Pioneer boys No. 4 seed heading into District 9C Tournament, girls are No. 8

The regular season is in the books and the teams are locked into their positions heading into the District 9C Tournament.

The Big Sandy Pioneer boys finished the season with a big win at home Friday night over the Turner Tornadoes, 70-60 and fell unexpectedly Saturday afternoon to the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 56-43.

The girls were defeated Friday by a score of 62-24 and then held a lead for much of the contest against the Hawks Saturday afternoon before having it slip away late in a 28-26 loss.

Friday at home against the Turner Tornadoes the Big Sandy Pioneers jumped out to a 15-9 lead o...