RANDOLPH BLUE VALLEY GIRLS 50, STAFFORD 22 — Blue Valley ended a historic season for Stafford's girls with a 50-22 semifinal victory in Monday's Wakefield 1A Division 2 basketball substate.
Stafford (12-13) underwent a program-changing season with the best girls basketball record in more than 20 years.
The Trojans competed to the season's final buzzer with Ariana Delgadillo scoring a buzzer-beater on the game's final play to cap an 8-point night.
Rylee Ferguson converted three consecutive 3-pointers for nine points.
The Trojans earned small victories. They outscored Blue Valley 11-10 in the fourth quarter. After getting outscored 25-2, the Trojans made it 25-20 after halftime. Sanders scored the first basket after being down 21-0.
"It's good to play good teams to see how we can get better," said Stafford coach Nichols Minks. "Their height and length hurt us," Minks said. "Rylee caught fire. She's a good shooter when she sets her feet."
The future is bright for coach Nicholas Minks keyed by back-to-back Heart of the Plains middle school basketball championships. The Trojans feature no seniors.
"Our sophomore class will be good next year playing as juniors along with the eighth-graders who will be coming in next yea," Minks said.
Blue Valley's Bryleigh Brockman scored 15 points and Lydia Dumler added 10 points.
Stafford 0 2 9 11—22
Blue Valley 15 10 15 10—50
STAFFORD (12-13)—Ariana Delgadillo 3-5 2-7 8, Ferguson 3-10 (3-9) 0-0 9; Roush 1-5 (0-2) 0-0 2, Sanders 1-4 0-0 2, Emily Delgadillo 0-3 1-2 1; Conant 0-3 (0-2) 0; Totals 8-30 (3-13) 3-9 20
BLUE VALLEY (16-8)—Bryleigh Brockman 7 (1) 0-0 15, Brynlyn Brockman 3 3-3 9, Bralynn Brockman 1 1-2 3, Dumler 4 91) 1-6 10, Kirby 2 (1) 2-2 7, Finan 3 0-1 6, Totals 20 (3) 7-14 50
1A DIV. 2 WAKEFIELD GIRLS
AT WAKEFIELD A (3-7)—1—Hanover 21-3 vs. Axtell 16-9; SEMIFINALS—Hanover 68, Natoma 18; Axtell 55, Pike Valley 20; FIRST ROUND—Natoma 24, Centre 19; Pike Valley 64, Chase 15
AT WAKEFIELD B (3-7)—2—Linn 19-5 vs. 3—Blue Valley 16-8; SEMIFINALS—Linn 67, Tescott 10; Blue Valley 50, Stafford 22; FIRST ROUND—Tescott 39, Thunder Ridge 34; Blue Valley 15-8; Stafford 54, Wakefield 14
STAFFORD 52, WAKEFIELD 14— Ariana Delgadillo and Rylee Fergison each scored 15 points as Stafford's girls downed Wakefield 54-14 for the Trojans' first home postseason victory in more than 20 years.
Stafford led 29-8 at halftime and coasted home. The Trojans (12-12) play Monday at Randolph Blue Valley (15-8) in the Wakefield semifinals.
Wakefield 3 5 5 1 — 14
Stafford 10 19 17 6 — 52
WAKEFIELD (3-18)—Kirchner 1 3-8, Thurlow 0 3-9 3; Lieball 1 1-2 3; Brown 0 1-4 1; Draper 0 1-6 1; Balderson 0 1-4 1, Totals 2 10-33 14
STAFFORD (12-12)—Ariana Delgadillo 7 1-4 15, Ferguson 5 (1) 4-6 15; Roush (3) 0-0 9, Sanders 4 0-2 8, Emily Delgadillo 0 0-2 0, Conant 1 1-4 3; McCloskey 1 0-0 2; Totals 21 (4) 6-16 52
STAFFORD GIRLS 44, ATTICA 39 — Stafford's girls broke a school record with seven 3-pointers and secured the best record in two decades with a 44-39 Heart of the Plains basketball victory over Attica.
Stafford's girls (11-12) play Wakefield (3-17) for the first home postseason game in more than 20 years.
Stafford 7 16 9 12 — 44
Attica 7 9 11 12— 39
STAFFORD (11-12)—Ariana Delgadillo 6 (4) 3-6 19, Emily Delgadillo 3 2-4 8, Ferguson 3 (1) 0-1 7, Roush (2) 0-0 6, Sanders 0 2-4 2, Hacking 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (7) 7-15 44
ATTICA (8-13)—Swingle 8 (2) 5-7 23, Schmidt 2 (1) 2-2 7, E Asper 2 0-0 4, P Asper 1 0-0 2, Shilling 0 3-4 3, Totals 13 (3) 10-13 39
