Grand River Conference

I shared information about the GRC Showcase in this  post . The placement of the games will be based on the order of finish.  At this point, there is 1 conference game left for both boys and girls.  Trenton will play at Putnam County on February 6.  The results of that game will determine the final matchups of the GRC Showcase. Note that they games are unofficial.  No games are official until an announcement from the Conference office. Girls If Putnam County defeats Trenton: Championship (6:00 p.m. - New Gym): King City vs. South Harrison 2nd Place (3:00 p.m. - New Gym): North Andrew vs. Polo 3rd Place (12:00 p.m. - New Gym): St. Joseph Christian vs. Princeton 4th Place (9:00 a.m. - New Gym): Pattonsburg vs. Gallatin 5th Place (6:00 p.m. - Old Gym): Stanberry vs. Putnam County 6th Place (3:00 p.m. - Old Gym): Worth County vs. Trenton 7th Place (12:00 p.m. - Old Gym): Albany vs. Milan 8th Place (9:00 a.m. - Old Gym): North Harrison vs. Maysville If Trenton d...

 Five GRC Teams Captured Tournament Championships this past week.  On Friday at the King City Tournament, King City Girls and Maysville Boys both captured tournament titles.  On Saturday, Gallatin Boys won the Hamilton Tournament, and a pair of GRC Teams captured titles at Gilman City.  St. Joseph Christian captured the Girls Championship and Pattonsburg won the Boys Championship at the Gilman City Tournament. King City 33 Northeast Nodaway 29 (Girls) King City Wildkats won their own tournament for the first time in over 30 years by knocking off the Northeast Nodaway Blue Jays 33-29.  Both teams struggled on offense early with King City leading 7-1 after the first quarter.  Northeast Nodaway was only able to manage one field goal the entire first half with King City extending the lead 17-7 at halftime.  Northeast Nodaway closed the lead to 20-16 with 5:28 left in the 3rd, but the Wildkats were able to extend it back out to 9 with 4 minutes left. K...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Princeton Tiger Boys are taking on the Gilman City Hawks in the Semifinals of the Gilman City Tournament.  Starters for Princeton are: #0 Tyler Coffman #1 Kelby Thomas #2 Clay Evans #12 Jaden Finney #33 Talan Holt  1st Quarter Jaden Finney cleans up the glass to make it 2-0 Tigers to open the scoring. Talan Holt with a long 3 makes it 5-0 Tigers with 6:56 left. Preston answers for the Hawks with a triple from the baseline.  Then Langfitt with a fast break layup.  We are all tied with 6:20 left.  5-5 Clay Evans cleans up his own miss and puts the Tigers on top 7-5 with 6:02 left. Clay Evans with a 3 from the corner to put Princeton up 10-5 with 5:10 left. Coffman feeds Finney after long outlet from Holt.  Finney puts Tigers lead 12-5. Gilman City calls timeout with 4:21 left. Langfitt is fouled for the Hawks with 3:43 left.  He hits 1 of 2 to make it 12-6. Holt answers with a drive.  Tigers lead 14...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Princeton Tigers take on Gilman City Hawks in the Championship Semifinals of the Gilman City Tournament on both the Girls and Boys side.  The Girls game is up first. Starters for Princeton are: #2 Gracie Allnutt #3 Addy Henke #10 Klaire Buckler #20 Makenzie Dunkin #25 Grace Kelly 1st Quarter Dunkin starts off scoring with a 3 to put Tigers up 3-0.  Henke with a bucket to make it 5-0 with 6:26 left. Ward gets Gilman City on the board, but Henke with a put back.  She is fouled with 5:25 left.  Her free throw is good. 8-2 Tigers. Henke adds a 3 that got a friendly bounce.  Gregg comes back on the other end with a bucket.  She is fouled with 3:59 left.  Her free throw is no good.  Tigers up 11-4. Shahan is fouled for the Tigers with 3:52 left.  She hits both free throws.  Gilman City calls timeout after strong Princeton pressure with 3:44 left.  Tigers lead 13-4. After the timeout, Greg...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Princeton Tigers take on the North Harrison Shamrocks in Girls First Round of the Gilman City Tournament Starters Princeton #2 Gracie Allnutt #3 Addy Henke #10 Klaire Buckler #14 Randa Shahan #25 Grace Kelly North Harrison #14 Kira Robertson #21 Halle Morgan #22 Jayleigh Robins #23 Jaci Davis #30 Trendi Johnson 1st Quarter Buckler with a bucket.  She is fouled.  She gets the FT.  7:12 left.  3-0 Princeton. Robins answers for the Shamrocks.  3-2 Tigers with 6:30 left. Morgan with a bucket for North Harrison.  Buckler answers for Princeton.  5:09 left.  