By Dean Backes
MaxPreps.com
Basehor-Linwood’s boys basketball team had a tough act to follow in the championship game of the Basehor-Linwood Basketball Tournament last weekend. Shortly after watching the Bobcat girls win their first title in their own tournament, the boys took the court.
While the girls pulled away from previously undefeated Platte County (Mo.) with a strong second half performance to win, 65-51, the boys waited until the final seconds to secure their win.
It wasn’t until Holton’s David Martin clanked a 3-point shot off the rim, late in the game, that the Bobcats secured the triumph and moved their record to 9-4 following a 1-3 start to the season. Basehor-Linwood vaults into the 4A lineup, at No. 4, with the 55-54 squeaker over the Wildcats.
The Bobcats opened the tournament with a 57-54 win over Platte County. Basehor-Linwood then pulled away from third-ranked Ottawa to advance to the championship match with a 54-44 win.
Cassie Lombardino led the way for the girls as the Bobcats advance one spot to third in the latest MaxPreps rankings. The 6-foot-3 post player scored 12 points in the first 10 minutes, of the second half, on her way to a team-high 21 points for the Bobcats. Platte County’s Morgan Johnson scored 25 points in the contest despite sitting on the bench much of the second half in foul trouble.
Johnson looked unstoppable in the first period by scoring eight points and grabbing four rebounds, in the first eight minutes. The Pirates bolted to a 13-5 first quarter lead. With Johnson on the bench, Lombardino scored on four straight possessions in the third period as Basehor-Linwood started to make their move.
Class Leaders (Boys) – Wichita Southeast (Class 6A), Bishop Miege (Class 5A), Topeka Hayden (Class 4A), Sabetha (Class 3A), Humboldt (Class 2A), Centralia (Class 1A).
Class Leaders (Girls) – Wichita Heights (Class 6A), St. Thomas Aquinas (Class 5A), Abilene (Class 4A), Riley County (Class 3A), Berean Academy (Class 2A), Centralia (Class 1A).
Kansas Boys Basketball Rankings
Top 10
1. Bishop Miege (11-1) 1
2. Topeka Highland Park (11-0) 2
3. Wichita Southeast (12-0) 3
4. Shawnee Mission East (10-1) 5
5. Topeka Hayden (9-1) 4
6. Shawnee Mission South (8-2) 10
7. Wichita East (9-3)
8. Blue Valley West (8-3) 7
9. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-3) 6
10. Lawrence Free State (9-3)
Dropped Out: No. 8 Manhattan, No. 9 McPherson
Class 6A
1. Wichita Southeast (12-0) 1
2. Shawnee Mission East (10-1) 2
3. Shawnee Mission South (8-2) 5
4. Wichita East (9-3) 9
5. Blue Valley West (8-3) 3
6. Lawrence Free State (9-3) 7
7. Wichita Heights (9-3) 8
8. Leavenworth (11-3) 6
9. Wichita South (10-2) 10
10. Olathe East (5-5)
Dropped Out: No. 4 Manhattan
Class 5A
1. Bishop Miege (11-1) 1
2. Topeka Highland Park (11-0) 2
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-4) 3
4. Emporia (8-4) 5
5. Shawnee Heights (8-3) 6
6. McPherson (11-2) 4
7. Salina Central (10-2) 9
8. Liberal (9-2) 8
9. Sumner Academy (8-3) 10
10. Topeka Seaman (5-4) 7
Class 4A
1. Topeka Hayden (9-1) 1
2. Andover (12-0) 6
3. Ottawa (10-3) 8
4. Basehor-Linwood (9-4) -
