EMPORIA, Kan. — The Hutchinson Salthawk girls jumped off to a 18-5 1st-quarter lead Thursday in the Glacier’s Edge opening round game to win over Shawnee Heights 51-20. Senior Kasey Hazel led the Salthawks in scoring with 21. Sophomore Tina Robertson chipped in 6 points off the bench and Morgan Armbrust had 6. Jayla Bynum scored 5 and Mckenzie Ontjes had 4 points. Hutch will take on host team Emporia, who defeated Great Bend 41-37 in 2 overtimes. Emporia is now 6-5, while Hutchinson runs its record to 7-3.  Tip time tonight for Hutch is 7:45 p.m. on Country 102.9.

Hosted by Emporia High School

Thursday
5:30 #2 Hutchinson 51, #7 Shawnee Heights 20
7:00 #6 Great Bend Panthers 37, #3 Emporia 41 in 2 OT’s
5:30 #5 Blue Valley Southwest 45, #4 Wichita Southeast * 46
7:00 #8 Shawnee Mission North 22, #1 Olathe East * 59

Friday
3:15 BVSW vs SM North
4:45 Shawnee Heights vs Great Bend
6:15 Wichita SE vs Olathe East
7:45 Hutch vs Emporia (pregame at 7:40 pm.

Saturday
11:00 7th Place Game *
11:00 5th Place Game
12:30 3rd Place Game
2:00 Championship Game

*-Indicates games to be played at EHS North Gym