CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 63, ELLINWOOD 15
CLAFLIN — The No. 1 ranked 1A Central Plains girls cruised past Ellinwood 63-15 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. The Oilers (7-0) are seven-time defending state basketball champions.
The Oilers outscored the Eagles 38-8 in the first half keyed by effective trapping halfcourt pressure defense. Madison McGuire (15), Brynna Hammeke (15) and Kassidy Nixon (14) scored in double figures. Ellinwood's Bella Baker scored nine points. Kennedy Behnke contributed six rebounds and three assists. Brittany Simpson had four steals.
Ellinwood 5 3 3 4 — 15
C. Plains 15 23 14 11 — 63
ELLINWOOD (4-3)—Baker 3-6 1-2 9, Simpson 2-12 0-0 5, Behnke 0-3 1-2 1, Keith 0-4 0-0 0, Dimitt 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 5-29 2-4 15.
CENTRAL PLAINS (7-0)—Madison McGuire 7 1-2 15, Hammeke 7 1-2 15, Nixon 5 4-4 14, Kyla Metro 2 2-2 6, Reese McGuire 2 0-0 5, Soeken 2 0-0 4, Ogle 0 2-2 2, Donecker 1 0-0 2, Totals 26 10-12 63.
3-pointers—E 3-17 (Baker 2-4, Simpson 1-8, Behnke 0-1, Winget 0-1, Keith 0-1, Dimitt 0-2), CP 1 (R. McGuire 1). Rebounds—E 12 (Behnke 6). Assists—E 5 (Behnke 3). Steals—E 8 (Simpson 4).
OTIS-BISON GIRLS 60, STAFFORD 23
STAFFORD — Otis-Bison's girls placed four players in double figures to roll past Stafford 60-23 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. The Cougars (3-3) placed Halee Morrison (14), Zoey Schwindt (14), Johanna Baalmann (10) and Lela Kenyon (10) in double figures. Freshman Schwindt and sophomore Kenyon scored career highs.
The Cougars led 35-15 at halftime.
Stafford (0-6) was sparked by Taylor Denio with 18 points and a trio of 3-pointers.
Otis-Bison 20 15 13 12 — 60
Stafford 7 8 6 2 — 23
OTIS-BISON (3-3)—Morrison 5 3-7 14, Schwindt 6 2-4 14, Baalmann 4 1-2 10, Kenyon 5 0-0 10, Wiltse 4 0-3 8, Reever 2 0-0 4, Totals 26 6-16 60.
STAFFORD (0-6)—Denio 6 3-4 18, Morgan 1 1-3 3, Abad Cebrian 0 1-5 1, Shelton 0 1-2 1, Charukamnoetkanok 0 0-2 0, Green 0 0-2 0, Totals 7 6-18 23.
3-poointers—OB 2 (Baalmann 1, Morrison 1), S 3 (Denio 3).
SMOKY VALLEY GIRLS 47, HOISINGTON 30
LINDSBORG — Smoky Valley's Abi Rose converted five 3-pointers for 17 points to spark the Vikings past Hoisington 47-30 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. Hazelwood and Mullen each scored eight points. The Vikings (5-1) converted eight 3-pointers to outscore the Cardinals 24-3 from long range..
Hoisington's Macy Hanzlick scored 14 points and played her usual superb floor game with several assists and strong ballhandling. Abby Brewer added six points.
Hoisington 2 10 13 5 — 30
Smoky Valley 12 13 8 14 — 47
HOISINGTON (3-3)—Hanzlick 14, Brewer 6, Addy Mason 4, Boxberger 4, Mooney 2.
SMOKY VALLEY (5-1)—Rose 17, Hazelwood 8, Mullen 8, Priddy 6, Scott 5, Lambert 2, Blanchat 1.
3-pointers—H 1 (A. Mason 1), SV 8 (Rose 5, Hazelwood 1, Scott 1, Mullen 1).
ELLSWORTH GIRLS 48, LARNED 31
Ellsworth 19 11 9 19 — 48
Larned 6 11 9 5 — 31
ELLSWORTH (2-4)—Rolfs 6 2-3 15, Coonrod 3 0-0 6, Klein 4 6-6 14, Turnipseed 3 3-6 10, Ohl 1 1-2 3, Totals 17 12-17 48.
