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Hoisington Cardinals win home finale
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Braxton Donovan(25) scores for the Hoisington Cardinals on Thursday night.

HOISINGTON BOYS 59, LYONS 36

HOISINGTON – Hoisington’s boys celebrated Senior Night by thumping Lyons 59-36 in Thursday’s Central Kansas League basketball game. Drew Nicholson scored 19 points and Mason Haxton added 14 points.

The Cardinals (9-10, 4-5 CKL) used an 18-0 scoring run for a shocking 31-4 lead for a 39-8 halftime lead. The Cardinals converted 10 of 19 3-pointers. The Cardinals play Russell at home Tuesday in the 3A Hoisington substate.

Lyons 4 4 14 14 — 36

Hoisington 21 18 8 12 — 59

LYONS (5-14, 0-9)—Minix 16, McClure 9, Alamos 8, Crawford 2, Stover 1

HOISINGTON (9-10, 4-5)—Nicholson 17, Haxton 14, Donovan 9, Woydziak 8, Brewer 6, Xavier Robinson 3, Chase Robinson 2


LYONS GIRLS 44, HOISINGTON 36

HOISINGTON – Lyons’ Kristina Head poured through 24 points to spark a game-ending 16-2 scoring run for a 44-36 Central Kansas League basketball victory over Hoisington to spoil Senior Night.

The Cardinals led 34-28 when Lyons took charge in the final nine minutes. 

Hoisington (5-14, 0-9 CKL) was paced by Kelsi Dalton with 14 points and Keeley Wolf with 11 points and a trio of 3-pointers.



CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 91, VICTORIA 31

SYLVAN GROVE – All-stater Emily Ryan scored 42 points with seven rebounds, six assists and five steals as Central Plains rolled past Victoria 91-31 in Thursday’s 1A basketball regional.

Kassidy Nixon scored 12 points. Addison Crites added nine points. Delaney Rugan had six steals.

The Oilers (21-0) have won 105 consecutive basketball games. The Oilers play Otis-Bison (19-2) in Saturday’s regional championship. The Oilers and Cougars qualify for Russell or Wakeeney substates next Thursday.


Victoria      7   6  17  1  – 31

C. Plains   28 31 19 13 – 91 

VICTORIA (12-9)—Sander 4 5-5 13, Kaitlyn Windholz 1 5-8 7, Huser 0 6-11 6, Dinkel 0 2-2 2, Weber 1 0-2 3, Totals 6-17 18-28 31

CENTRAL PLAINS (21-0)—Emily Ryan 18-21 5-5 42, Nixon 6-8 0-0 12, Crites 4-4 1-1 9, Rugan 2-4 2-2 6, Oeser 2-3 2-2 6, Lamatsch 2-5 0-0 4, Jeffrey 1-2 0-0 3, Potter 2-2 1-3 6, Cunningham 0-1 1-2 1, Hurley 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 38-52 12-15 91

3-pointers—CP 3-7 (Ryan 1-1, Potter 1-1, Jeffery 1-1, Lamatsch 0-2, Nixon 0-1, Rugan 0-1); Rebounds—CP 23 (Ryan 7); Assists—CP 19 (Ryan 7); Steals—CP 22 (Rugan 6)

OTIS-BISON GIRLS 54, SYLVAN GROVE 33

SYLVAN GROVE – Otis-Bison’s Maddie Wiltse dominated with 33 points as the Cougars roared past Sylvan Grove-Lucas 54-33 in Thursday’s 1A Sylvan Grove basketball regional.

Cora Anderson added 12 points and passed perfectly to Wiltse for several easy baskets from the high post. The Cougars (19-2) play No. 1 ranked Central Plains (21-0) in Saturday’s 1A regional championship game. The Oilers are riding a 105-game winning streak.

Otis-Bison          16 16 14  8 – 54

Sylvan-Lucas       8   6  11  8 – 33

OTIS-BISON (19-2)—Wiltse 13 6-6 33, Anderson 6 0-0 12, Ewy 2 0-0 6, Schneider 1 0-0 3, Totals 22 6-6 54

SYLVAN-LUCAS—Couse 2 0-0 4, Walter 2 0-05, Wolting 2 0-0 4, Neel 2 0-0 5, Wherman 1 0-0 3, Rahmeier 4 0-08, Haberer 2 0-0 4, Totals 15 0-0 33

ELLINWOOD GIRLS 53, NESS CITY 47

ELLINWOOD – Ellinwood’s Mya Maxwell and Lauren Petz converted free throws to seal a hard-fought 53-47 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ness City. Ellinwood outscored Ness City 20-13 in the fourth quarter.

Ellinwood (8-12, 3-5 CPL) was led by Maxwell  with 17 points. Madison Ward scored 16 points with Daphne Doll contributed 13 points.

Ness City (3-17,1-7 CPL) was led by Tiana Epperson with 12 points.

Ness City   15   7  12 13 – 47

Ellinwood   16  13  4  20 – 53

NESS CITY (3-18, 1-7)—Epperson 12, Reinhardt 9, Werth 7, Seib 6, Starr 4, Liggett 4, Guzman 3, Morales 2 

ELLINWOOD (8-12, 3-5)—Maxwell 17, Ward 16, Doll 13, Petz 4, Mendez 3

NESS CITY BOYS 44, ELLINWOOD 30

ELLINWOOD – Ness City’s John Pfannenstiel scored 18 points for a 44-30 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ellinwood to spoil Senior Night for the home team.

Ellinwood (6-14, 2-6 CPL) was sparked by David Hammeke with 15 points. Ellinwood plays Ellsworth (5-14) at home Monday in the 2A Sterling substate.

Ness City   11 11 15  7 – 44

Ellinwood    6   9   9  6 – 30

NESS CITY (16-4, 7-2)—Pfannenstiel 18, Rios 10, Reinhardt 9, Guzman 7

ELLINWOOD (6-14, 2-6)—Hammeke 15, Knop 5, McFarren 4, Carr 4, Doll 2