The Olpe boys escaped with a 55-54 road win against West Elk Friday night, but not before some end-of-game dramatics made things even more interesting than the score indicates.
“Nothing like starting the season off with a close game,” Olpe coach Chris Schmidt said with a laugh.
With Olpe leading 55-54 with .7 seconds left, Josh Klumpe was at the line shooting two free throws for the Eagles. Klumpe missed the first, and Schmidt called a timeout.
During the timeout, Schmidt told Klumpe to miss the second free throw on purpose to allow time to run out.
But Klumpe’s second attempt hit the backboard but not the rim, giving the ball to West Elk
“Looking back, I probably shouldn’t have said anything to Josh,” Schmidt said. “He probably started thinking about it too much.”
West Elk threw a half-court pass from out of bounds, and a West Elk player got a shot off that actually hit the rim, but fell away to preserve the Eagles’ victory.
Despite the late free-throw misses, Klumpe still had a strong game for Olpe (1-0), scoring 18 points.
“It’s big to start the season off with a W,” Schmidt said. “I don’t want them all like this, but we did have to do some things under pressure down the stretch and things came out positive for us.
“Hopefully we learned some things.”
Bradley Argabright hit four 3-pointers and Alex Medinciy added three more three-point makes for the Eagles.
Olpe boys 55, West Elk 54
Friday at West Elk
Olpe 7 17 13 18 — 55
West Elk 9 13 12 20 — 54
Olpe (1-0) — Josh Klumpe 18, Alex Medinciy 15, Bradley Argabright 14, Cole Krueger 8.
West Elk (0-1) — Lee 20, Koop 14, Lowe 6, Roebuck 5, Madison 4, Williams 3, Ledford 2.
Halftime — Olpe 24-22. Total fouls — West Elk 17, Olpe 12. Fouled out — West Elk: Lee, Madison, Lowe.
Cair Paravel boys 59, Burlingame 48
Poor free-throw shooting and rebounding doomed Burlingame Friday night against Cair Paravel, as the Bearcats fell, 59-48, in Burlingame.
After going just 12-of-27 from the free-throw line the night before in a victory over Waverly, Burlingame (1-1) again was cold from the stripe, going just 12-of-23 against Cair Paravel. Add that the Bearcats gave up more offensive rebounds than they had defense rebounds (14-12), and it made for one frustrated Creighton Winters.
“We’ll be changing some things up this next week,” the Burlingame coach said. “We’ve got to be better on the boards and on our free throws.”
The game was actually tied at 19 headed into halftime, but Cair Paravel out-scored the Bearcats, 19-14, in the third quarter and never looked back.
Chris Patterson led all scorers with 23 points, while Chris Walker added 8 and Joel Bevitt had 6.
Cair Paravel boys 59, Burlingame 48
Friday at Burlingame
Cair Paravel 6 13 19 21 — 59
Burlingame 10 9 14 15 — 48
Cair Paravel — Hay 16, H. Petrik 8, Wynne 15, Iliff 2, Lucas Bider 16, T. Petrick 2.
Burlingame (1-1) — Walker 8, Droege 2, Masters 5, Smart 4, Patterson 23, Bevitt 6.
Halftime — Tied at 19. Total fouls — Cair Paravel 21, Burlingame 16.
Madison boys 56, Wichita Home Sch. 49
Madison struggled but managed to remain unbeaten on the season, notching a 6-point victory over Wichita Home School at the Madison Tournament on Friday night.
Madison (2-0) jumped out to a 16-7 lead after the first quarter, but WHS (1-1) hit three 3-pointers and held the Bulldogs to just five points in the second frame to pull to within one at 21-20 at halftime.
“We had a lead and we let them off the hook,” Madison coach Alan Brown said. “In the second quarter, we had our shots, but it seemed like there was a lid on the basket. We missed bunnies and stick-backs, and we let them back in.”
The game remained tight throughout the rest of the second half, but Madison was able to keep WHS at bay thanks in part to 9 points apiece from Kaleb Schankie, Michael Luthi and Sid Childers.
Those three players scored in double figures for the Bulldogs, led by Schankie’s game-high 14 points. Luthi added 13 and Childers scored 10. Schankie also pulled down 9 rebounds and had 3 blocks.
“We kept our composure and pulled it out,” Brown said. “We’re not always going to blow teams out, but I think by playing a close game, that will benefit us down the road.”
