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St. John Tigers sweep LaCrosse
Area basketball roundup 2-9
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Cal Dunekack dribbles to the basket against Liberal on Friday night. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

ST. JOHN 42, LACROSSE 36

LACROSSE — St. John converted 10 of 21 fourth-quarter free throws to survive 42-36 against LaCrosse in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

St. John (6-10, 1-4 CPL) was paced by Hunter Smith with 11 points and Uriel Calleros with nine points. The Tigers outscored the Leopards 10-1 on free throws.

LaCrosse hit seven 3-pointers and Haden Sherman scored 11 points.

St. John 15 2 11 14 — 42

LaCrosse 2 16 3 15 — 36

ST. JOHN (1-4, 6-10)—Smith 3 5-9 11, Calleros 4 0-0 9, Dunn 3 2-6 8, Elijah Delp 3 0-0 6, Fernandez 1 3-6 6, Woolf 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 10-21 42

LACROSSE (8-7, 2-4)—Sherman 4 1-1 11, Pierce 3 0-0 8, Chase Schmidt 3 0-2 6, Patterson 2 0-0 6, Conner 1 0-0 3, Burk 1 0-0 2, Totals 14 1-3 36

3-pointers—SJ 2 (Fernandez 1, Calleros 1); L 7 (Sherman 2, Pierce 2, Patterson 2, Conner 1).

ST. JOHN GIRLS 36, LACROSSE 20

LACROSSE — St. John's Heidi Fisher scored 10 points as the Tigers' defense shut down LaCrosse 36-20 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Kaylynn Claussen added nine points.

St. John 11 9 7 9 — 36

LaCrosse 5 9 2 4 — 20

ST. JOHN (9-7, 3-2)—Heidi Fisher 4 0-4 10, Kaylynn Claussen 3 2-2 9, Darby Smith 3 1-3 7, Bailee Hudson 3 0-0 6, Payton Meyer 1 0-0 2, MacKenzie Hacker 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 4-11 36

LACROSSE (3-12, 1-5)—Brooke Herrman 3 1-4 7, Ryersee 2 0-0 5, Thielenhaus 2 0-0 4, Showalter 0 2-2 2, Jacobs 1 0-0 2, Totals 8 3-6 20

3-pointers—SJ 2 (Fisher 2), L 1 (Ryersee 1)

PAWNEE HEIGHTS 77, DEERFIELD 64

DEERFIELD — Tiger Alec Carlson led four Pawnee Heights in double figures with 28 points, 12 rebounds and three steals to ignite a fast-paced 77-64 Southern Plains Iroquois basketball victory over Deerfield.

The Tigers (9-6) also placed Adam Hands (19), Braden Colglazier (14) and Davin Hamby (11) in double figures. The Tigers converted 30 of 48 field goals, 62 percent.

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (9-6)—Carlson 10-17 4-8 28, Hands 8-12 2-2 19, Colglazier 7-10 0-2 14, Hamby 3-6 2-2 11, Cordero 1-2 1-2 3, Dakota Ryan 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 30-48 9-16 77

3-pointers—PH 8-16 (Carlson 4-7, Hamby 3-5, Hands 1-4). Rebounds—PH 33 (Carlson 12). Assists—PH 16 (Colglazier 5). Steals—PH 10 (Carlson 3, Hamby 3)

PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 68, DEERFIELD 7

DEERFIELD — Pawnee Heights' Madison Polson scored a career high 30 points and Jaden Carlson nearly matched her with 29 points with five assists as the Tigers dominated Deerfield 68-7 in Tuesday's Southern Plains Iroquois basketball game. Polson and Carlson combined to convert 27 of 35 field goals.

Olivia Hands contributed 16 rebounds and six assists.

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (8-6)—Madison Polson 13-17 4-4 30, Jaden Carlson 14-18 0-0 29, Olivia Hands 4-17 0-0 8, Yeimi Cordero 0-1 0-0 0, Rasmussen 0-3 1-2 1, Totals 31-57 5-6 68

DEERFIELD (1-12)—Smith 1-11 1-2 4, Musil 1-2 0-0 3, Borjas 0-3 0-2 0, Gardea 0-5 0-0 0, Walker 0-1 0-2 0, Cruz 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 2-23 1-6 7

3-pointers—PH 1-6 (Carlson 1-2, Polson 0-2, Hands 0-2), D 2-6 (Smith 1-1, Musil 1-2, Gardea 0-3)

HESSTON 45, HOISINGTON 37

HESSTON — No. 3 ranked Hesston held No. 6 ranked Hoisington in check defensively with a hard-fought 45-37 Central Kansas League basketball victory.

Hesston (14-1, 4-1 CKL) stayed in control of the CKL race behind 13 points by Cason Richardson. The Swathers' aggressive defense held the Cardinals under control. Drew Nicholson scored 10 points and Leyton Haxton added eight points.

