All four top seeds will play in the Class 1 District 5 tournament semifinals on Wednesday in Walnut Grove.
The host Tigers kicked off the tournament with a 67-50 win over No. 5 seed Golden City. Golden City jumped out to a 16-13 lead after one quarter, but Walnut Grove won every quarter after that including a 23-12 advantage in the fourth quarter. Chance Brown scored 20 points to lead Walnut Grove. Diesl Phillips was just behind him with 18. Sam Vorhis was also in double figures with 12. Spencer Parrill led Golden City with 14.
Walnut Grove will face No. 1 seed McAuley Catholic at 6 pm on Wednesday.
Lockwood was dominant as the No. 2 seed with an 85-46 win over No. 7 Everton. Nik Thieman poured in 24 points to lead all scorers in the win. Sean Contreras (18), Landry Ogden (16) and Reed Parker (13) also scored in double figures for Lockwood. Everton was led by 17 points from Josh Daniels and 15 from Zayn Powers.
Dadeville awaits Lockwood in the semifinal round at 7:30 pm on Wednesday. The Bearcats got 24 from Chayse Coose and 19 from Briar Clift in a 71-63 win over Liberal. Ashton Edwards was also in double figures for Dadeville with 12. Liberal was powered by Ben Dingman’s game-high 26 points.
Find box scores for each game below.
Walnut Grove 67, Golden City 50 – FINAL – PHOTOS
Golden City – 16-12-10-12 — 50
Walnut Grove – 13-13-18-23 — 67
G: Spencer Parrill 14, Jamison Menadue 12, Bendon Maneval 10, Caleb Hughes 8, Robby Stafford 4, Braxyn Wirth 2
W: Chase Brown 20, Diesl Phillips 18, Sam Voris 12, Ethan Kelley 7, Kaden Albert 5, Ryder Boone 5
Lockwood 85, Everton 46 – FINAL – PHOTOS
Everton – 16-9-16-5 — 46
Lockwood – 28-27-19-11 — 85
E: Joshua Daniels 17, Zayn Powers 15, Wylie Vigesaa 8, Mason Morris 6
L: Nik Thieman 24, Sean Contreras 18, Landry Ogden 16, Reed Parker 13, Alfred Douglas 3, Oliver Boehne 2, Reed Rath 2, Kolton Kleeman 2
Dadeville 71, Liberal 63 – FINAL – PHOTOS
Liberal – 14-7-18-24 — 63
Dadeville – 17-17-17-20 — 71
L: Ben Dingman 26, Elam Beaman 10, Cody Suschnick 9, Kaidon Simpson 5, Kale Edwards 4, Kase Martin 4, Dalton Davis 2, Cooper Trout 2, Jack Goodell 1
D: Chayse Coose 24, Briar Clift 19, Ashton Edwards 12, Gavin Orr 8, Aiden McGill 4, Kaleb Getman 3, Payton Crawford 1
