Tri County, Palmyra, Sacred Heart big winners Tuesday - updated MUDECAS broadcast schedule

BEATRICE - The first round of MUDECAS is complete for both the boys and the girls teams.

The boys took center stage Tuesday afternoon and evening In the A Division at the Beatrice Municipal Auditorium, No. 3 seed Tri County (8-4) trounced No. 6 seed BDS, 69-32. Junior Cole Siems was electric with a game-high 26 points, including five made three-pointers. Junior Lucas Weise had 17 points. Dalton Kleinschmidt led BDS (7-4) with 9 points.

Tri County will now face No. 2 seed Falls City Sacred Heart (12-0) in the semifinal. The Irish knocked off No. 7 seed Johnson County Central, 65-39. Tri County and Sacred Heart will meet on Thursday night at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. That game will be broadcast on KWBE - 1450 AM and 94.7 FM in the Beatrice area. It will also be simulcast on B103 (103.1 FM) in Nebraska City.

In other A Division action Tuesday, No. 1 seed Parkview Christian (7-3) defeated No. 8 seed Johnson-Brock, 54-43. In the final game of the day in the A Division bracket, No. 5 seed Palmyra (9-2) defeated No. 4 seed Freeman, 41-25. The Panthers will play Parkview Christian on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the auditorium.

Turning to the B Division, No. 1 seed Exeter-Milligan (7-5) had no problem with No. 8 seed Meridian, as the Timberwolves defeated the Mustangs, 58-32 , at the Truman Center on SCC's Beatrice campus.

Junior Jackson Beethe had a game-high 24 points. Ryan Sharp had 14. Corin Paul led Meridian (0-12) in scoring with 12 points.

Exeter-Milligan will now face No. 5 seed Southern in the B Division semifinal on Thursday evening at 6:30. That game will be broadcast on KUTT 99.5 FM. The Raiders (3-7) defeated Sterling Thursday, 54-35.

Elsewhere, No. 6 seed HTRS (3-8) survived a back-and-forth battle with Pawnee City, 47-44.

Finally, No. 2 seed Diller-Odell (6-5) survived a thriller against No. 7 seed Lewiston, 54-53. Junior Turner Faxon hit a game-winning layup with 2.7 seconds to go. Faxon finished with 9 points. Jacob Meyer paced the Griffins with 10.

Diller-Odell will meet HTRS in the B Division semifinal on Thursday night at 8 p.m. at SCC. This game will also be broadcast on KUTT 99.5 FM and be simulcast on 103.1 FM in Nebraska City.

KUTT, KWBE and KBIE will also have girls' semifinal action Thursday. Below is our full MUDECAS broadcast schedule for Thursday: