County Roundup - Boys basketball

The Kingsley-Pierson boys basketball team beat Whiting for the second time in less than a week as they claimed a 74-20 victory in the second round of the Western Valley Conference tournament on Tuesday.

"Everybody contributed tonight," K-P coach Adam Rapp said. "We played really well and bounced back from (a Monday loss)."

Tate Rohde scored 15 points and added eight assists, eight rebounds and four steals. Ryan Mercer scored 14 points and Brandon Bainbridge added 12 on a 4-for-5 showing from the 3-point line.

Tyler Sudbeck had seven points and eight rebounds.

The Panthers (4-13) will play Saturday at home against Woodbine or West Monona

Odebolt-Arthur/Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 94, K-P 80

The Panthers came up on the short end of a shootout as they fell to O-A/MV/A-O in the first round of the WVC tournament on Monday.

Mercer scored 20 points and Sudbeck poured in 19 to go along with 10 rebounds. Rohde scored 16 and had four rebounds and four assists while Colin Henrich added 13 points and five assists. Bainbridge scored nine points.

Remsen-Union 54, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 49 (OT)

The Remsen-Union boys basketball team completed a season sweep over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Monday with a 54-49 overtime win in Remsen.

Alex Hansen and Jacob Fiedler each scored 17 points and Kraig Alesch added 10 to pace R-U.

Girls basketball

Aurelia 45, R-U 35

The Remsen-Union girls made the most of their illness and injury-depleted lineup on Tuesday evening but still came up short with a 45-35 loss to Aurelia.

"I was very proud of the girls dealing with the depleted lineup," R-U coach Robin Niles said.

The Lady Rockets trailed 12-5 after eight minutes of action but rebounded in the second quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs 13-11 to trail 23-18 at the half.

The teams remained evenly matched in the second half, but the slow first quarter proved costly to R-U.

Alexa Pick led the Lady Rockets with eight points and seven rebounds while Jen Ruba scored seven points and pulled down 15 rebounds.

"Alexa (Pick) has really worked hard the past few weeks and has improved tremendously," Niles said. "Brittany Weikel and Hailey Loutsch both stepped up their game and took on the duties of player-callers and ball-handlers. Weikel plays with such determination and effort that she is just plain fun to watch."

Weikel collected seven points , six assists, eight rebounds and eight steals in the loss. Loutsch chipped in seven points, two rebounds and three assists.

"The young team still made some mistakes, especially in the area of passing," Niles said. "But their overall game improved with the confidence that they play with."

Remsen-Union returns to action on Friday at South O'Brien.