Tigers up 5-4. Buckler with another bucket.  She is fouled again.  She hits the FT again.  4:47 left. 8-4 Tigers. Henke scores on the give and go.  4:00 left with Tigers up 10-4. Shamrocks call timeout with 3:46 left. Robins scores again for North Harrison to cut it to 10-6.  She then hits a 3.  It is not 10-9 with 3:05 lef...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Princeton Tigers take on the East Harrison Bobcats in the first round of the Gilman City Tournament. Starters for Princeton are #1 Kelby Thomas #2 Clay Evans #12 Jaden Finney #21 Levi Willet #33 Talan Holt 1st Quarter Finney starts off the scoring for Princeton.  Holt then steals the ball, but misses a dunk.  Tigers up 2-0 with 7:30 left. Booth answers with a 3 for East Harrison.  They lead 3-2 with 7:00 left. Holt back on the other end with a bucket.  4-3 Princeton with 6:30 left. Clay Evans with a 3 pointer to make it 7-3 Tigers.  6:00 left. Evans with another 3.  10-3 Tigers Willet fouls Roberts for the Bobcats.  He hits 1 of 2 10-4 Tigers with 5:36 left. Holt comes back with a long 3. Tigers up 13-6 with 5:19 left. Thomas with a steal and a bucket.  Bobcats call a timeout with Tigers leading 15-4.  4:45 left in the 1st. Thomas with another steal. This time he is fouled.  He is shooting...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com North Andrew Cardinals and Mound City Panthers are playing each other in the first round of the North Platte Tournament.  This is the 3rd meeting between Cardinals and Panthers.  Mound City won the first meeting by the score of 61-32.  The Cardinals avenged that loss with a 66-46 win in the Stanberry Tournament.  The win by North Andrew in the Stanberry Tournament snapped a 6-game losing streak against Mound City. Starters for North Andrew #3 Trey McDaniel #20 Gunner Lawrence #24 Hayden Ecker #30 Collin Patterson #34 Braxon Linville Starters for Mound City #1 Gavyn Salsbury #3 Quinton Brandon #13 Trevor Tubbs #15 Chanse Summers #21 Keaton Zembles 1st Quarter Cardinals get the opening tip and Patterson scores underneath the bucket to go up 2-0. Salsbury answers with a 3 from Mound City to go up 3-2. Summers with a bucket for Mound City after a Cardinal miss.  5-2 Panthers. 6:30 left. Tubbs on a putback for Mound ...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com In a previous blog post , I shared the GRC Showcase Scenarios by order of finish. Here is the alternate view by team for GRC East Boys: Note that they scenarios are unofficial.  No results are official until an announcement from the Conference office. Gallatin If Gallatin defeats Milan, they will finish #1 If Gallatin loses to Milan, they will finish #2 Milan If Milan defeats Gallatin, they will finish #1 If Milan loses to Gallatin, they will finish #2 Maysville If Maysville defeats Princeton, they will finish #3 If Maysville loses to Princeton and Trenton defeats Putnam County, they will finish #4 If Maysville loses to Princeton and Putnam County defeats Trenton, then there is a 3-way tie for #3 through #5 between Maysville, Princeton and Putnam County that will be broken by scoring margin in the games between each of them Putnam County If Maysville defeats Princeton, they will finish #4 If Putnam County loses to...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com In a previous blog post , I shared the GRC Showcase Scenarios by order of finish. Here is the alternate view by team for GRC East Girls: Note that they scenarios are unofficial.  No results are official until an announcement from the Conference office. Polo If Polo defeats South Harrison, they will finish #1 If Polo loses to South Harrison, they will finish #2 South Harrison If South Harrison defeats Polo, they will finish #1 If South Harrison loses to Polo, they will finish #2 Princeton If Princeton defeats Maysville, they will finish #3 If Princeton loses to Maysville, Gallatin defeats Milan and Trenton defeats Putnam County, they will finish #4 If Princeton loses to Maysville, Gallatin defeats Milan and Putnam County defeats Trenton, they will finish #5 If Princeton loses to Maysville and Milan defeats Gallatin, then there is a 4-way tie for #3 through #6 between Gallatin, Milan, Princeton and the winner of th...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com In a previous blog post , I shared the GRC Showcase Scenarios by order of finish. Here is the alternate view by team for GRC West Boys: Note that they scenarios are unofficial.  