MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s boys fell behind early and couldn’t quite catch up Tuesday.
The Wildcats outscored visiting Northeast-Arma 10-6 down the stretch, but came up two points shy of pulling even in a 26-24 setback in the A team contest.
The Marmaton Valley B team dropped a 19-14 decision, while the Wildcats prevailed, 15-6, in the C team contest.
In the A team matchup, Northeast led 6-2 after one quarter and 11-6 at the break.
Marmaton Valley stayed close through the second half, keyed by Lane Lord’s six points in the fourth quarter, but could not get the equalizer.
Lord shared high-scoring honors with Ethan Lawson with six points apiece. Thomas Allee, Kris Mcvey and Kaiden Woods each scored four.
Lord also was Marmaton Valley’s key protagonist in the B team contest, scoring eight. Brady Burton followed with six.
Woods, meanwhile, scored nine, Daniel Allee had four and Jaren Curl two for Marmaton Valley’s C team.
Rally comes up short for Wildcat girls
MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s girls were strong on defense in the first half, and downright explosive offensively after the break Tuesday.
The Wildcats limited visiting Northeast-Arma to two first-half points, and led 8-2, before erupting for 12 points in the third quarter in a 25-10 victory.
In B team play, the Wildcats dropped an 11-8 decision in a two-quarter contest.
Marmaton Valley travels to Pleasanton Thursday.
Jetta Mathews had the hot hand early for the Wildcats, scoring six points in the first quarter. She then poured in eight more in the third quarter to lead all scorers with 14.
Mercedes McKinnis added five points and Emma Louk chipped in with four. Clara Ferguson added a field goal.
Adisyn Pritchard and Kennlee Redburn each had four points for Marmaton Valley’s B team.
