The Star’s high school athletes of the week (March 13)
Notre Dame de Sion
YEAR:Senior
SPORT:Basketball
The Storm won the Missouri Class 4, District 14 championship last week. Murphy led the way, averaging 15.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.6 steals over the three victories, including a 24-point outing against Grandview in the championship game. Riding a seven-game winning streak, Notre Dame de Sion faces St. Joseph Benton at 6 p.m. Saturday in a Class 4 quarterfinal at the Independence Events Center.
Mitchell BallockSCHOOL:Eudora
YEAR:Freshman
SPORT:Basketball
Ballock, who is already getting looks from Division-I programs, led the Cardinals with 21 points — including five three-pointers — in a victory last week against Bishop Ward. He followed that performance with an 18-point game, with three three-pointers, against Osawatomie as Eudora won its substate championship to advance to the Kansas 4A Division II state tournament for the first time since 1997.
This story was originally published March 13, 2014 at 11:31 PM with the headline "The Star’s high school athletes of the week (March 13)."