By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post
Southeast of Saline and Sacred Heart split a weather-rescheduled doubleheader on the hardwood last night, with the Lady Trojans and Knights remaining undefeated in the new year.
Southeast would take the girl’s game 43-31, while Sacred Heart dominated in a 64-46 boy’s final.
Girls: SE of Saline 43, Sacred Heart 31
The Lady Trojans kept their New Year’s run rolling on Monday, winning a third-straight game, this time by double digits.
Sacred Heart kept this game close all throughout, trailing by just four points going into the fourth, but Southeast outscored the Lady Knights 15-7 in the final quarter to pull away and claim the victory.
A lot of that late work was done at the free throw line, where SES shot 7-9 in the fourth quarter, and 11-16 for the game to Sacred Heart’s 6-10.
Freshman Kyiah Samuelson was the only Lady Trojan to finish in double digits, posting a career-high 16 points in the win.
Six different players chipped in points in this SES victory, including a trio of 8-point performances by Reese Heinrich, Aba Pearson and Regan Duran.
On the other side, Skylar Douglas led the way for Sacred Heart with 11 points on a night where just five Lady Knights would score.
With this result, Southeast improves to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in league play while Sacred Heart falls to 3-5 and 1-2 respectively.
Boys: SE of Saline 46, Sacred Heart 64
4th-ranked Sacred Heart kept their undefeated resume unblemished on Monday night, collecting their eighth-straight win to open the season and their seventh by double digits.
The Trojans matched pace in the early goings of this game, but in the third quarter, the Knights outscored them 20-10 to pull away in an eventual victory.
Will Tuttle put on a clinic for Sacred Heart, dropping 22 points in the win to lead all scorers.
It was a fairly even night beyond that for the Knights, who got 16 points from Noah Hines, 10 from Dom Matteucci, and 9 from Luke Koland.
More Trojans (8), than Knights (6) scored a bucket in this game, but two 11-point performances from Gannon Jacobson and Owen Bailey couldn’t overcome the hot hand of Tuttle in the final line.
With the win, Sacred Heart moves to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in league play, while Southeast drops to 2-5 and 2-2.
Both teams are back in action this evening as the Trojans travel to Lyons and the Knights make the trip to Republic County.