LARNED (1-5)—Collins 3 1-5 7, Lemuz 3 0-1 6, Herrera 2 1-2 5, Pinkston 2 0-0 5, Meyer 1 0-0 3, Krehbiel 1 0-0 3, Jayme Hagerman 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 2-8 31.
3-pointers—E 2 (Rolfs 1, Turnipseed 1), L 3 (Pinkston 1, Collins 1, Krehbiel 1).
MACKSVILLE GIRLS 62, CUNNINGHAM 17
CUNNINGHAM — Macksville's Garcia (15), Mayce Russell (12) and Kambry Adams (10) scored in double figures as the Mustangs roared past Cunningham 62-17 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game.
Russell recorded a school record 16 steals and dished out nine assists. Adams grabbed 10 rebounds.
Macksville 19 16 10 17 — 62
Cunningham 0 8 7 2 — 17
MACKSVILLE (5-2)—Garcia 6-13 1-3 15, Mayce Russell 5-14 1-2 12, Adams 5-13 0-0 10, Abi Ibarra 3-8 0-0 7, Butler 2-5 2-4 6, Ortiz 1-16 0-0 2, Carrillo 0-1 0-0 0, Sanders 1-2 0-0 2, Galan 1-1 0-0 2, Palser 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 27-78 4-9 62.
3-pointers—M 4-13 (Garcia 24, Ibarra 1-4, Russell 1-2, Ortiz 0-3). Rebounds—M 36 (Adams 10). Assists—M 19 (Russell 9). Steals—M 32 (Russell 16).
ST. JOHN GIRLS 62, KINSLEY 13
KINSLEY — St. John's girls roared to a 46-9 halftime lead and coasted past Kinsley 62-13 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Heidi Fisher (21), Darby Smith (15) and Payton Meyer (12) scored in double figures.
St. John 24 22 16 0 — 62
Kinsley 4 5 3 1 — 13
ST. JOHN (4-3)—Fisher 6 8-9 21, Smith 6 2-2 15, Meyer 6 0-1 12, Claussen 2 1-2 5, Hudson 1 0-0 2, Portillo 1 0-0 2, Reed 2 1-4 5, Totals 23 12-18 62.
KINSLEY (1-5)—Sexton 2 0-0 6, Ruiz 2 0-0 4, Ritter 1 0-0 2, Holguin 0 1-2 1, Totals 5 1-2 13.
3-pointers—SJ 2 (Smith 1, Fisher 1), K 2 (Sexton 2).
BUCKLIN GIRLS 44, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 36
BUCKLIN — Pawnee Heights Tiger Olivia Hands was brilliant with 15 points, double digit rebounds and several blocks in a hard-fought 44-36 Southern Plains Iroquois basketball loss to Bucklin. Yeimi Cordero-Valles played superbly with 12 points and solid ballhandling.
Bucklin's Whitney Scott scored 12 points and Sydnie Jones added 11 points. The Red Aces converted 3 of 24 3-pointers.
Pawnee Heights 9 9 8 10 — 36
Bucklin 8 19 10 7 — 44
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (3-4)—Hands 6-10 2-2 15, Yeimi Cordero-Valles 5-8 1-1 12, Joselyn Cordero-Valles 0-9 5-6 5, Rasmussen 0-6 2-4 2, Nazareth Rios-Valles 1-2 0-2 2, Totals 12-35 10-15 36
BUCKLIN (4-3)—Scott 4-12 2-2 12, Jones 5-19 1-3 11, Evans 1-3 0-0 2, Goracke 2-5 2-2 7, Stimpert 0-1 0-0 0, Pena 0-1 0-0 0, Feikert 3-9 6-8 12, Holcomb 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 15-53 11-15 44.
3-pointers—PH 2-7 (Y. Cordero-Valles 1-2, Scott 1-3 J. Cordero-Valles 0-2), B 3-24 (Scott 2-7, Goracke 1-3, Stimpert 0-1, Evans 0-1. Pena 0-1, Holcomb 0-2, Jones 0-9).
SMOKY VALLEY 67, HOISINGTON 55
LINDSBORG — Smoky Valley's Trayton Miller converted five 3-pointers in an 18-point night as the Vikings edged Hoisington 67-55 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. Karson Pihl added 17 points.
