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Cardinal girls roar into semifinals
Hoisington's Kylee Hahn and Lexus Petersilie jump over Victoria's defenders to gat a rebound.jpg
Hoisington's Kylee Hahn and Lexus Petersilie jump over Victoria's defenders to gat a rebound. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

HOISINGTON GIRLS 65, VICTORIA 22 — Hoisington's girls roared past Victoria 65-22 in Tuesday's Hoisington Winter Jam.

The Cardinals (7-2) featured Mallory Mooney (14), Kelsi Maier (13), Kylee Hahn (13) and Jordyn Boxberger (10) in double figures. The Cardinals made five 3-pointers. Ellie Crawford grabbed 11 rebounds. Boxberger contributed six steals. Hahn dished out six of Hoisington's 13 assists. 

Victoria 1 6 11 4 — 22

Hoisington 19 23 14 9 — 65

VICTORIA (4-4)—Windholz 3 5-9 11, Dinkel 2 1-4 5, Kuhn 1 1-2 3, Amrein 0 1-2 1, Lichter 0 2-2 2, Younger 0 0-2 0, Totals 6 10-21 22.

HOISINGTON (7-2)—Mooney 5 4-5 14, Maier 6 1-1 13, Hahn 4 4-5 13, Boxberger 3 2-4 10, Crawford 3 0-0 7, Lutters 2 0-0 5, Mason 1 0-0 2, Lexus Petersilie 0 1-2 1, Totals 24 12-17 65.

3-pointers—H 5 (Boxberger 2, Crawford 1, Lutters 1, Hahn 1). Rebounds—H 37 (Crawford 11). Assists—H 13 (Hahn 6). Steals—H 23 (Boxberger 6).

MINNEAPOLIS GIRLS 66, ELLINWOOD 24 — Minneapolis Lion Josi Schrader scored 20 points and Maci McClure added 15 points in a 66-24 first-round victory over Ellinwood. Bennett Jacobs led Ellinwood with eight points.

Ellinwood 9 7 2 6 — 24

Minneapolis 24 23 19 0 — 66

ELLINWOOD (2-7)—Jacobs 3 0-0 8, Neinke 2 0-0 5, Reece Stickney 2 1-2 5, Addi Stickney 1 2-2 4, Schlessiger 1 0-0 2, Totals 9 3-4 24.

MINNEAPOLIS (8-1)—Schrader 20, McClure 15, Deronett 10, Weatherman 8, Robinson 5, Randall-Hurt 4, Shupe 4.

3-pointers—E 3 (Jacobs 2, Neinke 1)

ELLSWORTH 58, LA CROSSE 35 — Ellsworth's red-hot Lainey Peschka scored 19 points and Kylan Turnipseed added 12 points to roll past Victoria 58-35 in Tuesday's Hoisington Winter Jam.

La Crosse's Madison Morgan scored 12 points.

La Crosse 7 12 11 7 — 35

Ellsworth 14 16 16 12 — 58

LA CROSSE (4-4)—Morgan 3 6-6 12, Dellett 3 0-0 6, Molly Showalter 1 3-6 6, Elizabeth Showalter 1 2-5 4, Parrott 2 1-2 5, Day 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 12-19 35.

ELLSWORTH (5-4)—Peschka 8 3-5 19, Turnipseed 4 2-4 12, Haxton 2 1-3 6, Tenbrink 2 1-2 7, Coonrod 2 0-0 4, Ohl 1 0-0 2, Kueser 1 0-0 2, Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 7-14 58.

3-pointers—L 1 (M. Showalter 1); E 5 (Turnipseed 2, Tenbrink 2, Haxton 1). 

PRATT 52, OTIS-BISON 20 — Pratt's Hope Hughes scored 16 points and Corinne Donnerwerth added 11 points as the Greenbacks sped past Otis-Bison 52-20 in the Hoisington Winter-Jam.

Otis-Bison (5-4) was led by Destiny Mitchell with eight points.

Otis-Bison 9 3 3 5 — 20

Pratt 15 15 14 14 — 52

OTIS-BISON (5-4)—Mitchell 2 2-5 8, Reever 2 2-4 7, Bahr 1 0-0 3, Smith 1 0-0 2, Croisant 0 0-4 0, Totals 6 3-14 20.

PRATT (6-2)—Hughes 7 0-0 16, Donnenwerth 5 0-0 11, Armendariz 4 4-4 10, Theis 3 1-3 7, Jackson 2 0-2 4, Winklepleck 1 0-0 2, Hamm 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 3-7 52.

3-pointers—OB 4 (Mitchell 2, Reever 1, Bahr 1), Pratt 3 (Hughes 2, Donnenwerth 1).

HOISINGTON GIRLS WINTER JAM

FIRST ROUND—Minneapolis 66, Ellinwood 24; Pratt 52, Otis-Bison 20; Ellsworth 58, La Crosse 35; Hoisington 65, Victoria 22

SECOND ROUND—Ellinwood 55, Otis-Bison 48; Victoria 38, La Crosse 33

1-19—SEMIFINALS—Minneapolis 8-1 vs. Pratt 6-2, 3:30, Ellsworth 5-4 vs. Hoisington 7-2, 6:30 p.m.

1-20—1ST—4 p.m.; 3RD—1 p.m.; 5TH—Ellinwood 3-7 vs. Victoria 4-7, 1 p.m.; 7TH—Oties-Bison 5-5 vs. La Crosse, 4-5, 4 p.m.