points.
Rossville took command with a 15-4 opening quarter and then hit Atchison with a 27-6 lick in the second quarter to take a big 42-10 lead to the locker room at the half.
The Bulldawgs, who were 11-10 in 2021-2022, cruised the rest of the way, emptying their bench in the second half.
HAYS GIRLS 37, WASHBURN RURAL 33 -- Washburn Rural struggled to get its offense untracked Friday night, with tournament host Hays taking advantage of a big second quarter to upset the top-ranked Junior Blues 37-33 in the semifinals of the Hays Shootout.
Junior Zoe Canfield led the Junior Blues (1-1) with 13 points, including three 3-pointers, but Washburn Rural only had four players crack the scoring column. Senior Brooklyn DeLeye added eight points while sophomores Kate Hinck and Tenly Bunck scored six points apiece.
Hays (2-0) and Rural were deadlocked at 8-8 after the opening quarter, but Hays used a 14-6 second quarter to take a 22-14 halftime lead.
Rural cut its deficit to a point (29-28) by the end of the third quarter, but Hays held off the Junior Blues down the stretch, holding an 8-5 scoring edge over the final eight minutes.
Carly Lang scored 11 points and Molly Martin 10 for Hays, which will play for the championship Saturday. Washburn Rural will play for third place.
BASEHOR-LINWOOD BOYS 58, TOPEKA WEST 52 -- Topeka West was in the hunt for the entire game at Basehor-Linwood, but the Chargers were unable to get over the hunt as the No. 10-ranked (Class 5A) Bobcats prevailed over the No. 9 Chargers, who were making their debut in the United Kansas Conference, by a 58-52 margin.
Basehor-Linwood led 15-7 at the end of the first quarter, but West cut its deficit to 22-21 at the half and the game was tied at 34 entering the fourth quarter.
Washburn University signee Tyson Ruud led Basehor-Linwood with 24 points.
BASEHOR-LINWOOD GIRLS 52, TOPEKA WEST 36 -- Basehor-Linwood spoiled Topeka West's United Kansas Conference debut with a 52-36 home win over the Chargers.
The Bobcats (1-0, 1-0) led 31-20 at the half over West (0-1, 0-1) and boosted its lead to a commanding 45-29 after three quarters and cruised the rest of the way.
BURLINGAME BOYS 58, CAIR PARAVEL LATIN 34 -- Burlingame, ranked No. 5 in Class 1A-Division I, jumped on top early against Cair Paravel (1-1) and outscored the Lions in all four quarters en route to Friday's win in the Burlingame tournament.
Dane Winters led Burlingame with 20 points, followed by Drake Skirvin with 12 points and Colby Middleton with 11.
Junior Evan Will had 19 points and sophomore Jase Pavlik nine for Cair Paravel.
BURLINGAME GIRLS 47, CAIR PARAVEL LATIN 20 -- Burlingame's girls, ranked No. 10 in Class 1A-I, rolled to a 47-20 tournament win over Cair Paravel on Friday.
Kaylin Noonan led Burlingame with 19 points, followed by Gracie Simmons with 12 and Isabella Tyson with 11.
SILVER LAKE GIRLS 65, JEFFERSON WEST 22 -- Silver Lake, ranked No. 3 in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association preseason Class 3A state rankings, rolled to a 65-22 season-opening victory over Jefferson West Friday night at Silver Lake.
The Eagles are coming off a third-place finish in the 2022 state tournament.
JEFFERSON WEST BOYS 49, SILVER LAKE 47 -- Silver Lake suffered a heartbreaker in its season-opener, with Jefferson West hitting a game-winning 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining.
Silver Lake got a good look at a game-winning 3 as time ran out but the shot missed.
The game was a nail-biter throughout, with Jefferson West leading 16-15 at the end of the first quarter and 29-27 at the half.
Silver Lake tied the game at 38 entering the fourth quarter.
Senior Troy Heiman led Silver Lake with 13 points while junior Spencer Johnson added 12 points.
ATCHISON BOYS 76, ROSSVILLE 37 -- Atchison rode a 30-point second quarter to a 34-point halftime lead on the way to a big season-opening victory over the Bulldawgs.
Atchison led 17-4 at the end of the opening quarter and put the game away with a 30-9 second quarter.
Freshman Jack Donovan led Rossville with 12 points on four 3-pointers.
