LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 46, ST. JOHN — No. 1 ranked Little River's defense down St. John's girls 46-28 in Friday's Midwinter Classic semifinal. Arika Feldman scored 16 points and Saelyn Raleigh added 10 points.
Little River held the Tigers to 12 field goals. Mia Meyer scored seven points and Lydia Reed and Jayln Fisher chipped in six apiece.
Little River 8 13 17 8 — 46
St. John 4 9 6 9 — 28
LITTLE RIVER (11-0)—Feldman 4 (2) 6-6 16, Raleigh 4 (1) 1-4 10, Look 3 0-0 6, Olander 3 0-0 6, Strecker 1 1-2 3, Lafferty 1 1-2 3, Wright 1 0-0 2, Totals 46
ST. JOHN (10-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Meyer 3 (1) 0-0 7, Reed 3 0-2 6, Jayln Fisher (2) 0-0 6, Bright 1 1-5 3, Rockenbach 1 0-0 2, Brummer 2 0-0 4, Totals 12 (3) 1-7 28
LARNED GIRLS 67, NICKERSON 13 — Larned's Jadyn Crosby scored 20 points and Lauren Sleder added 16 points as the Indians roared past Nickerson 67-13 to qualify for the Midwinter Classic fifth-place game.
Nickerson's Adaylee Morrell scored six points.
Nickerson 2 2 3 6 — 13
Larned 23 21 12 11 — 67
NICKERSON (1-9) (FG 3 FT TP)—Morrell 2 (1) 1-1 6, Groth 1 0-5 2, Martinez 0 0-2 0, Powell 1 1-2 3, Nisly 1 0-4 2, Totals 5 (1) 2-14 13
LARNED (6-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Crosby 7 (4) 2-2 20, Sleder 6 (3) 1-2 16, Brooke Simmons 5 (2) 1-2 13, Reynolds 2 4-4 8, Wachs 1 1-3 3, Lemuz 2 2-4 6, Townsend 0 1-2 1, Totals 23 (9) 12-19 67
ST. JOHN MIDWINTER GIRLS—Central Plains 39, Cimarron 25; Little River 79, Nickerson 16; Inman 70, Macksville 36; St. John 42, Larned 35; Larned 67, Nickerson 13; Little River 46, St. John 28; 1-24—Cimarron 2-8 vs. Macksville 4-7, 3:30; Central Plains 9-1 vs. Inman 9-1, 6:30; 1ST—Little River 11-0 vs. Central Plains/Inman winner; 3RD—St. John vs. Central Plains/Inman loser; 5TH—Larned 6-4 vs. CImarron/Macksville winner; 7TH—Nickerson 1-9 vs. Cimarron/Macksville loser
INMAN GIRLS 70, MACKSVILLE 26 —Inman's Suttyn Harris scored 16 points to lead three Teutons in double figures in a 70-26 Mid Winter Classic victory over Macksville. Macksville's Morgan Sebes scored eight points.
Macksville 5 8 8 5 — 26
Inman 26 18 20 6 — 70
MACKSVILLE (4-7) (FG 3 FT TP)—Sebes 3 (2) 0-2 8, Reyes 2 1-6 5, Ava Chadd 2 3-4 7, Garcia (2) 0-0 6, Totals 9 (4) 4-14 26
INMAN (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Harris 7 (2) 0-0 16, Thimmesch 5 0-0 10, Morgan Froese 5 0-0 10, Nichols 3 0-0 6, Tatro 2 0-0 4, Totals Parsons 2 2-4 6, Taylor Froese 3 0-4 6, Eddy 2 4-6 8, Schrag 1 2-2 4, Totals 30 (2) 8-18 70
ST. JOHN GIRLS 42, LARNED 35 — St. John converted 18 of 26 free throws to edge past Larned 42-35 in Tuesday's Midwinter Classic.
Lydia Reed led the Tigers with 12 points and outstanding interior defense. Reagan Bonner scored 11 points and hustling defense.
Larned's Kassidy Wachs scored nine points and Karley Lemuz and Jadyn Crosby each added eight points.
