The Mercer girls and boys dominated play, in a pair of basketball victories at Princeton High School on Friday night, broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3. In the opener, the state-ranked (#3 in Class 1) Lady Cardinals used a balanced scoring effort to take down the Lady Tigers, 60-31. Bailey Owens had 20 points, Lindsay Wyatt 15, and Nicole Kost 12 points for Mercer, now 4-0 on the season, while Payton Goodin led Princeton with 13 points. The Lady Tigers drop to 2-4.
The boys game went to Mercer, by a final score of 65-41. Bryer Noe led the Cardinals with 22 points, while Cash Hartley added 18, and Hunter Shipley 11 for MHS, now 3-1 on the season. For Princeton, now 1-4 in the first season under Coach Damon Collins, picked up 12 points apiece from Cameron Jones and Andrew Smith, to go with 11 points from Blaine Millburn.
Other final scores from Friday, December 9, 2016 were:
GIRLS:
Pattonsburg 33, Gilman City 33
(KCI Championship Game) Mid-Buchanan 41, Lathrop 33
Schuyler County 65, Milan 22
Stanberry 61, Bishop LeBlond 20
LaPlata 36, Bucklin/Macon County 19
North Harrison 49, Winston 15
Scotland County 49, Putnam County 39
South Harrison 61, King City 54
Albany 70, West Nodaway 43
North Andrew 50, East Atchison 39
Worth County d. East Harrison
Jefferson 53, Mound City 47 (OT)
Stewartsville 58, South Holt 34
Tina-Avalon 43, Keytesville 10
BOYS:
Pattonsburg 53, Gilman City 48
(KCI Championship Game) Lawson 73, Penney 52
(KCI Third Place) Mid-Buchanan 51, East Buchanan 41
Milan 65, Schuyler County 22
Winston 69, North Harrison 17
LaPlata 59, Bucklin/Macon County 25
Scotland County 71, Putnam County 69
Stanberry 56, Bishop LeBlond 37
King City 67, South Harrison 52
Benton 61, Harrisonville 33
Albany 49, West Nodaway 46
North Andrew 79, East Atchison 57
Maryville 66, Worth County 36
