A Glasgow Tournament that had seen its share of upsets during the first two nights of play sustained even more surprises Thursday, Dec. 4 as both number-one seeds were beaten in semifinal-round action heard on KMMO-FM.

First, the top-seeded Glasgow boys lost to CAC rivals New Franklin, falling in double overtime, to the Bulldogs, 84-78. That preceded the Cairo girls losing in the tournament for the first time in five years when Marceline tagged them late, 45-44. In each instance, double-digit leads evaporated during the final half before things were finally decided at the very end of the contest.

The boys’ skirmish saw Glasgow overcome an early 8-2 deficit to tie things up, 12-12 after the first period. The Yellowjackets broke that deadlock and went on to lead 29-22 at the half and then 45-37 entering the final quarter. Glasgow’s margin later increased to 54-41 with five minutes left which was the cue for New Franklin to begin their comeback. The Bulldogs scored 10 straight points to suddenly make it a game again, trimming the margin to 54-51.

Down the stretch, the Yellowjackets missed too many free throws and made enough turnovers to allow New Franklin to tie the game at the end of regulation, 59-59 and then again at the end of the first overtime, 68-68. The Bulldogs went on top for good during the second extra stanza giving them the lead for the first time since late in the opening period. At the end, New Franklin was very proficient at the charity stripe, allowing them to build their lead to its final, six-point, 84-78 margin.

Now 4-0 on the year, the winners had four people in double figures. Caden Schlotzhauer tallied 27 points with 25 of them coming after halftime. Chipping in with three threes and 17 points was Noah Hackman. Meanwhile, Jonah Bishop tossed in five threes and scored 15 points with Lane Hackman adding a dozen tallies of his own. Falling to 2-2 was Glasgow who missed 18 free throws during the contest. Jackson Meyer had 25 points while Kyler Kottman scored 18 and Bronson Foster contributed 17 to lead the Yellowjackets offensively.

The girls’ semifinal contest also went to the wire with Marceline slowly building for themselves a 20-13 lead at the break against Cairo which grew to 28-18 during the latter stages of the third quarter. At that point however, the four-time defending tournament champion Bearcats went to work with a 9-0 run allowing them to slice the margin to 28-27. Eventually, Cairo earned for themselves a 44-41 advantage with a minute left before the Tigers’ LeeAnna Haslett tossed in a basket to cut the margin to 44-43. Then after a missed Bearcat free throw, Marceline came down and scored on Whitney Pennington’s lay-in with 10 seconds left to go on top, 45-44. Cairo did attempt a desperation shot at the horn which came up short, securing the win for Marceline.

Ella Moseley led the Marceline attack with 10 points while Olivia Cross scored 15 and Mallory Hankins added 10 in a losing cause for the Bearcats.

In losers’ bracket action on Thursday, the Glasgow girls rolled over Slater, 67-14 as Karsyn Massie tossed in 20 points with Hallie Fuemmeler contributing 12 for the Yellowjackets. The final game of the evening saw Marceline’s boys lose most of the 38-17 lead they had at halftime against Cairo before hanging on to defeat the Bearcats, 61-57. Brennan Fessler mustered 12 points with Weston Molloy adding 11 for the Tigers. Meanwhile, Kason Ryan scored 16 and Wright Sander chipped in with a dozen for the Cairo squad.

The remaining spots in the trophy games are up for grabs tonight. The Fayette and Westran girls will battle for a spot in the fifth-place game Friday at 4:30 p.m. That’s followed by a championship semifinal on the boys bracket between Harrisburg and Westran at 6 p.m.; our pregame coverage begins at 5:50 p.m. on KMMO-FM 102.9. The girls semifinal between Harrisburg and New Franklin follows. The evening will conclude with the boys consolation semifinal between Fayette and Slater. After our games, we’ll have another edition of the Roundball Roundup, recapping scores from basketball contests with coaches from across the region.