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I took the roadshow to Aurora last night for the class 1 district 6 boys first round. The first game went to #5 seed Walnut Grove 64-52 over Niangua. I only caught the last quarter, but the Tigers looked very poised and controlled as they moved on to face #1 Chadwick.
The next game featured #2 seed Everton against #7 Exeter. Everton has been a very solid team the last two seasons with Garrett Gladden and Chase Knackstedt leading them. Exeter has struggled to find wins for a number of years. But on this night, thanks to a couple of players who seemed like they couldn’t miss, Exeter played like a team ready to extend their season. Everton was certainly not at their sharpest and really seemed sluggish at the start but still got out to a 4-0 lead. Then Zach Wubker of Exeter hit a three from the corner and the battle was joined. Neither team found the hoop much and quarter one ended with Everton on top 8-7. Things picked up in the second as Gladden began to find the range and Exeter knocked down 3 more treys to enter halftime up 26-25. Finally in the third quarter the dam broke. Two more Exeter threes and Keith Hayworth’s hot shooting had the lead at 35-31 when Everton embarked on a 17-2 run grabbing an 11 point lead as they entered the third quarter. Gladden began to take charge down low and Knackstedt, who only had 3 points in the first half, would score 17 second half points for the Tigers. But Exeter would not go quietly as Wubker would find the hoop from long range 4 times in the final quarter finishing with 7 threes for the game. Hayworth hit 3 of his own as Exeter long range bombing kept them around. But both Gladden and Knackstedt hit their free throws in the final quarter and another run of 13-3 made the final score 71-55 Everton. Gladden had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Knackstedt 20 points for Everton. Wubker scored all of his 21 on 7 threes, and Hayworth added 18 for Exeter.
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