Olpe swept Madison in area high school basketball Friday night.
The Lady Eagles managed to hold off a late rally by Madison to defeat the Lady Bulldogs 41-32.
Olpe would use a first-half 18-0 run to build a lead they would never relinquish and led 25-8 at the half. In the second half, Olpe built the lead to as many as 19 before Madison would score 15 points to cut the lead to 4.
Madison would be unable to overtake the lead, however, as some late trips to the foul line would seal the win for the Lady Eagles. Olpe was led in scoring by junior Kadey Robert with 13 points.
Freshman Lilly Skalsky added 11. Head Coach Ron Slaymaker says there were some speedbumps along the way, but he was proud of his team’s overall effort.
Madison was led by sophomore Jalynn Weakley with 13 points and freshman Cailin Luthi with 10. Olpe now improves to 8-3 as Madison falls to 8-2.
In the boy’s game, the Olpe Eagles would come close but never trail to Madison downing the Bulldogs 53-31.
The Eagles would build an early 10-point lead before Madison outscored the Eagles 13-12 to cut the lead to three 25-22 heading into the halftime locker room. In the second half, Olpe would use an early 8-0 run to reestablish a double-figure lead they would never relinquish. Olpe would outscore Madison 28-9 overall in the second half.
Olpe was led in scoring by senior Garret Cole with 12 points. Junior Blake Skalsky added 10.
Head Coach Chris Schmidt says, in true Olpe fashion they leaned on their defense to make the difference.
Madison senior Bryson Turner led all scorers with 21 points. With the win, Olpe improves to 11-0 as Madison falls to 6-4.
Area Scores:
Marais des Cygnes Valley 51 Hartford 37 – girls
Hartford 59 Marais des Cygnes Valley 31 – boys
Lebo 62 Burlingame 32 – girls
Burlingame 47 Lebo 46 – boys
Southern Coffey County 55 Waverly 22 – girls
Waverly 62 Southern Coffey County 15 – boys
Lyndon 47 Northern Heights 37 – girls
Lyndon 81 Northern Heights 27 – boys
Mission Valley 54 Chase County 49 – girls
Chase County 39 Mission Valley 36 – boys
Osage City 65 West Franklin 39 – girls
West Franklin 61 Osage City 60 – boys
Council Grove 38 Central Heights 10 – girls
Central Heights 56 Council Grove 45 – boys
Burlington 67 Eureka 20 – boys
The Flinthills Shoot out brackets are set.
The Girls will play their first round games Monday.
Mission Valley is the number 1 seed and will play Central Heights.
Osage City is the number 2 seed and will play West Franklin.
Chase County is the number 3 seed and will play Lyndon.
Northern Heights is the number 4 seed and will play Council Grove.
The boys play their first round games Tuesday.
Lyndon is the number 1 seed and will play Northern Heights.
Chase County is the number 2 seed and will play Council Grove.
Osage City is the number 3 seed and will play Central Heights.
West Franklin is the number 4 seed and will play Mission Valley.
All games will be played at White Auditorium.
