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Central Plains Oilers sweep St. John
Area basketball roundup 2-5
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CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 35, ST. JOHN 23

CLAFLIN — No. 1 ranked 1A Central Plains edged past St. John's girls 35-23 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

Kassidy Nixon scored 13 points and Brynna Hammeke scored 12 points for Central Plains (12-3, 3-0 CPL). Kaylynn Claussen sparked St. John (8-7, 2-2 CPL) with 12 points. The Oilers held the Tigers' leading scorer Darby Smith to five points.

St. John 4 10 4 5 — 23

C. Plains 10 3 12 10 — 35

ST. JOHN (8-7, 2-2)—Claussen 5 2-2 12, Darby Smith 1 3-5 5, Hacker 1 0-0 3, Hudson 1 0-0 2, Fisher 0 1-4 1, Totals 8 6-11 23

CENTRAL PLAINS (12-3, 4-0)—Nixon 4 5-6 13, Hammeke 3 5-6 12, Short 4 0-1 8, Jennah Jeffrey 0 2-4 2, Totals 11 12-17 35

3-pointers—SJ 1 (Hacker 1), CP 1 (Hammeke 1)

CENTRAL PLAINS 54, ST. JOHN 49

CLAFLIN — Peyton Ryan scored a career high 30 points with five 3-pointers to spark the Central Plains Oilers past St. John 54-49 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Michael Laymon added 12 points.

St. John (5-10, 0-4 CPL) was paced by Elijah Delp with 12 points. Hunter Smith and Edwin Fernandez each added nine points.

St. John 5 14 16 14 — 49

C. Plains 13 11 11 19 — 54

ST. JOHN (5-10, 0-4)—Elijah Delp 2 8-12 12, Smith 3 1-4 9, Fernandez 2 3-4 9, Calleros 2 1-2 6, Dunn 2 1-3 5, Woolf 1 2-4 4, Son 1 2-4 4, Totals 13 18-34 49

CENTRAL PLAINS (3-12, 2-2)—Peyton Ryan 8 9-10 30, Michael Laymon 5 2-6 12, Kitchen 2 4-8 8, Holmes 1 0-3 2, Beck 0 0-2 0, Oberle 0 2-4 2, Totals 16 33 54

3-pointers—SJ 5 (Fernandez 2, Smith 2, Calleros 1), CP (Ryan 5)

HOISINGTON 50, HALSTEAD 12

HALSTEAD — No. 8 state-ranked 3A Hoisington dominated winless Halstead 50-12 in Friday's Central Kansas League basketball game. The Cardinals led 29-2 at halftime.

Leyton Haxton (12) and Bralen Thompson (11) scored in double figures.

Hoisington 8 21 14 5 — 50

Halstead 2 0 5 5 — 12

HOISINGTON (12-2, 3-1)— Leyton Haxton 12, Thompson 11, Hanzlick 6, Nicholson 9, Chase Robinson 3, Woydziak 3, Mason Haxton 2

HALSTEAD (0-14, 0-4)—Burns, Johnson 2, Swift 3, McDonald 2

HALSTEAD GIRLS 57, HOISINGTON 38

HALSTEAD — Karenna Gerber scored 21 points to spark No. 5 state-ranked 3A Halstead past Hoisington's girls 57-38 in Friday's Central Kansas League basketball game. The Dragons (13-2, 3-1 CKL) converted eight 3-pointers.

Hoisington (5-9, 1-3 CKL) had 10 players score points led by Jaci Guthrie with nine points.

Hoisington 4 11 11 12 — 38

Halstead 11 12 14 20 — 57

HOISINGTON (5-9, 1-3)—Guthrie 3 2-3 9, Addy Mason 2 0-0 6, Gonzalez 1 2-2 5, Colson 2 0-0 4, Macy Hanzlick 2 0-0 4, Brewer 1 0-0 2, Hahn 1 0-0 3, Romeiser 1 0-0 2, Wolf 0 2-2 2, Steele Brack 0 1-2 1, Totals 13 7-9 38

HALSTEAD (13-2, 3-1)—Gerber 9 3-3 21, O'Brien 3 1-2 9, Schroeder 3 0-0 8, McClain 1 4-4 7, Kelly 2 0-0 5, Engel 1 0-0 3, Lewis 0 1-2 1, Kelley 1 0-0 3, Totals 20 9-11 57

3-pointers—H 5 (Mason 2, Guthrie 1, Gonzalez 1, Hahn 1), Halstead 8 (O'Brien 2, Schroeder 2, Weber 1, Engel 1, McClain 1)

OTIS-BISON 47, ASHLAND 44

OTIS — Otis-Bison's Johanna Baalman sank five 3-pointers and scored 23 points in a 47-44 victory over Ashland in Friday's non-league basketball game. 

Baalman scored seven points in the fourth quarter to spark the Cougars' best victory of the season. Lauren Maier scored nine points. Ashland's MacKenzie Walker scored 19 points.

Ashland 4 11 8 21 — 44

Otis-Bison 16 9 9 13 — 47

ASHLAND (8-5)—Mackenzie Walker 4 9-13 19, Gibson 2 3-8 7, Milburn 3 0-0 6, McPhail 2 0-0 5, Garcia 2 0-0 4, Cramer 0 3-4 3, Totals 13 15-25 44

OTIS-BISON (7-6)—Johanna Baalman 7 4-4 23, Maier 3 3-4 9, Morrison 2 4-9 8, Wiltse 1 5-7 7, Bartonek 0 0-4 0, Totals 13 16-28 47

3-pointers—A 3 (Walker 2, McPhail 1), OB 5 (Baalman 5)

ASHLAND 63, OTIS-BISON 56

OTIS — Ashland's Kash McPhail was money with 28 points to ignite a thrilling 63-56 non-league basketball victory over Otis-Bison Friday.

