STERLING GIRLS 59, CENTRAL PLAINS 46

STERLING — Sterling's 5-foot-10 Bennie Horsch dominated the paint with 31 points as the No. 1 2A Black Bears rolled past No. 1 1A Central Plains 59-46 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. Horsch powered inside and converted 7 of 8 free throws. The Black Bears (7-0) outscored the Oilers 30-17 after halftime. Makenna Linden added 12 points.

Sterling coach Jill Rowland owns three head-to-head victories against Central Plains coach Pat Stiles, who is 207-6 with the Oilers.

Brynna Hammeke and Lexi Oeser each led Central Plains (6-2) with 13 points.

Central Plains 13 16 6 11 — 46 

Sterling 22 7 11 19 — 59

CENTRAL PLAINS (6-2)—Hammeke 5 3-4 13, Lexi Oeser 4 2-2 13, Jennah Jeffrey 2 7-8 11, Kassidy Nixon 1 3-6 6, Short 1 0-1 3, Totals 13 15-21 46 

STERLING (7-0)—Horsch 12 7-8 31, Makenna Linden 5 0-0 12, Beagley 4 1-1 9, Rowland 2 0-0 4, Kali Briar 1 0-0 3, Totals 23 10-11 59 

3-pointers—CP 5 (Lexi Oeser 3, Nixon 1, Short 1); S 3 (Linden 2, Briar 1)

STERLING 41, CENTRAL PLAINS 38

STERLING — Sterling's Cody Oden scored 13 points and Tyus Wilson added 12 points in a 41-38 victory over Central Plains in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. Zach Surface sealed the victory with two free throws.

Oiler Michael Laymon scored 14 points and Peyton Ryan added 13 points for Central Plains (1-7), which made 7 of 17 free throws.

Central Plains 8 9 7 14 — 38

Sterling 12 8 9 12 — 41

CENTRAL PLAINS (1-7)—Michael Laymon 5 3-8 14, Peyton Ryan 5 1-2 13, Cole Lamatsch 2 1-3 5, Tyler Holmes 2 2-4 6, Totals 14 7-17 38

STERLING (5-2)—Tyus Wilson 4 2-3 12, Surface 2 2-3 8, Oden 6 1-2 13, Royer 2 0-0 4, Webb 2 0-0 4, Comley 0 0-1 0, Totals 16 5-10 41

HILLSBORO GIRLS 47, HOISINGTON 22

HOISINGTON — Hillsboro's girls overpowered Hoisington 47-22 with a stifling defense that led to a 47-22 Central Kansas League basketball victory. Hiullsboro (6-1, 1-0) was paced by Teegan Werth with 11 points and Jessica Saunders with 10 points. The Trojans led 20-4 at halftime.

Hoisington (3-4, 0-1 CKL) was led by Macy Hanzlick with nine points.

HILLSBORO (1-0, 6-1)—Teegan Werth 11, Jessica Saunders 10, Zaylee Werth 7, Sammie Saunders 5, Funk 8, Arnold 2, Hefley 2

HOISINGTON (0-1, 3-4)—Macy Hanzlick 9, Wolf 5, Gonzalez 3, Brewer 3, Schneider 2

HILLSBORO 60, HOISINGTON 51

HOISINGTON — Hillsboro point guard Breckyn Ratzlaff scored 13 points and controlled play with his ballhandling and passing as the Trojans upset No. 4 3A Hoisington 60-51 in Tuesday's Central Kansas League basketball game.

Hillsboro (5-1, 1-0 CKL) also placed Matthew Potucek (12), Dillon Boldt (11) and Grayson Ratzlaff (10) in double figures. The Trojans had seven players hit first-half 3-pointers for a 28-20 halftime lead.

Hoisington (5-2, 0-1 CKL) was paced by Drew Nicholson with 17 points and Mason Haxton with 13 points. The Cardinals hurt its cause with two technical fouls that handed the Trojans four free throws and the basketball.

