PRATT 46, HOISINGTON 35 – Hoisington’s Tony Moore scored 15 points in a hustling effort, but the Cardinals fell 46-35 to Pratt in Friday’s Winter Jam semifinals. Caiden Hoffman added six points against Pratt’s physical and aggressive defense.
Pratt (8-1) was paced by Max Younie with 23 points and 6-6 Arley Morrell with 14 points.
Pratt 10 12 12 12 — 46
Hoisington 10 8 5 12 — 35
PRATT (8-1)—Max Younie 9 3-8 23, Morrell 5 2-4 14, Schmidt 1 4-4 6, Riley 0 1-4 1, Strong 0 2-2 2, Totals 15 12-22 46.
HOISINGTON (5-5)—Moore 4 5-6 15, Chambers 1 1-3 3, Galla 1 0-0 2, Robinson 1 1-2 3, Martin 1 0-0 2, Mason 1 0-0 2, Kinman 1 0-0 2, Hoffman 3 0-0 6, Totals 13 7-11 35.
3-pointers—P 4 (Morrell 2, Younie 2); H 2 (Moore 2).
ELLSWORTH 41, VICTORIA 24 – Ellsworth’s Will Cravens dominated with 21 points to ignite a 41-24 semifinal victory over Victoria in the Hoisington Winter Jam. Ellsworth outscored Victoria 11-0 in the fourth quarter and plays Pratt for the championship.
Victoria 8 3 13 0 – 24
Ellsworth 12 4 14 11 – 41
VICTORIA (5-5)—Schmidtberger 3 0-0 8, Schwien 1 2-2 4, Will Scherrer 1 0-0 3, Pickering 1 0-0 3, Nowak 1 0-0 2, VonLintel 2 0-0 4, Totals 9 2-2 24.
ELLSWORTH (9-1)—Cravens 9 3-6 21, Leiker 2 0-0 5, Rolfs 1 2-5 4, McGowan 2 0-0 5, Stone 3 0-0 6, Totals 17 5-11 41.
3-pointers—V 4 (Schmidtberger 2, Pickering 1, Will Scherrer 1); E 2 (Leiker 1, McGowan 1).
HOISINGTON BOYS WINTER JAM
FINALS—1ST—Ellsworth 43, Pratt 27; 3RD—Hoisington 39, Victoria 27; 5TH—La Crosse 60, Ellinwood 48; 7TH—Minneapolis 48, Otis-Bison 24
SECOND ROUND— Ellsworth 41, Victoria 24; Pratt 46, Hoisington 35; Ellinwood 40, Minneapolis 33; La Crosse 59, Otis-Bison 38
FIRST ROUND—Ellsworth 64, Minneapolis 13; Victoria 38, Ellinwood 37; Pratt 52, Otis-Bison 30; Hoisington 39, La Crosse 38