All of the higher seeds advanced in the first round of the Class 2 District 10 girls basketball quarterfinals.
Bakersfield held off a furious fourth-quarter rally by Mansfield to win 61-58. Bakersfield carried a 48-40 lead into the fourth quarter. Mansfield outscored Bakersfield 18-13 in the final frame, but Bakersfield held on for the win. Callie Smith led four Bakersifled players in double figures with 19 points. Jessie Keith (15 points), Rienna Velasquez (13 points) and Hadley Stevens (11 points) also scored in double digits for Bakersfield.
Mansfield’s Elly Williams led all scorers with 21.
Second-seeded Norwood started fast and never looked back on the way to a 72-32 win over Cabool. The Pirates outscored Cabool 24-9 in the opening quarter. Autumn Gunter led Norwood with 18 points.
Gainesville’s Adalyn Alms and Dora’s Kinley Luna each posted 25 points in their district quarterfinal matchup, but it was Alms’ team who came out on top with a 56-37 win.
Bakersfield will face host Hartville at 5:30 pm on Wednesday in the semifinals. Norwood and Gainesville will play in the 7 pm semifinal.
Bakersfield 61, Mansfield 58 – FINAL – PHOTOSÂ
Mansfield – 7-14-19-18 — 58
Bakersfield – 19-10-19-13 — 61
M: Elly Williams 21, Cali Lemons 13, Addie Jones 13, Haven Tripp 6, Chloe Napier 5
B: Callie Smith 19, Jessie Keith 15, Rienna Velasquez 13, Hadley Stevens 11, Melvin 3
Norwood 72 , Cabool 32 – FINAL – PHOTOSÂ
Cabool – 9-5-8-10 — 32
Norwood – 24-19-20-9 — 72
C: Chloe Overby 12, Bailey Aaron 9, Hannah Janson 3, Paige Moore 3, Jordanna Atkins 2, Hannah McCrosky 2
N: Autumn Gunter 18, Jayden Chambers 16, Hailey Hall 12, Addy Gray 8, Quinncy Vestal 8, Gentry Davault 7, Kendall Drake 3
Gainesville 56, Dora 37 – FINAL – PHOTOSÂ
Dora – 11-9-9-8 — 37
Gainesville – 14-12-14-16 — 56
D: Kinley Luna 25, Olivia Martin 5, Brailyn Hambelton 2, Mia Gray 2, Natasha Slavik 2, Karly Bettis 1
G: Adalyn Alms 25, Jillian Morse 14, Andrea Winrod 9, Kelsie Hogan 7, Lauren Smith 1