HAVEN 43, HOISINGTON 35 — Haven's powerful 6-4 Dalton Bontrager muscled for nine fourth quarter points as the Wildcats downed Hoisington 45-35 in the Hoisington 3A substate basketball semifinals.
Haven converted seven free throws and outscored the Cardinals 14-6 in the fourth quarter after a 29-29 tie. Bontrager scored 19 points and Nash Wray added 10 points. Wray hit a 3-pointer for a 33-31 lead the Wildcats never lost. The Wildcats outscored the Cardinals 15-0 from 3-point range.
Tony Moore led the Cardinals with 11 points and Caiden Hoffman had eight first-half points.
"We had done a good job attacking, but we didn't get shots that fourth quarter," said Hoisington coach Kyle Haxton. "We had a ton of turnovers that caused us to foul. It was a hard-fought game and both teams got after it defensively."
Cardinal seniors Moore, Hoffman and Randy Chambers closed out their careers at home.
Haven 9 12 8 14 — 43
Hoisington 7 14 8 6 — 35
HAVEN (16-6)—Bontrager 7 5-9 19, Nash Wray 4 0-0 10, Rinehart 2 1-2 7, Nisly 1 1-2 4, Miller 0 1-2 1, Richey 1 0-2 2, Totals 15 8-17 43.
HOISINGTON (12-10)—Moore 5 1-1 11, Hoffman 3 2-2 8, Robinson 3 0-1 6, Martin 3 0-0 6, Chambers 1 0-0 2, Ingram 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 3-4 35.
3-pointers—Haven 5 (N. Wray 2, Rinehart 2, Nisly 1).
ELLSWORTH 55, LYONS 45 — Ellsworth's Will Cravens powered for 22 points and Rolfs converted four 3-pointers as the Bearcats downed Lyons 55-45 in the Hoisington 3A substate basketball semifinals. Ellsworth (18-4) will meet Haven (16-6) in Saturday's championship game.
The Bearcats converted eight 3-pointers and six 2-pointers.
Tegan Luck (13) and Xavier Solis (11) led the Lyons Lions.
Lyons 14 8 5 18 — 45
Ellsworth 11 15 10 19 — 55
LYONS (8-14)—Luck 5 0-0 13, Solis 4 1-2 11, Link 4 1-2 10, Rodriguez 2 0-0 5, Espinoza 2 0-0 4, Gish 1 0-0 2, Totals 18 2-4 45.
ELLSWORTH (18-4)—Cravens 4 12-14 22, Rolfs 4 0-2 12, Stone 4 1-4 9, McGowan 0 6-8 6, Leiker 2 0-0 6, Totals 14 19-28 55.
3-pointers—L 7 (Luck 3, Solis 2, Link 1, Rodriguez 1); E 8 (Rolfs 4, Cravens 2, Leiker 2).
3A HOISINGTON—3-2—Ellsworth 45, Haven 25; Ellsworth 55, Lyons 45; Haven 43, Hoisington 35; Ellsworth 61, Larned 20; Lyons 52, Kingman 41; Haven 65, Nickerson 31; Hoisington 52, Russell 21
