DODGE CITY, Kan.-On an afternoon when their leading scorer was 0 for 5 in the first half yet the Salthawks still had a 27 to 16 lead. You knew that someone else had to stop up and boy did Dauntay and Terrell King ever do that! Dauntay had 12 points at halftime and Terrell had 7 to account for 19 of the 27 points the Salthawks had scored, building a 12-10 lead to go on a 10-3 run to build that double-digit lead at the half. Dauntay King shot 3 for 3 from 3pt land. Hutch was able to pull away from Junction City and win the TOC semi-final game 56-29.
In the 3rd quarter, Wade Meyer got going by scoring 7 of his 11 points including hitting 3 for 3 from the foul line as Hutchinson outscored the Blue Jays 17 to 9, plus held Junction City to only 4 points in the 4th stanza.
Hutchinson's Terrell King finished with 12 points. The same amount for Dauntay King, while Meyers added 11 to the total.
Hutchinson, now 10-0 on the season find themselves in the TOC championship for the first time since 2002. Needless to say, none of these Salthawks were even alive in 2002.
The Salthawks will match up with Maize South for the 2nd time this season as the Mavericks were able to get by Derby 73-63 in the late semi-final on Friday night.
This will be the 2nd match up with Maize South for the Salthawks as Hutch rallied back in the 4th quarter in the first meeting between these two clubs to win 64-55 on January 6th.
Derby and Junction City will match up in the 3rd place game at 3pm on Saturday, while the Championship game will tip at 5pm.
The Salthawks last won a TOC Championship in 1986 when they defeated KC Schlage 65 to 45 in that Championship which was played at the Dodge City Civic Center.