No results are official until an announcement from the Conference office. North Andrew If North Andrew defeats St. Joseph Christian, they will finish #1 If North Andrew loses to St. Joseph Christian, they will finish #2 St. Joseph Christian If St. Joseph Christian defeats North Andrew, they will finish #1 If St. Joseph Christian loses to North Andrew, they will finish #2 Pattonsburg They will finish #3 Albany If Albany defeats North Harrison or Worth County defeats King City, they will finish #4 If Albany loses to North Harrison, King City defeats Worth County and Pattonsburg defeats Stanberry, they will finish #5 If Albany loses to North Harrison, King City defeats Worth County and Stanberry defeats Pattonsburg, they will finish #6 King City If King Ci...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com In a previous blog post , I shared the GRC Showcase Scenarios by order of finish. Here is the alternate view by team for GRC West Girls: Note that they scenarios are unofficial.  No results are official until an announcement from the Conference office. King City They will finish #1 North Andrew If North Andrew defeats St. Joseph Christian, they will finish #2 If North Andrew loses to St. Joseph Christian, they will finish #3 St. Joseph Christian If St. Joseph Christian defeats North Andrew, they will finish #2 If St. Joseph Christian loses to North Andrew, they will finish #3 Pattonsburg If Pattonsburg defeats Stanberry, they will finish #4 If Pattonsburg loses to Stanberry and Worth County defeats King City, they will finish #6 If Pattonsburg loses to Stanberry and King City defeats Worth County, then there is a 3-way tie for #4 through #6 between Pattonsburg, Stanberry and Worth County that will be broken by scoring marg...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com In a separate blog, I shared information about the GRC Showcase in this post . The placement of the games will be based on the order of finish.  At this point, there are 8 conference games left for both boys and girls (4 West and 4 East Division).  Here are scenarios for each: Note that they scenarios are unofficial.  No games are official until an announcement from the Conference office. GRC West The 4 games remaining are: St. Joseph Christian at North Andrew (1/31/23) King City at Worth County (1/31/23) North Harrison at Albany (1/31/23) Stanberry at Pattonsburg (1/31/23) GRC West Girls #1 - Will Play for the Conference Championship at 6:00 pm King City will finish #1 #2 - Will Play at 3:00 pm Winner of St. Joseph Christian at North Andrew will finish #2 #3 - Will Play at 12:00 pm Loser of St. Joseph Christian at North Andrew will finish #3 #4 - Will Play at 9:00 am If Pattonsburg defeats Stanberry, then Pattonsburg ...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com The 2023 GRC Showcase will be played at King City on February 11, 2023. The Showcase will feature all 16 Girls and Boys Basketball Teams from the Grand River Conference matching up the East Division teams vs. West Division Teams based on the order of finish in conference games. The schedule for the Showcase is as follows: Old Gym Time      GAME 9:00 AM      8TH PLACE GIRLS GAME 10:30 AM      8TH PLACE BOYS GAME 12:00 PM      7TH PLACE GIRLS GAME 1:30 PM      7TH PLACE BOYS GAME 3:00 PM      6TH PLACE GIRLS GAME 4:30 PM      6TH PLACE BOYS GAME 6:00 PM      5TH PLACE GIRLS GAME 7:30 PM      5TH PLACE BOYS GAME New Gym Time      GAME 9:00 AM      4TH PLACE GIRLS GAME 10:30 AM      4TH PLACE BOYS GAME 12:00 PM      3RD PLACE GIR...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com South Harrison Girls captured the championship of their own tournament with a win over Mercer while the Maysville captured the Boys championship defeating Princeton. Maysville 70 Princeton 57 (Boys) Maysville Wolverines used a 9-0 run to end the first half to pull within one point at halftime. That momentum carried them into the third quarter, where they outscored Princeton 27-18.  Maysville was able to work the ball inside early and often in the 3rd with Tanner Evans and Dillon Willis scoring 15 of the quarter's 27 points.   The Wolverines were able to close out the game with a 70-57 victory.  They were led in scoring by Evans with 21 points and Willis with 18.  Kobyn Metzger added 15 points. Princeton was able to get out to a 10-point lead in the 2nd quarter before Maysville's run.  They led 21-15 after the 1st quarter after Clay Evans hit a shot at the buzzer from past half court after a steal. Princeton w...