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Leyton boys pop Potter-Dix; reach MAC finals
LUKE JOHNSON of Potter-Dix rises above Leyton defenders Brennen Cruise (25) and Dylan Brenner during Thursday’s MAC boys tournament semifinals.
Leyton High School’s boys’ basketball team didn’t need much more incentive for its MAC semifinal against Cheyenne County rival Potter-Dix Thursday afternoon.
That was achieved by merely walking into Sidney Middle School’s gymnasium.
The top-seeded Warriors strolled to the dressing room to find that the girls’ No. 1 seed, Potter-Dix, was being upset.
“That’s about all it took,” LHS coach Gary Oltmann said. “We didn’t want to be the second No. 1 seed to get beat.”
Otlmann’s club responded with an easy 66-41 victory against the Coyotes.
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