HILLSBORO (1-0, 5-1)—Brekyn Ratzlaff 13, Matthew Potucek 12, Boldt 11, Grayson Ratzlaff 10, Harris 5, Reed 3, Wichert 3, Linnens 3

HOISINGTON (0-1, 5-2)—Nicholson 17, Mason Haxton 13, Thompson 9, Mooney 5, Woydziak 2, Dolezal 2

HAVEN GIRLS 50, LARNED 19

Haven 12 13 18 7 — 50

Larned 8 5 2 4 — 19

HAVEN (2-0, 5-3)—Maguire Estill 5 3-4 13, Roper 4 1-2 10, Smith 4 1-2 9, S. Estill 3 0-0 6, Arnold 1 0-4 2, Myers 1 0-0 3, Bland 0 1-2 1, Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Brooke Brawner 2 0-0 4, Totals 21 6-15 50

LARNED (0-1, 2-6)—Collins 3 2-4 8, Upson 2 0-0 4, Abby Holt 0 2-2 2, Pinkston 0 1-2 1, Herrera 1 0-0 2, Lovesee 0 2-2 2, MacMahon 0 0-2 0, Totals 6 7-13 19

3-pointers—H 2 (Myers 1, Roper 1)

HAVEN 62, LARNED 34 

Haven 12 17 20 13 — 62

Larned 10 5 10 9 — 34

HAVEN (2-0, 7-1)—Barlow 6 0-4 13, Jacques 4 1-2 11, Yoder 3 1-2 9, Roper 3 3-5 9, Kraft 1 0-0 3, Schmidt 1 0-0 3, Miller 2 0-0 5, Schrag 3 1-2 7, Miller 1 0-0 2, Totals 24 11-15 62

LARNED (0-1, 4-4)—Tucker 4 1-3 10, Haas 3 2-2 8, Ibarra 2 0-0 6, Crosby 2 1-2 6, Stelter 0 2-2 2, McNett 1 0-0 2, Totals 12 6-9 34

3-pointers—H 8 (Jacques 2, Yoder 2, Kraft 1, Schmidt 1, Miller 1, Barlow 1), L 4 (Ibarra 2, Tucker 1, Crosby 1)

MACKSVILLE 66, C. CHRISTIAN 47

HUTCHINSON — Macksville’s Rogelio Ibarra stayed red hot with 21 points in the Mustangs’ 66-47 victory over Hutchinson Central Christian in Saturday’s non-league basketball game. Ibarra converted 5 of 6 3-pointers after a 38-point outing Friday. Lance Lickiss contributed 14 points and four 3-pointers. Ryan Kuckelman grabbed 12 rebounds. 

Macksville 18 17 16 15 — 66

Central Plains 13 5 15 14 — 47 

MACKSVILLE (6-2)—Rogelio Ibarra 7-11 2-2 21, Lickiss 5-9 4-4 14, Kuckelman 5-8 2-8 12, Huggins 4-4 0-0 8, Alexis Barron 2-13 0-0 5, Mendez 1-4 2-2 4, Portillo 1-1 0-0 2, Sebes 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 25-52 6-12 66

3-pointers—M 10-19 (R. Ibarra 5-6, Lickiss 4-5, Barron 1-8). Rebounds—M 33 (Kuckelman 12). Assists—M 16 (Barron 4, Kuckelman 4). Steals—M 8 (Seward 3). TO—M 15

C. CHRISTIAN GIRLS 54, MACKSVILLE 42

HUTCHINSON — Macksville’s Mayce Russell scored 15 points with five steals and four assists in Saturday’s 54-42 non-league basketball loss to Hutchinson Central Christian.

Macksville’s Abi Ibarra contributed four assists.

Macksville 14 13 5 10 — 42

Central Christian 12 9 9 24 — 54 

MACKSVILLE (1-6)—Mayce Russell 6-17 1-2 15, Abi Ibarra 3-6 1-2 9, Galan 4-4 1-1 9, Garcia 3-5 0-1 7, Sanders 1-3 0-0 2, Carrillo 0-1 0-0 0, Adams 0-4 0-0 0, Totals 17-40 3-7 43

3-pointers—M 5-13 (Ibarra 2-3, Russell 2-7, Garcia 1-3). Rebounds—M 12 (Adams 3, Russell 3). Assists—M 11 (Ibarra 4, Russell 4). Steals—M 7 (Russell 5). TO—M 18

BUCKLIN 68, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 52

ROZEL — Pawnee Heights’ Alec Carlson carried the Tigers with a career high 32 points in a 68-52 Southern Plains Iroquois basketball loss Saturday to Bucklin. Tiger Adam Hands scored 13 points with 14 rebounds. Braden Colglazier grabbed 16 rebounds. 

