HAYS-TMP 69, HOISINGTON 67
BELOIT — Hoisington's heartbreaking ending illustrated the thrill of victory changing into the agony of defeat. Bralen Thompson's 3-pointer handed the Cardinals a 67-66 lead over Hays-Thomas More Prep with 6.7 seconds left.
But the Monarchs' Lucas Lang delivered the game-winning 3-pointer off an assist by Jackson Schulte as time expired for a 69-67 victory in the 3A Beloit basketball substate. The Monarchs benefited when officials added 2.5 seconds to the clock after Thompson's basket.
The Cardinals (17-5) rallied from a 12-point deficit at 55-43. Holt Hanzlick converted a pair of 3-pointers and Mason Haxton and Thompson converted fourth-quarter 3-pointers in a 24-point fourth quarter.
Haxton led the Cardinals with a career high 27 points and Drew Nicholson added 20 points. TMP's 6-foot-7 Carson Jacobs scored 24 points and Ryan Stoecklein added 15 points.
The Cardinals led 22-19 with six minutes left in the half. The Monarchs ended the half on a 15-6 scoring burst. Stoecklein bombed home four first-half 3-pointers to spark a 21-point second period. Stoecklein and Jacobs each scored 14 first-half points. The Monarchs outscored the Cardinals 15-0 on 3-pointers the first half.
Hoisington 15 13 15 23 —67
Hays-TMP 13 21 21 14 — 69
HOISINGTON (17-5)—Mason Haxton 10 6-6 27, Nicholson 7 6-8 20, Thompson 3 1-2 8, Woydziak 1 0-2 2, Brewer 1 1-2 4, Hanzlick 2 0-0 6, Totals 24 14-20 67.
TMP (18-4)—Jacobs 11 2-6 24, Stoecklein 4 3-4 15, Lang 2 3-6 9, Kreutzer 3 1-4 8, Robbins 1 0-0 2, Seib 2 3-5 7, Wentling 1 0-0 2, Schulte 1 0-1 2, Totals 25 12-26 69.
3-pointers—H 5 (Hanzlick 2, Brewer 1, M. Haxton 1, Thompson 1), TMP 7 (Stoecklein 4, Lang 2, Kreutzer 1).
ST. JOHN 40, KIOWA COUNTY 34
DODGE CITY — St. John's Marshall Woolf rescued the Tigers with 15 points as they rallied past Kiowa County 40-34 in Thursday's 1A Dodge City basketball substate. Woolf converted two key 3-pointers and scored 11 second-half points.
The Tigers converted 7 of 26 free throws, but Eli Delp made two clinching free throws and Marshall Woolf added a free throw for a 37-34 lead. Eli Delp and Tanner Halling made clutch fourth-quarter baskets. Halling finished with 10 points.
The Tigers (20-3) trailed by seven points before outscoring the Mavericks by 13 points. The Tigers play in Saturday's championship game.
Kiowa County led 18-13 at halftime. The Mavericks started hot as Luke Ballard converted four 3-pointers and scored 13 first-half points. The Mavericks led 15-8 by holding the Tigers scoreless for seven minutes. Uriel Calleros hit a 3-pointer and Marshall Woolf added a basket for an 18-13 halftime deficit.
Kiowa County's Luke Ballard scored 16 points, but was held to two second-half points by Joel Ortiz and Trey Fisher.
Kiowa Co. 9 9 6 10 — 34
St. John 8 5 13 14 — 40
KIOWA COUNTY (15-7)—Ballard 5 2-3 16, Zenger 4 0-2 8, Boyles 3 3-6 9, Tedder 0 1-4 0, Totals 12 6-15 34.
ST. JOHN (20-3)—Marshall Woolf 6 1-6 15, Tanner Halling 5 0-8 10, Eli Delp 2 4-4 6, Calleros 1 0-0 3, Fisher 1 1-6 3, Ortiz 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 7-26 40.
3-pointers—KC 4 (Ballard 4), SJ 3 (M. Woolf 2, Calleros 1).
SOUTH GRAY 83, NESS CITY 54
DODGE CITY — South Gray's Aaron Skidmore scored 25 points and Brady Deges added 22 points as the Rebels ran out Ness City 83-54 in the 1A Dodge City substate.
Ness City 9 12 18 15 — 54
South Gray 20 17 25 21 — 83
NESS CITY ()—Guzman 5 0-1 12, Delaney 6 0-2 12, Taylor Cable 6 4-5 16, Easton Seib 2 0-0 5, Schreiber 0 4-4 4, Jackson Seib 1 0-0 3, Lopez 0 1-2 1, Ross 0 1-2 1, Totals 20 0-16 54.
