HAYSVILLE, Kan. – The McPherson High School Boys and Girls Basketball teams began their 2025-26 seasons at Haysville-Campus High School on Thursday, Dec. 4. The girls won thanks to a stifling second-half defense, 50-32, and then the boys won a nail-biter, 66-64.
Freshman Eli Reasoner had a strong debut for the Boys team. The 6’4″ forward delivered with 13 points, including making the game-winning layup with four seconds remaining. Senior guard Jett Pyle finished with a team-high and career-high 29 points, but made the game-winning assist to Reasoner on the alley-oop.
McPherson keeps spoiling me with game winners. This time, by a freshman in his first game.@PyleJett found @reasoner8079 to win the game for the Bullpups 66-64.
Pyle had a career-high 29 points. Reasoner had 13. @Ashtonmalm12 chipped in with 15.
Pups are 1-0! #KSPreps pic.twitter.com/VIMEqzW4jw
— Lane Gillespie (@LaneGillPxP) December 5, 2025
The Bullpups, who led by as many as six points, trailed entering the fourth quarter. McPherson led with 30 seconds remaining, but a game-tying and-one layup by Jagger Starbird tied the game at 64 before Reasoner’s game-winner. Ashton Malm also added 15 points.
Scoring:
McPherson: 16 18 12 20 – 66
Haysville-Campus: 10 22 15 17 – 64
McPherson: Pyle – 29; Malm – 15; Reasoner – 13; Ingels – 4; Cooper – 3; Harrison – 2
Haysville-Campus: Moore – 14; Clark – 14; Javyn Caldwell – 9; Jagger Starbird – 9; Tavares – 8; Jordan – 5; Adkism – 3; K. Williams – 2
The girls struggled in the early going against a scrappy Haysville-Campus bunch, however used a strong second-half defense to defeat Campus 50-32. Rylie Whitfield led all scorers with 12 points. Sophomore Amarie Lowery had nine second-half points to finish with a career-high 10 points.
The Bullpups only led by one point to end the first quarter, and only led by seven at halftime. However, they outscored the Lady Colts 26-15 in the second half. Their full-court defense forced multiple turnovers, while the offense drove to the basket to draw multiple fouls and send McPherson to the free-throw line 35 times.
Scoring:
McPherson: 13 11 15 11 – 50
Haysville – Campus: 12 5 6 9 – 32
McPherson: Whitfield – 12; Lowery – 10; Jersey Alexander – 8; Doile – 8; Blake – 4; M. Sandbo – 3; Alvord – 3; A. Sandbo – 2
Haysville-Campus: Cooper – 8; Wood – 8; Seeley – 6; Nedeau – 5; Harris – 3; Williams – 2
Both McPherson teams are 1-0 to start the season. They continue the early-season round-robin at Salina South High School on Friday, Dec. 5. They will face the Salina-South Cougars, as the girls will tip off at 6:00 p.m. and the boys at approximately 7:30 p.m.