Bucklin's Nate Bowman (17), Jaron Lindsay (16) and Joshua Stout (14) scored in double digits.

Bucklin 13 16 21 18 — 68 

Pawnee Heights 13 14 8 17 — 52 

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (4-3)—Alec Carlson 13-20 5-5 32, Adam Hands 5-18 3-6 13, Colglazier 2-7 1-2 5, Cordero 1-3 0-0 2, Hamby 0-12 0-0 0, Totals 21-60 0-0 52

3-pointers—PH 1-23 (Carlson 1-4, Cordero 0-1, Hands 0-7, Hamby 0-11). Rebounds—PH 41 (Colglazier 16). Assists—PH 10 (Colglazier 5). Steals—PH 4 (Carlson 2). TO—PH 10

BUCKLIN GIRLS 56, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 33

ROZEL — Bucklin’s Catherine Bowman scored 27 points to spark the Red Aces past Pawnee Heights 56-33 in Saturday’s   

Southern Plains Iroquois basketball game.

Sydnie Jones scored 15 points and dished out six assists. Emalae Warden had five steals and Halie Feikert grabbed 11 rebounds for Bucklin (6-1, 1-0).  

Bucklin 13 16 21 18 — 56 

Pawnee Heights 13 14 8 17 — 33 

BUCKLIN (1-0, 6-1)—C Bowman 12-24 3-4 27, Sydnie Jones 7-14 0-0 15, Scott 1-8 2-2 5, Warden 2-3 1-2 5, Warnke 0-1 0-0 0, Stout 0-1 0-0 0, Feikert 2-5 0-0 4, Totals 24-56 6-8 56

3-pointers—B 4-20 (Bowman 2-6, Jones 1-5, Scott 1-8, Warden 0-1). Rebounds—B 38 (Feikert 11). Assists—B 15 (Jones 6). Steals—B 19 (Warden 5). 

ST. JOHN GIRLS 45, KINSLEY 15

ST. JOHN — St. John’s Darby Smith scored 13 points and Kaylynn Claussen added 12 points to spark the Tigers past Kinsley 45-15 in Monday’s Central Prairie League basketball game. 

The Tigers (4-4, 1-1 CPL) led 27-6 at halftime.

Kinsley 3 3 4 5 — 15

St. John 13 14 12 6 — 45 

KINSLEY (0-2, 0-5)—Miller 1 0-0 2, Ruiz 1 0-0 2, Sexton 1 0-0 3, Marques 1 1-2 3, Totals 4 1-2 10

ST. JOHN (2-1, 5-4)—Smith 6 1-1 13, Claussen 4 4-6 12, Fisher 2 2-4 7, Meyer 2 1-2 6, Hudson 2 0-1 4, Reyes 1 0-0 3, Totals 17 8-14 45

3-pointers—K 1 (Sexton 1), SJ 3 (Smith 1, Fisher 1, Meyer 1)

ST. JOHN GIRLS 44, ELLINWOOD 35

ELLINWOOD — St. John's Darby Smith was spectacular with 19 points and several assists to spark the Tigers past Ellinwood 44-35 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Kaylynn Claussen dominated inside with 14 points.

The Tigers (5-4, 2-1 CPL) led 26-16 and lost control with an efficient offense and aggressive defense that forced 15 Ellinwood turnovers.

Leading scorer Brittany Simpson scored 14 points and Bella Baker added eight points. The Eagles converted 3 of 20 shots from 3-point range.

St. John 12 14 12 6 — 44 

Ellinwood 5 11 12 7 — 35

ST. JOHN (2-1, 5-4)—Smith 7-9 2-3 19, Claussen 6-15 2-5 14, Fisher 3-9 0-5 8, Reyes 1-1 0-2 3, Meyer 0-2 0-1 0, Hudson 0-2 0-0 0, Hacker 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 17-39 4-16 44

ELLINWOOD (1-1, 4-3)—Simpson 4-6 5-8 14, Baker 4-8 0-1 8, Maxwell 2-10 0-0 6, Klepper 1-9 1-2 3, Dimitt 1-7 0-0 2, Doll 1-5 0-0 2, Schessiger 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 13-46 6-11 35

3-pointers—E 3-20 (Maxwell 2-9, Simpson 1-3, Klepper 0-3, Dimitt 0-5), SJ 6-10 (Smith 3-4, Fisher 2-5, Reyes 1-1). TO—E 15, SJ 15

ELLINWOOD 59, ST. JOHN 28

ST. JOHN — Ellinwood's Britton Dutton scored 20 points to lead the Eagles past St. John 59-28 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. It was the first Central Prairie League victory by Ellinwood's boys over the Tigers.

