The Melcher-Dallas Basketball Squads split with Southeast Warren on Thursday night as the girls won a down to the wire game 35-34 and the boys fell to the Warhawks 68-44. In the girls game both teams were struggling from the field as neither team could pull away. Southeast Warren held a 34-31 lead with a minute remaining and with the ball, but the Saints made two crucial steals with Kianna Jackson hitting what would amount to be the game winner with ten seconds left. Coach Kelsey Goff told KNIA Sports it was a relief to get that first win of the season.

Goff: “Got the win. That first win no matter how it comes it a big one. We fought hard and the girls responded to whatever they threw at them, and were glad to come out on top.”

Kasyn Reed led all scorers with 18 points. The boys fell behind early and could never recover as Southeast Warren used its size to out muscle and get several offensive rebounds to build a lead as high as 32. Owen Suntken led the Saints with 13 points. Melcher-Dallas is off tonight and will be back in action Saturday taking on Meskwaki Settlement at Southeast Warren High School. Melcher-Dallas’s Kael Caikoski went 1-2 on the night for Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas Wrestlers as the Warhawks also went 1-2 on the night. Caikoski got a pin against Moravia but the Warhawks fell 51-15 to the MoHawks. Against Central Decatur it was a 30-24 team win but Caisoski fell via pin, he was also pinned against East Union as the Warhawks also lost the team score 42-18. Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas will head to the Central Decatur Invitational on Friday.