WILSON 62, OTIS-BISON 55
WILSON — Wilson's Connor Charvat scored 19 points and Nosh Crawford added 13 points as the Dragons edged past Otis-Bison 62-55 in Friday's non-league basketball opener.
The Cougars (0-1) delivered a solid debut with Eston Juno and Riley Polly scoring 14 points apiece and Jake Hoopingarner adding 11 points.
Otis-Bison 10 13 8 21 — 55
Wilson 8 18 16 20 — 62
OTIS-BISON (0-1)—Riley Polly 4 3-4 14, Juno 3 8-15 14, Hoopingarner 3 4-5 11, Morrison 3 0-1 7, Graff 2 3-4 7, Maier 1 0-0 2, Blackburn 0 0-2 0, Totals 16 18-33 55
WILSON (1-0)—Charvat 6 4-4 19, Crawford 5 2-4 13, Eberhart 3 3-4 11, Thielen 1 3-4 5, Huck 1 0-0 3, Pasek 0 0-2 0, Totals 28 16-34 62
3-pointers—OB 5 (Polly 3, Hoopingarner 1, Morrison 1), W 7 (Charvat 3, Eberhart 2, Crawford 1, Huck 1)
SCOTT CITY 50, HOISINGTON 40
SCOTT CITY — Scott City’s Jackson Rumford scored 20 points and Dylan Metzger added 14 points to beat Hoisington 50-40 in Friday’s non-league basketball game.
Tony Moore scored 11 points and Leyton Haxton added seven points for the Cardinals, who committed 30 turnovers against Scott City’s pressure defense.
“We played hard and will get better,” said Hoisington coach Kyle Haxton. “The story of the game was our 30 turnovers. We’ve got a lot of inexperience. We’ll continue to work hard.”
Hoisington 7 15 6 12 — 40
Scott City 14 11 15 10 — 50
HOISINGTON (0-1)—Moore 4 1-1 11, Haxton 2 1-2 7, Galla 2 0-0 4, Steinert 2 1-2 5, Aylward 1 2-2 4, Ingram 2 0-04, Martin 2 0-0 5, Totals 15 5-7 40
SCOTT CITY (1-0)—Rumford 8 3-4 20, Metzger 4 0-3 14, Noll 2 1-2 5, Tarango 0 1-3 1, Bailey 4 1-2 10, Nanvelle 0 0-1 0, Totals 19 6-15 50
3-pointers—H 5 (Moore 2, Haxton 2, Martin 1), SC 6 (Metzger 4, Rumford 1, Bailey 1)
SCOTT CITY GIRLS 40, HOISINGTON 22
SCOTT CITY — Hoisington’s Addy Mason converted a trio of 3-pointers in the Cardinals’ 40-22 non-league loss to Scott City.
Scott City’s Erika Felker scored 16 points and Brooke Strine added 13 points.
Hoisington 9 0 5 8 —22
Scott City 8 10 6 16 — 40
HOISINGTON (0-1)—Addy Mason 3 0-0 9, Boxberger 2 2-3 7, Mooney 1 0-0 2, Paige Lamatsch 0 2-2 2, Hahn 0 2-2 2, Totals 6 6-7 22
SCOTT CITY (1-0)—Felker 6 1-2 16, Strine 6 1-1 13, Gentry 1 0-0 3, Metzger 1 0-0 2, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Cramer 2 0-0 4, Trout 0 0-2 0, Totals 17 2-3 40
3-pointers—H 4 (Addy Mason 3, Boxberger 1), SC 4 (Felker 3, Gentry 1)
BEREAN 42, CENTRAL PLAINS 40 (OT)
ELBING —Berean's Nolan Driskill hit a 3-pointer for overtime and James Busenitz converted the go-ahead free throw for a 42-40 overtime victory over the Central Plains boys in Friday's basketball opener.
Creighton Kukala led Berean with 11 points.
Central Plains Oiler all-league Peyton Ryan scored 17 points and Evan Stratmann added 11 points.
"Berean is solid. Our guys played hard and well," said Central Plains coach Michael Ryan. "I liked how our guys kept competing even when things didn;t go so well. I wish we could've finished with a win."
Central Plains 2 13 11 8 6 — 40
CENTRAL PLAINS (0-1)—Peyton Ryan 3 11-14 17, Stratmann 4 1-2 11, Klima 3 0-0 6, Hekele 1 0-2 3, Hurley 1 0-0 2, Daniels 0 1-2 1, Totals 12 13-20 40
BEREAN (1-0)—Kukula 4 0-0 11, Driskill 2 2-4 7, Busenitz 3 2-4 8, Regier 1 0-0 2, Wiebe 0 2-4 2, Thiessen 2 0-0 4, Giger 2 2-3 6, Sweazy 0 2-2 2, Totals 14 10-17 42
3-pointers—CP 3 (Stratmann 2, Hekele 1), B 4 (Kukala 3, Driskill 1)
BEREAN GIRLS 46, CENTRAL PLAINS 29
ELBING — 2A state powerhouse Berean Academy outscored the Central Plains girls 27-10 in the second half to surprise the Oilers 46-29 in Friday's basketball opener. Berean's Lillie Veer and Baylian Smith each scored 14 points.
