The Trenton girls and Milan boys were among basketball teams claiming victories on Tuesday night, with Grand River Conference play beginning with seven separate girls/boys varsity doubleheaders taking place across the region. An eighth scheduled double-dip, Pattonsburg at Braymer, was postponed to a later date.
From Trenton High School, in action broadcast on KTTN 92.3 FM, the Trenton Lady Bulldogs saw an interior advantage over rival with the presence of junior starting forward Maci Moore against the undersized Princeton Lady Tigers. Trenton went to Moore early and often in a career-high 34 point night for Moore, in a 59-36 victory. Trenton is now 4-3 overall, and 1-0 in GRC play, while Princeton had a 3-game winning streak snapped, falling to 3-3 overall.
Here is Trenton Head Coach Kameron Cool:
Moore’s 34 point night was two points shy of the Trenton school record set by Lora Gooch. Princeton, for the second consecutive game, was led by sophomore forward Lauren Krohn with 15 points, although Krohn’s night ended late in the fourth quarter, when she suffered a sprained ankle in front of her own bench.
The boys saw Princeton jump on the host Bulldogs early for a double-digit first quarter lead, only to see Trenton, on a 21-7 second quarter surge, cut the halftime lead to six. However, the Tigers regained momentum after the break and slowly pulled away from THS, winning 71-49. Behind a game-high 28 points from Preston Thomas, Princeton snapped a two-game losing skid and improved to 5-2 overall, 1-0 in the GRC, dropping Trenton to 1-6. Austin Kelly had 13 points and Colton Estes 11 for PHS, while Chase Otto had 19 points and Gavin Roeder 13 for THS.
The Milan Wildcats opened conference play with a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Polo Panthers on Tuesday night, winning the boys contest 74-40. Eddie Gonzalez led the ‘Cats with 24 points, with Dre Morehead tallying 23, Ryan Dabney 11, and Hunter Shaw 10 points. The Wildcats are 6-0 overall and 1-0 in GRC play.
In a back and forth affair in the opener at Milan, the Lady ‘Cats were able to take the win in a tightly-contested, back and forth affair with the Panthers, 51-45.
Here are the rest of the area basketball scores from Tuesday, December 17, 2019:
GIRLS:
Stanberry 40, Albany 38
Putnam County 55, Gallatin 25
King City 44, St. Joseph Christian 31
Maysville 42, South Harrison 34
Worth County 55, North Andrew 37
Meadville 45, Linn County 33
Grundy County 71, Winston 16
Tri-County 59, Union Star 19
Southwest Livingston 41, Tina-Avalon 40
Penney 54, Lafayette 39
Northwestern 53, Bucklin/Macon County 36
Cameron 66, Lawson 30
Mound City 36, Stewartsville 35
Macon 67, Chillicothe 52
Plattsburg 48, Summit Christian 38
Maryville 88, Mid-Buchanan 34
East Buchanan 75, Savannah 46
Novinger 61, Bevier 26
Green City 68, Atlanta 46
LaPlata 59, Brashear 52
Marceline 67, Paris 52
BOYS:
Stanberry 54, Albany 45
Gallatin 79, Putnam County 67
St. Joseph Christian 67, King City 11
South Harrison 59, Maysville 32
Worth County 55, North Andrew 42
Meadville 63, Linn County 51
Union Star 43, Tri-County 41
Winston 58, Grundy County 14
Southwest Livingston 58, Tina-Avalon 47
Northwestern 66, Bucklin/Macon County 29
Northeast Nodaway 48, Osborn 41
Novinger 82, Bevier 41
Chillicothe 68, Macon 52
Atlanta 60, Green City 56
LaPlata 61, Brashear 47
Paris 60, Marceline 46
