Winside’s boys and girls basketball teams dropped their home openers on Friday, losing to Plainview.
In the girls game, the Pirates beat the Wildcats 57-26. Jackie Escalante led the Winside girls with 10 points and six rebounds, Andi Bargstadt had eight points and six rebounds, Brooklyn Behmer added four points and McKenna Russell and Kellie Kampa each had two. Kati Topp led the defense with nine rebounds.
In the boys matchup, Plainview jumped out to a big lead and cruised to a 62-24 win. Hunter VanHouten led Winside with 10 points, Brody Meis added eight, Ashton Ferris had three, Layton Petersen scored two and Jacob Paulsen had one.
Both teams are home on Friday, hosting Wynot.
