Abrupt end to the season for high school hoops in Kansas

Kansas Class 5A state basketball tournament in Emporia
Photo credit Ted "The Sports Head"

State Tournament quarterfinal games were held around the state of Kansas at a half-dozen sites on Thursday, but the Kansas State High Schools Acitvities Association decided to cancel the remainder of the tournaments in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus; the semifinals on Friday and championship games on Saturday have been canceled.

*Class 6A boys (at Koch Arena, Wichita State University): top-seed Campus under head coach Chris Davis won in the quarterfinals Thursday, defeating Manhattan 66-50. Campus finishes the season among the Final 4 with a record of 23-0.

*Class 6A girls: Derby (21-2) finishes among the Final 4.

*Class 5A boys: top-seed Andover (23-0) and Kapaun Mount Carmel (17-6) finish among the Final 4.

*Class 5A girls (at Emporia): in the quarterfinals Thursday, #1-seed McPherson defeated Basehor-Linwood 59-44, and #2-seed Andover Central beat DeSoto 61-52. Both McPheson & Andover Central finish the season in the Final 4 with records of 22-1.

*Class 4A boys (at Salina): in the quarterfinals Thursday, #8-seed Rose Hill (13-10) continued its Cinderella run in the postseason, with a 61-57 upset win over #1-seed Parsons. Augusta (19-4) also won in the quarterfinals, 53-41 over Ottawa. Rose Hill & Augusta finish among the Final 4.

*Class 4A girls: top-seed Nickerson (21-2) finishes among the Final 4.

*Class 3A boys: Wichita Collegiate (21-3) finishes among the Final 4.

*Class 3A girls (at Hutchinson): in the quarterfinals Thursday, Halstead defeated Scott City 45-41 in double overtime, and Cheney beat Phillipsburg 66-53. Halstead & Cheney both finish with records of 21-3, among the Final 4.

*Class 2A boys (at Bramlage Coliseum, Kansas State University in Manhattan): in the quarterfinals Thursday, #8-seed Hillsboro (15-9) upset #1-seed Pratt-Skyline 57-51; Sterling (20-4) defeated Erie 64-54, and Garden Plain (19-5) advanced with a 50-47 win over Hoxie. Sterling, Garden Plain, and Hillsboro, all seeded at #5 or lower, all finished among the Final 4.

*Class 2A girls: Garden Plain (19-4) finished among the Final 4.