BY ADAM COULTER
Salina Post Contributor
With the regular season winding down, Sacred Heart heads to Belleville on Friday night to face Republic County.
Despite the struggles throughout the season for both the girl's and boys' teams from Belleville, they both played well at different points of the previous games against Sacred Heart.
Girl's game: Sacred Heart (11-7, 3-5) vs. Republic County (0-18, 0-8)
In the first meeting between the Lady Knights and Lady Buffs, Sacred Heart opened with a 20-0 run as it the game was never close.
Despite trailing 13-0 after the opening quarter and 28-4 at halftime, Republic County hung with Sacred Heart in the second half outscoring the Knights 22-20.
Katie Weiss led Sacred Heart in scoring that night with 18 points, but she's been dealing with an injury that limited her playing time during the Lady Knights game against Beloit at home last Tuesday.
Sacred Heart had a total of seven players score points that night, including all five starters with at least four points each.
Tip-off for the girl’s game is set for 6:00 pm from Belleville.
Boy's game: Sacred Heart (15-3, 5-3) vs. Republic County (1-17, 0-8)
In the second half of the doubleheader, Republic County hung with Sacred Heart in the first quarter. The Buffs had the lead three different times, before a late run made the score 19-10 after the opening eight minutes.
From that point on, though, it was all Knights. Republic County was held to just seven points for the final three quarters and they all came in the third quarter.
Michael Matteucci and Evan Bogart led a total of nine Knights that scored in the game with 14 and 13 points, respectively.
Tip-off for the boy’s game is set for 7:30 pm from Belleville.
Additionally, the Knights and Buffs are in the same substate and could possibly meet for a third matchup depending on how the team records and seeding are finalized.
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