ELLINWOOD 72, NESS CITY 62

NESS CITY – Ellinwood’s Britton Dutton was spectacular with 30 points to ignite a 72-62 victory over Ness City that clinched back-to-back Central Prairie League basketball titles for the second consecutive year. Koy Behnke added 13 points. Ellinwood (18-2, 8-0) will be the No. 1 seed at the 2A Sublette basketball substate.

Ness City’s Taylor Cable scored 18 points.

Ellinwood 20 16 18 18 – 72

Ness City 18 14 14 16 – 62

ELLINWOOD (18-2, 8-0)—Dutton 11 7-11 30, Behnke 4 3-4 13, Scheck 4 1-2 9, Heinz 2 2-4 8, Zink 5 0-1 10, Brack 1 0-0 2, Totals 27 13-22 72.

NESS CITY (15-5, 6-2)—Cable 8-10 2-4 18, Ross 4-11 4-6 12, Guzman 3-13 4-4 10, Schniepp 4-11 0-0 8, Seib 3-6 0-0 6, Stoecklein 2-2 0-0 5, Schreiber 1-3 0-0 3, Marshall 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 25-57 10-14 62.

3-pointers—E 5 (Heinz 2, Behnke 2, Dutton 1); NC 2-11 (Schreiber 1-2, Stoecklein 1-1, Seib 0-1, Schieipp 0-2, Guzman 0-5). Rebounds—NC 30 (Ross 13). Assists—NC 13 (Guzman 6). Steals—NC 10 (Ross 3).

ELLINWOOD 59, NESS CITY 40

NESS CITY – Ellinwood’s Brittany Simpson scored 28 points in a 59-40 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ness City.

Ellinwood 12 17 17 13 – 59

Ness City 6 7 11 16 – 40

ELLINWOOD (11-9, 6-2)—Simpson 28, Behnke 9, Baker 7, Dimitt 5, Schlessiger 4, Ricker 2, Totals 59.

NESS CITY (10-10, 3-5)—Seib 3 1-2 9, Rinehrat 3 1-2 7, Tillitson 2 0-0 4, Robledo 1 0-0 3, Rodriguez 1 3-4 5, Delaney 0 3-6 3, Gable 1 0-0 2, Totals 40.