Quick Saturday Update Class 2A State Tournament & Schedule

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Quick Saturday Update Class 2A State Tournament & Schedule

We kick off consolation action this morning in Class 1A and Class 2A. I have decided to post quick updates on Class 2A and a quick update of yesterday in Class 1A.

Quick Recap of Class 2A Friday Semifinals

Boys:

#5 Limon over #1 Simla 49 to 42

Round 4 of Limon vs Simla and it lived up to the hype. Simla would jump out to a quick 16 to 7 lead using their defense and shooting well from outside hitting 4 3-pointers in the quarter. Limon would respond in kind with a 14 to 7 second quarter. Defense was key to the Limon quarter and we would go into halftime with a 23 to 21 Simla lead. Limon would come out after halftime continuing with physical play and winning another quarter 10 to 7 and Limon would take the 1-point lead into the fourth quarter 31 to 30. Limon would push their lead to near double digits in the fourth quarter behind a huge 6-point quarter by both Mason Jaques & Aiden Kollath. Simla would try and make a late push with Caston Cox hitting a trio of 3-pointers, but Limon would hit clutch free throws to secure the 49 to 42 win.

Stat Leaders:

Limon: Aiden Kollath (12 points), Treyton Marx (11 points), and Treyton Marx (11 points).

Simla: Caston Cox (22 points), Tatum Kocerha (10 points), TJ Eurich (5 points).

#6 Sanford over #2 Merino 58 to 39

The night cap and featured a pair of programs with a combined 14 state titles. Merino would kick off the game with a strong defensive effort and set the ton with a 12 to 9 first quarter lead. Sanford would then quickly adjust and turn up their defensive effort and have a huge second quarter. Sanford would win the second quarter 18 to 8 behind a balanced offensive attack with 5 different players scoring a point in the quarter. Sanford would come out after halftime and expand their lead winning the third quarter 13 to 10 behind an 11-point quarter by Cash Caldon. Sanford would then explode in the fourth quarter outscoring Merino 18 to 9 and winning 58 to 39.

Stat Leaders

Sanford: Cash Caldon (15 points), Ben Sittler (13 points), Trason Gartrell (14 points).

Merino: Tyler Miller (14 points), Kaden Piel (13 points), Slayter Goss (7 points).

Girls:

#3 Burington over #7 Wiggins 40 to 38

We kicked the Semifinal round off with Burlington vs Wiggins and boy we were treated with a great game to kick things off. Wiggins took control early in the game using their suffocating defense to hold Burlington to just 6 points in the 1^st quarter and holding the 8 to 6 lead. The second quarter saw the scoring increase, but Wiggins would hold the 20 to 16 lead into halftime. Burlington would take their first lead of the game in the third quarter and had a big quarter outscoring Wiggins 12 to 4 and holding the 28 to 24 lead. Things would stay interesting in the final quarter of play. Both teams would play excellent defense and the game would be decided in the final seconds of the game. Wiggins had a shot at winning or forcing OT with the final shot and were not able to convert. Burlington would advance into the State Championship with a 40 to 38 win.

State Leaders:

Burlington: Bethany Cure (16 points), Trinitee Holmes (10 points), and Kiyarra Williams (8 points).

Wiggins: Kennedy Kerr (15 points), Tyleigh Fehseke (8 points), and Aubryn Ferguson (6 points).

#1 Merino over #5 Simla 54 to 44

Don’t let that final score fool you this was a fantastic game and would come down to the wire. Simla would handle the press well and force Merino into a half court game in the first half. Simla would lead after the first quarter 15 to 13 but a late run by Merino in the second quarter would give them the 2-point lead and the 24 to 22 lead. The 3^rd quarter would see each team take a lead and the game was very much up in the air at this point. Merino would take the lead to end the 3^rd quarter 37 to 34. The fourth quarter saw Merino defensively turn things up and the pressure would start to pay off. Kya Piel also took over at this point in the game scoring 10 points in the quarter. Merino would outscore Simla in the fourth quarter 19 to 10 to secure the 56 to 44 win over Simla. As mentioned this was a great game by both teams. Merino advances into the Final Four to face Burlington at 5pm on Saturday.

Stat Leaders

Merino: Kya Piel (18 points), Brooklyn Sutter (11 points), and Makenna Sutter (8 points)

Simla: Carlee Cox (16 points), Anara Mazerall (8 points), and Kylie Brickell (7 points)

Saturday Matchups

We will have a recap article of all games Saturday for Class 1A and 2A out tomorrow or Monday.

Class 2A

Boys

State Championship: #6 Sanford vs #5 Limon @6:30pm

3^rd Place Game: #1 Simla vs #2 Merino @3:30pm

5^th Place Game: #3 Crowley County vs #4 Heritage Christian @10:30am

Girls

State Championship: #1 Merino vs #3 Burlington @5:00pm