Girls -- Jeff West 43, Nemaha Valley 30

Boys -- Nemaha Valley 68, Jeff West 60

Girls

It was a slow start to the game for both the Jeff West Tigers and the Nemaha Valley Raiders, but the Tigers were able to battle out of hit and hit enough of a stride to push out to a lead of 19-12 at the half. Jeff West extended that lead to double figures in the second half as Nemaha Valley continued to struggle in the matchup, as the Tigers avenge a loss earlier this season to the Raiders at their place, winning 43-30.

Tigers got out to a 4-0 lead to start the ballgame and never trailed in the contest using balance scoring between the five starters who accounted for all their points. Senior, Haley Siess lead Jeff West on the night with 12 points, while senior, Molly Hothan's post presence proved to be to much for the Raiders as she tallied 10 points. Junior, Victoria Johnson and senior, Erika Essman added eight points each while senior, Sydnee Munhenke added the remaining five points.

Nemaha Valley in the loss was lead by sophomore, Kennedy McKernan who tallied eight points, while sophomore, Moriah Rottinghaus added six points on a pair of three-pointers.

With the win Jeff West improved to 10-8 on the season and turns their sights to the Sabetha Bluejays who they host on Friday night. Nemaha Valley with the loss falls to 10-8 on the year and will head on out on the road against Royal Valley on Friday.

Boys

Quick start, Nemaha Valley has done that multiple times and when they take control early in a contest they usually cruise to a win and they did it again this time dispatching the Jeff West Tigers for the second time this season, behind a 68-60 final.

Raiders got out to a 10-point lead after a 19-9 first quarter and took that 10-point lead into the half over the Tigers. Jeff West did cut the lead to eight at the end of three, but Nemaha Valley took back over to start the fourth and pushed the margin to over 20 points and then finished the game with the reserves in with Jeff West making a late run.

The aggressiveness of Nemaha Valley was on display early as their first few baskets were all and one opportunities as the Raiders took it to the rack and forced their way to control early in the game. With the free throws compiling early Nemaha Valley tallied 31 total free throw attempts, sinking 26 on the night.

Senior, Creighton Brinker paced the Raiders in the win with 17 points while Caleb Meyer also finished with double figures with 15 points, both gentlemen were perfect from the charity strip on the night. Senior, Trent Olberding and junior, Justice McKernan each chipped in nine points, also on the night.

In the loss Jeff West was lead by senior, Cory Brown who finished a new season high and game-high 19 points, while junior, Teal Watts added 10 points.

With the win Nemaha Valley improved to 17-1 on the season and looks to Royal Valley on the road on Friday. Jeff West with the loss falls to 10-8 on the season and will host Sabetha on Friday.