Wichita high school basketball scores: Moundridge-Berean boys rematch set in 2A
The Moundridge boys basketball team handled its business on Wednesday with a 60-35 home victory over Republic County in a Class 2A sub-state semifinal, sending the Wildcats into a championship showdown that feels like it should be happening next week.
The third-seeded Wildcats (21-3) will travel to second-seeded Berean (21-2) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with a trip to the state tournament on the line.
On paper, it’s a sub-state final.
In reality, it’s a heavyweight bout between two of the best teams in 2A with one of them heading home for good at the end of the night.
Moundridge got there behind a huge night from Jesse Lutz, who poured in 29 points on Wednesday, while fellow senior Layton Schmidt added 16 in the win over Republic County. The Wildcats controlled the game from start to finish and now carry an eight-game winning streak into Saturday’s rematch.
The opponent is one Moundridge knows well.
Berean beat the Wildcats 64-40 on its home floor during the regular season in a Heart of America League matchup, one of only three losses Moundridge has suffered all season. Since that game on Feb. 3, the Wildcats haven’t lost.
Berean enters with plenty of momentum of its own, bringing a seven-game winning streak after a 55-43 win over Conway Springs on Wednesday.
In the final 2A boys rankings, five of the top six teams came from the Heart of America: Sterling (No. 1), Berean (No. 2), Moundridge (No. 3), Classical (No. 5) and Ell-Saline (No. 6). All five teams are still alive and playing in Saturday’s sub-state finals.
That makes this rematch especially compelling, as two of the best teams in 2A will meet with everything on the line.
Here are scores from around the Wichita area from games played on Wednesday, March 4, as well as Saturday’s sub-state final schedules in Kansas high school basketball brackets.
Wichita high school basketball sub-state scores
Class 6A boys
Derby 67, Lawrence Free State 59
Garden City 94, Wichita Southeast 86
Junction City 70, Dodge City 56
Maize 88, Wichita West 37
Manhattan 58, Wichita Northwest 56
Topeka 57, Washburn Rural 50
Wichita East 76, Campus 56
Wichita Heights 70, Wichita South 41
Class 5A girls
Andover 74, Arkansas City 23
Andover Central 35, Hutchinson 31
Bishop Carroll 53, Goddard 30
Eisenhower 55, Topeka Seaman 41
Hays 80, Topeka West 18
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 71, Emporia 41
Maize South 62, Valley Center 32
Salina South 55, Salina Central 45
Class 4A boys
Andale 80, Circle 61
Augusta 76, Winfield 45
Buhler 62, Rose Hill 30
Concordia 65, Abilene 53
Hugoton 64, El Dorado 41
McPherson 73, Ulysses 48
Mulvane 67, Clay Center 57
Pratt 85, Wellington 35
Class 3A girls
Garden Plain 53, Neodesha 35
Halstead 46, Haven 29
Hesston 35, Cheney 21
Class 2A boys
Berean 55, Conway Springs 43
Douglass 68, Cedar Vale-Dexter 60
Moundridge 60, Republic County 35
Stanton County 48, Medicine Lodge 44
Sterling 75, Sublette 34
St. Mary’s Colgan 51, Udall 39
Uniontown 57, Oxford 56
Wichita Classical 53, Solomon
Kansas high school basketball sub-state final schedule
Class 6A boys
Note: All games are scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday.
No. 8 Topeka (13-11) at No. 1 Maize (19-5)
No. 10 Garden City (12-12) at No. 2 Wichita Heights (18-5)
No. 6 Junction City (13-10) at No. 3 Derby (18-6)
No. 5 Wichita East (15-8) at No. 4 Manhattan (16-7)
Class 5A girls
Note: All games are scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday.
No. 9 Salina South (14-10) at No. 1 Andover (22-1)
No. 7 Andover Central (14-10) at No. 2 Hays (22-1)
No. 6 Eisenhower (16-7) at No. 3 Maize South (20-4)
No. 5 Bishop Carroll (16-7) at No. 4 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (18-6)
Class 4A boys
Note: All games are scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday.
No. 9 Mulvane (13-11) at No. 1 Pratt (20-3)
No. 7 Buhler (14-10) at No. 2 Hugoton (20-4)
No. 6 McPherson (15-9) at No. 3 Concordia (18-4)
No. 5 Augusta (16-8) at No. 4 Andale (17-5)
Class 3A girls
at Haven
No. 3 Southeast of Saline (18-5) vs. No. 7 Hesston (16-9), 5 p.m.
No. 5 Garden Plain (17-7) vs. No. 1 Halstead (23-0), 6:30
Class 2A boys
at Arma-Northeast
No. 8 Douglass (12-10) vs. No. 5 Uniontown (16-9), 5 p.m.
at Berean
No. 1 Sacred Heart (23-2) vs. No. 4 Wichita Classical (19-4), 5 p.m.
No. 3 Moundridge (21-3) at No. 2 Berean (21-2), 6:30
at Smith Center
No. 1 Sterling (24-0) vs. No. 4 Ell-Saline (18-5), 6:30 p.m.
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