MAIZE, Kan. — Back in the '60s, the Shirelles sang a hit entitled "Mama Said" with the lyrics being, "there'll be days like this, there'll be days like this, mama said." That was 1961. It was also a hit by Van Morrison in 1995 with his "Days Like This" release.
The Shirelles lyrics serve as the best words to use for the results of both Salthawk games at Maize South on Saturday afternoon. The Maize South girls took advantage of poor Hutch Salthawk shooting to win 46-30 in the first game of the AVCTL double-header postponed from Friday due to poor road conditions around the Wichita and Hutchinson area.
In the boys game, poor Salthawk shooting and turnovers allowed Maize South to pour it on the Salthawks, winning 64-37. Perhaps a little revenge in the eyes of the Mavericks after dropping three games to Hutchinson last season, the only losses the Mavericks suffered in the 2022-23 season.
Both teams wished the Van Morrison lyrics fit Saturday's results better, but it didn't. It was more like the Shirelles' hit.
In the girl's contest, Hutch had pulled within four points for a Maize South 24-20 lead at half-time to see the wheels come off in the third quarter. The Maverick girls pulled away for a 34 to 22 lead going into the fourth quarter. Hutch high was held without a field goal in the third quarter and went 2 for 4 from the line. That set the stage for Maize South to control the tempo of the game in the fourth quarter to outscore the Salthawks 12 to 8 to take the first match of of these two teams 46 to 30.
Hutch High was lead in scoring by Junior Kaia Smith's 11 first half points. The Mavericks shut down Smith to keep her scoreless in the second half. Grace Posch had 9, Kohlbie Craft 5, Azariah Dawes 3 and Lilly Rodriquez 2.
Ava Howie led the Mavericks with 13, Aliyah Singhateh chipped in 11 off the bench, Ashley Singhateh had 9.
Hutch High falls to 4-2 and hosts Maize on Tuesday at the Salthawk Activity Center, while Maize South goes to 5-1. The Mavericks travel to Valley Center on Tuesday.
In the boys contest, muck the same as the girls only the cold shooting started early in the first quarter as the Salthawks only scored one field goal along with four free throws in the first quarter. Maize South led 16-6 after one, 33-18 at the half then exploded in the third quarter with 22 to take a 55 to 29 lead in the 4th quarter.
That led to a running clock as the Salthawks were again held to only one field goal in the final quarter.
Hutch was led in scoring by Terrell King's 13 points. Julian Smith added 9, Tai Clark had 7, Jax Henna came off the bench to score 4 and Taishaun Govain aded 2.
The Mavericks seniors are strong and used balanced scoring led by the hot hand of Michael Kates with 16, Tory Holman 12, Sammie Dresie came off the bench to add 9, Jeron Askren also scored 9, Sam Kemp chipped in 8, sophomore Cy Stucky had 6 and Darius Felton had 3.
Hutch High (5-1) hosts Maize on Tuesday, Maize South (6-0) travels to Valley Center.