by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The 2017 Chaparral Roadrunner Classic is in the books and the Ark City Bulldogs, the biggest school in this tournament, has finally won for the first time in years.

Ark City would beat Clearwater 48-44 to win the championship.

Conway Springs defeated Belle Plaine 73-58 in the third place game in an all Sumner County affair. This marked the first time the two teams played this season. They will square off again in a week.

As far as Wellington, as mentioned below, the Crusaders won the seventh place game over Kingman 68-41. (The full bracket is below).

Individual awards for the tournament are as follows:

All tournament team:

Free throw shooting team:

Three point contest:

Outstanding cheer squad – Kingman.

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In the third place game, Conway Springs defeated Belle Plaine 73-58 to go 2-1 for the tournament and improve 10-2. Belle Plaine fell to 7-5.

The Cardinals opened with a 21-7 lead and held 39-26 advantage at the half. The Cardinals would then open up a 58-37 lead to coast to victory.

Conway Springs was led by Noah Finstad with 18 points and Jacob Winter had 15.

Belle Plaine’s high scorer was Bo Gooch, who had 21. Peyton Nolan had 13 and Cole Osgood 11.

Conway Springs 73 Belle Plaine 58

Belle Plaine            7  19  11  21  —  58

Conway Springs   21 18 19  15 —  73

Belle Plaine: Gooch 21, Nolan 13, Osgood 11, Stover 3, Reynolds 2, Sturgeon 2, Swecker 2, Zimmerman 2.

Conway Springs: Finstad 18, Winter 15, Hedrick 14, Terhune 8, Denney 6, Dugan 6, Mercer 3, Tarrant 3.

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