shooters off the three-point line.Tarkio won the fourth quarter, 12-11, but

it was far too little after the Rockets had pushed out to a 56-23 advantage through three quarters.

Farnan finished with 12 points and se-nior guard Ryan Evans added 11 for the Rockets, who won for the eighth straight time.

West Nodaway (10-2) is back in action

at 6 p.m. Wednesday against the winner of the No. 4 seed North Nodaway versus No. 5 seed Rock Port matchup, which is sched-uled for 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Rockets have beaten North Nodaway twice already this season and downed the Blue Jays 54-41 in their meeting earlier this season.

Either way the next opponent is a very capable team, and were going to have to play well to get on past that game, John-son said.

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Alexander, Dunbar win classes at Mid-Buchanan TournamentFAUCETT, Mo. Maryville senior Na-thaniel Alexander and sophomore Cayden Dunbar showed why they qualified for the state wrestling tournament a year ago and hope to do so again, winning the 126 and 132 lb. weight divisions, respectively, at Saturdays Mid-Buchanan Tournament.

Alexander went 4-0 with three falls and won the 126 lb. title with a 19-4 technical fall over Albanys Khol Bounds.

Dunbar pinned four of his five op-ponents, including Lone Jacks Larry Brown in the 132 lb. championship. He also won via technical fall (24-9) over Penneys Kevin Cooley.

Senior heavyweight Brendan Weybrew went 3-1 on the day, pinning his first three opponents before suffering his sec-ond loss of the season to Mid-Buchanans

Coleman Lawson in the title match. Law-son gave Weybrew his only other loss this season, and also won the Class 1 state title last year against Weybrew.

Junior Trevor Zimmerman took third place in the 170 lb. class, posting a 3-2 record and getting a little revenge in the third place match. Zimmerman claimed a 7-6 decision in the medal round over Al-banys Colton Newman, who had pinned Zimmerman earlier in the day.

Junior Jacob Partridge (113) and soph-omore Matt Twaddle (152) each finished in sixth place while freshmen Jackson Sanders (160) and Jacob Search (182) came in seventh.

The Spoofhounds (5-2) travel to Al-bany for a pair of duals against Rock Port and the host Warriors at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

FAIRFAX TOURNAMENT

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On the breakWest Nodaway freshman guard Alissa Nelson goes in for the finish on the fast break during the Lady Rockets 76-13 loss to the Fairfax Bulldogs Monday night in the first round of the 83rd annual Fairfax Tournament. The Rockets (0-11) play again at 4:30 p.m. Thursday against the loser of North Nodaway and Savannahs junior varsity.

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Rockets throttle Tarkio, 67-35

they still trailed, 21-15.Much of the early difficulty for South

Nodaway stemmed from its inability to pen-etrate King Citys 2-3 zone, which quickly ensnared Longhorn players trying to drive to the basket.

When players were able to get into the teeth of the Wildkat defense, finishing at the basket became another problem.

We didnt really play aggressive on the offensive end, Murphy said. We played scared for the most part. We kept trying to challenge each other. The girls were trying to challenge themselves, too. (We) couldnt get anything going around the basket.

With both sides frequently turning the ball over in the third quarter, neither side could put together any kind of lasting momentum.

However, South Nodaway started the fourth quarter with a bang. First, senior for-ward Allison Hilsabeck powered her way to an and-one under the basket. When she missed the ensuing free throw, senior Kris-ten Nielson cleaned up with an offensive rebound and another close-range field goal. The four-point burst in less than 10 seconds brought the King City lead to just 29-26 with plenty of time remaining.

The Longhorns continued their comeback attempt with Meaghan McConkey burying a wing three-pointer with a little more than 2:30 left, bringing her team to within one at 32-31. At the 1:20 mark, sister Mallory McConkey was fouled at the rim and hit both freebies to give South Nodaway a 33-32 lead.

