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Both the girls and boys basketball teams won their Court Warming game Friday night over Lawson.  Between the games Zoe Stigman was crowned as Court Warming Queen and Jonah McGivern Court Warming King.
The Lady Jays improved to 11-9 this season by defeating the Lawson Lady Cardinals 38 to 29.  In the first quarter the Lady Jays took an early 9-3 lead before the Lady Cardinals scored five points in last minute of the quarter to cut the lead to a single point.  The Lady Jays extended their lead to 24-12 by half time.
West Platte’s Sam Baker made a fast break basket to begin the third quarter before the Lady Cardinals went on a nine point run to cut the Lady Jays lead.  West Platte scored to baskets to end the quarter.  The Lady Jays controlled the game for their 38-29 win.
Buzzer Beater Wins
The boys basketball team won a thrilling game with a last second basket and a 48-46 win.  The Blue Jays took a three point lead at the end of the first quarter.  Lawson made several three point baskets to pull ahead for a 25-21 half time lead.  The Cardinals kept their four point margin through the end of the third quarter as they led 36-32 entering the final period.  
Late in the quarter the Blue Jays pulled ahead by two points, 46 to 44 only to see the Cardinal tie the game at 46-46 with less than 30 second to go.  West Platte scored with 1.2 seconds left on the game clock to with a game in which they had trailed  most of the second half.

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