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CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 86, PLAINVILLE 9

RUSSELL — Brynna Hammeke scored 29 points and Marilyn Soeken scored a career high 23 points as Central Plains coasted past Plainville 86-9 in Monday's Amos Morris Tournament. 

Defending champion Central Plains converted 15 3-pointers. Hammeke made five 3-pointers and Soeken and Kyla Metro contributed three apiece.

Plainville 0 7 2 0 — 9

Central Plains 31 24 17 14 — 86

PLAINVILLE (0-2)—Bruss 2 2-4 6, Genoung 1 0-0 3, Totals 3 2-4 9

C. PLAINS (1-1)—Hammeke 11 2-3 29, Soeken 7 6-8 23, Metro 3 0-0 9, McGuire 2 2-2 8, Grace Lamatsch 3 0-0 7, Ogle 2 0-0 5, Donecker 1 1-2 3, Oeser 1 0-0 2, Totals 30 11-15 86

3-pointers—CP 15 (Hammeke 5, Soeken 3, Metro 3, McGuire 2, Lamatsch 1, Ogle 1)

CENTRAL PLAINS 54, PLAINVILLE 47

RUSSELL – Central Plains Oiler Peyton Ryan rescued the Oilers with 34 points in a hard-fought 54-47 overtime victory over Plainville in Monday’s Russell Amos Morris Tournament. Ryan scored seven overtime points. The Oilers scored 13 points in five minutes. The Oilers (2-0) play Russell (2-0) in Thursday’s semifinal.

Plainville 12 4 16 9 6 – 47

Central Plains 10 10 9 12 13 – 54

PLAINVILLE—Cellmel 3 1-3 8, Stamper 3 0-1 7, Dittel 4 2-3 10, Lindsay 2 1-2 7, Brigat 3 0-0 6, Stabb 0 1-4 1, Brown 3 1-2 8, Totals 18 6-15 47

CENTRAL PLAINS (2-0)—Ryan 12 6-8 34, Stratmann 0 5-8 5, Hekele 2 0-0 5, Hurley 1 1-5 4, Klima 2 0-0 4, Grubb 0 2-4 2, Totals 17 13-25 54

3-pointers—P 5 (Lindsay 2, Brown 1, Cellmel 1, Stamper 1); CP 6 (Ryan 4, Hekele 1, Hurley 1)


ST. JOHN 41, SPEARVILLE 34

LARNED — St. John's Heidi Fisher scored 18 points as the Tigers downed Spearville 41-34 in Monday's Keady Basketball Classic. Spearville's Cameron Offerle scored 10 points.

SPEARVILLE (1-1)—Offerle 5 0-1 10, Kliesen 4 0-0 8, Huston 1 3-9 6, Pedigo 2 0-1 5, Kuker 1 0-0 3, Hubbell 1 0-0 2, Ackerman 0 0-2 0, Totals 14 3-13 34

ST. JOHN (2-0)—Heidi Fisher 6 4-6 18, Bonner 2 3-4 7, Portillo 1 4-5 6, Averi Fisher 2 0-0 4, Meyer 1 2-2 4, Reed 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 13-17 41

3-pointers—S 3 (Pedigo 1, Kuker 2, Huston 1); SJ 2 (H. Fisher 2)

SPEARVILLE 55, ST. JOHN 46

LARNED — St. John's Quade Smith scored 25 points, but it wasn't enough as Spearville outlasted the Tigers 55-46 in Monday's Keady Basketball Classic. The Tigers (0-2) converted nine 3-pointers, but were outscored 40-16 on 2-pointers.

Spearville's Aydin Ruiz scored 22 points.

SPEARVILLE (1-1)—Ruiz 8 5-8 22, Derek Alcala 3 0-2 7, Kliesen 3 1-1 7, Melendez 2 2-2 6, Dan Alcala 3 0-1 6, Huff 2 0-0 5, Cressler 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 8-14 55

ST. JOHN (0-2)—Smith 9 3-4 25, Aden Adame 3 0-0 8, Marco Ibarra 2 0-0 6, Angel Ibarra 1 0-0 3, Reyes 1 0-0 2, Juan Ibarra 1 0-0 2, Totals 17 3-4 46

3-pointers—S 3 (Ruiz 1, Derek Alcala 1, Huff 1); SJ 9 (Smith 4, M. Ibarra 2, Adame 2, A. Ibarra 1)


ELLINWOOD GIRLS 58, STAFFORD 11

LANGDON — Ellinwood's Brittany Simpson broke the school record with 39 points and converted a record-tying seven 3-pointers in a 58-11 victory over Stafford at the Falcon Basketball Classic. Simpson broke Ellinwood's career scoring mark and tied the 3-point record with seven. Simpson and Bella Baker (15 points) combined to score Ellinwood's first 42 points when Shinliver scored a third-quarter basket.

Stafford's 6-foot-1 Lucy Miralles performed brilliantly with 11 points, stout rebounding and defense and a blocked 3-point shot against Simpson.