Well, we didnt quit, Murphy said. We just kept battling. It just seemed like we couldnt get anything started tonight. It was on me and on the girls there. We just got outcoached and outplayed tonight, just as simple as that.

But, with little time remaining on the clock, Schottel buried her game-winner to send the Longhorns to the consolation bracket. With 4.6 seconds left, Mallory Mc-Conkey took the ball all the way to the right block on the King City side and shot what would have been a buzzer-beater for a win, but it rimmed out.

The McConkey sisters finished with 10 points apiece, while junior Riley Eiberger paced the Wildkats with 11 points.

With the first-round loss, South Nodaway (10-2) will play at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday against Albany on the consolation side of the Stanberry Invitational Tournament bracket.

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Horns buzzer-beater rims out

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One last chanceWith time running out and South Nodaway trailing, 35-34, sophomore guard Mallory Mc-Conkey heaves the final shot for the Longhorns. However, the shot rimmed out, leaving Mc-Conkey and her team with a narrow loss in the opening round of the Stanberry Invitational Tournament. McConkey finished with 10 points.

Eagles break King City in 4thBy DALTON VITTStaff writer

The Jefferson boys bas-ketball team bookended its victory Monday night against King City, starting strong and finishing better to take a 59-45 win in the opening round of the Stan-berry Invitational Tourna-ment.

Jefferson grabbed the first lead of the game, start-ing on a 6-0 run thanks to a pair of three-pointers from junior guard Ben Jermain and sophomore guard Mi-chael Burch.

The early burst, followed by another three moments later from the left corner by Burch, led to an 11-3 lead and a King City timeout less than three minutes into the game.

When we talk about the start of the game, we shot really well, head coach Tim Jermain said. I thought we did a good job of penetrating, but we knocked shots down and made four threes. At the beginning of the game, its great to come out and shoot like that.

Thanks to the early three-point success, the Eagles forced King City out of its early press by beating the Wildkats down the floor and finding open spaces along the perimeter.

The strong start helped Jefferson take a 15-7 lead at the end of the first pe-riod.

With 3:33 left until half-time, King City sophomore B.J. Eiberger scored from the right block plus a foul, narrowing the Jefferson lead to 20-11 before miss-ing the ensuing free throw.

In the last few minutes of the second quarter, the Eagles hit an offensive standstill, failing to build on their lead, but still were able to take a 23-17 advan-tage into the break.

Jefferson and King City traded 5-0 runs to start the third quarter, with the Eagles striking with their burst first that included a wing three-pointer from junior forward Corby Walker. He also ended the

period with a layup, giving his team a 36-26 advantage entering the fourth quarter.

He protects the rim a little bit, but got some re-bounds, hit some shots for us, Tim Jermain said. (He) did some really good things for us. Hes kind of one of those players that just needs to play with some confidence, because when he plays with confi-dence he does some really good things.

With the Wildkats back in their press for most of the fourth quarter, Jeffer-son received another op-portunity to show its abil-ity to outflank King Citys guards. And much like the opening period, the Eagles succeeded.

I think one of the strengths of our team is our ability to handle the ball,

Tim Jermain said. And not just one or two guys, the whole team can handle it. That really helps against stuff like that (press).

In the middle of the final quarter, Jefferson went on a 9-0 run capped by a layup from Ben Jermain to extend the advantage to 49-31.

Although King City re-sponded with its own 10-0 spurt immediately after-ward, the Eagles had al-ready put the game too far out of reach. Burch ended the double-digit run with a pair of free throws.

Burch finished as the games leading scorer with 17 points, while Eiberger tallied 15 for King City.

The Eagles (9-4) will tip off at 9 p.m. Thursday against the winner of the Mound City-Worth County contest Tuesday night.

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Going baselineJefferson junior guard Ben Jermain drives the baseline be-fore putting up a floater in the paint Monday night during a 59-45 victory for the Eagles over King City in the first round of the Stanberry Invitational Tournament.