Both Brashear teams, Knox County girls, and North Shelby boys advance.

In the 1st round game between the Brashear Lady Tigers and the Atlanta Lady Hornets, Brashear established a 16-10 lead by the end of the 1st quarter which they extended to a 34-21 lead by halftime. The Lady Tigers continued to cruise through the 3rd quarter ending with a 49-32 lead, but Atlanta mounted a rally in the 4th. Brashear managed to hold off the late charge and held on for the 58-51 win. Macy Rogers scored 17 points for Brashear, Stephanie Elsea and Emily Ladwig had 10 points each, Shelby Rogers added 7 points, Abby McKim and Caroline Slavin had 5 points each, and Sydney Slavin scored 4 points. For Atlanta, Amanda Spearman scored 23 points, Beth Voss had 11, Shelby Tipton and Carmen McLain had 4 points each, Miranda Hruska, Tasheia Brookhart, Nicole Sloan, and Tricia Poore had 2 points each, and Cassie Graham scored 1 point.

The Brashear boys jumped out to a 23-6 1st quarter lead over the Putnam County JV squad and never looked back. The Tigers were up 48-20 at the half and led 62-32 after 3 quarters on their way to the 74-46 victory. For Brashear, Justin Hazen, Matt Thomas, and Trae Treasure scored 12 points each, Kiley Watson added 10, Anthony Ambrosia had 6 points, Michael McKim, Ryan Ferdig, and Jay Scudder had 4 points each, Cody Snelling and Hayden Coin scored 3 each, and Adam Songer and Zach Reeves each had 2 points. For Putnam County, Cole Young scored 14 points, Justin Fox had 12, Brett Thomas had 10 points, Dillon Crossgrove scored 3, Keaton Hixenbaugh, Josh Dodsworth, and Derek Tribble scored 2 points each, and Cyle Heidenwith scored 1 point.

In other first round action, the Knox County girls downed Putnam County JV 81-30 and the North Shelby boys advanced with a 59-32 win over Atlanta.

For more tournament information, click on the link below:

http://brashear.k12.mo.us/dept/SPORTS/2008-2009/tournament/index.htm