Hoisington (3-3) was paced by Bralen Thompson with 14 points and Layton Haxton with 12 points.
Hoisington 16 10 17 12 — 55
Smoky Valley 14 18 20 15 — 67
HOISINGTON (3-3)—Thompson 14, Haxton 12, Dolezal 6, Steinert 7, Chambers 3, Hoffman 6, Jason Robinson 4, Maier 2.
SMOKY VALLEY (2-4)—Miller 18, Ki Blanchat 2, Kade Blanchat 2, Pihl 17, Pickering 11, Apel 6, Lysell 11, Griffith 2.
ELLINWOOD 65, CENTRAL PLAINS 26
CLAFLIN — Ellinwood's Britton Dutton scored 23 points and Parker Scheck contributed 15 points as the Eagles roared past Central Plains 65-26 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. Ellinwood (7-0) led 40-6 at halftime.
Ellinwood 30 10 19 6 — 65
C. Plains 3 3 9 11 —26
ELLINWOOD (7-0)—Dutton 7 7-7 23, Scheck 7 1-3 15, Heinz 2 0-0 5, Brack 1 2-2 4, Zink 3 0-1 6, Haynes 1 0-0 2, Behnke 3 2-3 8, Coleman 1 0-0 2, Totals 25 12-16 65.
CENTRAL PLAINS (0-7)—Peyton Ryan 6 1-2 14, Stratmann 3 0-0 9, Ramirez 0 1-2 1, Klima 0 2-3 2, Totals 9 4-7 26.
3-pointers—E 3 (Dutton 2, Heinz 1), CP 4 (Stratmann 3, Ryan 1).
ELLSWORTH 69, LARNED 49
Ellsworth 17 18 22 12 — 69
Larned 13 12 13 13 —49
ELLSWORTH (3-4)—Will Cravens 9 4-5 25, Stone 5 2-4 12, Rolfs 4 0-0 10, Schmidt 2 0-0 5, Webber 1 2-2 4, Gwinner 3 0-0 6, Leiker 3 1-1 7, Totals 27 9-12 69.
LARNED (0-6)—Ian Orth 7 2-4 21, Wilson 2 0-0 4, Shaver 1 0-0 2, Fitzpatrick 1 0-0 2, Colglazier 1 0-0 2, Smith2 0-0 4, Hess 1 0-0 2, Ibarra4 1-2 12, Totals 19 3-10 49.
3-pointers--E 6 (Cravens 3, Rolfs 2, Schmidt 1), L 6 (Orth 5, Ibarra 1).
MACKSVILLE 52, CUNNINGHAM 51
CUNNINGHAM — State-ranked Macksville survived without standouts Ryan Kuckelman and Rogelio Ibarra for a thrilling 52-51 non-league basketball victory over Cunningham. Alexis Barron scored 12 points with 11 rebounds. Hector Gomez contributed 11 points with four steals and three assists. Esparza contributed three assists and four steals.
Macksville 12 14 13 13 — 52
Cunningham 13 14 13 11 — 51
MACKSVILLE (7-0)—Barron 5-10 1-2 12, Gomez 4-12 3-6 11, Lickiss 2-6 5-7 9, Cleveland 2-4 2-2 6, Esparza 3-5 0-0 6, Mendez 0-0 2-8, 2, Ibarra 0-6 0-1 0, Totals 19-49 13-26 52.
CUNNINGHAM (3-3)—Wegerer, Isaiah Reed, McGuire, Halderson, DeWeese, Paris, Dagim Reed, Schnittker, Totals.
3-pointers—M 1-13 (Barron 1-4, Esparza 0-1, Gomez 0-3, Ibarra 0-5). Rebounds—M 34 (Barron 11). Assists—M 13 (Barron 3, Esparza 3, Gomez 3). Steals—M 13 (Esparza 4, Gomez 4).
STAFFORD 44, OTIS-BISON 37
STAFFORD — Otis-Bison's Dalton Regan scored 26 points with four 3-pointers in a hard-fought 44-37 non-league basketball loss to Stafford. Stafford's Dakota Rodriguez scored nine points to lead a balanced offense.