Otis-Bison's Jayce Kohls scored 18 points with four 3-pointers and Kaden Foust added 15 points in an inspired effort.

Ashland 20 9 20 14 — 63

Otis-Bison 14 16 11 15 — 56

ASHLAND (4-10)—Kash McPhail 10-17 4-4 28, Landen McPhail 6-11 0-2 14, Amaya 6-10 0-1 13, Kellenberger 3-7 0-0 6, Grigsby 0-2 2-2 2, Totals 25-47 6-9 63

OTIS-BISON (2-10)—Kohls 7 0-0 18, Foust 7 1-4 15, Butler 3 0-0 8, Schneider 3 0-0 6, Juno 1 0-0 2, Nathan Roth 1 0-0 2, Dalton Regan 1 2-2 5, Totals 23 3-6 56

3-pointers—A 7-16 (K. McPhail 4-9, L. McPhail 2-3, Amaya 1-2, Grigsby 0-2), OB 7 (Kohls 4, Butler 2, Regan 1). Rebounds—A (K. McPhail 11). Assists—A 11 (Grigsby 6). Steals—A 6 (Amaya 2)

PAWNEE HEIGHTS 68, SATANTA 63

ROZEL — Jaden Carlson was the Tigers' magic man with 32 points and six clutch points to seal a hard-fought 68-63 Southern Plains Iroquois basketball victory over pesky Satanta.

Satanta's Christian Ramirez converted a 3-pointer and Edwin Rodriguez capped a 4-point possession on a 3-point play to slice the Tigers' lead to three points. But Carlson converted four free throws and a driving basket to preserve the Tigers' lead. Braden Colglazier scored 18 points with 11 rebounds. Felipe Cordero Jr. contributed six steals and three assists. 

Satanta 17 12 12 22 — 63

Pawnee Heights 21 12 14 21 — 68 

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (8-6)—Carlson 11-16 9-12 32, Colglazier 8-10 2-3 18, Hands 2-9 0-0 4, Hamby 3-5 0-0 8, Dakota Ryan 3-6 0-6, Cordero, Totals 27-36 11-15 68 

3-pointersc—PH 3-11 (Hamby 2-4, Carlson 1-4, Hands 0-3). Rebounds—PH 28 (Colglazier 11). Assists—PH 5 (Cordero 3). Steals—PH 13 (Cordero 6) 

PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 51, SATANTA 20

ROZEL — The Pawnee Heights dynamic duo was spectacular. Jaden Carlson scored 23 points and 6-3 Olivia Hands posted a double/double with 22 points and double figure rebounds. 

The red-hot Pawnee Heights girls roared past Satanta 51-20 in Friday's Southern Plains-Iroquois league basketball game. The Tigers led 37-6 at halftime.

Satanta 4 2 7 7 — 20

Pawnee Heights 19 18 10 4 — 51

SATANTA (4-11)—Burrows 4-11 0-0 8, Najera 2-4 0-0 4, Chacon 1-1 0-0 3, King 1-4 0-1 2, Jaso 0-5 1-2 2, Miramontes 1-15 0-0 2, Ross 0-1 0-0 0, Salas 0-3 0-2 0, Jackson 0-6 0-2 0, Totals 9-43 1-7 20 

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (7-6)—Jaden Carlson 8-16 5-6 23, Olivia Hands 9-22 2-4 20, Polson 1-5 2-4 4, Joselyn Cordero 1-2 2-2 4, Yeimi Cordero 0-4 0-0 0, Rasmussen 0-40-0 0, Totals 19-53 11-16 51

3-pointers—S 1 (Chacon 1); PH 2 (Carlson 2)

MACKSVILLE 57, VICTORIA 52

MACKSVILLE — Macksville's big men Cleven Huggins scored 21 points and Ryan Kuckelman added 15 points and 14 rebounds as the Mustangs edged past Victoria 57-52 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game. Alexis Barron scored 12 points and Lance Lickiss contributed six assists.

Victoria's Jason Karst scored 27 points.

Victoria 9 16 6 21 — 52

Macksville 15 17 14 11 — 57

VICTORIA (5-10, 2-2)—Karst 11-19 0-0 27, Wohler 3-8 1-1 8, Englert 2-5 0-0 6, Schwien 1-2 2-2 4, Windholz 1-5 0-0 3, Pickering 1-6 0-0 2, Klein 0-1 2-2 2, Schoenrock 0-1 0-0 0, Schmeidler 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 19-47 5-5 52 

MACKSVILLE (10-5, 3-2)—Huggins 6-15 9-16 21, Kuckelman 6-11 3-9 15, Alexis Barron 3-6 4-6 12, Alvaro Ibarra 2-4 0-0 5, Rogelio Ibarra 2-10 0-0 4, Lickiss 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 19-47 16-31 57

3-pointers—V 7-16 (Karst 5-9, Windholz 1-1, Wohler 1-5, Klein 0-1); M 3-13 (Barron 2-4, A. Ibarra 1-3, Lickiss 0-1, R. Ibarra 0-5). Rebounds—V 21 (Wohler 6, Schwien 6), M 40 (Kuckelman 14). Assists—V 11 (Wohler 3, Pickering 3), M 12 (Lickiss 6). Steals—V 7 (Wohler 2, Englert 2, Karst 2), M 6 (Kuckelman 3)