Class 4 District 16 Tournament @ Phil Welch Stadium
Championship
Smithville 3, Lafayette 0
Class 3 District 16 Tournament @ Missouri Western
Championship
Bishop LeBlond 2, Maryville 0
Category: High School
City District Baseball Results – Monday, May 19
Class 4 District 16 Tournament @ Phil Welch Stadium
Semifinals
Lafayette 5, Benton 3
Smithville 1, Savannah 0
Championship – Wednesday 5:00 PM
Lafayette vs. Smithville
Class 3 District 16 Tournament @ Missouri Western
Semifinals
Bishop LeBlond 19, University Academy 3
Maryville 6, Plattsburg 5
Championship – Wednesday 5:00 PM
Bishop LeBlond vs. Maryville
District Baseball Tournament Results – Saturday, May 17
Class 4 District 16 Tournament @ Phil Welch Stadium
Saturday’s Results
Benton 3, Cameron 2
Savannah 2, Cameron 1
Monday’s Semifinals
Lafayette vs. Benton – 5:00 PM
Smithville vs. Savannah – 7:00 PM
Class 5 District 16 Tournament @ Kansas City
Saturday’s Results
Park Hill 7, Central 2
Oak Park 5, Platte County 3
Pony Express Baseball Tournament Scores – Monday, Apr. 21
Pony Express Baseball Tournament
at Phil Welch Stadium
Chillicothe 4, Lafayette 3
Cameron 3, Savannah 2
at MWSU Baseball Field
Harrisonville 9, Benton 8
Maryville 7, Bishop Leblond 3
Benton officially introduces Belcher as boys’ basketball coach
Benton High School officially announced the hiring of Gary Belcher as the Cardinals new boys’ basketball coach Wednesday.
Belcher comes to the south side after spending the last nine years as the boys’ basketball coach at Kearney High School.
He went 137-110 with the Bulldogs and Belcher won a Class 4 state championship in 2010 and finished second in 2009.
He is a St. Joseph native and graduated from Central High School in 1982.
Belcher has also been a head coach at Lathrop and Warrensburg, and spent one season in Texas. He has a career record of 252-156.
Belcher takes over for George Ross, Jr., who went just 11-64 in three seasons at Benton.
Lafayette comes up short in Class 4 state title against Republic, 45-42
The Lafayette boys’ basketball team came up just short in their bid for a state championship for the first time since 1976 as they lost to Republic, 45-42, Saturday in the Class 4 State Championship game inside Mizzou Arena.
The Fighting Irish end their season 25-5 and Republic wins its second consecutive state title as they finished 27-4.
Both teams started slow Saturday night as Lafayette led 5-4 after the first quarter, but the Irish quickly took control in the second quarter as Xavier Kurth scored ten points in the quarter and LHS led 19-10 at halftime.
Lafayette extended its lead in the third quarter as they led by as many as 14 points, 28-14, and took a 33-23 lead at the end of three.
Republic quickly got back in it in the fourth as they scored five points in first 45 seconds and cut the lead in half.
The Tigers pulled to within three points with 3:40 left in the fourth before the Irish went ahead 42-37 on a Riley McKay layup.
Lafayette wouldn’t score again.
Republic tied the game at 42 and then Canyon Smith hit a three-point shot with seven seconds left to give the Tigers their first lead since 4-3 and Lafayette couldn’t get a shot off to try and tie the game.
Republic won the game from the foul line as they made 18-for-24, including 16-for-21 in the second half. Lafayette went just 6-for-9 the entire game.
Kurth led the Fighting Irish with 13 points, while Chester Goudeau added eight and Billy Cook scored six points.
Benton girls fall to Marshfield in Class 4 third place game
The Benton girls’ basketball team finished off their Final Four run inside Mizzou Arena Saturday as they lost the 3rd Place game to Marshfield, 42-33.
The Cardinals end their season 20-10, while Marshfield finished with a 26-5 record.
