March 1 - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

Sumner Academy knocks off St. James Academy 68-51Source: The StarSt. James Academy freshman Clint McCullough, as he had doneall night, rose up for a jumper to tie the score.Then Sumner Academy’s Reese Holliday, like he had done allweek, took control. The 6-foot-4 junior scored 10 of his game-high26 points in the fourth quarter and helped the Sabres to a 68-51victory in a Kansas 4A substate final Saturday at Eudora HighSchool.advertisement Sumner, 21-2 and ranked No. 1 in The Star’ssmall class, advanced to the 4A statechampionship in Salina. Holliday, who pulled down 12 reboundsSaturday, averaged 22 points over three substate games.“Reese seems to put up double-doubles every night, and tonightwas no different,” Sumner Academy coach Daniel Parra said.“There for a while, a long while — about two quarters — we triedto get the ball to him on every possession and either let him createfor somebody else or get his own shot.”Holliday had trouble containing the 6-foot-6 McCullough. Thefreshman scored 18 points for St. James Academy, which endedthe year 19-4.“We knew they were good, but it was an even better game than wethought it would be,” Holliday said.more boys basketball...• Grandview beats Liberty in MissouriClass 5 quarterfinals• St. Thomas Aquinas boys edgeWyandotte• Shawnee Mission East rallies, beatsLawrence• Olathe South, Olathe East win Kansas6A substate crowns• Threes for all in the Mundweiler familyyou might also like...• St. James boys top De Soto 59-48 inovertime• St. James girls to face Eudora insubstate final• Bishop Miege beats Sumner 69-61• Sumner Academy, Harmon to competefor KCKL title this seasonEudora girls 42 St. James Academy 25The Eudora girls capturedtheir first substate basketball championship since 1992 in aKansas 4A substate final.• The little things are big for SumnerAcademy“This is what we’ve been waiting for,” coach Ryan Luke said. “There are no words to describe it. I’m happy for thekids No. 1.”Eudora’s Haley Epperson had 14 points.submitted by JEFF GELSKI - 2009-03-07 23:28:01