Tigers seeded third, sixth for district hoops tourney

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail

The Nevada High School girls basketball team is the third seed at the Class 4, District 13 tournament at Harrisonville.

Brent Bartlett's Tigers (13-10) will take on sixth-seeded Warrensburg (9-14) on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in a first round contest.

If the girls win the opener, they'll take on second-seeded Harrisonville on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in a semifinal.

The top seed in the district is Pleasant Hill (19-3). They'll take on the winner of Clinton and Grandview (Monday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m.) in the other semifinal contest. Clinton is seeded fifth and Grandview is the four seed.

The district tourney's girls title game is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 24 at 6.

Boys seeded sixth

Nevada's boys are the sixth seed in the district.

John McNeley's Tigers (9-11) will take on third-seeded Pleasant Hill (13-8) on Monday, Feb. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in a first round contest.

A first round win would move the Tigers to a matchup with second-seeded Warrensburg on Wednesday at 9 p.m. in a semifinal.

The other first round game features fourth-seeded Harrisonville vs. fifth-seeded Clinton at 6. Number-one seed Grandview will play the winner of that game at 7:30 on Wednesday.

The boys title game is scheduled for 7:30 on Friday, Feb. 24

Class 4, District 13 tourney

Boys seeds

1.Grandview (16-5)

2. Warrensburg (15-7)

3. Pleasant Hill (13-8)

4. Harrisonville (13-8)

5. Clinton (12-9)

6. Nevada (9-11).

Boys bracket

Monday, Feb. 20

(6) Nevada vs. (3) Pleasant Hill, 4:30 p.m.

(4) Harrisonville vs. (5) Clinton, 6

Wednesday, Feb. 22

(1) Grandview vs. HAR-CLIN winner, 7:30

(2) Warrensburg vs. PHILL-NEV winner, 9 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 24

Title game, 7:30 p.m.

Girls seeds

1. Pleasant Hill (19-3)

2. Harrisonville (15-7)

3. Nevada (13-10)

4. Grandview (8-14)

5. Clinton (11-11)

6. Warrensburg (9-14)

Girls bracket

Monday, Feb. 20

(4) Grandview vs. (5) Clinton, 9

(3) Nevada vs. (6) Warrensburg, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 22

(1) Pleasant Hill vs. GRAND-CLIN winner, 4:30

(2) Harrisonville vs. NEV-WARR winner, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 24

Title game, 6 p.m.

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