ELLINWOOD 40, MINNEAPOLIS 33 — Ellinwood's Landon Simpson converted five 3-pointers and scored 18 points as the Eagles held off Minneapolis 40-33 in the Hoisington Winter Jam. Alek Brack scored 14 points and hit a trio of 3-pointers. Ellinwood (6-4) made eight 3-pointers and five 2-pointers. Ellinwood plays La Crosse for fifth place.
Minneapolis' Owen Just hit a trio of 3-pointers and scored 15 points.
Minneapolis 7 5 6 15 — 33
Ellinwood 12 6 8 14 — 40
MINNEAPOLIS (1-9)—Owen Just 5 1-3 14, Deronnet 2 1-2 5, Nelson 2 0-2 4, Parks 1 2-4 4, Woehl 1 0-0 2, Kreuger 1 0-0 2, Heer 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 4-11 33.
ELLINWOOD (6-4)—Simpson 6 1-2 18, Alek Brack 4 3-4 14, Coleman 2 0-0 4, Moore 0 2-2 2, Gibson 1 0-2 2, Totals 13 6-8 40.
3-pointers—M 3 (Just 3); E 8 (Simpson 5, Brack 3)
LA CROSSE 59, OTIS-BISON 38 — La Crosse placed Logan Skillett (17) and Gage Burk (15) and Caden Morgan (13) in double figures for a 59-38 Hoisington Winter Jam victory over Otis-Bison.
Otis-Bison (3-7) was paced by Riley Polly with 13 points and Hayden Morrison with 12 points.
Otis-Bison 7 12 7 12 — 38
La Crosse 14 12 14 19 — 59
OTIS-BISON (3-7)—Riley Polly 3 5-8 13, Morrison 4 1-4 12, Hoopingarner 2 1-1 5, Eston Juno 2 0-0 4, Maier 1 0-0 2, Kelson Juno 1 0-2 2, Totals 13 7-15 38.
LA CROSSE (6-2)—Skillett 8 1-7 17, Burk 7 1-2 15, Morgan 6 0-0 13, Barriger 2 3-4 7, Nelson 2 0-0 4, Holopirek 1 0-0 3, Totals 26 5-13 59.
3-pointers—OB 5 (Morrison 3, Polly 2); L 2 (Holopirek 1, Morgan 1).
HOISINGTON BOYS WINTER JAM
FIRST ROUND—Ellsworth 64, Minneapolis 13; Victoria 38, Ellinwood 37; Pratt 52, Otis-Bison 30; Hoisington 39, La Crosse 38
SECOND ROUND—Ellinwood 40, Minneapolis 33; La Crosse 59, Otis-Bison 38
1-19—SEMIFINALS—Ellsworth 8-1 vs. Victoria 5-4 5 p.m.; Pratt 7-1 vs. Hoisington, 5-4, 8 p.m.
1-20—1ST—5:30 p.m.; 3RD—2:30 p.m.; 5TH—Ellinwood 6-4 vs. La Crosse 6-2, 5:30 p.m.; 7TH—Minneapolis 1-9 vs. Otis-Bison 3-7, 2:30 p.m.
ELLINWOOD 55, OTIS-BISON 48 — Otis-Bison's girls started like the rabbit with a 28-point first quarter. Ellinwood played steady rallying from a 20-point deficit for a hard-fought 55-48 victory in the Hoisington Winter Jam.
Ellinwood placed Reese Stickney (16), Julia Schlessiger (16) and Bennett Jacobs (12) in double figures. Ellinwood outscored the Cougars 33-9 after halftime. Schlessiger grabbed 12 rebounds. Reese Stickney dished out five assists.
Ellinwood's Taylor Croisant scored 13 points, Abigail Rodriguez 12 and Destiny Mitchell 10.
Ellinwood 10 12 15 18 — 55
Otis-Bison 28 5 5 4 — 48
ELLINWOOD (3-7)—Reese Stickney 4-13 6-11 16, Schlessiger 7-14 2-3 16, Jacobs 4-9 2-2 12, Addi Stickney 3-6 1-2 7, Widener 2-3 0-0 4, Ricker 0-2 0-0 0, Shinliver 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 20-48 11-18 55.
OTIS-BISON (5-5)—Croisant 5 2-6 13, Rodriguez 4 3-6 12, Mitchell 3 2-6 10, Bahr 1 0-0 3, Smith 1 1-1 3, Reever 0 3-4 3, Kenyon 1 0-0 2, Lumpkins 0 2-2 2, Totals 15 13-25 48.
3-pointers—E 4-18 (Jacobs 2-6, R. Stickney 2-9, Ricker 0-1, Shinliver 0-1, A. Stickney 0-1); OB 5 (Mitchell 2, Bahr 1, Croisant 1, Rodriguez 1). Rebounds—E 32 (Schlessiger 12). Assists—E 16 (R. Stickney 5). Steals—E 9 (Jacobs 3).
VICTORIA 38, LA CROSSE 33 — Victoria's Kennidy Amrein scored 10 points with 11 rebounds to spark the Knights past La Crosse 38-33 in the Hoisington Winter Jam.
La Crosse (5-3) was paced by Madison Morgan with 14 points and Clara Thielenhaus with 10 points.
Victoria 8 13 3 14 — 38
La Crosse 7 15 6 5 — 33
VICTORIA (4-7)—Kennidy Amrein 4-9 2-3 10, Averi Windholz 3-11 3-4 9, Brinly Lichter 3-12 0-0 9, Dinkel 3-7 0-3 6, Schmeidler 0-5 0-0 0, Scheck 2-7 0-0 4, Totals 15-51 5-10 38.
LA CROSSE (5-3)—Madison Morgan 5 4-6 14, Thielenhaus 4 1-2 10, Liz Showalter 1 0-0 2, Werth 1 0-0 2, Dellett 1 0-0 2, Day 0 0-2 0, Parrott 1 0-0 3, Totals 13 5-10 33.
3-pointers—V 3-10 (Lichter 3-7, Dinkel 0-1, Schmeidler 0-1, Scheck 0-1); L 2 (Parrott 1, Thielenhaus 1). Rebounds—V 38 (Amrein 11). Assists—V 11 (Scheck 4). Steals—V 12 (Dinkel 4).
HOISINGTON GIRLS WINTER JAM
FIRST ROUND—Minneapolis 66, Ellinwood 24; Pratt 52, Otis-Bison 20; Ellsworth 58, La Crosse 35; Hoisington 65, Victoria 22
SECOND ROUND—Ellinwood 55, Otis-Bison 48; Victoria 38, La Crosse 33
1-19—SEMIFINALS—Minneapolis 8-1 vs. Pratt 6-2, 3:30, Ellsworth 5-4 vs. Hoisington 7-2, 6:30 p.m.
1-20—1ST—4 p.m.; 3RD—1 p.m.; 5TH—Ellinwood 3-7 vs. Victoria 4-7, 1 p.m.; 7TH—Oties-Bison 5-5 vs. La Crosse, 5-3, 4 p.m.
