Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The Logan boys basketball team closed its regular season with a 90-50 victory Thursday over visiting Grady in a preview of this week’s district-tourney opener.
Mason Wallin scored 32 points to lead the Longhorns, and Hayden Bruhn added 26.
The Longhorns (22-4) finished third in District 6 with a 3-3 mark and was seeded third in this week’s district tournament, with the title game hosted by top-seeded Fort Sumner.
The Foxes lost at Melrose 60-49 on Thursday but still earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament with a 5-1 mark in district play.
Logan hosts fourth-seeded Grady (10-12) again at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the tourney’s first round. (The game was after the Quay County Sun’s deadline.)
If they win, the Longhorns will play at No. 2-seeded Melrose (22-3) in semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The winner of that game will battle at top-seeded and defending state champion Fort Sumner (19-5) at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Logan coach Kyle Griffiths indicated he felt optimistic about this week’s tournament.
“I feel like our guys are playing well and playing with a little bit of a chip on their shoulder,” he said. “We have a lot to prove going into the district tournament. Winning a few games will help propel us into the state tournament in a couple weeks.”
Logan is ranked third in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com, with Melrose and Fort Sumner taking up the other top two spots.