The Benton girls and Lafayette boys basketball teams each suffered a loss to Kearney in the Class 4 Sectionals at Liberty North High School Tuesday night.

Benton fell to Kearney 48-43 as the Cardinals end their season 23-3. Lafayette finishes the season 21-8 after losing to the Bulldogs 70-65.

In the girls game, Benton struggled early and fell behind 19-4 after the first quarter. The Cardinals trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half before pulling to within eight points, 24-16, at halftime.

Kearney extended its season to 34-20 after three quarter before Benton rallied and got within three points with 30 seconds to go, but that was as close as they’d get.

Gabby Fuller led the Cards with 13 points and Mia Henderson added 12.

The Lafayette boys played a back-and-forth game with Kearney for nearly three quarters. The Fighting Irish led 17-15 after one, trailed 30-29 at halftime and then Kearney took the lead for good midway through the third quarter.

The Bulldogs led 51-46 after three and extended their lead to as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter. Lafayette never got closer than four the rest of the way as they lost 70-65.

Diego Bernard led the Irish with 25 and Ike Book scored 22 points.