By ADAM COULTER
Salina Post Contributor
Sacred Heart traveled to Chapman Tuesday night and swept a pair of games from the Irish. The Lady Knights pulled away for a 52-39 win while the Sacred Heart boys never trailed in a 75-46 blowout.
The Sacred Heart girls (1-1, 0-0) came into the game looking for their first win of the season while the Lady Irish were playing their season opener.
Both teams came out aggressively as the Lady Knights led 16-11 after the opening quarter. Chapman (0-1,0-0) found itself down by as many as nine points early in the second period, but began chipping away at the Sacred Heart lead.
The Lady Irish pulled to within a single point at 25-24, but with the final basket before halftime, Sacred Heart had a two-possession advantage with the score 28-24.
Chapman pulled to within another one-point deficit at 33-32, but an 11-0 Sacred Heart run to end the third quarter essentially put game away.
Leading 44-32 to start the final period, the Lady Knights held off Chapman for a 13-point road win.
Skylar Douglas led Sacred Heart with 19 points and Adelyn Lee scored a dozen. Adelynn Kirkpatrick led the Lady Irish with 12 points.
In the boys game, Sacred Heart (2-0, 0-0) wasted no time building a double-figure lead and never trailed in the game.
Chapman (0-1, 0-0) found itself trailing 22-10 after the opening quarter and 44-25 at halftime. The Knights built a 30-point advantage to end the third quarter and, with a running clock in the final period, went on for a 29-point victory.
Will Tuttle led Sacred Heart and all scorers with 25 points. Maddox Wells added 13 and Noah Hines netted 10 points. Ayden Muniz scored 17 for Irish while Drew Elliott added a dozen.
The Irish Classic continues on Friday with Sacred Heart facing Rossville and Chapman hosting Bishop Ward. The Knights and Bulldogs will play at 3 and 4:30 with The Irish and the Cyclones starting at 6 and 7:30 that evening.
Coverage of all four games with live streaming audio and video will be broadcast on salinapost.com.