Parker Scheck scored 18 points and blocked four shots. Tyler Stuhlsatz added 13 points for Ellinwood (6-1, 2-0 CPL). Elijah Delp scored nine points for the Tigers.

Ellinwood 9 20 10 20 — 59

St. John 6 4 9 9 — 28

ELLINWOOD (2-0, 6-1)—Britton Dutton 7-22 3-5 20, Parker Scheck 9-12 0-0 18, Tyler Stuhlsatz 4-13 2-3 13, Behnke 1-4 1-1 3, Miller1-1 0-0 2, Gage Hosman 1-2 0-0 2, Brack 0-1 1-2 1, Totals 23-55 7-11 59 

ST. JOHN (0-3, 3-5)—Delp 2-10 5-6 9, Smith 2-5 2-2 7, Woolf 3-9 0-2 6, Dunn 1-4 2-2 4,Drake 1-3 0-0 2, Torres 0-1 0-0 0, Adame 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 9-34 9-12 28

3-pointers—E 6-17 (Stuhlsatz 3-7, Dutton 3-9, Brack 0-1), SJ 1-6 (Smith 1-3, Torres 0-1, Dunn 0-2). Rebounds—E 26 (Behnke 9). Assists—E 13 (Dutton 8). Steals—E 5 (Scheck 2). Blocks—E 6 (Scheck 4)

LACROSSE 59, MACKSVILLE 45

MACKSVILLE — The LaCrosse Leopards hit nine 3-pointers to overpower Macksville 59-45 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Haden Sherman and Gage Burk each scored 14 points. Blake Pierce dished out 10 assists.

Macksville's Ryan Kuckelman scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Alexis Barron scored 14 points.

LaCrosse 13 21 9 16 — 59

Macksville 10 15 12 8 — 45

LACROSSE (1-1, 5-2)—Sherman 7-13 0-0 14, Burk 5-10 2-2 14, Pierce 4-15 0-0 10, Morgan 2-3 0-0 6, Schmidt 2-2 0-0 5, Stull 1-5 2-2 4, Conner 1-6 0-0 3, Patterson 1-5 0-0 3, Totals 23-59 4-4 59

MACKSVILLE (1-2, 6-3)—Kuckelman 4-8 6-7 14, Barron 4-11 0-2 11, Rogelio Ibarra 2-12 3-4 8, Huggins 3-7 0-0 6, Mendez 2-6 0-1 4, Lickiss 1-6 0-0 2, Alvaro Ibarra 0-6 0-0 0, Totals 16-56 9-14 45

3-pointers—L 9-25 (Morgan 2-3, Burk 2-4, Pierce 2-8, Schmidt 1-1, Patterson 1-2, Conner 1-4, Stull 0-1, Sherman 0-2), M 4-20 (Barron 3-8, R. Ibarra 1-8, Lickiss 0-1, A. Ibarra 0-3). Rebounds—L 31 (Sherman 8), M 39 (Kuckelman 10). Assists—L 16 (Pierce 10), M 10 (Lickiss 5). Steals—L 12 (Stull 3, Patterson 3), M 4 (Barron 2)

LACROSSE GIRLS, MACKSVILLE

MACKSVILLE — in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

LaCrosse 1 1 1 1 — 

Macksville 1 1 1 1 — 

LACROSSE (0-1, 1-4)—

MACKSVILLE (0-2, 1-6)—

3-pointers—L (), M ()

OTIS-BISON GIRLS 31, KINSLEY 15

OTIS — Lauren Maier scored 15 points to spark Otis-Bison's girls past Kinsley 31-15 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

