The Paris boys and girls each made it to the third-place games of their respective brackets last week.

In the Monroe City tournament, the boys finished third after beating Louisiana 58-47 while the girls lost to Mark Twain 59-42. In the Lady Coyotes’ 48-37 victory over Louisiana to start the week, Reese Sutton scored her 1,000th career point. 

The Coyotes (5-2) started their week with a 56-33 win over South Shelby (1-3) and then a 52-34 loss to Palmyra (5-1). In the win against Louisiana (1-4), Paris went 15-for-24 at the free throw line compared to 4-for-11 from Louisiana, and Cayden Poddany led the team with 16 points and three 3-pointers. Spencer Minks followed with 14 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks, and Anthony Levings had 10 points.

Poddany also led Paris in scoring against South Shelby with 13 points and nine rebounds and against Palmyra with 15 points and three 3-pointers.

The Lady Coyotes (5-2) lost 49-40 to champion Highland (5-0) and then finished the week with a loss to Mark Twain (4-2). In the win against Louisiana (1-2), Sutton finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds and scored her 1,000th point on a layup with less than a minute left until halftime. 

Resse has been a consistent force offensively since her freshman year,” head coach Garrett Thomas said. “Each year, she's found new ways to be effective. She's a focal point of our opponents defensive game plan, which has only benefitted Reese's teammates. I'm proud of her for the consistent effort she's put forth the past three years that has led to this accomplishment.”

Melanie Moore had 12 points, six rebounds and four steals, and Hailey Morgan had 10 points and six rebounds.