ST. JOHN GIRLS 58, NESS CITY 20 — St. John's Lydia Reed dominated inside with 17 points and Mia Meyer added 16 points to spark the Tigers past Ness City 58-20 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game.
The Tigers (7-1, 2-0 CPL) led 21-6 after one quarter keyed by aggressive full court and half court defense. Ness City's Tavarez scored eight points.
Ness City 6 8 4 2 — 20
St. John 21 18 14 5 — 58
NESS CITY (3-4, 1-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Tavarez 3 (1) 1-2 8; Reinhardt 3 0-5 6; Bullar (1) 0-0 3; Turner 1 0-0 2; Fuchs 0 1-2 1; Totals 8 (2) 2-9 20
ST. JOHN (7-1, 2-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Reed 8 1-2 17, Meyer 8 0-0 16, Brummer 3 3-4 9, Bonner 3 (1) 0-0 7; Averi Fisher 2 0-0 4, Jaylin Fisher 2 (1) 0-0 5, Totals 26 (2) 4-6 58
LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 49, ST. JOHN 21 — No. 1 ranked Little River shut down St. John for a 49-21 non-league basketball victory over the Tigers.
Little River's Olander scored 15 points and Lafferty added 11 points. Little River (7-0) led 23-6 after one quarter keyed by aggressive defense.
St. John 6 2 7 6 — 21
Little River 23 6 8 12 — 49
ST. JOHN (7-2)—Bonner 0 1-2 1, Reed 4 0-0 8, Bright 3 0-0 6, Meyer 0 2-2 2, Jaylin Fisher 2 0-0 4, Totals 9 3-4 21
LITTLE RIVER (7-0)—Olander 6-12 (0-2) 3-6 15; Lafferty 4-6 (1-2) 2-4 11; Raleigh 3-5 (1-3) 2-2 9; Strecker 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2; Look 1-4 (1-1) 0-2 3; Feldman 2-16 (1-8) 0-0 5; Wright 2-4 0-0 4; Totals 19-49 (4-17) 7-14 46
ST. JOHN 62, NESS CITY 48 — St. John outscored Ness City 16-6 in the fourth quarter for a 62-48 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ness City.
Ness City 14 11 17 6 — 48
St. John 15 16 15 16 — 62
NESS CITY (3-4, 1-2)—Totals 48
ST. JOHN (6-3, 2-0)—Delp, Braxton Alpers, Reyes, Smith, Ibarra, Vieux, Adame, Mawhirter, Lozano; Vasco; Chapman; Newdigger; Totals 62
ST. JOHN 55, LITTLE RIVER 46 — St. John rallied from a 7-point deficit for a 55-46 non-league basketball victory over Little River. The Tigers outscored the Redskins 18-8 in the second period.
St. John 14 18 7 16 — 55
Little River 21 8 5 12 — 46
ST. JOHN (7-3)—Delp, Braxton Alpers, Reyes, Smith, Ibarra, Vieux, Adame, Mawhirter, Lozano; Vasco; Chapman; Newdigger; Totals 55
LITTLE RIVER (4-3)—Totals 46
