HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Basehor-Linwood improves to 12-0 after 66-43 win against De Soto

By NICK SLOAN, nick@kansascitykansan.com

BASEHOR, KAN. ---- Coming into the season, one of the biggest question marks for the Basehor-Linwood boys basketball team was the guard position.

Having lost most of their guards from the 19-4 sub-state championship last year, some wondered how this year's group would do.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Behind season-high from Dale and double-double from Muldoon, Bobcats win title over Park Hill, 69-61

By NICK SLOAN, nick@kansascitykansan.com

BASEHOR, KAN. ----- Entering a basketball game as a slight underdog for the first time in the 2014-15 season, the Basehor-Linwood Bobcats delivered a big statement win over a loaded Park Hill team.

Claiming its second straight Basehor-Linwood Invitational Championship and seventh overall, the Basehor-Linwood Bobcats defeated Park Hill, 69-61, in a back-and-forth affair.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Bobcats advance to finals after 73-56 win against Ottawa

By NICK SLOAN, nick@kansascitykansan.com

BASEHOR, KAN. ---- The Basehor-Linwood Bobcats overcame an early 16-1 run by the Ottawa Cyclones to advance to the finals of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational Tournament.

Basehor-Linwood improved to 10-0 on the season after the 73-56 victory against Ottawa.

Early on, thanks to a hot-shooting Ottawa team, the Bobcats were in a 16-4 hole. Ottawa converted on four straight three-point shots to flip an early four-point deficit into the 12-point lead.

SPORTS: McPherson offers more late-game heroics against Piper as Bobcats survive, 68-63

By NICK SLOAN
nick@kansascitykansan.com

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — When Jahron McPherson graduates from Basehor-Linwood High School here in 2016, there will be a lot of happy people.

His family, his coaches and the Basehor-Linwood community will all be proud of him.

But among those happiest to see him go will be the Piper Pirates basketball program.

McPherson scored seven critical fourth quarter points, as the Bobcats avoided an upset bid by the young Piper Pirates, 68-63.

Patrick Muldoon's 21 points and Carson Fliger's 20 points led the way, but it was McPherson's late game heroics that helped the Bobcats survive and pull away.

39 IS FINE: Younger torches Bonner Springs as Bobcats hammer Braves by 17

By NICK SLOAN, NJSloan212@gmail.com

Coming up one point shy of a 40-point game is about the only area Basehor-Linwood junior guard Chase Younger came up short in during Tuesday's 65-48 win against rival Bonner Springs.

Younger torched the nets (and the Braves) for 39 points, as the Bobcats improved to 2-1 on the season and demonstrated why they shouldn't be written off for the 2012-13 season.

Younger's offense explosion began early in the game. After Bonner Springs jumped out to a quick lead, Younger scored Basehor's first 12 points in the game to give the Bobcats a lead they would not relinquish.

"He just willed us to the win tonight," said Mike McBride, head coach of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcats. "He's a tough player to stop. He's just a complete player - he has a great pull-up shot."

Younger did damage from all over the court Tuesday.