Lebo sweeps own tourney
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 01:56 p.m., December 3, 2007
Updated 01:56 p.m., December 3, 2007
The Lebo girls made it a clean sweep of their own Lebo Tournament with a 42-35 victory over Mission Valley on Saturday.
Eight players scored for the Lady Wolves, led by a 15-point outing from Morgan Laflin. Laflin was big when Lebo (3-0) needed it most, scoring nine points in the final 8 minutes of the game to help Lebo put some distance between itself and Mission Valley after the Lady Wolves led by just one point at the end of the third quarter.
Lebo actually trailed at halftime, 21-18, after Mission Valley’s Vanessa Finlay scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the first half.
But 3-pointers from Kate Marks and Shelby Robke helped Lebo fight back to take a 28-27 lead going into the fourth quarter, and then Laflin took over from there.
Up next for Lebo is a road game at Marais des Cygnes Valley on Tuesday.
Lebo girls 42, Mission Valley 35
Saturday at Lebo
MV 8 13 6 8 — 35
Lebo 7 11 10 14 — 42
MV — Pletcher 3, Browning 6, Zerbe 2, Finlay 21, Sage 3.
Lebo (3-0) — Hase 1, Marks 4, Robke 7, Schlesener 3, Tastove 8, Frye 1, Laflin 15, Eagleburger 3.
Halftime — Mission Valley 21-18. Total fouls — MV 21, Lebo 13.
Madison girls 82, Flinthills 23
Madison cruised to a big victory over Flinthills on Saturday to complete a 3-0 sweep of its own Madison Tournament.
Madison led 42-13 at halftime and then held Flinthills to just 10 more points in the second half to get the blowout victory.
In previous games in the tournament, the Madison girls defeated Hamilton, 66-34, and Wichita Home School, 55-43.
For the tournament, sophomore Shelby Buster paced the Lady Bulldogs by averaging 15.3 points per game, while fellow sophomore Morgan Stout followed with 12.7 points per game.
Also finishing the three-game tournament with a double-digit scoring average was Tera Titus, who chipped in 11 points per contest.
Madison will travel to take on Olpe on Tuesday.
White City girls 61, Hartford 50
White City got 20-point outings from two of its players on Saturday, which was enough to defeat Hartford on the final day of the Lebo Tournament.
Despite 18 points from Amy Bolen and 13 more from Jessica Wilson, Hartford could not hold on to a 23-16 halftime lead, as White City outscored the Lady Jaguars, 26-15, in the third quarter to take the lead and eventually the victory.
Hartford fell to 0-3.
The Lady Jaguars will play host to Flinthills on Tuesday.
White City girls 61, Hartford 50
Saturday at Lebo
White City 10 6 26 19 — 61
Hartford 8 15 15 12 — 50
WC — Hollis 20, Kasten 20, Hirt 9, Parker 8, A. Blythe 4.
Hartford (0-3) — Bolen 18, Wilson 13, Farr 7, Wilkerson 7, Lee 5.
Halftime — Hartford 23-16. Total fouls — WC 23, Hartford 30. Fouled out — WC: M. Blythe; Hartford: Hamman.