ELL-SALINE 55, ELLINWOOD 29
ELLINWOOD — A talented Ell-Saline team featured a trio of 14-point scorers — Brogan Rowley, Kas Kramer and Marshall Johnson — to roll past Ellinwood 55-29 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game.
The teams finished in opposite directions after early-season tournaments. Ell-Saline (4-1) bounced back after losing to Bennington in the Tri-County Championship. Ellinwood (3-2) came out flat after capturing the Kiowa County Tournament.
The Cardinals outscored the Eagles 24-8 in the second quarter to take charge.
Ellinwood's Mason Moore scored 13 points and Landon Simpson added eight points. Ellinwood travels to Ellis Friday.
Ell-Saline 10 24 11 10 — 55
Ellinwood 9 8 4 8 — 29
ELL-SALINE (4-1) — Marshall Johnson 5 4-5 14, Brogan Rowley 5 2-2 14, Kas Kramer 6 0-0 14, Krone 1 5-5 7, Zerger 0 3-4 3, Williams 1 1-2 3, Totals 18 15-18 55.
ELLINWOOD (3-2)—Moore 5 1-2 13, Simpson 2 3-4 8, Heinz 1 2-4 4, Coleman 1 0-0 2, Hosman 1 0-0 2, Totals 10 6-9 29.
3-pointers—ES 4 (Rowley 2, Kramer 2), E 3 (Moore 2, Simpson 1)
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 72, MACKSVILLE 64
MACKSVILLE — Macksville's Diego Esparza (18), Hector Gomez (15) and Ty Clawson (13) scored in double figures, but previously winless Hutchinson Central Christian's hot 3-point shooting downed the Mustangs 72-64 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game.
The Cougars (1-4) won the wild shootout that featured a fast pace. Gomez converted a trio of 3-pointers, but his teammates missed 16 tries.
Clawson grabbed 11 rebounds. Orion Guevara dished out four assists. Esparza had four steals.
Central Christian 18 16 22 16 — 72
Macksville 13 18 17 16 — 64
MACKSVILLE (3-2)—Esparza 9-21 0-0 18, Gomez 5-14 0-0 14, Clawson 5-11 0-0 13, Guevara 3-11 0-0 7, Adams 3-6 0-0 8, Grippin 3-9 0-0 4, Holguin 0-2 0-0 0, Granger 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 28-76 5-10 64.
3-pointers—M 3-23 (Gomez 3-7, Holguin 0-1, Clawson 0-1, Guevara 0-4, Esparza 0-5, Grippin 0-5). Rebounds—M 32 (Clawson 11). Assists—M 8 (Guevara 4). Steals—M 10 (Esparza 4).
STERLING 61, HOISINGTON 33
STERLING — State-ranked Sterling converted nine 3-pointers to power past Hoisington 61-33 in Tuesday's non-league basketball showdown. Sterling's Colby Beagley scored 15 points and Boston Ekart and Blake Smith added 10 points.
Hoisington's Tony Moore scored nine points and sharpshooting Randy Chambers added seven points.
Hoisington 6 11 10 7 — 33
Sterling 13 18 14 16 — 61
HOISINGTON (2-3)—Moore 4-11 1-2 9, Chambers 3-3 1-2 7, Hoffman 3-4 0-0 6, Robinson 1-7 2-2 4, Martin 1-12 1-2 4, Galla 1-3 0-0 2, Reif 0-0 2-2 2, Ingram 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 13-41 7-10 33.
STERLING (4-1)—Beagley 4-9 3-4 15, Ekart 3-4 3-4 10, Smith 3-6 0-0 8, Gray 2-4 3-3 7, Briar 3-6 0-0 8, Riffel 2-4 2-2 6, Farney 1-2 0-0 2, Newberry 1-3 1-3 3, Tucker 0-0 2-2 2, Totals 19-38 14-18 61.
3-pointers—H 1-8 (Martin 1-7, Robinson 0-1); S 9-17 (Beagley 4-7, Briar 2-4, Smith 2-5, Ekart 1-1)
PAWNEE HEIGHTS 55, WESTERN PLAINS 18
ROZEL — Pawnee Heights Tigers Davin Hamby and Clayton Hammeke each scored 15 points and Leighton Munk added 10 points to spark a 55-18 non-league basketball victory over Ransom-Western Plains. The Tigers improve to 2-3.
WESTERN PLAINS (1-4)—Isbell 9, Solis 5, Weeks 4, Kraus 1
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (2-3)–Hamby 15, Hammeke 15, Munk 10, Gardner 6, Stedje 4, Carlson 3, Bahr 2.
