Jayhawk-Linn sweeps Eagles in tourney finals; rematches tonight

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

PLEASANTON -- Levi Matthews hit the game winning shot with 3/10ths of a second remaining Saturday afternoon as Jayhawk-Linn got by Uniontown's boys in the fifth-place game of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament.

Later in the day, Jayhawk-Linn's girls, led by Baylea White's 19 points, defeated Uniontown in the distaff third-place contest, 44-37.

There will be rematches tonight as these schools face each other in Three Rivers League play at the West Bourbon Elementary gymnasium.

Brenton Esslinger's 20 points led Uniontown's boys (4-8) in their loss. Emily Shinn scored 12 points and DaNisha Robinson added 10 for the girls (3-9) in the third-place game.


Girls

UNIONTOWN: Shinn 5 2-3 12, Dixon 0 0-1 0, Rathbun 3 1-1 7, Rockhold 1 0-0 0, Stokes 0 0-0 0, Coyan 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Robinson 5 0-8 10, Ridge 2 2-2 6. TOTALS: 16 5-15 37.

JAYHAWK-LINN: White 7 5-9 19, Ware 3 2-3 8, Whitley 3 0-0 6, rest of team 5 1-1 11. TOTALS: 18 8-13 44.

Uniontown......... 6 6 16 9 -- 37

Jayhawk-Linn.... 5 14 19 6 -- 44

Three-point field goals: None.

Total fouls: Uniontown 15, Jayhawk-Linn 14.

Boys

UNIONTOWN: Gleason 1, Riley 6, Jo.Duffey 4, Ja.Duffey 2, Wiley 4, Miller 4, Esslinger 20. TOTAL: 41.

JAYHAWK-LINN: Rowe 11, Coleman 19, Dawson 2, Matthews 4, Mark 5, Miller 2. TOTAL: 43.

Uniontown......... 8 16 10 7 -- 41

Jayhawk-Linn.... 12 14 8 9 -- 43