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Ellinwood basketball sweeps Lyons
Ellinwood Landon Simpson scores with a jump shot over Victorias Seth Schwien.jpg
Ellinwood's Drew Heinz drives in the zone and shoots over Victoria's defender Seth Schwien. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

ELLINWOOD 50, LYONS 40 – Ellinwood’s Landon Simpson enjoyed his home court with five 3-pointers and 26 points to spark a 50-40 non-league basketball victory over Lyons Friday. Alek Brack added 11 points. The Eagles (8-5) converted seven 3-pointers to outscore the Lions 21-3 from long range.

Ethan Luck led Lyons with 14 points and Xavier Solis added 10 points.

Lyons 13 5 10 12 – 40

Ellinwood 11 14 14 11 – 50

LYONS (5-8)—Luck 5 4-5 14, Solis 3 4-4 10, Diaz 2 0-0 4, Link 3 0-0 6, Stanley 1 0-2 2, Espinosa 1 1-2 4, Totals 15 9-13 40.

ELLINWOOD (8-5)—Simpson 6 9-12 26, Alex Brack 3 4-4 11, Moore 1 0-0 5, Drew Heinz 1 2-4 4, Gibson 1 1-2 3, Bowyer 0 1-2 1, Totals 13 17-24 50.

3-pointers—L 1 (Espinosa 1); E 7 (Simpson 5, Moore 1, Brack 1)

 

ELLINWOOD GIRLS 42, LYONS 26 – Ellinwood’s Reese Stickney fired up a trio of 3-pointers and 15 second-half points to spark the Eagles past Lyons 42-26 in Friday’s non-league basketball game. Julia Schlessiger scored 11 points, nine in the first half. The Eagles (4-9) converted six 3-pointers.

Lyons’ Mya Fiero scored eight points and Keirah Davis added seven points.

Lyons 2 4 9 11 – 26

Ellinwood 11 7 15 9 – 42

LYONS (1-12)—Fiero 3 2-8 8 8, Davis 3 0-0 7, Belote 2 1-4 6, Kruse 2 0-0 4, Pena 0 1-2 1, Totals 26.

ELLINWOOD (4-9)—Reese Stickney 4 2-4 15, Schlessiger 4 3-6 11, Jacobs 3 1-2 9, Nienke 1 0-0 3, Addi Stickney 1 1-2 3, Widener 0 1-2 1, Totals 13 8-16 42.

3-pointers L 2 (Belote 1, Davis 1); E 6 (R. Stickney 3, Jacobs 2, Nienke 1).