Westran boys-62

Fayette boys-46

Going into hostile territory against 18-2 Westran, the 5-11 Fayette Falcons had a hard task in front of them. The Hornets lived up to their billing, defeating the Falcons 62-46. The loss moved Fayette to 0-4 in the Lewis and Clark conference.

“I thought we played very strong in the first half despite being down 27-15 at halftime,” said Fayette coach Jon Bishop. “This was our first game back after the snow and we might have looked a little rusty early.”

The second half turned out somewhat better for the Falcons as they scored 31 points to Westran’s 34. The Hornets’ first-half, 12-point lead proved too much, however, as the Falcons fell 62-46.

Senior Dalton Collins led the Falcons with 12 points on the night, while classmate Tyler Bartholomew and junior Ben Wells each scored eight. 

Seniors Logan Wiswall and Chris Brown each scored six and junior Haden Kelly put in four. Classmate Theo Owings finished the game with two.

Fayette will host 2-16 New Bloomfield tonight at 7:30 p.m. before welcoming 7-11 Marceline on Friday night for the Courtwarming game at 7:30 p.m. 

Fayette girls-45

Westran girls-38

The Fayette girls traveled to Huntsville on Monday night to take on the Westran Lady Hornets. Westran entered the game with only one win on the year. The Lady Falcons made sure the Lady Hornets went home with only one win still, as they won 45-38.

Fayette built an 11-10 lead in the first quarter, but outscored Westran 17-8 in the second to pull ahead 28-18 at the intermission.

The teams played to a stalemate in the third quarter allowing Fayette to maintain its 10-point lead. The final stanza found Westran outscoring the Lady Falcons 12-9. It was not enough, however, as Fayette held on for the 45-38 win.

Junior Hannah Quint paced the Lady Falcons with 14 points while senior Laci Fuhlage hit for 12. Senior Sydney Spielbauer put in eight points while classmate Emma Chew added seven. Sophomores Allie Spielbauer and Addison Powell each contributed two.

Fayette will host New Bloomfield tonight at 6 p.m. before hosting Marceline for court warming on Friday at 6 p.m.

New Franklin girls-51

Glasgow girls-47

The New Franklin Lady Bulldogs hosted the Glasgow Lady Jackets Monday night and walked away with a 51-47 victory.

Glasgow jumped out to a 16-13 lead as Lady Jacket senior Brenna Hubbard put up nine points in the opening period. The Lady Jackets continued to lead throughout the second quarter, putting up 12 points to New Franklin’s 11. This allowed Glasgow to take a 28-24 lead into the the locker room at intermission.

The Lady Bulldogs held strong on defense in the third as they held the Lady Jackets to only two points while scoring 13 to jump in front  37-30 going into the fourth period.

Even though Glasgow came back to score 17 in the final quarter, it was not enough overcome New Franklin’s lead. The Lady Bulldogs finished on top with a 51-47 lead.

Hubbard led all scorers with 19 points in the game.  Senior classmate Malia Carmack dropped in 16 points for the Lady Jackets.  Junior Macie Parks added seven while senior Jillian Johanning put in three. Sophomore Layne Sanders finished with two points.

On the New Franklin side of the scorebook, junior Carly Dorson put up 15 points while classmate Addy Salmon dropped in 13. Senior Kristen Flick scored nine points. Senior Abby Maupin and junior Kelsi Fair each added six points. Freshman Brynn Belstle rounded out the scoring for the Lady Bulldogs with two.

New Franklin will host Slater tonight before traveling to Sturgeon on Friday.

Glasgow was scheduled to travel to Pilot grove on Tuesday and Laddonia to face Community on Friday.

CLAA Tournament

Higbee boys-81

Norborne boys-42

Higbee girls-58

Northwestern-24

While details were not available at press time, both the Higbee boys and girls advanced in the CLAA conference tournament.

The No. 3 seeded girls advance to play the No. 2 seed Tina-Avalon on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

The No. 1 seeded Higbee boys advance to play the winner of the No. 4 Northwestern and No. 5 Brunswick  game, which was contested Tuesday night after The Advertiser went to press. That second-round game will tipoff at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday.