The Acorn senior teams celebrated Senior Night with big victories over Scranton on Friday night in action heard live on KENA 104.1. The Lady Tigers rolled to a 65-34 win, while the Tigers blasted the Scranton Rockets 69-35 in the boys contest.
The Lady Tigers improved to 16-13 on the season with the 65-34 win. Makayla Anderson led the way with 17 points. Sophie Jackson added 15.
In the boys contest, Acorn improved to 12-17 on the year with the 69-35 win. Jacob Moore led the Tigers with 16 points.
If the Acorn teams win in first round action Tuesday night at the 2A-Region 7 conference tournament in Horatio, they’ll advance to Thursday’s semi-finals at 7:00, and earn a berth in next week’s regional tournament at Junction City.
Both Acorn junior teams finished successful seasons by finishing as runners-up in the conference tournament on Thursday night, February 7th at Dierks.
The Junior Lady Tigers lost to Horatio 57-35 in the finals to finish second, while the Junior Tigers dropped a tough 41-39 decision to the host team from Dierks in the junior boys championship contest.
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