Top-ranked St. John girls beat Ness City 63-35

NESS CITY — The St. John High School girls’ basketball team remained undefeated on Friday night, beating Ness City 63-35 on the road.
The Lady Tigers, who are ranked No. 1 in Class 1A Division-I in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll, were led by Teresa Wade’s 24 points, including 8-for-8 from the free-throw line.
Morgan Osborne added 12 points.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

At Ness City

GIRLS

Friday

St. John 63, Ness City 35
ST. JOHN (7-0)
     Tia Smith 1 0-0 2, Haley Falk 3 0-2 7, Morgan Osborne 5 1-1 12, Tara Christie 2 0-0 5, Teresa Christie 4 0-2 8, Rhian Collins 0 1-2 1, Alexis Witt 2 0-0 4, Teresa Wade 8 8-8 24. Totals 25 10-15 63.
NESS CITY
     Jessica Stieben 0 0-0 0, Erin Flax 1 0-0 2, Allison Serb 1 0-0 2, Kylie Stoecklein 1 0-0 2, Cailin Foos 0 1-2 1, Kinzie Stoecklein 7 1-2 15 Ashleigh Seib 5 3-4 13. Totals 15 5-8 35.
St. John          12  15  19  17  —  63
Ness City        10  11  10   4  —  35
     Three-point goals — St. John 3 (Falk, Osborne, T. Christie); Ness City (none).

Little River 52, Ellinwood 40
LITTLE RIVER — The Ellinwood girls fell short in spite of a 16-point performance from Darri Backwith.
Little River outscored the Lady Eagles 18-11 in the final eight minutes.
Sophia Hayes added eight points for Ellinwood.

At Little River

GIRLS

Friday

Little River 52, Ellinwood 40
ELLINWOOD (2-5)
     Sophia Hayes 4 0-0 8, Bailey Schartz 2 0-0 4, Darri Beckwith 7 0-0 16, Brooke Panning 0 2-2 2, Rachel Boll 1 0-0 2, Kenzie Corbet 1 2-2 4, Lindsay Zink 2 0-2 4. Totals 17 4-6 40.
LITTLE RIVER
     Baldwin 1 3-4 5, Johnston 4 2-4 10, Zeller 0 2-2 2, Baldwin 1 0-3 2, Wright 2 0-0 4, Zeller 1 0-0 2, Dougherty 3 2-2 8, Waters 3 12-19 19. Totals 15 21-35 52.
Ellinwood          11  10  8  11  —  40
Little River        14  12  8  18  —  52
     Three-point goals — Little River 1 (Waters); Ellinwood 2 (Beckwith 2).

Victoria 45, Otis-Bison 33
OTIS — Victoria’s 19-point third quarter led to a road win over Otis-Bison.
The Lady Cougars were led by Hannah Bannister, who scored 11 points including 5-for-5 free throws.
Kim Pechanec scored 10 points.

At Otis

GIRLS

Friday

Victoria 45, Otis-Bison 33
VICTORIA
     Kristin Huser 4 0-0 10, Brooke Pfanenstiel 2 0-1 4, Audra Nowak 3 0-3 6, Rylee Broyles 4 4-5 12, Kaley Goetz 2 0-6 4, Amanda Braun 4 1-2 9. Totals 19  5-17 45
OTIS-BISON (3-5)
     Annie Kraisinger 1 2-6 4, Hannah Bannister 3 5-5 11, Kim Pechanec 3 4-6 10, MacKenzie Boone 0 2-3 2, Janel Tammen 3 0-0 6. Totals 10 13-20 33.
Victoria             6  10  19  10  —  45
Otis-Bison        4    8  11  10  —  33
     Three-point goals — Victoria 2 (Huser 2); Otis-Bison (none).

Dodge City 51, Larned 29
DODGE CITY — Coming off a loss against Western Athletic Conference foe Garden City, Dodge City rebounded in striking fashion.
Ashley Stephenson led Dodge City with a game-high 17 points.
Larned was led by Danette Unruh, who scored nine points against Dodge City.
Bailey Schartz added five points and Jessie Johnson scored four as the Lady Indians fall to 2-4 on the season.