Larned 7 5 9 14 — 35
St. John 4 12 15 11 — 42
LARNED (5-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Wachs 3 (1) 2-3 9, Lemuz 3 2-4 8, Crosby 1 6-8 8, Brooke Simmons 2 (1) 1-2 6, Sleder 1 0-0 2, Reynolds 1 0-0 2, Totals 11-34 (2) 11-17 35
ST. JOHN (10-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Reed 5 2-3 12, Bonner 4 3-5 11, Bright 1 5-8 7, Meyer 2 2-4 6, Brummer 0 3-4 3, Jayln Fischer 0 3-4 3, Totals 12-29 18-28 42
CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 39, CIMARRON 25 —Marilyn Soeken scored 13 points and Grace Lamatsch added 12 points as the Central Plains Oilers downed Cimarron 39-25 in the Midwinter Classic first round.
Taegan Eskam led Cimarron with 14 points.
Cimarron 7 7 6 5 — 25
Central Plains 2 14 14 9 — 39
CIMARRON (2-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Taegan Eskam 6 (1) 1-1 14, Burkhart 1 0-0 2, Fugitt 2 0-0 4, White 0 0-2 0, Sonday 0 2-4 2, , Frink (1) 0-0 3, Totals 10 (2) 3-7 25
CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Soeken 3 (1) 6-8 13, Lamatsch 3 (2) 4-5 12, Aevyn Siemsen (2) 0-0 6, Strouse 3 1-4 7, Izzy Hurley 0 1-4 1, Totals 11 (5) 12-21 39
LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 79, NICKERSON 16 — Little River's Arika Feldman scored 29 points with Evie Look (14), Adelynne Strecker (13) and Avery Lafferty (14) scoring in double figures for the No. 1 ranked 1A Redskins.
Skylar Lamas hit a pair of 3-pointers for six points.
Nickerson 2 9 3 2 — 16
Little River 24 31 18 6 — 79
NICKERSON (1-8)—Lamas (2) 0-0 6, Powell 2 0-0 4, Morrell 1 0-0 2, Martinez 0 2-2 2, Bennett 1 0-0 2, Nisly 0 0-2 0, Totals 5 2-4 16
LITTLE RIVER (9-0)—Feldman 9 (6) 5-6 29, Look 6 (1) 1-1 14, Strecker 5 (3) 0-0 13, Lafferty 6 2-2 14, Crottinger 2 0-0 4, Raleigh (1) 0-0 3, Wright 1 0-0 2, Totals 30 (11) 8-9 79
CENTRAL PLAINS 52, LITTLE RIVER 30 — Central Plains featured the triple threat of Brodie Crites (17), Camden Stiles (15) and Aiden Hekele (13) to down Little River 52-30 in Friday's Midwinter Classic semifinal.
B Baldetti led Little River with 10 points.
Little River 5 7 3 15 — 30
Central Plains 11 8 15 18 — 52
LITTLE RIVER (8-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Baldetti 4 2-3 10, Konen 3 (2) 0-0 8, Raleigh 2 (1) 0-0 5, Renken (1) 0-0 3, Garrison 1 0-0 2, Schubert 0 2-2 2, Totals 11 (4) 4-5 30
CENTRAL PLAINS (10-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Crites 7 (1) 3-7 18, Stiles (5) 0-0 15, Hekele 4 (1) 4-6 13, Dody 1 0-0 2, Siemsen 0 1-2 1, Rogers 0 2-2 2, Daniels 0 1-4 1, Totals 17 (7) 12-21 52
LARNED 37, NICKERSON 33 — Larned's Deacon Martin delivered two steals for the tying and go-ahead 3-point play to spark the Indians past Nickerson 37-33 for the third consecutive time to advance to Saturday's Midwinter Classic fifth-place game. Martin stole the basketball on back-to-back plays from Rashawn Walker, scored and passed to Tristan Regan for the game-deciding 3-point play for a 34-31 lead. Alex King's basket drew the Panthers within 34-33, but he missed the tying free throw.
Carson Shaver scored 10 points and Tristan Regan added nine points.
Nickerson's Rashawn Walker scored seven points.
