Olpe boys win substate, undefeated season continues
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Monday, March 9, 2009
Olpe’s dream season will continue this week in Manhattan, as the undefeated Eagles are headed to the Class 2A State tournament as the top seed.
With Josh Klumpe’s 19-point, seven-rebound effort leading four players in double figures, Olpe cruised to a 59-41 win over West Elk in its substate final at Udall, running its record to 23-0. The Eagles will face eighth-seeded Pittsburg-Colgan, the defending Class 2A State champions, in first-round action Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum.
Olpe continued its recent trend of getting off to a big start, with two threes by Matt Redeker and one by Bradley Argabright helping the Eagles forge a 19-8 lead at the end of the first. They led 35-16 at half, with Klumpe notching eight of his points in the second period.
West Elk cut the Eagles’ lead to 14 early in the fourth quarter, but Olpe began finding Klumpe for finishes inside, as he added eight points in the final quarter. Defensively, guards Argabright and Ethan Hall harassed West Elk’s leading scorer, Taylor Lowe, who finished with just seven points.
Argabright had 15 points, Cole Krueger had 13 and Matt Redeker had 10. Krueger also had seven rebounds and seven assists.
“He got the ball a lot, and they kind of doubled and left Josh open,” Olpe coach Chris Schmidt said. “Josh’s man was coming to double, and he found Josh quite a bit. So he did a good job, and Bradley was a big part of the game. They didn’t really have anybody that could stay in front of him, so he was able to penetrate and cause a lot of havoc for the defense, and that allowed us to get some other kids some pretty good looks.”
Olpe will meet Colgan (16-7) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
“Their record’s not as flashy as it always has been, but they’ve played a lot of big schools, and it’s going to be a challenge for us, of course,” Schmidt said. “But at this time of year, we think everybody will be, and I think there’s eight pretty good teams there.”
The winner of the Olpe-Colgan matchup will take on the winner between Berean and Nemaha Valley, who are slated to tip off at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. On the other side of the bracket, second-seeded Syracuse plays Sacred Heart at 3 p.m., and Trego plays St. Marys at 4:45 p.m.
Saturday at Udall
Olpe boys 59, West Elk 41
West Elk 8 8 13 12 — 41
Olpe 19 16 10 14 — 59
West Elk (19-3) — Roebuck 2, Lowe 7, Hall 4, Adams 1, Madison 6, Roebuck 4, Lee 15, Ledford 2.
Olpe (23-0) — Krueger 13, Argabright 15, Redeker 10, Klumpe 19, Dreier 2.
Crest boys 44,
Madison 28
Madison could not end Crest’s bid for a perfect season on Saturday in the substate championship in El Dorado.
The Bulldogs struggled shooting the ball, making only 10-of-49 shots.
“We had good looks and opportunities at the basket, but we just couldn’t get some of our shots to go down tonight,” Madison coach Alan Brown said.
Crest took a commanding 21-point lead into the fourth quarter, outscoring Madison 14-3 in the third.
“What made me more proud of this team was we did not roll over,” Brown said. “We made a nice run in the fourth quarter and got the lead down to 10 points but time was a factor, and with the experience that Crest had, we came up a little short.”
Michael Luthi led the Bulldogs with 11 points in his final high school game.
Crest boys 44, Madison 28
Crest 9 13 14 8 — 44
Madison 4 8 3 13 — 28
Crest (25-0) — Todd Johnston 13, Brandon Newton 11, Bryan Netwon 6, Zach Stinnett 6, Dakota Milner 4, Travis Buck 4.
Madison (16-9) — Michael Luthi 11, Kale Schankie 6, Reece Childers 5, Henry Ott 4, Wade Elwood 2.
Council Grove boys 60, Osage City 51
The fourth time was a charm for Council Grove on Saturday.
After losing to Osage City three times during the regular season, the Braves got redemption and a berth to the 3A State tournament this week.
Council Grove will be an eighth seed and opens on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. against top-seeded Hutch Trinity in Hutchinson.
Sean Carr led Council Grove with 15 points, and Brandon Dugan added 12 points. Tyler Bartee led Osage City with 13 points.
Saturday at Osage City
Council Grove boys 60, Osage City 51
Council Grove 16 14 14 16 — 60
Osage City 13 19 10 9 — 51
Council Grove (12-11) — Bowles 10, Sisson 3, Johnson 8, Carr 15, Dugan 12, Ziegenhirt 10, Finch 2.
Osage City (16-7) — Michael 3, Bartee 13, Carson 10, Schwieger 4, Tice 7, Marple 8, Keighley 6.
Olpe girls 70,
Cedar Vale 46
Katie Moyer scored 32 points to lead Olpe to a 2A State tournament berth with a win over Cedar Vale on Saturday in Udall.
The Eagles are the No. 2 seed and opens the State tournament against Elkhart on Thursday at 3 p.m. in Manhattan.
Kathryn Flott scored 18 points as the only other Olpe player to finish in double figures.
Saturday at Udall
Olpe girls 70, Cedar Vale 46
Cedar Vale 10 18 11 7 — 46
Olpe 20 21 14 14 — 70
Cedar Vale (20-3) — Pudden 5, Lawrence 3, Fanning 2, Hafenstein 14, Champlin 2, Massey 17, Warburton 3.
Olpe (21-2) — Moyer 32, Flott 18, Cole 9, Bartley 5, McDougald 3, Henderson 3.
St. Marys girls 58,
Lebo 47
St. Marys ended Lebo’s season on Saturday in the substate championship in Lyndon.
St. Marys took a 14-point lead into halftime and Lebo was unable to pull off a comeback. Morgan Laflin led the Wolves with 16 points and Lauren Schlesener added 10.
Saturday at Lyndon
St. Marys girls 58, Lebo 47
Lebo 10 14 11 12 — 47
St. Marys 14 21 6 17 — 58
Lebo (17-6) — Laflin 16, Schlesner 10, Tastove 6, Miller 5, Hase 4, Eagleburger 4, Robke 2.
St. Marys (19-3) — Kinderknecht 24, Perry 11, Marshall 5, Moylan 5, Pearl 5, Channel 4, Piper 2, Robbins 2.