The Exira-EHK Spartans hit 11 threes en route to a 60-50 win over the Stanton Viqueens in a Class 1A Region 7 Semfinal on Friday night.

Stanton started the game well with some great transition buckets and jumped on top 8-3. The Spartans regrouped after a timeout and grabbed the lead by the end of the quarter 18-17 on a Macy Emgarten three. Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen thought the players that came off the bench provided a great spark.

The Spartans then dropped in 3 more threes in the second quarter and led 35-28 by halftime. Three more triples in the third for Sparty pushed the lead to 13 after 3 quarters and Stanton would only get as close as 9 the rest of the way. Coach Petersen thought they would have a chance for some good outside looks if they worked inside out.

Macy Emgarten dropped in 19 points to lead the Spartans, including 3 threes. Tatum Grubbs added 10 and Kamryn Waymire had 8. The only sore spot for the Spartans was a 7 of 22 effort at the foul line. Emgarten said the Spartans worked on handling the Stanton press and executed well.

Exira-EHK advances to the Class 1A Region 7 Final next Wednesday night against St. Albert in Harlan at 8:00 p.m. The Saintes advanced with a 60-55 win over Central Decatur. We’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN.

Stanton got 11 points each from Kami Tibben and Abby Burke. The Viqueens end their season with a record of 21-3.