Stafford 4 0 4 3 — 11

Ellinwood 15 21 16 6 — 58

STAFFORD (0-2)—Miralles 4-7 4-10 11, Denio 0-8 0-0 0, Madilyn Hearn 0-3 0-2 0, Green 0-5 0-0 0, Schrag 0-4 0-0 0, Totals 4-27 3-12 11

ELLINWOOD (2-0)—Simpson 15-29 2-4 39, Baker 6-15 3-7 15, Shinliver 1-7 0-0 2, Sturtz 1-1 0-0 2, Winget 0-2 0-0 0, Keith 0-1 0-0 0, Ricker 0-3 0-0 0, Bowman 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 23-59 5-11 58

3-pointers—S 0-14 (Schrag 0-1, Miralles 0-1, M. Hearn 0-2, Green 0-4, Denio 0-6); E 7-22 (Simpson 7-14, Bowman 0-1, Baker 0-2, Shinliver 0-5)

PRETTY PRAIRIE 52, LINCOLN 22

LANGDON — Pretty Prairie's Trinity Kruse scored 17 points as the defending champion Bulldogs roared past Lincoln 52-22 in Monday's Falcon Classic.

Lincoln 5 5 5 5 — 22

P. Prairie 17 18 10 7 — 52

LINCOLN (0-2)—Behrens 0 6-8 6, Autry D 2 1-4 5, Kylie Hull 1 2-2 4, Emalie Hull 2 0-0 4, Fenn 1 0-0 3, Totals 6 9-14 22

P. PRAIRIE (2-0)—Kruse 6 5-6 17, Robinson 4 0-0 8, Hendrickson 3 1-2 7, White 1 0-0 2, Detter 4 0-0 8, Price 1 0-0 2, Harbaugh 1 0-0 3, Yoder 2 0-0 5, Totals 22 6-8 52

3-pointers—L 1 (F 1); PP 2 (Harbaugh 1, Yoder 1)

ELLINWOOD 79, PRETTY PRAIRIE 28

LANGDON — Ellinwood's Britton Dutton was spectacular with 30 points, seven assists and six steals in a 79-28 victory over Pretty Prairie at the Falcon Basketball Classic. Parker Scheck contributed 20 points and seven rebounds for defending Falcon Classic champion Ellinwood (2-0).

P. Prairie 5 7 14 2 — 28

Ellinwood 20 19 32 7 — 79

PRETTY PRAIRIE (0-2)—Steadman 3 1-4 7, Bowers 2 1-2 5, White 2 0-2 5, Rogers 1 2-4 5, Stauffer 1 0-0 2, McCullough 0 22 2, McGinnis 1 0-0 2, Totals 10 6-14 28 

ELLINWOOD (2-0)—Dutton 14-19 0-0 30, Scheck 10-12 0-0 20, Behnke 3-7 2-2 8, Alek Brack 2-3 1-2 6, Cooper Hosman 2-6 0-1 5, Moore 2-7 0-0 5, Simpson 1-3 0-0 3, Gibson 0-0 1-2 1, Miller 0-0 1-1 1, Drew Heinz 0-5 0-0 0, Coleman 0-1 0-0 0, Steffan 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 34-65 5-9 79

3-pointers—PP 2 (White 1, Rogers 1); E 6-24 (Dutton 2-6, Moore 1-6, Brack 1-2, Hosman 1-3, Simpson 1-3, Heinz 0-4). Rebounds—E 29 (Scheck 7). Assists—E 17 (Dutton 7). Steals—E 14 (Dutton 6)

STAFFORD 58, LINCOLN 28

LANGDON — Stafford's Brody Kerschenske scored 17 points and Josh Hildebrand contributed 16 points and 13 rebounds to spark a 58-28 victory over Lincoln at Monday's Falcon Basketball Classic. Dakota Rodriguez added 10 points.

Lincoln 5 5 11 7 — 28

Stafford 19 16 20 3 — 58

LINCOLN (0-2)—Knight 3 2-2 10, Dotterer 2 4-4 8, Maier 2 0-0 5, Simms 1 0-0 2, Tripp 1 0-0 3, Totals 9 6-6 28

STAFFORD (2-0)—Kerschenke 8-13 1-4 17, Hildebrand 7-9 2-2 16, Rodriguez 4-10 2-2 10, Minks 3-8 0-0 6, Julian 1-1 0-0 3, Oleseon 1-5 0-0 2, Knochs 0-2 2-2 2, Pilipvoic 1-5 0-0 2, Lowther 1-5 0-0 2, Totals 25-54 7-15 58

3-pointers—L 4 (Knight 2, Meier 1, Tripp 1); S 1-11 (Julian 1-1, Rodriguez 0-1, Oleseon 0-2, Knochs 0-2, Minks 0-5). Rebounds—S 30 (Hildebrand 13). Assists—S 10 (Minks 6). Steals—S 20 (Kerschenke 4, Hildebrand 4)