2012-13 High School Basketball Preview

BLHS girls weathered by five-game losing streak
02:00 p.m., January 29, 2013 Updated 02:17 p.m.
The Basehor-Linwood girls basketball team lost its fourth-straight game on Saturday, 51-27, at Hayden. The Bobcats had a quick turnaround after falling, 45-28, to De Soto on Friday in overtime.
Bobcats boys basketball team seeks return to full strength, victory against Bishop Ward
01:56 p.m., January 29, 2013 Updated 02:09 p.m.
The Basehor-Linwood High School boys basketball team traded leads with Hayden most of the game but were unable to walk away with a win on Saturday, falling 53-46 in the final minutes of the game.
BSHS girls advance to meet Baldwin in Top Gun Tournament title game Saturday
January 25, 2013
Anna Deegan finished with 17 points, four assists and three steals and Julianne Jackson added 10 points, 11 rebounds and five steals.
Big second half not enough to push BSHS boys past Piper
January 24, 2013
Senior Austen Twombley scored 17 second-half points and finished with a game-high 23. Brandon Moore added 11 points and junior Jonathan Jackson scored nine.
Deegan scores 17, Hoffine records 10 steals in Top Gun Tournament win
January 23, 2013
Anna Deegan scored 17 points and Haley Hoffine recorded a double-double to help lead the BSHS girls basketball team to a 55-29 victory against host team Wellsville in the opening round of the Top Gun Tournament on Tuesday.
BSHS boys downed in Baldwin title game, will hold benefit Tuesday
January 23, 2013
Senior Austen Twombley led all scorers with 15 points and junior Jonathan Jackson added eight — the pair were later honored with selections to the all-tournament team. Also on Saturday, senior Tyler Howell scored six points, all in the second half.
Basehor-Linwood girls fall in BLHS Invitational third-place game
January 23, 2013
Junior Alex Gorman led the Bobcats with seven points. Sophomore Madison McDowell added six points, all from behind the arc, and both Johnson and junior Victoria Smith contributed five points apiece.
Ottawa wins 64-59 thriller against Bobcats in BLHS Invitational title game
12:49 a.m., January 20, 2013 Updated 02:18 p.m.
The Bobcats (6-4) didn’t merely hang with the Cyclones (13-0) in Saturday’s rematch, they entered the second and fourth quarters with leads, and withstood Ottawa runs never trailing by more than five points. And when it mattered most, down four with less than a minute left, BLHS was the recipient of the most clutch of shots authored by as new of a player to the team as possible.
BSHS boys advance to fourth straight Baldwin Invitational final
January 18, 2013
Seniors Austen Twombley and Tyler Howell scored 17 and six points, respectively, to lead the Braves to a 34-25 win against Wellsville on Friday.
Bobcats’ comeback sets up state title rematch with Ottawa in Saturday’s BLHS Invitational final
11:11 p.m., January 17, 2013 Updated 12:22 a.m.
After trailing by as much as 11, the Basehor-Linwood boys basketball team rallied back to defeat Topeka Hayden, 47-42, Thursday to set up a rematch of the 2012 state title game against Ottawa in Saturday’s BLHS Invitational final.
BSHS girls pick up league road win at Piper on Wednesday
09:05 a.m., January 17, 2013 Updated 04:46 p.m.
Hoffine and Jackson scored 15 points each, and Beegman added 12. Hoffine scored seven of her points in the fourth quarter that helped keep Piper at bay.
Braves defeat KC Christian in Baldwin Invitational first-round game
January 15, 2013
Bonner Springs senior Austen Twombley led the Braves with 12 points in a 42-32 victory against KC Christian in the first round of the Baldwin Invitational tournament on Monday.
Follow live: 2013 Basehor-Linwood Invitational basketball tournament (UPDATED)
03:17 p.m., January 14, 2013 Updated 04:18 p.m.
Tune in all week for live coverage of the 2013 Basehor-Linwood Invitational basketball tournament, which promises to feature several intriguing matchups and one of the state’s top high school basketball players.
A Devil, you say: Ottawa standout Semi Ojeleye says Duke best fit
January 14, 2013
State’s top-ranked returns to area for 2013 Basehor-Linwood Invitational.