Madison boys 56, Wichita Home School 49
Friday at Madison
WHS 7 13 14 15 — 49
Madison 16 5 15 20 — 56
WHS (1-1) — Belseen 6, Cole 10, Robinson 8, Whitley 8, Collins 8, Reed 2, Wilbeck 7.
Madison (2-0) — Luthi 13, Porter 7, Hamilton 7, Ott 3, Childers 10, Kaleb Schankie 14, Kale Schankie 2.
Halftime — Madison 21-20. Total fouls — WHS 19, Madison 10. Fouled out — WHS: Whitley.
Lebo boys 72, White City 41
Lebo used a 27-7 third-quarter scoring outburst to blow past White City Friday night at the Lebo Tournament.
Behind two 3-pointers from Blake Jones and one apiece for Adam Laflin and Craig Woods, Lebo burst out of the locker room after halftime to turn what had been a five-point game into a laugher.
In the third quarter alone, the Wolves (2-0) hit 10 field goals to White City’s three.
The second-half scoring surge came after a first half that saw White City keep things close behind 12 points from Codi Smith. But three first-half 3-pointers from Lebo’s Laflin, who scored a game high 21 points, helped the Wolves stay in control of the game until the second half hit.
Cameron Smith and Jones joined Laflin in double figures for Lebo with 16 and 14 points, respectively.
Lebo boys 72, White City 41
Friday at Lebo
White City 10 18 7 6 — 41
Lebo 16 17 27 12 — 72
White City — Morgan 19, Codi Smith 12, Beavers 2, Miller 2, Brown 2, Comp 4.
Lebo (2-0) — Jones 14, Perry 2, C. Smith 16, Laflin 21, Woods 5, D. Smith 9, Dy. Montgomery 3, Madsen 2.
Halftime — Lebo 33-28. Total fouls — WC 8, Lebo 16.
Hartford boys 71, Mission Valley 36
Storm Cartee hit six 3-pointers, including four in the second quarter, to lead the Hartford boys past Mission Valley at the Lebo Tournament Friday night.
All told, Cartee led all scorers with 20 points, and the Jaguars raced out to a 43-28 hafltime lead and cruised from there.
After Hartford pushed out to an 18-11 lead at the end of the first period, Cartee went off, draining four 3-pointers in the second frame to help Hartford out-score Mission Valley 25-17 in the quarter.
Hartford then got it done defensively, holding Mission Valley to just eight second-half points in the Jaguars’ 35-point victory.
Justin Farr added 11 points for Hartford, while Cody Barrett chipped in 10. Ten players scored for the Jags.
Hartford boys 71, Mission Valley 36
Friday at Lebo
MV 11 17 7 1 — 36
Hartford 18 25 17 11 — 71
MV — Rudeen 12, McClelland 7, Bozarth 4, Cook 4, Harris 3, Zielke 3, Branch 2, Mitchell 1.
Hartford (1-1) — Ewy 6, Cartee 20, Cody Barrett 10, Farr 11, Wilson 3, Grieder 8, Beemer 5, Gardner 3, Clark 1, Thomsen 4.
Halftime — Hartford 43-28. Total fouls — MV 13, Hartford 21.
MdCV boys 58, So. Coffey Co. 50
Marais des Cygnes Valley got 22 points from Dennis Becker and 16 more from Chisom Spencer en route to an eight-point victory over Southern Coffey County on Friday.
Becker and Spencer did most of their damage at the free-throw line, combining to go 19-for-26 at the stripe.
Marais des Cygnes Valley (1-0) led by just two points at 17-15 at the end of the first quarter, but out-scored SCC, 14-4, in the second period to pull away.
John Kraft led SCC with 20 points.
Marais des Cygnes Valley 58, So. Coffey Co. 50
Friday at LeRoy
MdCV 17 14 11 16 — 58
SCC 15 4 14 17 — 50
MdCV (1-0) — Schmidt 6, McGowin 2, Spencer 16, Spillman 6, Phillips 4, Litch 2, Becker 22.
SCC (0-1) — Craft 4, Raaf 2, Kraft 20, True 3, Redding 15, Ludolph.
Halftime — MdCV 31-19. Total fouls — MdCV 20, SCC 30. Fouled out — MdCV: Phillips; SCC: Craft, Raaf, Meyer, Redding, Ludolph.
Marion boys 69, Chase County 42
Chase County’s Brian Palermo scored 19 points, but it couldn’t help the Bulldogs overcome Marion Friday night in a 27-point loss.
Not helping Chase County’s cause was the fact that the Bulldogs went just 11-of-27 from the free-throw line.