Brashear and Macon County girls and Green City and Bevier boys are Monday night winners.

The Brashear Lady Tigers and the Bevier Wildcats proved to be a well-matched pair of opponents. The score was tied 2-2 after the 1st quarter and Brashear led by a slim 7-6 margin at the half. The Lady Tigers managed to go ahead 10-7 after 3 quarters, but Bevier came back to tie the game 12-12 at the end of regulation play. The first overtime produced no scoring leaving the game still tied 12-12 and each team scored 2 points in the 2nd overtime to leave the scored knotted 14-14. Brashear finally prevailed in the 3rd overtime winning 18-17. Katie Smith scored 8 points for Brashear, Shelby Salter added 5, Kristin Love had 3, and Meredith Thomas scored 2 points. For Bevier, Beth Ashenfelter had 7 points, Cheyenne Shelmadine had 4, and Sylvanna Couch, Hallie Smith, and Haley Cooper scored 2 points each.

The boys' contest between Brashear and Bevier was also hotly contested with Bevier leading 11-10 after one quarter and 21-20 at the half. Bevier continued to hold a one-point 29-28 lead after 3 quarters, but Brashear tied the game in the 4th until Bevier swiped an inbound pass to score a layup with 7 seconds left to grab the 38-36 win over Brashear. Tiger Taren Treasure scored 11 points, Joe Clarkson had 8, Joseph Woods added 7, Nick Thomas had 6, and Hayden Housman scored 4 points. For Bevier, Aaron Peter scored 15, Jonathan Basler had 8, Brett Puekert had 6, McKenzey Pipes and Logan Christensen scored 4 points each, and Jesse Ashenfelter scored 1 point.

In other 1st round action, the top-ranked Macon County girls downed Bucklin 28-18 and the top-seeded Green City boys beat Bucklin 58-18.