It was the Hiawatha girls and Royal Valley boys picking up Big 7 League wins on Friday as it was the final Friday regular season games for both teams. 

Girls: Royal Valley 27, Hiawatha 41

The Redhawks scored the first 11 points of the game and never looked back on their way to defeating the Panthers. 

They built a lead as high as 22 points in the second half and held Royal Valley to single digit quarters in all but one. 

Claire Twombly led Hiawatha with 10 points while Abby Elffner and Kenzie Nelson each pitched in with nine points. 

Royal Valley was led by Athena Broaddus with 10 points and 10 rebounds while Samantha Klotz finished the game with five points and 14 rebounds. 

The only stat that really favored Royal Valley was rebounding as they ended up with a plus-15 mark on the glass. 

The Redhawks improved to 7-12 overall an 7-6 in league play while the Panthers dropped to 5-14 overall and finish the league portion of their schedule at 4-10. 

Boys: Royal Valley 55, Hiawatha 51

The first quarter was back and forth with mulitiple lead changes with the Panthers taking a five point lead into the second quarter. 

Royal Valley would put together an 11-4 advantage in the second eight minutes to lead the game by 12 points at halftime. 

They would have a lead as high as 14 points early in the second half before the Redhawks put together their rally. 

Hiawatha trailed by nine going into the fourth quarter but fought back to take a 51-50 lead with under three minutes left. 

However, turnovers and missed free throws down the stretch doomed the Redhawks and the Panthers were able to put the game away from the free throw line in the final seconds. 

Landon Gilbert led Royal Valley with 19 points including 14 in the second half while Carson Beam added 10 points. 

Hiawatha was led by Cameron Boswell with 21 points including five three-pointers while Kaden Morton finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds. 

Both teams finished the game with 16 turnovers but the free throw shooting was a big difference in the game. 

Royal Valley hit 15 of 18 free throws while the Redhawks struggled connecting on just three of 13 shots from the line. 

The Panthers snapped a seven-game losing streak improving to 4-15 overall and finishing league play at 3-11 while the Redhawks dropped to 8-11 overall and 5-8 in league play. 

Both teams will wrap up their regular season schedules on Tuesday with Royal Valley hosting Silver Lake and Hiawatha hosting Sabetha.