SOUTH GRAY (20-3)—Skidmore 11 2-2 25, Deges 8 0-0 22, Penner 3 0-2 7, Martin 2 0-0 4, Salmans 4 0-0 9, Davis 1 0-0 2, Storm Flores 2 0-0 4, Riley 3 0-1 6, Lupacio 1 0-0 2, Kameron Penner 1 0-0 2, Totals 36 3-5 83.
3-pointers—NC 2 (E. Seib 1, J. Seib 1); SG 9 (Deges 6, Salmans 1, Penner 1, Skidmore 1).
HESSTON 53, LARNED 51
HALSTEAD — Larned's fourth-quarter rally came up short in a heartbreaking 53-51 loss to No. 1 ranked Hesston in the 3A Halstead basketball substate. The Indians nearly erased an 8-point deficit in the final minute. But Larned's Jack Stelter missed a free throw on a two-shot attempt to tie with no time left.
Larned's Chance Sanger scored 20 points and Brock Skelton (14) and Andreus Tucker (10) also scored in double figures.
Larned 13 15 12 11 — 51
Hesston 15 9 13 16 — 53
LARNED (15-7)—Sanger 20, Skelton 14, Tucker 10, Perez, Smith, Stelter, Crosby, Totals.
HESSTON (21-1)— Carson Richardson 15, Brayden Schilling 9, Humphreys 9, Nick Arnold 9, Esau, Schroeder, Proctor, Schmidt, Bollinger, Totals.
3-pointers—L (Sanger, Perez, Skelton); H (Richardson, Proctor, N. Arnold)..
MEADE 63, STAFFORD 43
PRATT — Meade's Vance Shewey dominated with 28 points, 22 after halftime, in a 63-43 semifinal victory over Stafford in the 1A Pratt basketball substate. Meade (19-4) outscored Stafford 41-16 in the second half. Preston Woodruff scored 12 and Grant Gillum added 11 points.
Stafford (12-12) was paced by Ethan Hildebrand with 15 points and Nathan Lowther with 10 points.
Stafford 17 10 7 9 — 43
Meade 17 5 20 21 — 63
STAFFORD (12-12)—Ethan Hildebrand 7 0-1 15, Nathan Lowther 4 0-0 10, Burgey 1 0-0 3, Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Loya 4 0-0 8, Schreiber 2 0-0 5, Totals 19 0-1 43.
MEADE (19-4)—Shewey 10 7-9 28, Gillum 4 3-3 11, Woodruff 4 4-5 12, Martin 1 0-0 2, Haynes 3 1-1 7, Unruh 1 1-2 3, Totals 23 16-20 63.
3-pointers—S 5 (Lowther 2, Burgey 1, E. Hildebrand 1, Schreiber 1); M 1 (Shewey 1).
STOCKTON 44, CENTRAL PLAINS 41
WAKEENEY — Underdog Central Plains nearly rallied from a 12-point deficit, but lost 44-41 in Thursday's 1A WaKeeney basketball substate. The Oilers (10-14) upset LaCrosse to reach the substate. J.J. Heredia led the Oilers with 14 points and Lawson Oeser added nine points.
Stockton's Josh Coleman scored 16 points and made four 3-pointers.
Central Plains 10 8 9 14 — 41
Stockton 11 19 6 8 — 44
CENTRAL PLAINS (10-14)—Heredia 6 2-2 15, Oeser 3 2-2 9, Bieberle 2 0-0 4, Hurley 2 0-0 5, Holmes 3 0-0 6, Totals 16 4-4 41.
STOCKTON (13-11)—Josh Coleman 4 4-4 16, Miller 2 0-3 5, Ethan Means 2 0-1 5, Kameran Hamel 1 2-2 5, Gage Conyac 1 0-0 2, Hull 2 0-1 4, Coffey 3 1-2 7, Totals 14 7-13 44.
3-pointers—CP 5 (Heredia 3, Oeser 1, Hurley 1), S 7 (Coleman 4, Miller 1, Means 1, Hull 1).
STERLING 80, ELLINWOOD 41
INMAN — Ellinwood's Mya Maxwell was brilliant with 22 points in an 80-41 semifinal loss to No. 1 seed Sterling in Thursday's 2A Inman basketball substate. Maxwell scored 18 first-half points to keep the Eagles within 43-31 at halftime.
Sterling (20-2) outscored the Eagles 37-10 after halftime. Sterling's Makenna Linden (15), Bennie Horsch (13), Kidist Wilson (12), Kayla Morris (12) and Sadie Beagley (11) scored in double figures.