Otis-Bison 15 3 10 9 — 37
Stafford 16 9 10 9 — 44
OTIS-BISON (1-6)—Dalton Regan 9 4-6 26, Roth 1 0-0 2, Juno 0 2-2 2, Butler 3 1-2 7, Maier 0 0-2 0, Totals 13 7-12 37.
STAFFORD (5-2)—Rodriguez 3 3-7 9, Sheets 3 2-3 8, Dominguez 3 0-0 7, Tai Hildebrand 2 3-4 7, Minks 2 1-2 6, Josh Hildebrand 2 0-2 4, Harter 1 0-0 3, Totals 16 9-18 44.
3-pointers—OB (Regan 4), S 3 (Minks 1, Dominguez 1, Harter 1).
BUCKLIN 77, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 51
BUCKLIN — Bucklin’s Jaron Lindsay scored 19 points and Nate Bowman added 18 as the Red Aces trumped Pawnee Heights 77-51 in Tuesday’s Southern Plains Iroquois basketball game. Bucklin (4-3) outscored the Tigers 40-23 after halftime. Standout Alec Carlson scored 27 points and Braden Colglazier added 13 points and grabbed 18 rebounds. Davin Hamby contributed four steals and three assists.
Pawnee Heights 17 11 12 11 — 51
Bucklin 21 14 18 22 — 75
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (4-3)—Alec Carlson 11-22 3-7 27, Colglazier 5-9 4-6 13, Dakota Ryan 1-5 3-4 5, Hamby 1-10 0-0 2, Hammeke 1-2 0-0 2, Munk 0-1 2-2 2, Hands 0-3 0-0 0, Gardner 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 19 11-19 51.
BUCKLIN (4-3)—Nate Bowman 5 7-12 18; Jaron Lindsay 9 1-2 19, Andrew Bowman 6 0-1 14, Price 4 2-5 11, Stimpert 0 1-2 1, McKinsey 1 0-0 2, Cook 0 2-2 2, Kirk 1 0-0 2, Tilley 1 2-2 4, Stein 1 0-0 2, Totals 28 15-26 75.
3-pointers—PH 2-11 (A. Carlson 2-7, Hamby 0-4); B 4 (A. Bowman 2, N. Bowman 1, Price 1). Rebounds—PH 40 (Colglazier 18). Assists—PH 7 (Hamby 3). Steals—PH 7 (Hamby 4).
ST. JOHN 51, KINSLEY 45
KINSLEY — St. John placed three players in double figures to edge Kinsley 51-45 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. The Tigers (4-3, 1-0) were led by Preston Dunn (14), Elijah Delp (13) and Quade Smith (11). Quade Smith scored five points and Dunn scored on a steal for a 13-10 lead that the Tigers never lost.
Kinsley's Xavier Holguin and Trevor Brokar each scored 10 points. Kinsley (1-5) outscored the Tigers 15-3 down the stretch after trailing 48-30. The Coyotes (1-5, 0-1) converted 5 of 25 3-pointers.
St. John 13 12 16 10 — 51
Kinsley 10 6 10 19 — 45
ST. JOHN (4-3)—Dunn 5-15 4-11 14, Delp 4-7 5-6 13, Quade Smith 4-12 2-2 11, Hunter Smith 2-6 0-0 4, Ibarra 2-6 1-2 5, Gillespie 1-4 0-0 3, Adame 0-2 1-2 1, Totals 18-5213-23 51.
KINSLEY (1-5)—Holguin 4-12 0-0 10, Trevor Brokar 4-9 0-1 10, Anderson 3-7 0-2 6, Peranovic 3-8 0-0 6, London Brokar 2-10 0-0 5, Chamberlain 2-4 0-0 4, Meza 1-2 0-0 2, Lemuz 1-2 0-0 2, Schmidt 0-3 0-0 0, Dawson Sexton 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 20-59 0-3 45.
3-pointers—SJ 2-18 (Gillespie 1-4, Q. Smith 1-6, Ibarra 0-1, Adame 0-1, Dunn 0-2, H. Smith 0-4), K 5-25 (T. Brokar 2-5, Holguin 2-8, L. Brokar 1-8, Schmidt 0-1, Lemuz 0-1, Meza 0-1, D. Sexton 0-1).