Wednesday's Quarterfinal notes:
- What a game Christian Ulsaker had scoring 38 points in McPherson’s 81-56 win. It was a 5A State Record and came one night after Burrton’s Alex Santiago went off for 53 in his team’s loss to Hanover. It is hard to believe Ulsaker still has another year of high school basketball.
- Topeka Highland Park may not have made an appearance in this year’s boys state tournament, but its jerseys sure did. The Bishop Carroll boys forgot their jerseys in Wichita and had to rep the Scots on the court instead.
- All I have is the score on the Gardner-Edgerton-Great Bend boys game as the Blazers won 60-47. How was the atmosphere up there? Did any of you go?
- The 3A boys tournament featured two upsets, with the biggest being Minneapolis romping by the second-seeded Southwestern Heights Mustangs 64-47. The seven seed KC Christian boys also won
- Unfortunately, one of those teams will inevitably have to play Collegiate. The Spartans got 22 points from Blake Jablonski in the Spartans 74-32 rout of Council Grove. Collegiate’s bench matched Council Grove’s team with 32 points.
- I feel bad for Andover Central’s Marshall Miller. His Jaguars were in the game until he got hit with his sixth foul and had to go to the bench for the remainder of the game in what would be his last high school game.
- In girls 6A there is a very intriguing matchup in the semifinals between Wichita Heights and the defending champion Topeka Washburn Rural. Heights is hungry for a title this year as it has not won one in its last two tries. The Lady Falcons have failed to even make the title game in the last two years.
- The Concordia girls extended their winning streak to 50 games with a 45-38 win over Basehor-Linwood.
- Merissa Quick of Cheney had the most points of any 4A girl on Wednesday night with 26 points for the Cardinals in their win.
- The combined record of the teams left in the 4A Girls Tournament is 95-1.
- Berean Academy’s Janelle Rust had the most points of any girl player regardless of class with 31 for the Warriors.
- Terra Hargrave had an impressive 13-point and 20-rebound night in Valley Heights’ loss to Hill City.
- The chalk held for the 1A girls as all of the top four seeds advanced and boast a combined record of 102-1. Take that 4A Girls.
- Congratulations to the Argonia girls as, not only did they get out of the first round, they did it with a 31-point rout. Their next opponent will likely be a little more difficult in 25-0 St. Paul.
That is the big stuff I noticed from the first full night of action. Who impressed you on the first full night of state basketball?
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I would just like to say the Great Bend Panther's seniors dedicated their entire basketball careers to the man who ended them...
Once a Panther. Always a Panther.
I'm not sure what Anonymous meant by the Great Bend seniors dedicating their entire careers to coach Langrehr. The GB boys certainly respect him, but coach Battin was their leader this year and the seniors definitely respected and worked hard for him.
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