HOISINGTON GIRLS 46, BELOIT 33
HOISINGTON — The night was sweet for the Hoisington girls with a hard-fought 46-33 victory over Beloit. It was heartbreak for the Cardinal boys, who lost 54-53 on a last-second field goal.
The Cardinals girls (4-3) shut down Beloit with an aggressive man-to-man defense. Macy Hanzlick led the way with 15 points and several steals for layups. Jordyn Boxberger added eight points. Addy Mason ignited a second-half surge with back-to-back 3-pointers.
Beloit (4-4) upset state-ranked Phillipsburg 51-49 Tuesday night. Peyton Remus scored 13 points to spark the Trojans.
Beloit 2 11 9 11 — 33
Hoisington 12 9 12 13 — 46
BELOIT (4-4)—Remus 13, Tiejens-Peters 7, Brown 6, Budke 5, Knight 2.
HOISINGTON (4-3)—Hanzlick 15, Boxberger 8, Addy Mason 7, Hahn 6, Brewer 5, Mooney 3, Lamatsch 2.
BELOIT 54, HOISINGTON 53
HOISINGTON — By all rights, a blocked shot by Hoisington's Bralen Thompson against Owen Eilert should've sealed a Cardinal upset victory.
But Beloit's Owen Eilert flipped a lob pass to Bryce Beisner for the game-winning shot as time expired for a shocking 54-53 non-league basketball victory. The first half ended the same way as Beloit converted a last-second shot for a 30-29 halftime lead.
The Cardinals' Leyton Haxton converted a 3-pointer against Caleb Burks for a 53-50 lead with 1:35 left. Haxton gave the Cardinals a chance to seal the victory with a late-game steal. But the Cardinals missed two free throws and committed a turnover on their final three possessions.
Beloit's Beisner scored 22 points and Owen Eilert netted 17 points. Hoisington's Bralen Thompson scored 23 points and Leyton Haxton added 16 points as both played brilliant offensively.
Beloit 12 18 10 14 — 54
Hoisington 15 14 7 19 — 53
BELOIT (6-2)—Beisner 22, Owen Eilert 17, Kyler Burks 5, Quinn Ellert 5, Cheney 3, Caleb Burks 2.
HOISINGTON (3-4)—Thompson 23, Haxton 16, Robinson 7, Chambers 3, Dolezel 2, Steinert 2.
MACKSVILLE 65, CENTRAL PLAINS 42
CLAFLIN — State-ranked Macksville outscored the Oilers 42-16 after halftime for a 65-42 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Central Plains.
Macksville (8-0, 2-0 CPL) was paced by Alexis Barron with 15 points and Hector Gomez with 13 points. The Oilers (0-8, 0-1 CPL) were led by Peyton Ryan with 14 points and Joseph Bunch with 10 points.
Macksville 11 12 23 19 — 65
C. Plains 12 14 6 10 — 42
MACKSVILLE (2-0, 8-0)—Barron 7 0-1 15, Gomez 4 3-4 13, Esparza 3 0-0 8, Lickiss 3 2-2 8, Cleveland 2 0-5 7, Rogelio Ibarra 2 0-3 5, Mendez 2 0-2 4, Alvaro Ibarra 2 0-2 5, Totals 25 7-19 65.
CENTRAL PLAINS (0-1, 0-8)—Peyton Ryan 5 0-0 14, Bunch 4 0-0 10, Klima 3 0-0 6, Stratmann 2 0-0 5, Ramirez 2 0-0 5, Bowen 1 0-0 2, Totals 17 0-0 42.
3-pointers—M 8 (Gomez 2, Esparza 2, R. Ibarra 1, Cleveland 1, A. Ibarra 1, Barron 1), CP 8 (Ryan 4, Bunch 2, Stratmann 1, Ramirez 1).
CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 50, MACKSVILLE 12
CLAFLIN — Oiler Brynna Hammeke scored 21 points and Madison McGuire added 19 points to spark the No. 1 ranked Central Plains girls past Macksville 50-12 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game. The Oilers (8-0) led 24-4 at halftime and coasted home.
Macksville (4-4) was paced by Joselin Garcia with five points. The Mustangs converted 1 of 25 3-pointers and shot 4 of 47 from the field, 8.5%.
