COLONY — Old rivalries have to start somewhere.
Marmaton Valley Junior High and Crest Middle School — separated by about 20 miles of country road — took to the basketball court Monday evening at Crest.
The hometown Crest emerged victorious in both the boys and girls A team contests.
Crest’s girls defeated Marmaton Valley’s A team, 26-20, while the Lancer boys prevailed, 48-28.
In the girls game, Crest ended the contest with a 13-3 run to erase a 17-13 deficit.
Summer Valentine scored 11 points to lead Crest followed by Hanna Schmidt’s 10. Jaycee Schmidt and Gracyn Ellington scored four and one, respectively.
Addisyn Drake scored eight points to lead the Wildcats, followed by Taylen Blevins with four, Andie Carr and Mahala Burris with three each and Emma Louk with two.
CREST took a 14-10 lead after one quarter and a 20-14 cushion into halftime before stretching its margin to 37-25 after three periods.
Lane Yocham paced the victors with 14 points, followed by Max Disbrow with 12 and Kole Walter with 10. Koiy Walter chipped in with nine. Daylan Nichols scored two and Will Disbrow one.
Dagan Barney scored eight and Thomas Allee six to lead Marmaton Valley. Kris McVey and Kaden McVey notched five points apiece. Cooper Scharff and Ethan Lawson scored two each.
Marmaton Valley prevailed, 28-18, in the B team contest, led by Kaden McVey’s 14. Lane Lord scored six, Brady Burton four and Brendon Newman and Rorrick Trester with two each.
Roy Gordon and Ty Coberly both had four points to pace Crest’s B team. Ethan Flyingman, Grady Allen. Charlie Slyter, Jimmy Ayers and Trewit Luedke all had two points.
There was no B team game for the girls.
