LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN BASKETBALL

REDSKINS EARN TRIP TO STATE!!!!

By Staff

            CANTON – They did it, the Little River boys came into their Class 1A Division I sub-state as the sixth seed and proceeded to close out with a strong 59-53 win over second seed Oxford on Saturday to earn a trip to the Class 1A Division I state tournament beginning on Thursday in Dodge City.

            Now 15-7, the Redskins will be the eighth seed at the state tournament meaning their first game will come against top seed Olpe who is 21-2 on the season. If they can beat the top-seed, Little River would then face the winner of the game matching fourth-seed Claflin/Central Plains (18-4) and fifth-seed Frankfort (18-6) on Friday in the state semi-finals. Of those teams, the Redskins have played Claflin/Central Plains in January and lost.

            The other side of the brackets for the Class 1A Division I state tournament will have second-seed Coldwater/South Central (21-2) battling seventh-seed Clifton/Clyde (17-6) along with a tangle of third-seed Montezuma/South Gray (19-4) and sixth-seed Quinter (17-6).

            Against Oxford, the Redskins too a four-point, 13-9, lead at the end of the first quarter and extended it to a nine-point, 30-21, advantage when the teams hit the halftime break. Still leading by nine, 42-33, at the end of the third, Oxford tried to comeback in the fourth but fell short, giving the Redskins the final six-point, 59-53, victory.

            Little River won the game at the free throw line, where they made 17-of-34 to just 9-of-13 for Oxford.

            Logan Renken, Jaren Garrison, and Jaxson Konen all scored 13 points with Renken connecting on four three-pointers. Renken and Ty Janette

won the battle on the boards with seven and six rebounds each while Konen made six steals on defense.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKINS vs. Oxford, Saturday, March 8, Sub-State Finals

SCORING = Little River won 58-53.

Little River = 13-17-12-17 = 59; Oxford = 9-12-12-20 = 53.

TEAM STATS =

Little River = 2fgs = 12/28; 3pts – 6/20; fts – 17/34; asst – 8; rebs – 32; stls – 10; blks – 1; to – 7; fls – 12.

Oxford = 2fgs – 16/31; 3pts – 4/18; fts – 9/13; asst – 1; rebs – 26; stls – 0; blks – 0; to – 11; fls – 20.

LITTLE RIVER INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS =

Scoring (59) = Logan Renken, Jaren Garrison, Jaxson Konen – 13; Logan Schubert – 7; Lincoln Raleigh – 6; Ty Janette – 5; Blayne Baldetti – 2.

3-Pointers Made (6) = Renken – 4; Garrison, Schubert – 1.

Assists (8) = Renken, Konen, Raleigh – 2; Garrison, Janette – 1.

Rebounds (32) = Renken – 7; Janette – 6; Garrison, Konen- 5; Schubert, Raleigh, Baldetti – 3.

Steals (10) = Konen – 6; Garrison – 2; Janette, Baldetti – 1.

Blocked Shots (1) = Janette – 1.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)