Benton jumped out to an 8-5 lead but the Blue Jays ended the first quarter on a 7-0 run and they never trailed again.
The Cards got within three points, 17-14, in the second but Marshfield again closed the quarter strong and took a 23-16 lead to the locker room.
Neither team scored much in the third quarter as Marshfield led 28-19 after three and Benton never got closer than nine points the rest of the way.
Mallory McAndrews and Mogan Domann led the Cardinals with eight points each, while Deajah Bernard added seven points.
Lafayette advances to Class 4 State Championship with win over Farmington
The Lafayette boys’ basketball team will play for their first state championship since 1976 as the Fighting Irish were able to defeat Farmington Friday night, 46-41, in their Class 4 seminal inside Mizzou Arena.
Lafayette has now won 16 consecutive games and they improve to 25-4. They’ll play Republic, the defending state champions, at 8:10 PM Saturday in the Class 4 final as the Tigers defeated Helias in three overtimes, 67-62.
The Fighting Irish jumped out to a quick 10-2 lead on Farmington Friday night as Xavier Kurth scored all ten and LHS led 17-8 after the first quarter.
Farmington battled back and pulled to within two points at halftime, 22-20, and they were down only four points, 34-30 at the end of the third quarter.
The Knights then took their first lead of the game, 38-37, with 4:05 to play in the fourth quarter and also led 40-39 before the Irish took the lead for good.
Curtis Hubbard converted a three-point play and Lafayette ended the game on a 7-1 run to advance to the state championshp game.
Kurth ended with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Gary Wilkinson added 12 points.
The state championship game will air live on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com
Benton falls to Dexter in Class 4 girls semfinal
The Benton girls’ basketball team had their 10-game win streak snapped Friday afternoon as they lost to Dexter 54-21 in the Class 4 semifinals.
The Cardinals fall to 20-9 and they’ll play for 3rd Place Saturday at 11:00 AM against Marshfield. The Blue Jays lost to Incarnate Word in their semifinal, 59-33.
Benton hung in early as they trailed 6-5 halfway through the first quarter, but then the Bearcats took over.
Dexter scored the final six points of the first quarter and then led 29-9 at halftime.
It’s was a 31-4 run for Dexter befor the Cardinals got a three-pointer to fall from Mallory McAndrews, but Benton never got closer than 19 points of the rest of the game.
McAndrews, the Cards leading scorer, was to to 1-for-7 from the field and scored just three points. Morgan Domann led Benton with nine points and five rebounds, while Deajah Bernard added five points and eight rebounds.
Benton’s 3rd Place game with Marshfield will air on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com.
Lafayette dominates Grandview, 70-43, to advance to Class 4 Final Four
The Lafayette boys’ basketball team is back in the Class 4 Final Four for the second time in four years as they used a dominating performance to overwhelm Grandview, 70-43, in their quarterfinal matchup Saturday at the Independence Events Center.
It’s the 15th consecutive win for the Fighting Irish as they improve to 24-4 and they’ll meet Farmington (21-9) in the Class 4 Semifinals Friday at 6:00 PM inside Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
Lafayette fell behind 2-0, but that was the only deficit they had the entire night as Billy Cook made five three-pointers in the first quarter and the Irish rolled to a 24-6 lead after one.
Cook made a 35-footer at the buzzer to cap of the impressive opening eight minutes and Lafayette continued to dominate the Bulldogs after that.
LHS scored the first five points of the second quarter and they led 37-14 at halftime.
The lead grew to as many as 30 points in the second half and Grandview never got closer than 22 as they fell to 23-6 on the season. The Bulldogs had not lost to a team from Missouri until Saturday night.
The Fighting Irish were led by Cook’s 19 points, while Xavier Kurth and Chester Goudeau added 15. Gary Wilkinson also finished in double figures with 12 points.
Before Lafayette’s run to the Final Four in 2011, the last trip for the Irish was back in 1976.
Lafayette’s game with Farmington at 6:00 PM on Friday will air live on 680 KFEQ and here on stjosephpost.com.