Skip to main content

INDEPENDENCE - Thanks to a lockdown defensive effort, Staley held off Blue Springs, 54-41, in a Class 6 quarterfinal game featuring two of the best teams in the state Saturday night in front of a rocking crowd at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence.

Staley takes on Nixa at 6 p.m. Thursday on the campus of Missouri State University in the Missouri boys basketball Class 6 semifinals.

No team has scored 50 points in a game against Staley (26-4 overall record and ranked No. 2 in the in SBLive Missouri Top 25 boys basketball rankings) in the postseason. That includes high-powered Blue Springs (24-6 and ranked No. 23), which was held more than 20 points under its season average. 

Here are photos from the game:

PHOTO GALLERY: STALEY 54, BLUE SPRINGS 41

(All photos by Todd Nugent)

DSC_61663-4-22-clear
DSC_61743-4-22-clear
DSC_61813-4-22-clear
DSC_61873-4-22-clear
DSC_62003-4-22-clear
DSC_62043-4-22-clear
DSC_62143-4-22-clear
DSC_62253-4-22-clear
DSC_62263-4-22-clear
DSC_62293-4-22-clear
DSC_62333-4-22-clear
DSC_62343-4-22-clear
DSC_62353-4-22-clear
DSC_62383-4-22-clear
DSC_62443-4-22-clear
DSC_62453-4-22-clear
DSC_62513-4-22-clear
DSC_62753-4-22-clear
DSC_62833-4-22-clear
DSC_62593-4-22-clear
DSC_62543-4-22-clear
DSC_62633-4-22-clear
DSC_62513-4-22-clear
DSC_64203-4-22-clear
DSC_64313-4-22-clear
DSC_64343-4-22-clear
DSC_64423-4-22-clear
DSC_64553-4-22-clear
DSC_64563-4-22-clear
DSC_64563-4-22-clear
DSC_64553-4-22-clear
DSC_64343-4-22-clear
DSC_64423-4-22-clear
DSC_64313-4-22-clear
DSC_64203-4-22-clear