cHOISINGTON GIRLS 43, HAVEN 40

HAVEN — Hoisington's Mallory Mooney rescued the Cardinals with 12 points to spark a 43-40 Central Kansas League basketball victory over Haven Tuesday. Hoisington trailed 28-26, but outscored the Wildcats 13-3 to lead 39-3 on Mooney's 3-pointer. Kylee Hahn fed Jordyn Boxberger for a basket, Hanzlick passed to Hahn and Addy Mason converted a key 3-pointer.

Haven's Brie Ann Brawner and Carlee Bland hit 3-pointers for a 42-40 score, but Wildcat Reese Roper drew an intentional foul against Boxberger, who sank one free throw for a 43-40 final. The Wildcats converted 2 of 20 3-pointers until the final minute.

Hoisington (8-5, 1-2) surprised Haven for the second consecutive season. Mooney scored 12 points and Addy Mason scored nine points.

"We had players step up. Haven's a tough team and it's a tough place to play," said Hoisington coach Mandy Mason. "I'm extremely proud. I'm excited how we kept our composure and competed. The way we finished is exciting."

Hoisington 12 7 7 17 — 43

Haven 6 9 11 14 — 40

HOISINGTON (8-5, 1-2)—Mooney 5-8 1-2 12, Addy Mason 3-8 0-0 9, Hahn 2-4 4-6 8, Boxberger 2-5 1-3 5, Brewer 2-3 1-3 5, Hanzlick 1-12 2-2 4, Totals 15-40 9-18 43.

HAVEN (6-8, 1-2)—Jacques 0-3 0-0 0, Roper 4-18 0-0 10, Bland 6-10 0-0 13, Brawner 1-10 1-2 4, Yoder 0-2 0-0 0, Estill 1-3 0-0 2, DeFrain 4-10 3-5 11, Totals 16-56 4-7 40.

3-pointers—Hoisington 4-10 (A. Mason 3-5, Mooney 1-2, Boxberger 0-1, Hanzlick 0-2), Haven 4-22 (Roper 2-11, Bland 1-1, Brawner 1-8, Jacques 0-2).

HAVEN 45, HOISINGTON 43

HAVEN — Everything fell in line for Hoisington to pull an upset against Central Kansas League rival Haven. But the Cardinals committed a turnover with a chance to win. Haven escaped with a hard-fought 45-43 basketball victory that went down to the final Hoisington possession.

Cardinal Bralen Thompson scored 15 points and Chase Steinert added nine points. The Cardinals outscored the Wildcats 12-5 for a 44-43 score. Thompson, Jason Robinson and Noah Dolezal each scored four points in the fourth quarter. Thompson and Haxton combined for five first-half 3-pointers.

"We were in the game to the end. That's a tough way to lose a game," said Hoisington coach Kyle Haxton. "We never got Bralen a touch. We battled."

Haven's Brant Sipe scored 16 points and Dalton Schrag added 15 points. Haven outscored the Cardinals 9-0 and 11-1 in two key stretches.

"We had two poor offensive stretches," Haxton said. "We've got to put a stop to them. We fought through it and moved the basketball. They extended their zone and realized Thompson and Haxton could shoot it."

Hoisington 11 13 7 12 — 43 

Haven 15 10 10 10 — 45

HOISINGTON (6-7, 1-2)—Thompson 3-8 6-6 15, Steinert 3-5 3-4 9, Haxton 2-8 0-0 6, Robinson 2-6 0-1 4, Dolezal 2-4 2-2 6, Hoffman 1-1 1-2 3, Aylward 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 13-37 12-17 43.

HAVEN (10-4, 3-0)—Sipe 6-17 4-8 16, Kraft 2-4 1-2 5, Wray 1-4 0-0 2, Rinehart 203 0-1 4, Schrag 5-9 304 15, D.J. Miller 1-5 -1 3, David Yoder 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 17-43 8-16 45.

3-pointers—Hoisington 5-18 (Thompson 3-6, Haxton 2-8, Aylward 0-1, Robinson 0-1), Haven 3-7 (Schrag 2-2, Miller 1-1, Wray 0-2)

ELLINWOOD GIRLS 50, VICTORIA 32

VICTORIA — Red-hot Bella Baker scored a career high 21 points with six rebounds, three assists and five steals to spark the Eagles past Victoria 50-32 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball showdown. Brittany Simpson scored 14 points and Kennedy Behnke added nine points for Ellinwood (8-7, 3-1 CPL).