Nickerson 6 10 9 8 — 33
Larned 4 11 10 12 — 37
NICKERSON (1-9) (FG 3 FT TP)—Walker 3 1-1 7, Brawner 3 0-0 6, Crossman 3 0-0 6, King 2 1-3 5, Riley Linn 2 0-0 4, Yoder 2 (1) 0-0 5, Totals 15 (1) 2-4 33
LARNED (5-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Shaver 4 (1) 1-2 10, Regan 4 1-3 9, Greene 2 0-4 4, Martinez 1 2-2 4, Martin 3 0-0 6, Gonzalez (1) 0-0 3, Crosby 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 (2) 5-13 37
ST. JOHN MIDWINTER BOYS—Macksville 64, Cimarron 57; Central Plains 51, Nickerson 35; St. John 45, Inman 33; Little River 45, Larned 43; Larned 37, Nickerson 33; Central Plains 52, Little River 30; 1-24—Cimarron 1-8 vs. Inman 2-7, 5; Macksville 9-2 vs. St John 8-4, 8; 1-25—1ST-Central Plains 10-2 vs. Macksville/St. John winner; 3RD—Little River 8-4 vs. Macksville/St. John loser; 5TH--Larned 5-5 vs. Cimarron/Inman winner; 7TH—Nickerson 1-9 vs. Cimarron/Inman loser
ST. JOHN 45, INMAN 33 — St. John's Emmett Delp converted a pair of 3-pointers and scored 19 points to lead the Tigers past Inman 45-33 in Tuesday's Winter Jam tournament.
Inman 10 2 10 11 — 33
St. John 10 10 15 10 — 45
INMAN (2-7) (FG 3 FT TP)—Seidl 4 (1) 0-1 9, Bigler 4 (1) 0-0 9, Brunk 3 1-3 7, Wiens 2 1-6 5, Jerrick 1-2 3, Totals 14 (2) 3-13 33
ST. JOHN (8-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Delp 6 (2) 5-10 19, Adame 4 (1) 1-2 10, Reyes 3 1-3 7, Newdigger 3 0-0 6, Alpers (1) 0-0 3, Totals 17 (4) 7-15 45
LITTLE RIVER 45, LARNED 43 —Little River's Jaren Garrison converted the go-ahead 3-pointer for a 45-43 Midwinter Classic victory over Larned. Larned's Anthony Gonzalez hit a 3-pointer for a 41-37 lead, but Logan Renken and Garrison hit 3-pointers for a 44-43 lead.
Larned's Andres Martinez scored 11 points and Kylier Greene added 10 points.
Little River 13 12 12 8 — 45
Larned 5 14 17 7 — 43
LITTLE RIVER (8-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Renken (4) 0-0 12, Konen 3-4 12, Garrison 2 (1) 2-10 7, Baldetti 3 0-1 6, Raleigh 5, Schubert 3, Totals 15 (10) 5-15 45
LARNED (4-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Greene 4 2-2 10, Martinez 4 (3) 0-0 11, Gonzalez 3 (1) 0-0 7, Regan 1 2-2 4, Crosby 2 0-0 4, Shaver 2 0-0 4, Martin 1 1-2 3, Totals 17 (4) 5-6 43
MACKSVILLE 64, CIMARRON 57 — Macksville's triple threat featured Diego Esparza (20), Nolan Adams (17) and Hector Gomez (15) delivered a hard-fought 64-57 victory over Cimarron in the Midwinter Classic first round.
Adams grabbed 14 rebounds. Esparza dished out nine assists.
Cimarron 18 7 12 20 — 57
Macksville 6 22 21 15 — 64
CIMARRON (1-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Sonday 7 (1) 1-2 16, Trace Kopper 5 (3) 1-1 14, Wilson 5 (2) 0-0 12, Briggs 4 (1) 0-0 9, Ramirez 3 0-0 6, Totals 24 (7) 2-2 57
MACKSVILLE (9-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Esparza 8-16 (1-3) 3-4 20, Adams 8-12 1-1 17, Gomez 5-9 (3-6) 2-2 15, Grippin 3-8 0-0 6, Ibarra 3-6 (1-2) 0-1 6, Holguin 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 27-52 (4-13) 6-12 64
CENTRAL PLAINS 51, NICKERSON 35 — Central Plains Oiler Aiden Hekele scored 22 points and Camden Stiles converted four 3-pointers for 12 points in a 51-35 victory over Nickerson in the St. John Midwinter Classic.
Alex King led Nickerson (1-8) with eight points. The Panthers were plagued by turnovers and a lack of defensive rebounding.
Nickerson 8 11 4 12 — 35
Central Plains 14 18 10 9 — 51
NICKERSON (1-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—King 4 0-1 8, Crossman 2 (1) 2-2 7, Walker 3 (1) 0-0 7, Brawner 3 0-0 6, Peterson 2 1-4 5, Wood 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (2) 3-7 35
CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Hekele 8 (1) 5-7 22, Stiles (4) 0-0 12, Crites 3 1-6 7, Siemsen 3 0-0 6, Stroede 1 0-0 2, Daniels 1 0-0 2, Totals 20 (5) 6-11 51