Macksville 3 1 3 5 — 12
C. Plains 13 11 20 6 — 50
MACKSVILLLE (1-1, 5-3)—Joselin Garcia 2-9 1-3 5, Russell 1-14 1-2 4, Ibarra 1-7 0-0 2, Butler 0-4 1-2 1, Ortiz 0-6 0-0 0, Sanders 0-4 0-0 0, Adams 0-2 0-0 0, Galan 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 4-47 3-7 12.
CENTRAL PLAINS (1-0, 8-0)—Hammeke 8 3-4 21, Madison McGuire 9 1-4 19, Metro 1 2-2 5, Reese McGuire 1 0-0 3, Steiner 1 0-0 2, Donecker 0 0-2 0, Totals 20 6-12 50.
3-pointers—M 1-25 (Russell 1-10, Ibarra 0-4, Ortiz 0-5, Garcia 0-6), CP 4 (Hammeke 2, Metro 1, R. McGuire 1). Rebounds—M 19 (Russell 6). Steals—M 9 (Garcia 4)
ELLINWOOD GIRLS 62, FAIRFIELD 22
ELLINWOOD — Red-hot Brittany Simpson scored 29 points to spark Ellinwood past Fairfield's girls 62-22 in Friday's non-league basketball game.
Ellinwood (5-3) also placed Bella Baker (11), Kennedy Behnke (10) and Mary Dimitt (10) in double figures. Baker contributed six assists and six steals. Kennedy Behnke hauled down 11 rebounds.
Fairfield 6 5 8 3 — 22
Ellinwood 12 20 22 8 — 62
FAIRFIELD (4-4)—Smyth 2 3-4 7, Morrison 3 0-0 6, Espinosa 0 3-3 3, Pugh 1 0-0 2, Sanchez 1 0-0 2, Brown 1 0-0 2, Totals 8 6-7 22.
ELLINWOOD (5-3)—Simpson 10-18 7-7 29, Baker 3-5 4-4 11, Dimitt 4-9 0-0 10, Behnke 5-11 0-1 10, Keith 1-2 0-0 2, Winget 0-2 0-0 0, Schlessiger 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 23 11-12 62..
3-pointers—E 5-16 (Simpson 2-6, Dimitt 2-6, Baker 1-2, Behnke 0-2). Rebounds—E 25 (Behnke 11). Assists—E 16 (Baker 6). Steals—E 16 (Baker 6).
ELLINWOOD 55, FAIRFIELD 18
ELLINWOOD — All-stater Britton Dutton scored 20 points with four 3-pointers to spark Ellinwood past Fairfield 55-18 in Friday's non-league basketball game.
Cody Zink contributed 11 rebounds and seven points. Koy Behnke dished out four assists.
Fairfield 6 2 8 2 — 18
Ellinwood 18 19 9 7 — 55
ELLINWOOD (8-0)—Dutton 6-13 4-6 20, Zink 3-6 1-4 7, Brack 2-4 0-0 6, Behnke 3-6 0-0 6, Scheck 2-7 1-2 5, Haynes 2-2 0-1 4, Heinz 1-5 0-0 3, Gibson 1-1 0-0 2, Coleman 1-1 0-0 2, Hosman 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 21-46 6-13 55.
3-pointers—E 7-15 (Dutton 4-9, Brack 2-2, Heinz 1-4). Rebounds—E 33 (Zink 11). Assists—E 12 (Behnke 4). Steals—E 6 (Scheck 2).
VICTORIA 51, OTIS-BISON 20
OTIS — Victoria's Schmidtberger scored 22 points with four steals and three assists as the Knights cruised past Otis-Bison 51-20 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball opener.
Otis-Bison (1-6, 0-1) was led by Landon Hoopingarner with six points.
Victoria 13 9 12 17 — 51
Otis-Bison 3 5 10 2 — 20
VICTORIA (2-5, 1-0)—Schmidtberger 5-11 11-13 22, Schwien 2-6 2-4 6, Schroenrock 1-4 0-0 2, Scherrer 2-7 0-0 4, Schmidt 1-4 2-2 5, Schmeidler 3-13 0-0 6, Wohler 3-7 0-0 6, Nowak 0-1 0-0 0, Pickering 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 17-54 15-19 51.
OTIS-BISON (1-6, 0-1)—Hoopingarner 2 0-0 6, Roth 1 0-0 2, Polly 1 0-0 2, Juno 2 1-2 5, Butler 1 0-2 2, Maier 1 1-2 3, Totals 8 2-6 20.
