HUTCHINSON, Kan.—The Hutchinson High School boy's and girl's basketball teams both earned big wins at the Salthawk Activity Center Friday night by sweeping Maize South in both games.
Girls Game:
Hutch High jumped out to a comfortable 33-12 lead at halftime, but had to hang on as the Maize South Lady Mavericks came back strong to pull within 6 at the finish. Hutch High (6-0) edged Maize South (3-3) 56 to 50 for the final.
The Salthawks put three players in double figures being led by super sophemore Aliyah Green's 17 points. Senior guards Grace Posch and Josie McLean added 15 and 17 points respecively. Maize South was led by U of Nebraska-Kearney commit Avery Lowe with 21. Sophie Hurley scored 8 off the bench and Ava Howie added 8 points as well before fouling out at the 1:51 mark of the fourth quarter.
Boys Game:
In the battle of #1 Maize South vs #4 ranked Hutchinson, it took a super effort to rally from trailing 43-41 going into the fourth quarter for Hutch High to outscore the Mavericks 23-12 in the final period to win 64-55. Hutchinson senior Wade Meyer picked the right time to get hot as he scored 12 of his 15 point total in the fourth quarter including going 4 for 4 from the foul stripe.
Hutchinson trailed by as many as nine points in the 2nd half, but found a way to pull within 2 going into the final quarter then came out red hot to put the Mavericks away going down the stretch.
Hutchinson was led in scoring by Garrett Robertson who had 22, followed by Meyer's 15 points and Dauntay King chipped in 12 points including four clutch free throws late in the contest. Nic Lange also came up big with 9 points to his credit. Maize South's combo guard Michael Kates led the Mavericks with 15 points and Isaiah Atwater had 9 as well as Tory Homan's 9 points and Jeron Askren's 9 to lead Maize South.
These two teams could meet again at the TOC in Dodge City coming up in a couple weeks as both could come in as the #1 and #2 seeds possibly in that Tourney. That bracket should be announced this next week.
The Salthawks will travel to Maize to take on the Eagles next Tuesday in Maize.