The Chillicothe Middle School basketball teams found success with wins over Hamilton. The 8th Grade Chillicothe boys team beat Hamilton 49-17 behind 14 points from Griff Bonderer and Wyatt Brandsgaard, Landon Winder had 8, Cayden Potter 7, Carson Steele, Sam Reeter and Trent Keith with 2 each and playing time for Gabe Hansen and Isaiah Sprong.
Hamilton was led by Kelton Evans with 7 points.
Chillicothe 8th grade girls beat Hamilton 32-17. Bre Pithan had 9 points, Kinlei Boley with 7, Cali Burkhardt 6, Kirsten Dunn and Aliyah Briner with 4 and Hope Helton with 2. Receiving playing time were Lilly Basinger, Katelyn Fleener and Lainie Epperson.
The Chillicothe 7th grade girls team beat Hamilton 34-13. Madison Albaugh with 15 points, Jolie Bonderer with 12, Emily Schreiner with 3, Izzy Garr with 2 and Riley Washburn with 1. Receiving playing time were Kayanna Cranmer, Maci Johnson, Hadley Beemer, Hallie Gault and Heidi Gault.
The Chillicothe 7th grade boys team improved to 4-2 with a 39-28 win over Hamilton. Leading scorers for Chillicothe were Hagan Atchison with 10 points and Alijah Hibner with 8 points.