Hoisington 10 9 10 8 — 37

Hesston 12 12 9 12 — 45

HOISINGTON (11-3, 3-2)—Nicholson 10, Leyton Haxton 8, Thompson 6, Chase Robinson 5, Woydziak 2, Mason Haxton 2, Woydziak 2, Hanzlick 2

HESSTON (14-1, 4-1)—Richardson 13, Proctor 8, Arnold 7, Bollinger 5, Schilling 4, Humphreys 2, Bruner 2

HESSTON GIRLS 53, HOISINGTON 38

HESSTON — Red-hot Hesston powered past the Hoisington girls 55-38 in Tuesday's Central Kansas league basketball game. Hesston (10-5, 4-1) was led by Corrine Yoder with 20 points.

Hoisington (5-10, 1-4 CKL) was led by Macy Hanzlick with 13 points and Addy Mason converted four 3-pointers for 12 points.

Hoisington 12 10 4 12 — 38

Hesston 14 14 12 13 — 53

HOISINGTON (5-10, 1-4)—Macy Hanzlick 13, Addy Mason 12, Wolf 9, Schneider 2, Brack 1, Colson 1 

ELLINWOOD 55, CENTRAL PLAINS 23

CLAFLIN — Ellinwood's Britton Dutton was brilliant with 27 points, nine rebounds and six steals, and the Eagles' defense was even better in Tuesday's 55-23 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Central Plains.

Sidekick Tyler Stuhlsatz scored 17 points for Ellinwood (12-3, 5-0 CPL). The Eagles led 33-10 at halftime.

The Oilers converted 8 of 48 field goals, 2 of 15 from 3-point range.

Ellinwood 12 21 16 6 — 55

Central Plains 1 9 6 7 — 23

ELLINWOOD (12-3, 5-0)—Dutton 8-13 8-11 27, Stuhlsatz 7-13 2-2 17, Scheck 1-6 2-2 4, Gage Hosman 2-3 0-2 4, Heinz 0-1 0-0 0, Brack 0-1 0-0, Moore 0-1 0-00, Behnke 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 18-41 13-18 55

CENTRAL PLAINS (3-13, 2-3)—Peyton Ryan 1-12 0-0 3, Michael Laymon 0-7 2-2 2, Holmes 4-11 2-4 10, Stratmann 0-1 0-0 0, Lamatsch 2-5 1-2 6, Oberle 1-7 0-1 2, Beck 0-1 0-0 0, McNeal 0-1 0-0 0, Stratmann 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 8-48 5-9 23

3-pointers—E 6 (Dutton 3-7, Stuhlsatz 3-6, Moore 0-1, Brack 0-1, Behnke 0-3), CP 2-15 (Ryan 1-7, Lamatsch 1-1, Beck 0-1, Laymon 0-1, Oberle 0-1, McNeal 0-1, Holmes 0-1, Kitchen 0-2). Rebounds—E 34 (Dutton 9); CP 21 (Holmes 6). Assists—E 9 (Dutton 3, Behnke 3); CP 4 (Laymon 1, Oberle 1, Kitchen 1). Steals—E 11 (Dutton 6); CP 11 (Lamatsch 3, Holmes 3).

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 56, ELLINWOOD 37

CLAFLIN — Central Plains Oiler Brynna Hammeke was smoking with 28 points and a trio of 3-pointers in a 56-37 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ellinwood. Kassidy Nixon added 12 points. The Oilers are 13-3, 5-0 in the CPL.

Ellinwood (8-6, 2-2 CPL) was led by Brittany Simpson with 11 points.

Ellinwood 7 6 17 7 — 37 

Central Plains 18 15 19 6 — 56

ELLINWOOD (8-6, 2-2)—Simpson 4 0-0 11, Maxwell 3 0-0 7, Baker 2 0-0 4, Klepper 2 0-0 4, Doll 3 0-0 6, Dimitt 2 90-0 5, Totals 16 0-0 37

CENTRAL PLAINS (13-3, 5-0)—Hammeke 12 1-4 28, Nixon 5 1-2 12, Lexie Oeser 2 0-0 6, Jennah Jeffrey 3 2-2 8, Short 1 0-0 2,  Totals 23 4-8 56

3-pointers—E 5 (Simpson 3, Maxwell 1, Dimitt 1), CP (Hammeke 3, Lexie Oeser 2, Nixon 1)

MACKSVILLE 72, KINSLEY 51

KINSLEY — Macksville's Rogelio Ibarra scored 22 points with six 3-pointers in the Mustangs' 72-51 victory over Kinsley in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. 

The Mustangs (11-5, 4-2 CPL) shot 60 percent on 26 of 43 field goals with a season high 22 assists. Scoring in double figures were Alexis Barron (16), Ryan Kuckelman (15) and Cleven Huggins (13).

