In a 25-0 start to the season that has earned the team a #1 ranking and HDC regular season and tournament titles, the Mercer Lady Cardinals have two tournament championship game victories over the Linn County Lady Mustangs, first in the Milan Tournament, and then two weeks later at Meadville. On Friday night at 6 o'clock, at Green City High School, the Lady Mustangs get another shot at knocking off Mercer.
In Tuesday night's Class 1, District 12 semifinals, the Mercer girls downed Bucklin-Macon County, 57-35, with Lindsay Wyatt leading the Lady Cardinals with 26 points. Nicole Kost added 18, and Bailey Owens 11. Savannah Jochem had 12 points to lead BMC.
Linn County locked horns with Grundy R-5 in semifinal #2, with the Lady Mustangs emerging with a 61-54 victory. Megan Schreiner led Linn County with 26 points, while Alexis Miller had 16. For the Lady Panthers, Matana Munday had 15 points, Abby Wells 13, Roni Busick 10, while Emily Milazzo and Zoe Littleton had eight points each.
Linn County plays Mercer for the girl's title at Green City on Friday night at 6 o'clock on KTTN FM 92.3. The winner advances to the Class 1 state sectionals on Tuesday night at Kirksville, to play the District 11 winner.
The Glasgow Yellowjackets are into the championship games of Class 1, District 10, hosted by Tina-Avalon. In Tuesday night's semifinals, the 'Jackets cruised to victories, with the Glasgow girls winning 69-37, and the boys triumphing 65-33. The Northwestern girls and Brunswick boys were on the short end of the scoreboard, ending their seasons in the district semifinal round.
Other Class 1 results from Tuesday night were:
Class 1, District 16 (Rock Port) (Girls):
Nodaway-Holt 51, Fairfax 31
Mound City 65, Tarkio 9
South Nodaway 47, South Holt 23
North Andrew 59, Rock Port 36
Class 1, District 15 (Stanberry) (Boys):
Stanberry 85, North Harrison 23
North Nodaway 52, East Harrison 46
Jefferson 69, Northeast Nodaway 39
Worth County 59, West Nodaway 36
Class 1, District 14 (DeKalb) (Boys):
Winston 78, Union Star 21
King City 53, Stewartsville 29
St. Joseph Christian 56, Osborn 32
DeKalb 50, Pattonsburg 39
Class 1, District 13 (Norborne) (Boys):
Hardin-Central 61, Wentworth 23
SW Livingston 67, Gilman City 49
Norborne 93, Breckenridge 14
Braymer 73, Tri-County 23
Class 1, District 11 (Madison) (Boys):
Bevier 56, Community 54 (2 OT)
Wellsville 65, Atlanta 33
LaPlata 61, North Shelby 57
Marion County 56, Madison 43