BOYS
Ness City 69, St. John 57
NESS CITY — The perimeter shooting of Ness City proved too much for St. John.
The Eagles, who are ranked No. 2 in Class 2A, shot 70 percent from the floor in the second half to beat the Tigers.
Zuriel Reyes scored a game-high 26 points, including 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.

At Ness City

BOYS

Friday

Ness City 69, St. John 57
ST. JOHN (4-3)
     Kade Kinnamon 2 2-2 7, Kinser Crissman 0 0-0 0, Spencer Nusser 2 3-9 9, Esai Macias 6 1-2 13, Ethan Long 1 0-0 2, Zuriel Reyes 8 6-6 26. Totals 19 12-19 57.
NESS CITY
     Dalton Gantz 5 2-4 15, Drew Clarke 7 4-5 21, Matthew Frank 1 1-2 3, Colin Foos 5 5-5 15, Koltyn Ratliff 2 0-2 5, Tucker VonLehe 4 2-4 10. Totals 24 14-22 69.
St. John           20   6  15  16  —  57
Ness City        19  12  24  14  —  69
     Three-point goals — St. John 7 (Reyes 4, Nusser 2, Kinnamon); Ness City 7 (Gantz 3, Clarke 3, Ratliff).

Otis-Bison 49, Victoria 39
OTIS — Senior Trevor Keller scored 19 points, including 12 in the third quarter, to propel Otis-Bison over Victoria.
Dylan Wissman and Brandon Pechanec added eight points each for the Cougars, who are ranked No. 10 in Class 1A D-II.

At Otis

BOYS

Friday

Otis-Bison 49, Victoria 39
VICTORIA
     Corey Dinkel 3 4-4 10, Conner Gagnon 2 0-0 4, Sam Ottley 0 1-2 1, Bryan Dome 1 0-0 2, Clayton Roth 0 2-2 2, Dalton Dreiling 2 0-0 5, Lane Braun 5 1-2 12, Tanner Hobbs 1 0-0 3. Totals 14 8-12 39.
OTIS-BISON (6-2)
     Trevor Keller 7 3-4 19, Dylan Wissman 3 2-7 8, Sach Stejskal 3 0-0 7, Patrick Piper 2 0-1, Brandon Pechanec 4 0-4 8. Totals 19 5-16 49
Victoria             8  11    9  11  —  39
Otis-Bison        4  14  21  10  —  49
     Three-point goals — Victoria 3 (Dreiling, Braun, Hobbs); Otis-Bison 3 (Keller 2, Stejskal).

South Gray 58,
Pawnee Heights 20
ROZEL — South Gray jumped ahead 20-2 in the rout of Pawnee Heights.
Chad Wallace scored eight points to lead the Tigers.
Jayton Salmans added six points.

At Rozel

BOYS

Friday

South Gray 58,
Pawnee Heights 20
SOUTH GRAY
     Ronald Martens 6 1-1 13, Caleb Clancy 1 0-0 2, Wyatt Slaven 5 0-0 11, Tate Skinner 1 0-0 2, Garret Watkins 4 1-4 9, Gaige Foskuhl 0 0-2 0, Zach Tyler 2 0-1 5, Cartson Skidmore 1 0-2 2, Trenton Holloway 3 1-2 7, Collin Wright 3 1-1 7. Totals 26 4-13 58.
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-4)
     Chad Wallace 4 0-0 8, Jacob Hardiman 1 0-0 2, Raul Davila 1 0-0 2, J.D. Auker 1 0-0 2, Jayton Salmans 1 3-3 6. Totals 8 3-3 20.
South Gray        20  16  18  4  —  58
Pawnee Heights  2    9    4  5  —  20
     Three-point goals — South Gray 2 (Tyler, Slaven); Pawnee Heights 1 (Salmans).

Little River 43, Ellinwood 31
LITTLE RIVER — The Ellinwood boys drop to 3-4 overall this season with a road loss in Little River.
Kyle Blakeslee, Patrick Ringering and Ian Goering each scored six points to lead the Eagles.

                                                                         — Kevin Price