No. 5 Walnut Grove overcame a first-quarter deficit to upset No. 4 Fair Play 31-28 in the Class 1 District 5 quarterfinals.
Fair Play jumped out to a big early lead with a 13-7 advantage after one quarter. Walnut Grove cut the lead by two to 17-13 heading into half.
In the third quarter, Walnut Grove went to work offensively scoring 13 points to seven for Fair Play giving the Tigers a 26-24 advantage after three. They on in a low-scoring fourth quarter to keep their season alive.
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Diesl Phillips scored 12 points to lead Walnut Grove and all scorers. Andrew Mettler and Blake Thomas each scored 11 points for Fair Play.
Walnut Grove advances to face No. 1 seed Dadeville on Wednesday at 6 pm in Wheatland.
Walnut Grove – 7-6-13-5 — 31
Fair Play – 13-4-7-4 — 28
WG: Diesl Phillips 12, Ethan Kelley 8, Chase Brown 6, Landon McMillan 4, JD Kruger 2
FP: Andrew Mettler 11, Blake Thomas 11, Aron Khadyrke 3 Dakota Roy 2, Andrew Hartshorn 1