5. Colby (10-4) 10
6. Cheney (10-2) 2
7. Holton (7-3) -
8. Andover Central (7-4) -
9. Perry-Lecompton (11-1) -
10. Louisburg (9-2) 4
Dropped Out: No. 3 Hesston, No. 5 Coffeyville Field Kindley, No. 7 Atchison, No. 9 Fort Scott
Class 3A
1. Sabetha (11-1) 2
2. Wichita Collegiate (9-1) 1
3. Nemaha Valley (13-0) 5
4. Trinity Academy (10-1) -
5. Lakin (9-4) 10
6. Republic County (9-1) 8
7. More Prep-Marian (7-4) 7
8. Holcomb (10-3) 3
9. Larned (8-2) -
10. Sedgwick (8-1) 9
Dropped Out: No. 4 Scott City, No. 6 Kansas City Christian
Class 2A
1. Humboldt (8-1) 1
2. Syracuse (9-2) 2
3. Frankfort (11-1) 4
4. Meade (10-0) 3
5. Smith Center (9-0) 8
6. Berean Academy (10-2) 9
7. St. Mary’s Colgan (10-1) 7
8. Wathena (9-1) 6
9. Trego (8-1) 10
10. Marmaton Valley (3-1)
Dropped Out: No. 5 St. John
Class 1A
1. Centralia (10-0) 1
2. Crest (9-1) 7
3. Olpe (10-0) 2
4. Wallace County (8-3) 4
5. Hanover (10-2) 6
6. Quinter (10-1) 10
7. South Gray (8-3) 3
8. Blue Valley (8-3) -
9. Hutchinson Central Christian (11-1) 5
10. Macksville (10-3) 9
Dropped Out: No. 8 St. John’s-Beloit
Kansas Girls Basketball Rankings
Top 10
1. Wichita Heights (13-0) 1
2. Abilene (10-0) 4
3. Blue Valley (8-1) 8
4. Andover Central (9-0) 3
5. Lawrence (8-1) 2
6. Basehor-Linwood (12-0) -
7. Colby (13-0) 7
8. St. Thomas Aquinas (8-2) 9
9. Riley County (11-0) 5
10. Washburn Rural (7-2)
Dropped Out: No. 6 Emporia, No. 10 Wichita Carroll
Class 6A
1. Wichita Heights (13-0) 1
2. Blue Valley (8-1) 3
3. Lawrence (8-1) 2
4. Washburn Rural (7-2) 6
5. Olathe South (9-2) 4
6. Shawnee Mission East (8-1) 5
7. Shawnee Mission West (6-2) 9
8. Junction City (8-1) 7
9. Goddard (9-1) 8
10. Shawnee Mission South (6-3) 10
Class 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (8-2) 2
2. Wichita Carroll (8-1) 3
3. Emporia (8-2) 1
4. Great Bend (9-1) 4
5. McPherson (8-2) 5
6. Bishop Miege (8-4) 6
7. Shawnee Heights (7-3) 9
8. Wichita Kapaun Mount Carmel (6-3) 8
9. Lansing (8-4) 7
10. Hutchinson (5-3)
Dropped Out: No. 10 Gardner-Edgerton
Class 4A
1. Abilene (10-0) 2
2. Andover Central (9-0) 1
3. Basehor-Linwood (12-0) 4
4. Colby (13-0) 3
5. Topeka Hayden (8-2) 6
6. Holton (12-1) 5
7. Buhler (8-2) 9
8. Tonganoxie (11-2) 8
9. Marysville (10-2) 7
10. Concordia (6-4) 10
Dropped Out:
Class 3A
1. Riley County (11-0) 1
2. Cimarron (9-0) 3
3. Rock Creek (6-2) 2
4. Wichita Collegiate (6-2) 4
5. Garden Plain (9-1) 5
6. More Prep-Marian (5-4) -
7. Norton (7-4) 8
8. Silver Lake (6-5) -
9. Neodesha (9-1) 6
10. Phillipsburg (8-3)
Dropped Out: No. 7 Salina Sacred Heart, No. 9 Cherryvale, No. 10 Southeast of Saline
Class 2A
1. Berean Academy (10-0) 1
2. Southwestern Heights (9-1) 2
3. St. Marys (5-2) 3
4. Oakley (10-3) 6
5. St. John (7-1) 5
6. Osborne (10-1) 4
7. Moundridge (9-1) 7
8. Frankfort (10-3) 9
9. Sublette (10-2) 8
10. Syracuse (6-4)
Dropped Out: No. 10 Elkhart
Class 1A
1. Centralia (9-1) 3
2. Olpe (10-0) 1
3. Blue Valley (10-1) 2
4. South Barber (8-1) 4
5. South Gray (9-1) -
6. Lakeside (12-0) 5
7. Quivira Heights (11-0) 8
8. Skyline (9-0) -
9. Claflin (9-2) -
10. Linn (9-3) 7
Dropped Out: No. 6 Hoxie, No. 9 Southern Coffey County, No. 10 Weskan
