December 2021

SHAWNEE MISSION – It was truly a tale of two games on Saturday as the McPherson boys and girls took to the road and played a pair of upper-class teams in Shawnee Mission. The big story was the Bullpup boys as they took on the Class 5A fourth-ranked Basehor/Linwood Bobcats and scored a wild, stunning three-point, 57-54 win, while the Lady Bullpups, after holding an early 10-point lead, faltered to a three-headed scoring monster belonging to Class 6A ranked Blue Valley and came home with a 15- point- 60-45 loss.

MOUNDRIDGE – After playing nose-to-nose for sixteen minutes, a strong second half propelled the Little River girls to a 14-point, 45-31, road win over Moundridge on Tuesday. Both teams played a grind it out, nose-to-nose, game in the first quarter leaving the game tied at 10-10 before Little River was able to chip out a threepoint halftime advantage.

COLBY – With a young wrestling team, McPherson was going to be tested on Friday and Saturday in the Colby Invitational and they passed many tests and struggled in others as they finished 4-3 in duals to place 8th overall in the team standings.

Kentucky-UNC men’s basketball matchup set in COVID-19 shuffle No. 21 Kentucky will now face North Carolina on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in Las Vegas after each of their opponents had to drop out due to COVID-19 issues.

ANDOVER – The McPherson boys swim team with just a single day of rest took to the competitive swim pool again on Friday in Andover and came home with a 10th place finish among 13 teams participating.

MOUNDRIDGE – With Moundridge playing without their leading scorer, they were able to take advantage of miscues by Little River and earn a 10-point, 48-38, victory on their home court Tuesday. Led by Logan Churchill, the Wildcats took a slight, three-point lead at 13-10 at the end of the first quarter before extending it out to nine at 30-21 as they and the Redskins headed to a halftime break.