The Waverly Lady Bulldogs got off to a slow start and were defeated by Hanover 61-32 in the semifinals of the Class 1A State Tournament on Friday afternoon.
Hanover jumped out to a 16-8 first quarter lead and led 31-15 by halftime. Hanover’s length defensively led to 17 Waverly turnovers as Hanover outscored the Lady Bulldogs 24-17 on points off turnovers. Waverly Coach Ty Piper says Hanover’s size affected the Lady Bulldogs all game long.
Waverly was led in scoring by Junior Megan Foster’s 13 points. Sophomore Sara McWilliams added a near-double double with ten points and nine rebounds. Hanover was led by Macy Doebele’s double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds.
Waverly falls to 21-4 and will play either Central Plains or Thunder Ridge in the 3rd place game at noon Saturday. Coverage will start at about 11:40am on Country 101.7 FM, the desktop player at KVOE.com, and the Country 101.7 mobile app.
At the 5A tournament Friday:
In the girls semi-finals:
St. Thomas Aquinas 44 McPherson 36
Blue Valley Southwest 43 Kansas City Schlagle 41
Boys Semi-finals
Andover Central 74 Maize 66
Basehor-Linwood 69 Bishop Carroll 68
Saturday:
3rd place games:
Girls – McPherson vs Schlagle at 12pm
Boys – Maize vs Bishop Carroll at 2pm
Championship game:
Girls -St. Thomas Aquinas vs Blue Valley Southwest at 4pm.
Boys – Andover Central vs Basehor-Linwood at 6:15p.
State Championship games:
6A: Girls- Topeka High vs Washburn Rural.
Boys – Washburn Rural vs Blue Valley Northwest
4A: Girls – Kansas City Piper vs Bishop Miege
Boys – Kansas City Piper vs Augusta
3A: Girls-Cheney vs Royal Valley
Boys- Girard vs Beloit
2A: Girls -Sterling vs Garden Plain
Boys-Ness City vs Hutchinson Trinity
