Logan Thomazin was brilliant for four quarters for Walnut Grove, scoring 41 points with his fluid jumper and relentless drive and having an answer for everything Hermitage threw his way
By the end of the third quarter, the battle of Class 1 undefeateds was hardly a battle at all. A vicious combination of foul trouble for Hermitage and the once-cold hands of Walnut Grove’s shooters heating up spelled doom for the Hornets.
The Walnut Grove Tigers have a fire in their belly. They were on the road to the program’s first ever state championship last season but were stopped short by Stanberry in the state finals, 69-49.