In the consolation game of the Class 4A state basketball tournament, Tongie couldn’t completely overcome an early 15-point deficit to Andover Central, falling 55-46 at the Bicentennial Center.

Pistora did the best she could to go out on top, scoring a game-high 19 points, shooting 50 percent from the field and knocking down five of her eight free-throw attempts.

Tongie twins Rebecca and Rachel Bogard — the other two senior starters — totaled 10 points. Rachel Bogard had a team-high six rebounds to go with her eight-point outing.

After trailing by 10 points at the half, Tongie’s offense, coupled with some solid defense, helped cut the deficit to two heading into the last quarter. However, that would be the closest the Chieftains (23-3) would come as they shot 17 percent from the field in the final eight minutes.

Tonganoxie’s bread-and-butter — its bench — had its worst shooting performance of the weekend. The trio of Tracie Hileman, Christy Weller and Chrissie Jeannin combined for just eight points — compared to 22 in the semifinals — going 3-of-20 from the field.

With the experience gained by starting juniors Shannon Carlin and Elizabeth Baska, who was also a member of the 2005 Tongie team that also took fourth at state, to go with Kraft’s top-notch reserves, Pistora was willing to predict the team’s outcome for next year.

"Definitely. It’s the biggest scam in the country. I’ve paid $100 for books that were an inch thick and weren’t even hardbound. And they won’t lower the prices, because they know people will pay."

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