Colts hang on for home win

21 and continues to be the go-to scorer for the Owls. It was a balanced scoring attack for the Owls, who got points from nine different players.

Garden Plain: Jaden Stierwalt

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8, Max McGregor 7, Cooper Scheer 6, Noah McGregor 5, Kaeden Kasselman

The Kingman Eagles edged the Garden Plain Owls boys basketball team 53-48 in a Jan. 4 game hosted by the Eagles.

The Owls fell just short of picking up their second win of the season.

Kingman led by a basket at halftime, 29-27, and the margin was still the same after three quarters, with the Eagles ahead of the Owls 43-41. Garden Plain: Jaden Stierwalt

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By Travis Mounts TSnews news@tsnews.com

Last Friday’s boys basketball game went down to the wire, but the Campus Colts held on for a 57-54 win over the visiting Hutchinson Salthawks. The Colts now have wins in three of their last four games.

The Salthawks took their first lead of the second half, 51-49, with 5:11 to play in the fourth quarter. The Colts then went on an 8-0 run, including a pair of put-back baskets by Kaiden Pearce, with one coming off his own miss. Pearce led the Colts with 15 points. Campus had four different players score at least 10.

Hutchinson had chances to tie the game in the closing moments, but the Colts’ defense stepped up with blocks from Andrell Burrton, Jr., and Andrew Howard to seal the victory.

“Those were big stops. I felt pretty good about those stops,” said Campus head coach Chris Davis. “Defensively, we could have been better with the pick-and-roll. That’s a good basketball team.”

Campus went on a 10-0 run late in the first half to take a 34-24 lead, but Hutchinson went on a 4-0 run to close out the half.

Campus: Kaiden Pearce 15, Andrew Howard 12, Andrell Burton Jr. 11, Kaason Thomas 10, Zion Young 7, Robin Knight 2.

It was a rough start to the new year as the Campus Colts lost on the road to the Maize Eagles 80-56 on Jan. 4.

The Colts stayed com - petitive for a half against the Eagles, one of the very best boys basketball teams in Kansas this year.

The Eagles have been sitting atop the Class 5A rankings since the preseason.

Campus matched Maize score-for-score in the first