Category: Piper

Washington boys, Piper girls going to state basketball tournament

The Washington boys and the Piper girls basketball teams won their substate championships on Saturday and are going to the state tournament on Thursday.

Class 5A boys
Substate championship at Washington
Washington 64, Lansing 42

State competition: Washington, 18-4, will play Bishop Carroll of Wichita, 16-6, at 4:45 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Topeka Expocentre. The winner of that game will play at 4:45 p.m. Friday, with the state championship game at 6:15 p.m. Saturday.

Class 4A, Division I girls
Girls substate championship at Piper
Piper 52, Tonganoxie 30

State competition: Piper, 17-5, will play Bishop Miege, 22-0, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kan. The winner of that game will play at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and the state championship game will be at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Other scores from Saturday:

Class 4A, Division I boys
Substate championship at Piper
Basehor-Linwood 71, Piper 46

Class 4A, Division II boys
Substate championship at Perry-Lecompton
Osawatomie 68, Bishop Ward 58 (OT)

Class 4A, Division II girls
Substate championship at Perry-Lecompton
Baldwin 83, Bishop Ward 39

Scores and schedules from KSHSAA website at www.kshsaa.org/.

Basketball update: Piper girls, Bishop Ward girls, Washington boys, Piper boys, Bishop Ward boys advance to substate basketball championship games today

After a win Friday night by the Piper High School girls basketball team over Basehor-Linwood, Piper will advance to the finals of the girls substate championship at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Piper.

Piper, 15-5, plays Tonganoxie, 6-14, for the Class 4A, Division I, substate title tonight.

Tonganoxie defeated Sumner Academy in overtime, 46-41, on Friday night in other girls basketball action at Piper.

Bishop Ward girls in substate final
Also playing in a substate championship tonight are the Bishop Ward High School girls, who will face Baldwin at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Perry-Lecompton.

Bishop Ward, 5-15, beat Perry-Lecompton 43-39 to advance to the championship game. Baldwin has a 17-3 record.

Schlagle girls
The Schlagle girls basketball team, in Class 5A, lost 62-16 to Leavenworth on Friday night in the Class 5A substate title game at Leavenworth.

Washington boys in title game at 2 p.m. today
The Washington High School boys basketball team will play for the substate title game at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Washington.

Washington defeated Topeka West, 68-51, on Thursday to advance to the finals. Washington, 16-4, will face Lansing, 12-8, in this game.

Piper boys in substate final tonight
The Piper boys are in the Class 4A, Division I, substate final at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Piper.

Piper defeated Sumner Academy, 76-56, on Thursday to advance to the finals.

Piper, 13-7, faces Basehor-Linwood, 20-0, in tonight’s game.

Bishop Ward boys play Osawatomie for substate title tonight
The Bishop Ward boys basketball team will take on Osawatomie for the Class 4A, Division II, substate title tonight at Perry-Lecompton.

Bishop Ward defeated Perry-Lecompton 55-49 on Thursday to advance to the finals.

Bishop Ward, 5-15, faces Osawatomie, 12-8, in the substate title game tonight.

The state basketball tournaments will be March 11-14.

The Class 5A tournament is at the Kansas Expocenter in Topeka; the Class 4A Division I tournament is at the Salina Bicentennial Center; and the Class 4A Division II tournament is at Hartman Arena, Park City, which is north of Wichita.

– Scores and game times are from the Kansas State High School Activities Association website, www.kshsaa.org.

Schlagle advances to Class 5A girls substate finals; Piper is host for tonight’s substate Class 4A competition

The Schlagle High School girls basketball team has won its substate opener against Washington, and is advancing to the substate finals tonight at Leavenworth.

Schlagle will play in the Class 5A substate finals on at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, at Leavenworth. Schlagle, 13-7, plays Leavenworth, 18-2.

The Schlagle girls basketball team defeated Washington, 51-46 on Wednesday at Schlagle.

Piper and Sumner Academy play on Friday, March 6, at Piper in the two opening games for the girls Class 4A, Division I, substate.

Sumner Academy (16-4) plays Tonganoxie (6-14) at 6 p.m. Friday at Piper; while Piper (15-5) plays Basehor-Linwood (8-12) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, at Piper.

This Class 4A substate final will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Piper.

Bonner Springs, 14-6, plays DeSoto, 11-9, in the opening substate game at 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, at Miege. This Class 4A, Division I substate final will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Miege.

Bishop Ward, 5-15, plays Perry-Lecompton, 4-16, in the substate opener at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, at Perry-Lecompton. The Class 4A, Division II, final is at 6 p.m. March 7 at Perry-Lecompton.

Some other substate girls basketball scores from Wyandotte County teams:
– Free State (Lawrence) 61, Wyandotte 12 (Class 6A substate at Free State)
– St. Thomas Aquinas 60, Turner 17 (Class 5A substate at St. Thomas Aquinas)
– Blue Valley Southwest 61, Harmon 18 (Class 5A substate at Blue Valley Southwest)

– Scores and game times are from the Kansas State High School Activities Association website, www.kshsaa.org.