MOUND CITY — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s hoops teams found points hard to come by Monday at Jayhawk-Linn.
The Wildcat boys dropped a 46-22 decision at Jayhawk-Linn in A team play. The B team prevailed, 23-20, and the C team fell, 13-6.
“We competed and are getting better,” MV head coach Byron Marshall said. “Hopefully our young players are learning for the future.”
Jayhawk-Linn took control in the second quarter of the A team matchup, turning a 9-4 lead into a 26-10 advantage by halftime.
The Wildcats kept pace in the third quarter, trailing 34-22 by period’s end, but ran out of gas in a scoreless fourth.
Thomas Allee scored nine to lead the way for the Wildcats, followed by Dagan Barney with six and Ethan Lawson with four. Cooper Scharff scored two and Kaden McVey one.
The B team game was more to Marshall’s liking. Kaden McVey scored 15 in the victory, followed by Kris McVey with four and Allee and Brendon Newman with two apiece.
Hunter Doolittle scored four and Kooper Welch two in the two-quarter C team game.
MARMATON Valley’s girls stayed close, but fell, 22-14, in the A team matchup.
Jayhawk-Linn led 8-3 after one quarter and 10-6 at halftime. The Jayhawks led 18-12 after three quarters. And while Marmaton Valley allowed only four points down the stretch, the Wildcats registered only a pair of free throws in the period.
Emma Louk led MV with five points. Addisyn Drake followed with four, Mahala Burris had three and Emma Michael two.
The girls B team dropped a 14-12 contest in two quarters.
Taylen Blevins led the Wildcats with six points. Louk, Burris and Drake each had two.