Ellinwood 13 18 5 5 — 41
Sterling 23 20 27 10 — 80
ELLINWOOD (11-11)—Klepper 0 1-2 1, Simpson 3 0-2 7, Maxwell 7 3-5 22, Baker 1 0-0 2, Dimitt 1 0-0 2, Doll 2 1-2 5, McReynolds 1 0-2 2, Totals 15 5-13 41.
STERLING (20-2)—Morris 6 0-0 12, Wilson 5 0-0 12, Linden 4 6-7 15, Bennie Horsch 5 0-2 13, Briar 2 0-0 5, Comley 1 0-0 2, Elizabeth Horsch 3 0-0 6, Beagley 5 1-1 11, Zambo 2 0-0 4, Totals 33 7-10 80.
3-pointers—E 6 (Maxwell 5, Simpson 1); S 7 (B. Horsch 3, Wilson 2, Linden 1, Briar 1)
HUTCHINSON TRINITY 43, INMAN 33
INMAN — Hutchinson Trinity's Hammersmith and Hayes each scored 14 points as the Celtics downed Inman in the 2A Inman basketball substate.
Hutchinson Trinity 13 4 12 14 — 43
Inman 5 12 11 5 — 33
HUTCHINSON TRINITY (13-8)—Hammersmith 5 0-0 14, Hayes 2 9-11 14, Garcia 0 4-7 4, Clifton 1 0-0 3, Flores 0 0-1 0, Friday 3 2-6 8, Totals 11 15-25 43.'
INMAN (13-8)—Maurer 3 2-2 8, Harman 3 0-0 6, Brake 1 4-8 6, Raney 1 4-5 6, Froese 1 0-0 2, Schroeder 1 0-0 3, Neufeld 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 10-15 33.
3-pointers—HT 6 (Hammersmith 4, Clifton 1, Hayes 1); Inman 1 (Schroeder 1).
ST. FRANCIS 56, QUINTER 43
WAKEENEY — St. Francis outscored Quinter 15-0 in the fourth quarter for a 56-43 semifinal victory in the 1A WaKeeney basketball substate. Brady Dinkel led St. Francis with 16 points. Kyler Johnson led Quinter with 18 points and six 3-pointers.
Quinter 10 20 13 0 — 43
St. Francis 16 15 10 15 — 56
QUINTER (12-12)—Kyler Johnson 6 0-0 18, Collin Thielen 4 0-0 11, Jaden Boone 4 2-2 10, Blackwell 2 0-0 4, Totals 16 2-2 43.
ST. FRANCIS (14-7)—Brady Dinkel 7 0-0 16, Preston Witzel 4 0-0 11, Jesse Baxter 5 1-1 11, Krien 2 0-0 5, Busse 2 0-0 5, Neitzel 3 0-0 6, Totals 23 1-1 56.
3-pointers—Q 9 (Johnson 6, Thielen 3); SF 9 (Dinkel 4, Witzel 3, Krien 1, Busse 1).
SYLVAN-LUCAS 53, LOGAN 50
WAKEENEY – Sylvan Lucas’ Jonah Huehl scored 22 points as the Mustangs outscored Logan 53-50 in the WaKeeney 1A basketball substate.
Sylvan Lucas 10 11 13 19 – 53
Logan 10 15 8 15 – 50
SL (18-6)—Huehl 9 2-2 22, Alex Hernandez 6 0-0 15, Heenan 2 2-6 8, Batchman 2 2-2 6, Rudolph 0 2-2 2, Totals 19 8-12 53.
LOGAN (14-10)—Nate Cruz 7 0-0 15, Jansonius 4 0-0 9, Hogan 1 0-0 2, Trey Kats 1 0-0 3, Ty Kats 2 0-0 5, Van Laeys 2 3-4 9, Sparks 2 1-2 7, Totals 20 4-6 50.
3-pointers—SL 7 (Hernandez 3, Huehl 2, Heenan 2), Logan 6 (Sparks 2, Cruz 1, Jansonius 1, Ty Kats 1, Trey Kats 1).
ELLINWOOD, INMAN
INMAN — in the 2A Inman basketball substate.
Ellinwood 1 1 1 1 —
Inman 1 1 1 1 —
ELLINWOOD (17-4)—Dutton, Hammeke, Stuhlsatz, Niles, Doll, Wondra, Zink, Knop, Totals.
INMAN (14-7)—Jace Doerksen, Johnson, Kyler Konrade, Kendyn Brunk, Kolby Brunk, Carter, Eli Brunk, Thiessen, Totals.
3-pointers—E (Dutton, Stuhlsatz, Niles, Doll, Knop,); Inman (Doerksen, Johnson, Konrade, Ko. Brunk)
