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Riverside sweeps past Griswold on the hardwood

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December 5th, 2022 by admin

The Riverside basketball teams swept their way past the Griswold Tigers on Monday night in Oakland.

The Riverside girls started the game on a 13-3 run and ran away from the Tigers 54-18. Riverside led 17-5 at the end of the first and 29-7 by halftime. Sophia Taylor led the way for the Lady Dawgs with 18 points, including four triples. Elly Henderson added 11 points and Elyssa Amdor had 7.

Riverside improved to 1-2 on the season and will travel to Underwood on Tuesday night.

Griswold was led by 11 points from McKenna Weichman as they dropped their opener to the season. The Tigers will host Stanton on Tuesday.

In the boys game the Bulldogs started the game on a 12-0 run and cruised to a 67-23 win over the Tigers. Aiden Bell had 13 of his game high 17 points in the first half as the Bulldogs built a 39-10 lead by the break. Grady Jeppesen added 15 points and Ayden Salais had 12. Girsowld got 6 points each from Aiden Kennedy and Zane Johnson.

Riverside improved to 1-2 on the season. Griswold falls to 0-2.