WACO basketball sweeps WMU

WINFIELD — It was rivalry night in Winfield on Saturday, as the WACO Warriors came across Highway 218 to face the Wolves in SoutheastW Iowa Super Conference North Division doubleheader.

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WACO did what it needed to do, beating the Wolves in both games. The Warrior girls held off a late WMU rush to escape 46-45, and the WACO boys stayed undefeated in conference play, winning 51-42.

In the girls’ game, WMU had been down all night long, as WACO took a 27-19 lead into a halftime and held a 38-34 advantage after three quarters.

WMU was down as much as eight points in the fourth, but came back to cut the lead to a single point when Madison Kellogg hit a runner with less than 10 seconds to go.

Unfortunately for the Wolves, they didn’t have enough time to foul WACO enough to get the Warriors on the line, and WACO crawled out with a one-point win.

The win came one night after a huge victory for the Warriors at home. WACO defeated first-place Columbus 58-57 in the first game back from break, capitalizing on a 26-point night from Ella Huisenga.

Despite the loss, WMU did get a huge game out of Kynlee Buffington, who finished with 23 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

The WACO boys led 17-12 after one quarter, 33-22 at halftime and 43-28 after three. WMU came back to make it a game down the stretch, but the Warriors secured the win to move to a perfect 7-0 in conference play.

Christian Stacy scored 19 points to lead WACO in the win. Holden Hughes had 15 points, and Clayton Miller finished with eight points and 13 rebounds.

Jake Edwards led WMU with 13 points. Nicholas Sparrow had 11 points, and Cooper Buffington flirted with a double-double, going for nine points and eight rebounds.

FRIDAY GIRLS SCORES

Pekin 54, Highland 49

Louisa-Muscatine 46, Hillcrest Academy 33

WACO 58, Columbus 57

Wapello 36, Winfield-Mount Union 31

Mid-Prairie 66, West Liberty 58

Montezuma 63, Keota 35

Holy Trinity Catholic 51, New London 27

Van Buren County 33, West Burlington 27

SATURDAY GIRLS SCORES

Highland 38, Louisa-Muscatine 36

Lone Tree 67, Hillcrest Academy 36

Solon 79, Mid-Prairie 58

FRIDAY BOYS SCORES

Pekin 74, Highland 30

Hillcrest Academy 71, Louisa-Muscatine 63

WACO 66, Columbus 44

Winfield-Mount Union 62, Wapello 29

Holy Trinity Catholic 74, New London 24

West Burlington 92, Van Buren County 51

Mid-Prairie 63, West Liberty 61

Montezuma 72, Keota 63

SATURDAY BOYS SCORES

Hillcrest Academy 69, Lone Tree 47

Louisa-Muscatine 68, Highland 49

Regina 71, New London 14

Mid-Prairie 61, Solon 57