The Missouri Class 3 state quarterfinals will be held on Saturday at Jefferson College and Moberly Area Junior College. The winners of Wednesday night’s sectional contests will move on to the quarterfinals.
At Jefferson College, the girls’ game will be at 1 p.m., followed by the boys game at 2:45 p.m. At Moberly, the girls will play at 6 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 7:45 p.m. The winners will advance to the Final Four of the state tournament on March 13-15 at The Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
Congratulations to the St. Louis area teams that won Class 3 district championships last weekend.
In Class 3, Madison Prep defeated Carnahan for the District 3 title as they began defense of its state championship. Senior forward Arlando Cook scored 22 points. The Carnahan girls won the District 3 championship.
In District 4, it was a Cardinal Ritter sweep as both its boys and girls won district championships. The boys edged Lutheran North 46-42 while the girls defeated North Tech for the title. In District 5, Whitfield defeated Maplewood 45-39 while Lutheran-St. Charles defeated Principia. Lutheran is the defending Class 3 state champion.
Here are the times for this week’s Class 4 and 5 district championship games involving area teams. The winners will move on to Sectional competition next Wednesday night.
Class 5
District 1 (at Seckman): Boys, Friday, 7 p.m.; Girls, Friday, 5:30 p.m.
District 2 (at Lafayette): Boys, Friday, 7 p.m. Friday, 5:30 p.m.
District 3 (at Parkway North), Boys, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Girls, Friday, 5:30 p.m.
District 4 (at Kirkwood), Boys, Friday, 8 p.m.; Girls, Friday, 6 p.m.
District 5 (at Troy), Boys, Friday, 7 p.m., Girls, Friday, 5:30 p.m.
District 6 (at Fort Zumwalt East), Boys, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Girls, Friday, 5:30 p.m.
District 7 (at Hazelwood West), Boys, Saturday, noon, Girls, Saturday, 2 p.m.
District 8 (at SLUH), Boys, Friday, 7 p.m.; Girls, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Class 4
District 3 (at Hillsboro), Boys, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Girls, Friday, 6 p.m.
District 4 (at DuBourg), Boys, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Girls, Friday, 5:30 p.m.
District 5 (at Vashon), Boys, Saturday, 2 p.m.; Girls, Saturday, noon
District 6 (at MICDS), Boys, Saturday, 4 p.m.; Girls, Saturday, 2 p.m.
District 7 (at St. Charles), Boys, Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
Big finish for SuggsÂ
Washington High senior guard Ronnie Suggs closed out his regular season in a big way last week. The 6’6” Suggs had 41 points and nine rebounds to lead the Bluejays past Oakville 78-47. He followed up with 24 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, including six of seven from 3-point range, in an 82-34 victory over Warrenton. Suggs finished the regular season averaging 23.2 points a game.
