At the beginning of the season, when asked how many points he would score this year, East Newton senior Tucker Anderson replied by saying he didn’t care so long as the team won.
The Seneca Indians got back on track Friday night with a 57-50, Big 8 Conference win over Aurora at home.
Seneca closed out its annual tournament Saturday afternoon with a 57-30 loss at the hands of Willard.
The Diamond Lady Wildcats bounced back from a big loss on Monday night with a hard-fought win on Thursday night in the Seneca Tournament.
For one quarter, it appeared that the Seneca Indians were going to be able to play the game at the Parsons Vikings’ pace. And it looked like it was going to work for them.
But, after a high scoring first quarter, Parsons slowed the pace and edged out the Indians in a 63-57 win.
Kourtney Brewster led three Lady Patriots in double digits with 17 points and East Newton dismantled Seneca, 56-24 in Big 8 Conference play Thursday night.
The Seneca boys’ basketball team continued on its hot streak Tuesday with a 73-45 win over Pierce City.
The Seneca Indians opened Big 8 Conference play Friday against their old rival the Carl Junction Bulldogs.
The Seneca Lady Indians had a tall task in front of them Tuesday night. It came in the form of the defending Class 2 state champions.
As losses go, this was about as impressive as it gets.
The Seneca Lady Indians (Class 3) took Webb City (Class 5 powerhouse) to the wire Thursday night at Seneca High School. But the home team fell just short in a 54-50 loss.
The Seneca Indians are showing that they are going to be a dangerous team to contend with in the Big 8 and in Class 3-District 12.
The second meeting of the season between the Neosho Lady Wildcats and Seneca Lady Indians was much different than the first.
After a tightly contested first half, the Seneca Lady Indians looked like they had pulled away from Big 8 Conference rival Cassville in the third quarter Tuesday. But, after a thrilling comeback by the Lady Wildcats, Seneca saw the game tied at 45 with only a few seconds left.
Despite an offensive explosion in the second half, the Lady Indians dropped their second game of the season Thursday night against Joplin.
The Neosho Wildcats were mere seconds away from exacting revenge from an early season loss to Seneca Tuesday night.
With only 15 seconds to play and the game tied at 52, Seneca guard Daniel Noah, who was quiet all night, hit a turn around jumper from the right baseline that proved to be the game-winner in a 54-52 win over Neosho.
For the Diamond Wildcats, the last three days brought three wins, a tournament championship and a tournament MVP. Not bad.
Thanks to a stellar defensive effort all around by Diamond, the Wildcats beat the Seneca Indians, 49-32 in the championship game of the Seneca Tournament Saturday afternoon.
The Neosho Wildcats got their duals season off to a good start on Tuesday, earning wins over Branson and Seneca at Seneca High School.
Whether it was good Seneca defense or poor Neosho shooting, the result is the same.
Daniel Noah scored 14 points and Kyler Ng scored 13 to lead Seneca to a 49-38 win in the consolation championship at the Carthage Invitational.
After a big loss at the hands of Webb City in the opening round of the Carl Junction Classic, the Seneca Lady Indians righted the ship and finished 2-1 in the season-opening tournament.
Ladies and gentlemen, Ethan Murray.
The Neosho Wildcats’ senior guard scored 42 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and had seven steals to lead his team to a 62-51 win over Springfield-Central Thursday in the second round of the Carthage Invitational.
