By ADAM COULTER
Salina Post Contributor
The Irish Classic resumed games on Friday at Chapman with the Rossville girls pulling away from Sacred Heart for a 57-50 win. In the boys game, the Knights were victorious by a 69-56 score.
The girls game began with both teams firing away with three-pointers. Adelyn Lee, Skylar Douglas, and Nicole Richards all connected from behind the arc for Sacred Heart in the opening quarter. Rylee Dick also netted points from the outside for Rossville.
Rossville clung to a one-point lead after the opening quarter with the score 15-14 and extended the advantage to 25-20 at halftime.
Sacred Heart found itself trailing by as many as nine points in the third quarter, but closed the gap to 40-39 heading into the final period.
The Lady Bulldogs then opened the fourth quarter on a 7-0 run to put the game away defeating the Lady Knights by seven points.
Lee led Sacred Heart with 23 points. Dick also scored 23 for Rossville and Nora Burdiek added 20 points.
Much like the girls game before it, the boys matchup began with several baskets from three-point range. Will Tuttle, Noah Hines, Maddox Wells, and Dom Matteucci all scored from the outside for the Knights in the opening period. Jack Donovan and Cameron Miller each had an early three-pointer as well.
In a closely contested opening half, Sacred Heart led 16-14 after the opening quarter and 35-30 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Tuttle caught fire as the Knights pulled away for good. He scored 18 of his game-high 29 to guide his team to a 56-43 cushion heading into the final quarter.
Sacred Heart went on to beat Rossville by a 13-point margin. Hines and Matteucci each added 11 points for the Knights.
On Saturday, the Knights will face Bishop Ward on their final day of the tournament. Tipoff has been rescheduled to start an hour earlier than originally planned. The girls will tipoff at 1pm with the boys to follow.
Once again, every game from the Irish Classic can be seen and heard at salinapost.com.