Halfway and Fair Play kicked off the Class 1 District 5 tournament by defending their higher seeds and advancing to the semifinal round.
No. 4 seed Halfway overcame a slow start to come back and beat No. 5 Hermitage 47-42. The Cardinals trailed 10-7 after one quarter and 25-18 at half. They cut that deficit to one at 31-30 with one quarter to go and then outscored Hermitage 17-11 in the final quarter for the win. Madi Doke scored 16 to lead Halfway. McKenzie Antle scored 15 for Hermitage followed by 14 from Gracelyn Antle.
Halfway advances to face top-seeded Walnut Grove at 5:30 pm on Thursday.
No. 3 Fair Play jumped out to a 10-2 lead on No. 6 Humansville after one quarter on the way to a 53-27 win. Chloe Bruce (13 points), Jocee Mayfield (12 points) and Mackenzie Evans (11 points) led a balanced scoring attack for Fair Play.
Fair Play will face No. 2 seed Wheatland at 7 pm on Thursday in the semifinal round.
Find box scores from each game below.
Halfway 47, Hermitage 42 – FINAL
Hermitage – 10-15-6-11 — 42
Halfway – 7-11-12-17 — 47
HE: McKenzie Antle 15, Gracelyn Antle 14, McKenna Kobe 6, Lexi Sawyer 5, Chloe Friedman 2
HA: Madi Doke 16, Josie Choate 9, McKenzie Grindstaff 8, Hannah Maggard 8, Ashlyn McCarthy 8
Fair Play 53, Humansville 27 – FINAL
Humansville – 2-13-7-5 — 27
Fair Play – 10-14-11-18 — 53
H: Kyli Proctor 12, Maddie Williams 5, Madalyn McCoy 5, Jaylen Herbert 2
F: Chloe Bruce 13, Jocee Mayfield 12, Mackenzie Evans 11, Lexi Francka 9, Lexi Bee 6, Jillian Moore 2
