Girls -- Centralia 47, Onaga 37

Boys -- Centralia 60, Onaga 34

Girls

Neither team in Centralia or Onaga got off to a fast start in the ballgame as it was only 6-5 after the first quarter with the Buffaloes holding the one-point lead, but the second quarter proved to be different. The Panthers struck in the second stanza with a 20-4 frame and took a 15 point lead into the half, 25-10, behind a beastly quarter by junior, Kaitlyn Koch who scored 12 of her 21 points in that period.

Not to be outdone Onaga responded to start the second half with an 18-8 third quarter of action to get back with five points, only down 33-28 after three quarters in the books. Panthers responded then the push the lead back out to 10 ultimately in the fourth quarter to grab the win 47-37 on senior night.

To go along with Koch's dominating 21 points on the night for Centralia sophomore, Liz Hasenkamp chipped in 10 points with five coming from the free throw line (5-6 FT's). Onaga in the loss was lead by the post play as juniors, Jocelyn Marten tallied 11 points and Kori Meyer added 10 points, while sophomore, Katelyn Kolterman added seven points.

With the win Centralia improves to 6-14 on the season and has one more regular season game Thursday at Washington County, pending the weather before the turn their attention to postseason play next week. For the Onaga Buffaloes they fell to 5-15 on the season with the loss and wrap up the regular season, looking ahead to sub-state next week.

Boys

Centralia pounced on Onaga from the start of the horn getting off to an 8-0 start to the game and capped off the first quarter with an 18-8 period. At the half the Panthers held a 24-13 lead over the Buffaloes, then it was a huge third quarter for the Panthers to put the Buffaloes away, as Centralia outscored Onaga 31-7 in the third. Behind the large lead going into the fourth Centralia earned the 60-34 win at home.

Panthers used a balanced scoring attack with seven players tallying four points or more in the game as Centralia was lead by Brett Burdiek and Sam Steinlage who both finished the night with 15 points each. Devin Rempe chipped in double figures again this season finishing the night with 10 points.

In the loss, Onaga struggled to score on the night and didn't have a single player finish with double figures as Thomas Eisenbarth lead all Buffalo scorers with nine points, while Jarod Gronewoller added eight points.

With the win Centralia moved to 15-5 on the season and grabbed the number one seed in their sub-state as they now turn their attention to a Washington County for a final regular season game Thursday pending the weather. Onaga with the loss fell to 11-9 on the season and wraps up the regular season and looks to host their first round game for sub-state.