The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams both won their first round games at the GNAC tournament in Scottsbluff on Thursday.

The Bulldogs boys basketball team scored exactly 11 points in each quarter en route to a 14-point win over the Tigers, 44-30. The Dawgs led by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter in the first round of the GNAC Tournament. The second-seeded Bulldogs won their third game in a row behind Drew Callaghan and Shane Mauch who each scored 12 points and Kade Erickson added 10. North Platte plays at 8:15 CT Friday night in the GNAC semifinals against third-seeded Scottsbluff. The Bearcats, who are ranked seventh in Class B, beat sixth-seeded McCook 72-59 in the first round. The game can be heard on ESPN Radio 1410.

The Lady Dawgs increased their winning streak to five games and beat Hastings 58-40. North Platte was led by Kaitlynn Harvey with 22 points, the third time in the last four games she has scored more than 20. Madalynn Doughty scored 14 and Allison Sawyer scored 13 for the Lady Dawgs as well. North Platte is the No. 3 seed and will play No. 2 Kearney in the semifinals Friday at 3:00 CT on ESPN Radio 1410. Kearney beat seventh-seeded Lexington 56-27.

The brackets for both the boys and the girls tournaments can be seen below. Times listed on the bracket are Mountain Standard Time.