Victoria's Melany Huser scored 18 points.

Ellinwood 11 10 11 18 — 50

Victoria 12 9 5 6 — 32

ELLINWOOD (8-7, 3-1)—Baker 9-10 3-5 21, Simpson 6-24 2-3 14, Behnke 4-7 1-2 9, Schlessiger 2-3 0-0 4, Winget 0-0 2-2 2, Keith 0-1 0-0 0, Dimitt 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 21-47 7-10 50.

VICTORIA (5-9, 0-4)—Huser 18, Schmeidler 3, Scheck 3, Nowak 6, Dinkel 2.

3-pointers—E 1-9 (Behnke 1-4, Baker 0-1, Dimitt 0-1, Simpson 0-3). Rebounds—E 20 (Behnke 6, Baker 6). Assists—E 6 (Baker 3). Steals—E 11 (Baker 5).

ELLINWOOD 66, VICTORIA  32

VICTORIA — Ellinwood all-stater Britton Dutton dominated with 31 points to lead the Eagles past Victoria 66-32 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. 

Ellinwood (14-1, 4-0 CPL) led 43-14 at halftime. Koy Behnke added nine points and dished out nine assists.

Victoria (4-10, 2-2 CPL) was led by Landon Schmidtberger with seven points.

Ellinwood 22 21 17 6 — 66

Victoria 7 7 12 6 — 32

ELLINWOOD (14-1, 4-0)—Dutton 10-17 9-10 31, Heinz 1-4 3, Hosman 0-2 0-0 0 Simpson 0-1 4-6 4, Zink 2-2 2-2 6, Scheck 4-7 0-2 8, Behnke 4-8 0-1 9, Coleman 1-2 0-0 2, Haynes 1-1 1-1 3, Totals 23-44 16-22 66.

VICTORIA (4-10, 2-2)—Schwien 2-6 0-0 4, Schroenrock 2-5 2-2 6, Schmidtberger 3-8 0-0 7, Scherrer 1-3 0-0 2, Pickering 2-6 1-2 5, Schmidt 0-6 2-2 2, Wohler 1-6 1-2 4, Nowak 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 12-41 6-8 32.

3-pointers—E 4-9 (Dutton 2-3, Behnke 1-2, Heinz 1-3, Hosman 0-1), V 2-17 (Wohler 1-5, Schmidtberger 0-3, Schwien 0-1, Pickering 0-1, Schmidt 0-3, Scherrer 0-2, Schroenrock 0-2). Rebounds—E 27 (Behnke 6), V 21 (Schwien 7). Assists—E 15 (Behnke 9), V 5 (Scherrer 3). Steals—E 6 (Heinz 3), V 5 (Schwien 2).

CENTRAL PLAINS 59, OTIS-BISON 43

OTIS – Peyton Ryan scored a career high 37 points as the Central Plains rallied for their first victory of the basketball season with a dominating 59-43 Central Prairie League victory over Otis-Bison.

Ryan scored 13 free throws and four 3-pointers en route to 10 field goals. Evan Stratmann added nine points.

Otis-Bison's Eston Juno scored 13 points and Riley Polly added 10 points.

C. Plains 4 30 17 8 – 59

Otis-Bison 10 9 13 11  – 43

CENTRAL PLAINS (1-13, 1-3)—Peyton Ryan 10 13-16 37, Stratmann 3 1-2 9, Bunch 2 0-0 5, Freis 2 0-0 4, Hekele 1 2-4 4, Totals 18 16-22 59.

OTIS-BISON (1-13, 0-4)—Juno 2 9-11 13, Polly 4 1-2 10, Butler 4 0-2 8, Maier 2 2-3 6, Hoopingarner 1 0-0 3, Morrison 1 0-0 3, Totals 14 12-18 43.

3-pointers—OB 3 (Hoopingarner 1, Polly 1, Morrison 1), CP 7 (Ryan 4, Stratmann 2, Bunch 1).

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 47, OTIS-BISON 20

OTIS  – Brynna Hammeke scored 17 points to spark defending Central Prairie League champion Central Plains past Otis-Bison 47-20 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game. Madison McGuire scored 14 points for the Oilers (14-1, 3-0 CPL).

