Grain Valley senior Grace Slaughter, right, drives to the hoop against Winnetonka defender Nici Parker in a first-round game in the Grain Valley Invitational Monday. Slaughter scored 27 points to lead the Eagles to a 62-25 win. Photo Credit: David M. Rainey/Special to The Examiner
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net An improved Winnetonka girls basketball team managed to hang with fifth-ranked Grain Valley for one quarter in a first-round game in…