Macksville 24 14 18 16 — 72

Kinsley 13 16 13 9 — 51

MACKSVILLE (11-5, 4-2)—Rogelio Ibarra 8-13 0-0 22, Alexis Barron 6-9 4-4 16, Kuckelman 5-5 5-6 15, Huggins 5-8 3-4 13, Alvaro Ibarra 2-8 0-0 5, Lickiss 0-0 1-2 1, Sebes 0-0 0-2 0, Totals 26-43 8-14 72  

3-pointers—M 11-21 (R. Ibarra 6-10, Barron 4-5, A. Ibarra 1-5). Rebounds—M 26 (Huggins 8). Assists—M 22 (Kuckelman 7). Steals—M 9 (R. Ibarra 2, Lickiss 2, Huggins 2, Kuckelman 2)

MACKSVILLE GIRLS 50, KINSLEY 20

KINSLEY — Macksville's Mayce Russell scored 26 points and contributed seven steals and six rebounds to spark a 50-20 victory over Kinsley in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

Abi Ibarra contributed eight points and six assists. Joselin Garcia scored nine points.

Macksville 8 9 12 21 — 50

Kinsley 0 10 4 6 — 20

MACKSVILLE (5-10, 1-4)—Russell 11-28 1-2 26, Abi Ibarra 3-6 0-0 8, Garcia 3-5 3-5 9, Adams 1-3 0-0 2, Galan 2-4 1-2 5, Yoselin Ibarra 0-1 0-0 0, Clawson 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 20-49 2-4 50 

3-pointers—M 8-18 (Russell 3-11, Garcia 3-4, Abi Ibarra 2-2, Clawson 0-1). Rebounds—M 22 (Russell 6). Assists—M 15 (A. Ibarra 6). Steals—M 14 (Russell 7)

VICTORIA 59, OTIS-BISON 37

VICTORIA — Victoria's Jason Karst scored 20 points and Kyle Pickering added 15 points in a 59-37 victory over Otis-Bison in Monday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

Otis-Bison's Jayce Kohls hit back-to-back 3-pointers and scored 15 points. Dalton Regan added nine points.

Otis-Bison 10 3 8 16 — 37

Victoria 13 18 17 11 — 59

OTIS-BISON (2-11, 0-2)—Jayce Kohls 6-12 1-2 15, Dalton Regan 4-14 1-3 9, Schneider 3-9 0-0 6, Juno 1-2 2-3 4, Butler 1-3 0-0 3, Foust 0-3 0-2 0, Nathan Roth 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 15-44 4-10 37 

VICTORIA (5-11, 2-2)—Karst 9-14 1-2 20, Pickering 6-15 3-4 15, Wohler 3-4 0-0 6, Windholz 2-4 0-0 5, Klein 2-4 0-0 4, Englert 1-3 0-0 2, Schwien 1-1 0-0 2, Schoenrock 1-2 0-0 2, Leo Schmeidler 1-3 0-0 3, Totals 26-50 4-6 59

3-pointers—OB 3-10 (Kohls 2-5, Butler 1-3, N. Roth 0-1, Regan 0-1), V 3-9 (L. Schmeidler 1-2, Windholz 1-2, Karst 1-3, Pickering 0-1, Wohler 0-1)

LACROSSE GIRLS 49, MACKSVILLE 23

MACKSVILLE — A game without standout freshman Mayce Russell (18 ppg) wasn't kind as the Macksville girls lost 49-23 in Saturday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Victoria outscored the Mustangs 22-4 after leading 21-17.

Amber Clawson scored eight points for Macksville (4-10, 0-4 CPL), which converted 7 of 47 field goals.

Victoria's Brooke Herrman scored 10 points. The Knights converted 25 of 33 free throws.

LaCrosse 19 11 12 7 — 49

Macksville 12 8 1 2 — 23

VICTORIA (3-11, 1-3)—Herrman 4-9 2-3 10, Thielenhaus 0-6 9-12 9, Parrott 2-6 5-6 9, Showalter 2-3 4-4 8, Mongeau 1-1 3-4 5, Ryersee 1-4 0-0 2, Seltman 1-2 1-3 3, (13) 1-1 0-0 2, (23) 0-1 1-2 1, Marvin 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 12-35 25-33 49

MACKSVILLE (4-10, 0-4)—Clawson 2-11 2-6 8, Abi Ibarra 1-4 2-2 5, Joselin Garcia 2-12 1-3 5, Adams 1-6 1-1 3, Galan 1-5 0-2 2, Yoselin Ibarra 0-2 0-0 0, Carrillo 0-1 0-0 0, Sanders 0-3 0-0 0, Arreola 0-3 1-1 1, Totals 7-47 7-15 23

3-pointers—V 0-4 (Marvin 0-1, Ryersee 0-1, Parrott 0-2); M 2-10 (A. Ibarra 1-2, Garcia 1-4, Arreola 0-1, Clawson 0-3). Rebounds—M 22 (Garcia 7). Assists—M 4 (Garcia 3). Steals—M 10 (Clawson 3, Sanders 3)