The AHSTW girls basketball team took down Tri-Center 49-27 on Tuesday night and clinched the Western Iowa Conference Championship. Playing without leading scorer Kailey Jones, the Lady Vikes got big nights from Kinsey Scheffler (19 points) and Claire Harris (17 points). AHSTW Head Coach Steve Sauvain thought Scheffler played great inside and was pleased with the other girls stepping up to play important minutes.

AHSTW jumped out in front 19-7 by the end of the first quarter and led by 21 at the end of the half. It was a quick moving game with little scoring in the second half. Claire Harris was big on both end of the floor and Coach Sauvain loves how she is playing right now.

AHSTW ends the regular season with a record of 18-3 and finished 14-2 in the conference. The Lady Vikes finish a game ahead of Logan-Magnolia for the Conference crown and two games up on IKM-Manning after they fell to Audubon on Tuesday night.

AHSTW now awaits the winner of Underwood vs MVAOCOU, as they host their first playoff game on the 18th.

Tri-Center falls to 4-17 on the season. They were led by 12 points from Madison Ausdemore on the night. The Trojans play their first round playoff game Saturday at Missouri Valley.