Otis-Bison (5-9, 2-2 CPL) was led by Johanna Baalman and Halee Morrison with nine points apiece.

C. Plains 17 16 9 5 – 47

Otis-Bison 2 7 5 6 – 20

CENTRAL PLAINS (14-1, 3-0)—Hammeke 8 1-2 17, Madison McGuire 5 4-5 14, Nixon 2 2-2 6, Soeken 2 0-0 6, Ogle 0 1-2 1, Kyla Metro 1 1-2 3, Totals 18 9-13 47.

OTIS-BISON (5-9, 2-2)—Baalmann 3 1-2 9, Morrison 4 0-2 9, Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Totals 8 1-4 20.

3-pointers—CP 2 (Soeken 2); OB 3 (Baalmann 2, Morrison 1)..

MACKSVILLE 76, LA CROSSE 43

MACKSVILLE – Macksville’s Rogelio Ibarra scored 23 points as the Mustangs roared past La Crosse 76-43 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game. 

The Mustangs converted a school record 16 of 25 3-pointers for 48 points. Rogelio Ibarra sank 6 of 10 3-pointers. Hector Gomez, Alexis Barrton and Diego Esparza each hit 3 3-pointers.

Alexis Barron (13) and Ryan Kuckelman (13) scored in double figures. Gomez and Barron each dished out six assists for Macksville (13-1, 3-1 CPL).

La Crosse 13 16 4 10 – 43

Macksville 16 19 14 27 – 76

LA CROSSE (5-9, 2-2)—Totals 43.

MACKSVILLE (13-1, 3-1)—Rogelio Ibarra 8-13 1-1 23, Kuckelman 5-9 3-3 13, Barron 5-11 0-0 13, Esparza 3-5 2-2 11, Lickiss 2-7 0-0 4, Guevara 0-1 0-0 0, Gomez 5-11 0-4 9, Alvaro Ibarra 1-4 0-0 3, Totals 27-56 6-10 76.

3-pointers—M 16-25 (R. Ibarra 6-10, Gomez 3-4, Barron 3-4, Esparza 3-4, A. Ibarra 1-3). Rebounds—M 28 (Kuckelman 6). Assists—M 19 (Gomez 6, Barron 6). Steals—M 11 (Lickiss 3).

MACKSVILLE GIRLS 58, LA CROSSE 43

MACKSVILLE – Mayce Russell scored 15 points and six steals and Abi Ibarra contributed 12 points and seven assists as Macksville’s girls rolled past La Crosse 58-43 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game. 

Macksville (8-6, 2-2 CPL) outscored the Leopards 16-3 in the second quarter.

La Crosse 15 3 17 8 – 43

Macksville 18 16 20 4 – 58

MACKSVILLE (8-6, 2-2)—Russell 6-15 2-4 15, Abi Ibarra 4-11 2-2 12, Adams 4-8 1-2 9, Garcia 4-8 0-0 8, Butler 1-5 0-0 2, Carrillo 1-5 0-0 2, Sanders 1-3 0-0 2, Ortiz 2-7 0-0 5, Totals 24-59 6-10 58.

3-pointers—M 4-24 (Ibarra 2-9, Russell 1-5, Ortiz 1-6). Rebounds—M 27 (Butler 6, Russell 6). Assists—M 13 (Ibarra 7). Steals—M 18 (Russell 6).

PAWNEE HEIGHTS 62, INGALLS 45

INGALLS — Pawnee Heights' Alec Carlson was on fire with 27 points and nine steals as the Tigers rolled past Ingalls 62-45 in Tuesday's Southern Plains Iroquois League basketball game.

Tiger Braden Colglazier contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds. The Tigers converted 8 of 15 shots on 3-pointers.

Pawnee Hts. 17 18 12 15 — 62

Ingalls 15 9 11 10 — 45

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (7-5)—Alec Carlson 10-22 2-3 27, Colglazier 5-7 2-3 13, Hands 5-11 1-1 12, Hamby 2-8 0-0 6, Stedje 1-2 0-0 2, Dakota Ryan 1-3 0-0 2, Gardner 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 24-54 6-9 62.

3-pointers—PH 8-15 (A. Carlson 5-9, Hamby 2-5, Hands 1-1). Rebounds—PH 30 (Colglazier 13). Assists—PH 13 (Colglazier 4). Steals—PH 18 (A. Carlson 9).