Spots in Class 1A sub-state tournaments were on the line Thursday night at Onaga high school on the girls side and it was Doniphan West along with Centralia each advancing to Saturday’s regional championship.

 Semifinal #1

From start to finish the Doniphan West girls dominated Troy to advance to Saturday’s championship game taking down the Trojans 53-23.

The Mustangs started fast and never looked back, leading 14-0 after the first quarter knocking down three 3-pointers by three different players.

Troy finally got the offense rolling in the second quarter outscoring Doniphan West 9-8, but after the big first quarter the Mustangs still led by 13 points at the half.

Doniphan West put the game away out of halftime, as junior MaKinley Smith scored 10 points in the third quarter as the Mustang lead grew to 23 point going into the fourth quarter.

Smith finished with a game-high 18 points with 15 coming in the second half for the Mustangs (13-10), while Heidi Leach added 11.

Troy turned the ball over 13 times in the loss, and effectively end their season with a record of 3-17.

Doniphan West: MaKinley Smith – 18, Heidi Leach – 11, Kinlee Whetstine – 8, Myah Olson – 6, Emma Albers – 4, Sadie Leach – 4, Sydney Smith – 2.

Troy: Avery Euler – 9, Lizzie Schultz – 5, Grace Estes – 4, Abby Parks – 3, Macy Norris – 2.

Semifinal #2

In the most exciting game of the night the Centralia girls advanced to the regional championship game Saturday by holding off a late Valley Falls comeback to hang on and win 56-48.

Centralia started strong jumping out to a 9-3 lead after the first quarter, and extended their lead to eight at halftime, 25-17 behind 9 points from senior Maegan Koch.

The Dragons didn’t go down without a fight though, as Valley Falls pulled within one going into the fourth quarter behind 8 points from senior Reagan Kirkwood and outscoring the Panthers 20-13 in the third.

The key for Centralia in the fourth was clutch free throw shooting, as Centralia was in the double-bonus the entire fourth quarter and took advantage knocking down 7-of-10 shots from the stripe.

Centralia struggled from the line as a whole in the game making just 18-of-36 foul shots, while Koch stepped up to lead the charge with 20 points including 11 in the second half.

The Dragons (10-11) were led in the loss as they have all season by Kirkwood who finished with 22 points, while as a team Valley Falls knocked down nine 3-pointers.

Centralia (13-6) now advances to take on Doniphan West Saturday morning in the championship game of the Onaga regional, as tip-off is scheduled for 11:00 am.

Centralia: Maegan Koch – 20, Maddy Lueger – 13, Morgan Kramer – 7, Kate Elliot – 7, Avery Deters – 6, Tamra Jones – 4,

Valley Falls: Reagan Kirkwood – 22, Laikyn Hawk – 11, Jaci Brinker – 7, Courtney Coker – 5, Kenzie Nellis – 3.