MORAN — Marmaton Valley High School broke out the brooms on Friday night and swept visiting Chetopa. The girls won 42-14 behind Janae Granere’s 29 points. The boys dominated in a 76-19 win.
The girls game started slowly for both sides. Neither could find the hoop early, but then Granere introduced herself and went on a tear, scoring the Wildcats’ first 18 points. Marmaton Valley’s defense held and limited Chetopa, causing bad looks and taking the ball away rapidly in the first half.
Granere was joined in the stat book by Tayven Sutton who went 1-2 from the free throw line in the first half, and Aly Ard who hit a jumper in the second quarter.
Marmaton Valley held a 24-4 halftime lead.Coming out of the half, not much was different. The Wildcats continued to dominate on both ends, playing lockdown defense and not allowing the Hornets to score.
Eventually, Marmaton Valley eased up on defense, going away from the pressure look they usually give in favor of a more relaxed style, with the game already in hand.
Granere slowed down also, scoring eight of her 29 points in the second half, hitting two jumpers and going 4-6 from the free throw line.
Marmaton Valley’s Dylan Drake shoots vs Chetopa
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Marmaton Valley’s Kendall Scharff drives vs Chetopa
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Marmaton Valley’s Aly Ard pulls up to shoot vs Chetopa
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Free throw shooting was a strong point for the Wildcats, going 15-20 from the line. The Wildcats allowed only three buckets from the floor for Chetopa.
“It was a good game,” said Marmaton Valley head coach Becky Carlson. “She (Granere) does a good job of anticipating the press coverage. Once we scored, we really got after it.”
The Wildcats are 11-5 and finish the regular season on Tuesday, hosting Hartford.
MARMATON VALLEY (11-13-6-12—42) Lawson 0-2-0-2 Barney 2-0-1-2 Sutton 0-1-4-1 Newman 0-3-0-3 Ard 2/1-0-2-5 Granere 10-9-2-29 TOTALS: 14/1-15-12-42
CHETOPA (0-4-5-5—14) Schertz 1/1-3-4-6 Moore 1-0-4-2 Pierce 0-3-4-3 Beard 0-3-2-3 TOTALS: 2/1-13-17-14
The boys also dominated early, but in a different way. Chetopa came in with only six players, already limiting what the Hornets could do on offense and with rotations. Once Marmaton Valley ran out to a 20-8 first quarter lead, it was all but done.
Marmaton Valley did a great job of using this as a chance to get guys time, with seven players scoring in the first quarter, and eight in the first half, led by Jaedon Granere’s eight.
By the time the break came, the Wildcats had built up a mammoth 46-14 lead.
