ST. JOHN — Dean Wade scored 24 points and St. John roared to a 50-15 halftime lead and beat Ness City 73-36 Friday in a Central Prairie League basketball game.
Cole Kinnamon scored 18 points and Gera Calleros added 11 points for St. John (8-0).
The St. John boys are unbeaten and top-ranked in Class 2A after capturing the Class 2A and Class 1A state basketball titles.
Kyle Harris led Ness City with 13 points.
Ness City 2 13 4 17 —36
St. John 24 26 19 4 — 73
Ness City — Harris 13, Stiawalt 11, Brown 2, Flores 4, Stephen 4, Fellhoelter 2
St. John — Wade 24, Kinnamon 18, Gera Calleros 11, Smith 2, Valenzeula 2, Jorge Calleros 8, Fisher 3, Milton 4.
St. John girls 61,
Ness City 41
ST. JOHN — Teresa Christie scored 25 points to spark St. John’s girls (6-2) past Ness City’s 61-41 girls in a Central Prairie League game.
Ness City 4 16 8 13 —41
St. John 12 28 11 10 — 61
Ness City — Clarke 11, Fritts 10, Ricardson 5, McVicker 2, Foss 7, Holecek 4, Moody 2.
St. John — Teresa Christie 25, Tara Christie 9, Ashlyn Fisher 4, Torre Fisher 3, Brown 4, Burns 2, Nelson 7, Hanson 5, Haskins 2.

Central Plains 67, Macksville 26
CLAFLIN — Central Plains roared to a 45-14 halftime lead and coasted past Macksville 67-26 Friday night in a Central Prairie League basketball game.
Central Plains (6-1) placed Michael Ryan (17), Layne Bieberle (13) and Braedan Crites (10) in double figures.
Macksville (3-4) was led by Haden Herman with six points.
Macksville 10 4 8 4 —26
C. Plains 14 15 15 7 — 67
Macksville — Herman 6, Russell 2, Ibarra 3, Penner 2, Sebes 2, Delgadillo 2, Acosts 3, Miller 4, Miranda 2.
Central Plains — Ryan 17, Bieberle 13, Crites 10, Ingham 3, Warnken 4, Miller 3, Rugan 3, Barton 6, Lamatsch 8.
Central Plains girls 78, Macksville 30
CLAFLIN — Central Plains rolled to a 32-7 lead after one quarter and beat Macksville 78-30 in a Central Prairie League girls basketball game.
Central Plains (7-0) was paced by Reagan Phelan with 20 points, 18 in the first half. Taylor Rolfs (13), Cassidy Crites (12) and Breanna Schartz (12) all scored in double figures. The Oilers led 51-17 at halftime.
Macksville’s Sophie Filbert and Emma Stimatze each scored nine points.
Macksville 7 10 4 9 —30
C. Plains 32 19 23 4 — 78
Macksville — Filbert 9, Stimatze 9, Ibarra 5, Arreola 6, Penner 1.
Central Plains — Phelan 20, Rolfs 13, Crites 12, Schartz 12, Stueder 2, Maxwell 2, Kasselman 9, Williams 2, Ryan 6.