3-pointers—V 2-9 (Schmidt 1-2, Schmidtberger 1-2, Scherrer 0-1, Wohler 0-1, Schmeidler 0-3), OB 2 (Hoopingarner 2). Rebounds—V 31 (Scherrer 7), Assists—V 7 (Schmidtberger 3), Steals—V 14 (Schmidtberger 4).
OTIS-BISON GIRLS 44, VICTORIA 37
OTIS — Halee Morrison scored 17 points and Johannah Baalmann scored 13 points as Otis-Bison's girls edged past Victoria 44-37 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball opener.
Victoria (2-5, 0-1) was led by Huser with 17 points.
Victoria 8 0 13 16 — 37
Otis-Bison 9 13 8 14 — 44
VICTORIA (2-5, 0-1)—huser 6 3-8 17, Windholz 2 0-0 4, Schmeidler 0 2-2 2, Scheck 2 1-2 6, Amerin 4 0-2 8, Totals 14 6-14 37.
OTIS-BISON (4-3, 1-0)—Morrison 4 8-10 17, Baalmann 4 4-7 13, Schwindt 3 1-2 7, Rodriguez 0 0-1 0, Reever 0 0-2 0, Totals 14 13-23 44.
3-pointers—V 3 (Huser 2, Scheck 1), OB 3 (Morrison 1, Schwindt 1, Baalmann 1).
NESS CITY 50, ST. JOHN 39
NESS CITY — The cable guy, Ness City’s Taylor Cable, contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds to spark the Eagles past St. John 50-39 in Friday’s Central Prairie League basketball game. The Eagles outscored the Tigers 29-10 after trailing 16-9.
Preston Dunn led the Tigers with 12 points and Quade Smith added nine points, Elijah Delp contributed eight points, seven rebounds, three blocks and three steals.
The Tigers (4-4, 1-1) played a superb first quarter with 7 of 11 shooting for a 16-9 lead. But the Tigers committed eight turnovers against the Eagles pressure defense with five missed shots in the second quarter.
St. John 16 0 10 13 — 39
Ness City 9 8 18 15 – 50
ST. JOHN (4-4, 1-1)—Dunn 6-11 0-1 12, Quade Smith 4-9 0-0 9, Delp 4-8 0-1 8, Marci Ibarra 3-3 0-2 7, Hunter Smith 1-2 0-0 3, Adrian Adame 0-2 0-0 0, Angel Ibarra 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 18-36 0-4 39.
NESS CITY (4-3, 1-1)—Cable 6-13 5-9 17, Stoecklein 5-8 0-0 13, Seib 4-10 0-0 8, Ross 2-4 1-4 5, Schreiber 2-4 0-0 4, Guzman 0-5 4-9 4, Totals 19-44 10-22 50.
3-pointers—SJ 3-8 (H. Smith 1-1, M. Ibarra 1-1, Q. Smith 1-2, A. Ibarra 0-1, Delp 0-1, A. Adame 0-2); NC 2-11 (Stoecklein 2-5, Guzman 0-1, Schreiber 0-2, Seib 0-3). Rebounds—NC 24 (Cable 10). Assists—NC 10 (Guzman 5). Steals—NC 6 (Guzman 3).
ST. JOHN GIRLS 49, NESS CITY 22
NESS CITY —St. John's Darby Smith scored 11 points to spark the Tiger girls past Ness City 49-22 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Jade Portillo converted a trio of 3-pointers for the Tigers (5-3, 2-0 CPL).
St. John 8 8 10 13 — 49
Ness City 4 5 8 9 – 22
ST. JOHN (5-3, 2-0)—Smith 4 3-8 11, Portillo 3 0-0 9, Fisher 2 2-4 7, Meyer 2 0-0 6, Claussen 2 2-4 6, Cantrell 2 0-0 5, Hudson 1 1-2 3, Reed 1 0-0 2, Totals 17 8-18 49.
NESS CITY (2-5, 0-2)—Delaney 3 0-0 7, Robledo 2 0-0 4, Tillison 2 0-0 4, Starr 2 0-0 4, Reinhardt 1 1-2 3, Totals 10 1-2 22.
3-pointers—SJ 7 (Portillo 3, Meyer 2, Cantrell 1, Fisher 1); NC 1 (Delaney 1).
