MHS - Men's Basketball / February 1, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane Middle School boys basketball teams hosted their first home games of the season on Tuesday, January 25th as the Haysville West Gorillas made the trip over for a Patriot League matchup.
The 8A game was a defensive battle between both teams and the Gorillas were able to finish with the 27-14 win over the Cats. "We had a hard time with their full-court press which caused us to make turnovers," said Coach Hargrove. "We need to do a better job of staying composed and keeping things simple. We had open looks but couldn't get them to fall." Fisher Dye led the Cats with 9 points on the evening.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS x x x x 14
HWMS x x x x 27
* Fisher Dye - 9 pts
* Cooper Slayton - 3 pts
* Dylan Mow - 2 pts
"The 8B game was only 2 quarters due to Haysville West only having 10 players and coach Just did a good job of getting everyone in to play," said Coach Hargrove. "Braylon Ross had a good game scoring 10 of our 11 points. Hagerman did a good job of playing D. Bradley Neier crashed the boards for both quarters. Our B team played a good game against a tough Haysville West team."
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS x x x x 11
HWMS x x x x 7
* Braylon Ross scored - 10 pts
* Cameron Hagerman - 1 pt
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In the 7A game, the Wildcat's full-court defensive pressure was very effective and they were able to score a bunch of points off turnovers. The Cats jumped out to a commanding 23-3 lead in the first quarter and increased it to 35-7 at halftime. Coach Hansen was able to get most of the players in for some playing time as the Cats finished with the 46-15 win. Mulvane had three kids in double digits with Parker Clubb finishing with 15 points, Manny Myers with 11 points, and Dominic Baxter with 10 points.
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 23 12 6 5 46
HWMS 3 4 7 1 15
* Parker Clubb - 15 pts
* Manny Myers - 11 pts
* Dominic Baxter - 10 pts
* Reed Hackleman - 6 pts
* Grey Sanders - 2 pts
* Aaron Heird - 2 pts
In the 7B game, the Wildcats defense stopped the Gorillas in the first half, holding them to 4 points as the Cats went into halftime up 12-4. The Cats finished strong in the second half, scoring 19 more points and holding the Gorillas to only 4 more points as the Cats won 31-8. Jaxson Dillon led the Wildcats from down in the paint with 10 points and Aaron Heird finished with 8 points on the evening.
7B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 6 6 10 9 31
HWMS 0 4 2 2 8
* Jaxson Dillon - 10 pts
* Aaron Heird - 8 pts
* Jonathan Wilson - 5 pts
* Gunner McGrew - 4 pts
* Blake Grieve - 2 pts
* Jackson Walker - 1 pt
* Qin Wilt - 1 pt
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The MMS boys hosted the Wellington Crusaders on Thursday, January 28th for their second home games of the season.
The 7A boys had a shootout with the Crusaders as they were neck and neck all game long. The teams were tied up at 24 at halftime and tied at 32 going into the 4th quarter. The Crusaders were able to hold off the Cats by 2 points as the Cats fell 42-44. "Even though we fell just a bit short, that was one of the most fun games I've ever coached," said Coach Hansen. Reed Hackleman led the Cats with 12 points and Parker Clubb broke into double digits with 10 points.
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 11 13 8 10 42
WMS 9 15 8 12 44
* Reed Hackleman - 12 pts
* Parker Clubb - 10 pts
* Manny Myers - 8 pts
* Dominic Baxter - 7 pts
* Jonathan Wilson - 5 pts
The 7B team shut out the Crusaders in the first 3 quarters, only allowing 3 points and scoring 24 points. The Cats finished the 4th quarter with 10 points and got the 34-9 win. Jaxson Dillon led the Cats with 10 points on the evening.
7B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 2 8 14 10 34
WMS 0 3 0 6 9
* Jaxson Dillon - 10 pts
* Aaron Heird - 8 pts
* Jonathan Wilson - 6 pts
* Blake Grieve - 5 pts
* Caleb Boor - 3 pts
* Rocky Heersche - 2 pts
The 8A boys had trouble breaking through the Crusader defense in the first half, only managing to score 8 points. The Cats dropped in 24 points in the second half but fell 32-58. Fisher Dye led the Wildcats with 21 of the teams 32 points on the evening.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 0 8 13 11 32
WMS 20 14 10 14 58
* Fisher Dye - 21 pts
* Cooper Slayton - 5 pts
* Braylin Coe - 3 pts
* Aiden Heckathorn - 2 pts
* Dylan Mow - 1 pt
The 8B team had trouble finding the bucket through the Crusader defense and fell 15-32 on the evening. Cavin Martin and Kaden Palmer led the Cats with 5 and 4 points respectively.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 6 3 3 3 15
WMS 7 7 13 5 32
* Caven Martin - 5 pts
* Kaden Palmer - 4 pts
* Chance Koester - 2 pts
* Kaeden Jester - 2 pts
* Braylon Ross - 1 pt
* Cameron Hagerman - 1 pt
The MMS boys will be traveling to Clearwater today for Patriot League games against the Indians starting at 5:00 PM.