Oiler Kyla Metro scored nine points and Addy Ogle added eight points.
CENTRAL PLAINS (0-1)—Metro 4 1-2 9 Ogle 3 0-0 8, Hammeke 2 2-2 6, Soeken 2 0-3 5, Donecker 0 1-2 1, Totals 10 4-9 29
BEREAN (1-0)—Veer 5 3-5 14, Smith 6 2-2 14, Koontz 4 0-0 10, Timken 1 0-0 3, Wiebe 1 0-0 3, Eldridge 0 0-2 0, Balzer 0 2-2 2, Totals 17 7-11 46
3-pointers—CP 5 (Ogle 2, Metro 2, Soeken 1), B 5 (Koontz 2, Veer 1, Wiebe 1, Timken 1)
ST. JOHN GIRLS 81, STAFFORD 17
STAFFORD — St. John's Lydia Reed scored a career high 24 points to spark the Tigers past Stafford 81-17 in Friday's non-league basketball game. St. John's Heidi Fisher (21), Jade Portillo (11) and Mia Meyer (10) scored in double figures.
Stafford's Taylor Denio converted a trio of 3-pointers and scored 13 points.
ST. JOHN (1-0)—Reed 11 2-2 24, Fisher 10 1-2 21, Portillo 5 0-2 11, Meyer 4 2-2 10, Rockenbach 3 0-3 6, Gracia 2 0-0 5, Bonner 2 0-2 4, Totals 37 5-13 81
STAFFORD (0-1)—Denio 5 0-2 13, Reed 1 0-0 2, Miralles 1 0-0 2, Totals 7 0-2 17.
3-pointers—SJ 2 (Gracia 1, Portillo 1); S (Denio 3)
STAFFORD 65, ST. JOHN 30
STAFFORD — Stafford’s Dakota Rodriguez scored 16 points with six steals and Brody Kerschenke added 15 points as the Trojans swept past St. John 56-30 in Friday’s non-league basketball game.
Colson Minks scored 11 points with four assists. Josh Hildebrand hauled down nine rebounds with eight points.
St. John’s Quade Smith scored 11 points for the Tigers, who converted five 3-pointers.
ST. JOHN (0-1)—Smith 4 2-2 11, Marci Ibarra 2 0-0 6, Ethan Son 2 0-0 6, Alpers 2 0-0 4, Angel Ibarra 0 1-2 1, Aden Adame 1 0-2 2, Totals 11 3-6 30.
STAFFORD (1-0)—Rodriguez 5-9 6-9 16, Kerschenske 6-11 3-4 15, Minks 5-12 0-0 11, Oleson 0-0 1-1 1, Hildebrand 4-8 0-3 8, Harter 1-5 0-0 3, Lowther 0-0 2-2 2, Totals 21-50 12-19 56
3-pointers—SJ 5 (M. Ibarra 2, Son 2, Smith 1); S 2-13 (Harter 1-4, Minks 1-5, Rodriguez 0-1, Oleseon 0-3). Rebounds—S 37 (Hildebrand 9). Assists—S 9 (Minks 4). Steals—S 9 (Rodriguez 6)
ELLINWOOD 67, LA CROSSE 34
ELLINWOOD — Ellinwood all-stater Britton Dutton started his senior season with a 29-point outing to ignite a 67-34 Central Prairie League basketball win over La Crosse.
Parker Scheck contributed 11 points. La Crosse's Conner Barriger scored 12 points.
La Crosse 14 4 12 4 — 34
Ellinwood 17 18 20 12 — 67
LA CROSSE (0-1)—Barriger 1 10-12 12, Burk 4 0-0 8, Braun 2 2-3 6, Conner 2 0-0 4, Irvin 0 1-2 1, Morgan 1 0-0 3, Totals 10 13-17 34
ELLINWOOD (1-0)—Dutton 11 7-9 29, Scheck 5 1-2 11, Drew Heinz 1 0-0 3, Cooper Hosman 3 0-0 6, Behnke 3 0-0 6, Coleman 2 0-1 4, Moore 1 0-0 3, Gibson 1 1-1 3, Simpson 1 0-0 2, Totals 28 9-13 67
3-pointers—L 1 (Morgan 1), E 2 (Moore 1, D. Heinz 1)
ELLINWOOD GIRLS 53, LA CROSSE 40
ELLINWOOD — Ellinwood's Brittany Simpson got closer to the 1,000-point barrier with a 27-point opening outing in a 53-40 Central Prairie League basketball victory over La Crosse. Bella Baker chipped in 10 points. Morgan Shinliver hit a pair of 3-pointers.
