ELLSWORTH 43, PRATT 27 (1ST) – Ellsworth’s Will Cravens dominated with 20 points and Riley Stone added 13 points to spark a 43-27 victory over Pratt for the Hoisington Winter Jam basketball championship.
Ellsworth's superior defense held Pratt to eight field goals by limiting Arley Morrell (6) and Max Younie (3).
Pratt 4 3 6 9 — 27
Ellsworth 12 9 9 13 — 43
PRATT (8-2)—Max Younie 1 1-1 3, Morrell 1 4-6 6, Schmidt 0 3-6 3, Riley 0 1-2 1, Caleb Strong 2 0-0 5, Kollyn Strong 2 0-0 4, Barker 1 0-0 2, Clark 1 0-0 2, McAtee 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 12-22 46.
ELLSWORTH (10-1)—Cravens 8 2-4 20, Leiker 0 1-2 1, Rolfs 0 2-2 2, Stone 6 1-2 13, Hipp 2 3-4 7, Totals 16 9-14 43.
3-pointers—P 1 (C. Strong 1); E 2 (Cravens 2).
HOISINGTON 39, VICTORIA 27 (3RD) – Hoisington's athletic Tony Moore scored 18 points and the Cardinals' defense shut down Victoria 39-27 for fifth place at the Hoisington Winter Jam.
Victoria's Will Scherrer scored eight points.
Victoria 10 7 7 3 – 27
Hoisington 8 15 12 4 – 39
VICTORIA (5-6)—Landon Schmidtberger 3 0-0 6, Schwien 1 1-2 3, Will Scherrer 3 0-0 8, Pickering 2 0-0 6, VonLintel 1 2-4 4, Huser 0 0-6 0, Totals 10 3-12 27.
HOISINGTON (6-5)—Moore 7 3-4 18, Chambers 1 1-1 3, Galla 0 2-2 2, Mason Martin 1 2-3 4, Carson Mason 1 0-0 2, Kinman 1 0-2 2, Hoffman 1 0-0 2, Ingram 0 3-4 3, Tarlton 1 0-2 3, Totals 13 11-18 39.
3-pointers—V 4 (Pickering 2, Will Scherrer 2); H 2 (Moore 1, Tarlton 1).
LA CROSSE 60, ELLINWOOD 48 (5TH) —La Crosse placed Logan Skillett (18), Gage Burk (13), Conner Barriger (12) and Caden Morgan (10) in double figures for a 60-48 fifth-place victory over Ellinwood.
Ellinwood's Alek Brack scored 18 points.
La Crosse 17 15 10 18 — 60
Ellinwood 5 8 20 10 — 48
LA CROSSE (7-2)—Skillett 9 0-2 18, Burk 5 3-4 13, Barriger 5 1-4 12, Morgan 4 0-3 10, Holopirek 1 2-3 5, Nelson 1 0-0 2, Totals 25 6-16 60.
ELLINWOOD (6-5)—Alek Brack 5 4-4 18, Simpson 2 1-2 7, Moore 3 0-0 8, Drew Heinz 2 1-2 7, Gibson 2 0-3 4, Coleman 2 0-0 4, Totals 16 4-6 48.
3-pointers—L 4 (Morgan 2, Holopirek 1, Barriger 1); E 10 (Brack 4, Simpson 2, Moore 2, D. Heinz 2).
MINNEAPOLIS 48, OTIS-BISON 24 (7TH) — Otis-Bison Cougar Jake Hoopingarner scored 12 points in a 48-24 loss to Minneapolis for seventh place at the Hoisington Winter Jam.
Minneapolis' Owen Just scored 18 points.
Minneapolis 15 9 12 17 — 48
Otis-Bison 14 3 5 2 — 24
MINNEAPOLIS (2-8)—Just 6 1-2 18, Nelson 2 0-0 4, Pauls 1 1-4 4, Woehl 4 0-0 9, Deronnet 1 0-2 2, Krueger 2 3-4 7, Heer 2 0-0 4, Totals 18 5-12 48.
OTIS-BISON (3-8)—Hoopingarner 4 0-0 2, Riley Polly 1 0-0 2, Eston Juno 1 0-0 2, Morrison 1 0-0 3, Kelson Juno 1 1-2 5, Totals 9 1-2 24.
3-pointers—M 7 (Just 5, Pauls 1, Woehl 1); OB 5 (Hoopingarner 4, Morrison 1).
HOISINGTON BOYS WINTER JAM
FINALS—1ST—Ellsworth 43, Pratt 27; 3RD—Hoisington 39, Victoria 27; 5TH—La Crosse 60, Ellinwood 48; 7TH—Minneapolis 48, Otis-Bison 24
SECOND ROUND— Ellsworth 41, Victoria 24; Pratt 46, Hoisington 35; Ellinwood 40, Minneapolis 33; La Crosse 59, Otis-Bison 38
FIRST ROUND—Ellsworth 64, Minneapolis 13; Victoria 38, Ellinwood 37; Pratt 52, Otis-Bison 30; Hoisington 39, La Crosse 38