Kinsley 3 3 4 5 — 15

Otis-Bison 7 10 7 7 — 31 

KINSLEY (0-3, 0-6)—Miller 0 4-6 4, Romero 1 2-3 5, Ruiz 0 3-4 3, Herrman 1 0-0 2, Marques 0 1-2 1, Totals 2 10-15 15

OTIS-BISON (1-1, 3-3)—Maier 7 1-1 15, Morrison 3 0-1 6, Baalman 1 1-2 3, Bartonek 1 1-2 3, Wiltse 1 0-0 2, Croisant 1 0-0 2, Totals 14 3-6 31

FAIRFIELD GIRLS 43, STAFFORD 35

STAFFORD — Paisley Smyth scored 12 points to lift Fairfield's girls past pesky Stafford 43-35 in Tuesday's Heart of the Plains basketball game.

Stafford (2-6) was led by spectacular point guard Emily Green with 23 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and four assists.

Fairfield 8 12 8 15 — 43 

Stafford  15 7 8 5 — 35

FAIRFIELD (5-2)—Smyth 4-9 2-4 12, Kaylie Combs 2-5 4-8 8, Eva Schwertfeger 2-11 3-4 7, Erin Schwertfeger 3-3 0-0 6, McMillin 1-5 0-0 3, Espinosa 1-1 0-0 2, Karly Combs 1-2 0-2 2, Pugh 1-3 0-0 3, Totals 15-38 9-18 43

STAFFORD (2-6)—Emily Green 8-20 4-6 23, Llanza-Anton 1-11 0-4 2, Burgey 1-6 0-0 2, Denio 3-5 0-1 6, Shelton 0-2 0-2 0, Totals 13-42 4-13 35 

3-pointers—S 5-12 (Green 3-4, Denio 2-2, Burgey 0-2, Llanza-Anton 0-4), F 4-13 (Smyth 2-4,Pugh 1-2, McMillin 1-4, Kaylie Combs 0-1, Eva Schwertfeger 0-2). Rebounds—S 21 (Green 10); F 24 (Erin Schwertfeger 6). Assists—S 9 (Green 4, Llanza-Anton 4); F 9 (Smyth 5). Steals—S 7 (Green 6); F 7 (McMillin 5)

FAIRFIELD 49, STAFFORD 41

STAFFORD — Paisley Smyth scored 12 points to lift Fairfield's girls past pesky Stafford 43-35 in Tuesday's Heart of the Plains basketball game.

Fairfield 8 12 8 15 — 49

Stafford  15 7 8 5 — 41

FAIRFIELD (4-3)—Ethan Waters 6-11 7-7 21, Haumont 3-7 2-2 8, Fowler 3-7 2-3 8, Canady 1-5 0-0 2, Kennedy 1-4 0-0 2, Wente 1-2 0-0 2, Kalmar 0-3 0-0 0, Jarod Bauman 2-7 0-0 2, Jacob Bauman 0-5 2-3 2, Totals 17-51 13-14 49 

3-pointers—F 2-9 (Waters 2-3, Fowler 0-1, Canady 0-1, Kennedy 0-1, Haumont 0-1, Jarodd Bauman 0-1, Jacob Bauman 0-1). Rebounds—F 32 (Waters 7). Assists—F 4 (Jacob Bauman 2). Steals— F 8 (Jarod Bauman 5)

HODGEMAN CO. GIRLS 52, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 27

JETMORE — Malynn Bell scored 16 points and had four steals as Hodgeman County sped past Pawnee Heights 52-27 in Tuesday's Southern Plains Iroquois basketball game. Kaylee James scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Hodgeman Co. 14 14 18 6 — 52 

Pawnee Heights 2 10 6 9 — 27

HODGEMAN CO (5-3)—Malynn Bell 5-10 3-6 16, Kaylee James 4-10 2-2 10, Borger 2-6 2-2 6, Pelton 2-15 0-0 4, Lee 0-2 0-0 0, Shiew 2-10 1-2 5, Burke 3-6 0-2 6, Bryant 0-2 0-0 0, Ruff 1-3 3-4 5, Totals 19-64 11-18 52 

3-pointers—HC 3-7 (Bell 3-5, Pelton 0-2). Rebounds—HC 47 (James 10). Assists—HC 10 (Pelton 5). Steals—HC 16 (Bell 4)