La Crosse's Madison Morgan scored 10 points.
La Crosse 9 10 7 14 — 40
Ellinwood 17 9 15 12 — 53
LA CROSSE (0-1)—Morgan 4 2-4 10, Parrott 2 2-2 7, Day 3 1-3 7, M. Showalter 2 1-4 6, B. Showalter 1 3-5 5, Thielenhaus 1 0-0 2, Ryersee 1 0-0 3, Totals 14 9-18 40
ELLINWOOD (1-0)—Simpson 10 6-9 27, Baker 4 4-10 12, Shinliver 2 0-1 6, Schlessiger 1 2-4 4, Bowman 1 0-0 2, Ricker 0 2-2 2, Totals 18 14-26 53
3-pointers—L 3 (Ryersee 1, M. Showalter 1, Parrott 1), E 3 (Shinliver 2, Simpson 1)
SOUTH CENTRAL 72, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 65
ROZEL — Pawnee Heights Tiger Alec Carlson scored a school record 44 points in a hard-fought 72-65 Southern Plains Iroquois basketball setback to South Central.
Carlson converted 7-of-15 3-pointers and 9-of-18 2-pointers. Davin Hamby contributed 14 points and three assists.
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-1)—Alec Carlson 16-33 5-8 44, Hamby 5-13 0-2 14, Dakota Ryan 0-0 1-2, Munk 2-4 1-4 5, Stedje 0-2 1-2 1, Totals 23-52 8-18 65
3-pointers—PH 11-27 (Carlson 7-15, Hamby 4-12). Rebounds—PH 26 (Stedje 7). Assists—PH 10 (Carlson 3, Hamby 3, Munk 3). Steals—PH 11 (Munk 3, Carlson 3)
MACKSVILLE 63, NESS CITY 29
MACKSVILLE — Ryan Kuckelman earned a double/double with 17 points and 14 rebounds to spark No. 2 ranked 1A Macksville past Ness City 63-29 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball opener.
Alexis Barron (12) and Diego Esparza (10) scored in double figures and Esparza had five steals.
Ness City 6 7 13 3 — 29
Macksville 9 26 21 7 — 63
NESS CITY (0-1)—Guzman 2-5 2-4 7, Schniepp 3-17 1-2 8, Gall 0-2 0-0 0, Bernbeck 1-4 1-2 3, Lopez 3-8 2-2 8, Pavlu 0-4 1-2 1, Raifsnider 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 10-42 7-12 29
MACKSVILLE (1-0)—Rogelio Ibarra 2-6 1-1 6, Esparza 4-10 2-2 10, Lickiss 2-5 3-4 8, Cleveland 0-2 0-0 0, Barron 5-7 1-2 12, Kuckelman 7-10 3-6 17, Alvaro Ibarra 0-1 0-2 0, Guevara 3-6 0-0 6, Grippin 3-6 0-0 6, Portillo 2-3 1-2 5, Granger 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 25-52 11-19 63
3-pointers—NC 2-14 (Guzman 1-2, Schniepp 1-9, Raifsnider 0-1, Bernbeck 0-1, Gall 0-1), M 2-9 (Lickiss 1-1, Barron 1-2, Esparza 0-1, Guevara 0-1, Grippin 0-1, A. Ibarra 0-1, R. Ibarra 0-2). Rebounds—NC 21 (Lopez 5), M 38 (Kuckelman 14). Assists—NC 5 (Schniepp 3), M 17 (Lickiss 4, Esparza 4). Steals—NC 7 (Gall 2, Guzman 2), M 18 (Esparza 5)
NESS CITY GIRLS 51, MACKSVILLE 43
MACKSVILLE — Ness City outscored the Macksville girls 24-12 after halftime for a 51-43 Central Prairie League basketball victory.
Macksville's Macie Russell enjoyed a spectacular night with 19 points, 12 steals and six assists. Lupita Galan scored eight points. Kambry Adams deflected 12 passes.
Ness City 11 16 10 14 — 51
Macksville 13 18 5 7 — 43
MACKSVILLE (0-1)—Russell 7-18 5-9 19, Joselin Garcia 1-3 1-2 3, Adams 3-13 0-2 6, Ortiz 2-8 0-0 5, Sanders 0-1 0-0 0, Galan 4-7 0-1 8, Butler 1-10 0-0 2, Totals 18-60 5-14 43
3-pointers—M 2-11 (Ortiz 1-4, Russell 1-5, J. Garcia 0-1). Rebounds—M 34 (Butler 6, Adams 6, Galan 6). Steals—M 20 (Russell 12). Assists—M 12 (Russell 6)
WILSON GIRLS 53, OTIS-BISON 38
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SOUTH CENTRAL GIRLS 44, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 24
ROZEL —
South Central — 44
Pawnee Heights — 24
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-1)—Olivia Hands, Abby Hands, Cordero, Torres, Ibarra, Amspacker, Totals
