Notes from 1A State Tourney

There are no style points at state basketball, just survive and advance.

Quinter boys and South Gray girls had to do just that. Whether the top seeds got to their heads or they haven't been in too many close games this season, I don't know but they didn't have their best performances yesterday.

The top seeded teams won by a total 13 points in the first round. Maybe we should be giving more credit to the underdogs in these games; Pretty Prairie and Wilson. They never quit and their seeding didn't matter to them.

This sets up awesome matchups for Thursday; five losses total on the boys side in the semi finals and one loss, 1, TOTAL on the girls side for the semi finals. It should be a good weekend.
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Burrton's Alex Santiago was out of breath after his game with Hanover. You can't blame him, he scored 53 of his teams 66 points against the defending champions, Hanover.

It was awesome to see. Not knowing he was on pace to break the record, I could only sit and stare and think, "Man, he is hitting everything!"

And then he was humble after setting the record, giving praise to Hanover for their team win.

But was it any surprise that Santiago broke the record at all, considering he was leading the state in average points per game with 28? Don't think so.