BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
LARNED—The Larned boys used a 21-5 second-quarter blitz to blow by the taller Macksville Mustangs 56-36 in Friday’s Gene Keady semifinals. The Indians (3-1) met St. John in Saturday’s championship.
The second quarter run was keyed by an aggressive fullcourt trapping defense that created 10 Macksville turnovers. The Indians raced to a 32-13 halftime advantage.
The smaller, quicker Larned players shifted between man-to-man and zone defenses, preventing Macksville from benefitting from 6-5 Kaleb Lickiss, 6-5 Kody Mead and 6-2 Karson Waters.
“We knew we had to counter their size advantage by attacking their guards and creating turnovers,” said Larned coach Jerrod Smith. “We could not allow them to dump passes into their post players. We used multiple defenses to our advantage.”
By the end of the third quarter the Indians held a 51-27 advantage and the only thing in doubt was the final score.
Larned’s Chance Sanger and Jaylen Thomas each scored 16 points and Brayden Rupp added eight points.Macksville 8 5 14 5 — 36
Larned 11 21 19 5 — 56
MACKSVILLE (1-2)—Waters 3 5-8 14, Mead 4 2-7 10, Lickiss 2 5-6 10, Blaske 0 2-2 2, Totals 9 14-24 36
LARNED (2-1)—Thomas 4 8-9 16, Sanger 7 1-1 16, Rupp 3 2-2 8, Perez 2 1-4 6, Skelton 2 2-3 6, Fletcher 1 1-2 3, Smith 0 1-2 1, Totals 19 26-23 56
ST. JOHN BOYS 52, HOISINGTON 46 — Tanner Halling muscled for 28 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks and the Tigers converted 17 free throws to outlast Hoisington in Friday's Gene Keady semifinals.
Mason Osborne added nine points and four assists before departing with an injury. Tanner Halling was efficient with six points in the first quarter, seven in the second and third quarters and eight points in the final period.
The Tigers led 38-28 after three quarters. Drew Nicholson paced the Cardinals with 17 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Mason Haxton and Braxton Donovan each added 10 points. The Cardinals converted 13 of 16 free throws.
St. John 12 12 14 14 — 52
Hoisington 7 10 11 18 — 46
ST. JOHN (3-0)—Tanner Halling 8-18 12-20 28, Osborne 2-7 5-8 9, Calleros 3-5 0-2 8, Collin Halling 3-7 0-0 7, Delp 0-0 0-1 0, McVey 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 16-39 17-35 52
HOISINGTON (1-2)—Nicholson 5-13 6-7 17, Haxton 3-7 3-3 10, Donovan 3-11 2-2 10, Wodyziak 2-4 0-0 5, Xavier Robinson 1-5 2-4 4, Brewer 0-2 0-0 0, Richards 0-3 0-0 0, Chase Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, Hanzlick 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 14-48 13-16 46
SPEARVILLE GIRLS 44, ST. JOHN 31 — Spearville outscored St. John 28-14 after halftime for a semifinal victory. Alissa Heskamp scored 11 points and Sarae Ricke tallied 10 second-half points.
St. John’s Darby Smith scored seven points and Bree Meyer and Erin Crossman and each added five points.
St. John 6 12 7 6 — 31
Spearville 9 16 14 14 — 44
ST. JOHN (2-1)—Smith 2 1-2 7, Bree Meyer 2 0-1 5, Crissman 2 1-3 5, Rios 2 0-0 5, Claussen 0 2-2 2, Doran 1 0-0 2, Payton Meyer 0 2-2 2, Dowling 1 0-0 2, Hudson 0 1-2 1, Totals 10 8-12 31
SPEARVILLE (3-0)—Heskamp 5 1-2 11, Ricke 2 5-6 10, Foos 2 2-2 8, Hartman 3 2-5 8, Addia Nau 1 1-2 3, Brianna Ede 1 2-6 4, Totals 14 13-23 44
BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
LARNED – Spurred by a defense that caused 28 Macksville turnovers, Larned’s girls edged Macksville 47-40 in Thursday’s consolation play at the Keady Classic Tournament.
Larned’s Katelyn Sanger scored 14 points. Katie Fischer added nine points and Ivory Muldrow seven. The Indians made 20-63 field goals, nearly 30 more attempts than Macksville due to 28 turnovers.
Larned (1-2) meets Ellinwood for fifth place at 4 p.m. Saturday.
“Our defense won that game. We were fortunate to create turnovers and convert those into transition points,” said Larned coach Ashley Crosby. “Macksville was a much improved team. They gave us all we could handle.”
Macksville’s Jacquelin Galan scored nine points. Braylynn Anshutz and Jennifer Ortiz added seven apiece. Lexi Wright contributed six. The Mustangs made 13-34 field goals.
Macksville started the game hot as they made their first five field goal attempts, all three pointers, as they built a 12-10 first quarter lead.
Sixteen first-half turnovers led to a 25-19 halftime deficit. Larned shot 11-35 the first half with one free throw.
The two teams traded baskets and turnovers in the third quarter as Larned led 37-32. Macksville hit several key inside shots for a 38-38 tie, but Larned converted Macksville turnovers down the stretch.
Macksville (1-2) plays Hoisington for seventh at 12:30 Saturday.
LARNED 47, MACKSVILLE 40
Macksville 12 7 13 8 — 40
Larned 10 15 12 10 — 47
MACKSVILLE—Mendez 2 0-0 5, Russell 1 0-0 3, Kuckelman 1 0-0 3, Anshutz 3 1-2 7, Wright 2 0-3 6, Ortiz 2 3-4 7, Galan 3 1-2 9, Totals 14 5-11 40
LARNED—Sanger 5 3-4 14, Tapia 1 0-0 2, Nesby 2 0-0 4, Myrick 1 0-0 2, Muldrow 3 0-0 7, Fischer 4 1-2 9, Butler 1 0-0 2, Perez 2 0-2 4, Clark 1 0-0 3, Totals 20 4-8 47
ELLINWOOD GIRLS 44, HOISINGTON 30 — Ellinwood post Madison Ward dominated inside with 13 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks to lead the Eagles. Mya Maxwell scored 13 points and converted a trio of 3-pointers. Supersub Allison McReynolds sparked the Eagles with eight points and sparkling play off the bench.
The Eagles (2-1) built their lead on Maxwell’s 3-pointers and Kaitlyn Panning’s 3-pointer. Ellinwood held the Cardinals to 18 percent shooting, 11 of 62 field goals. Hoisington converted 1 of 15 3-pointers.
Suzanna Schneider paced the Cardinals (0-3) with seven points and Keeley Wolf added six points. Camille Romeiser and Samantha Colson each retrieved eight rebounds.
The Eagles led 17-12 at halftime behind Ward’s 10 rebounds and three blocks. Ward and Maxwell each scored five points. The Cardinals stayed close with effective fullcourt pressure that forced 15 turnovers. But the Cardinals converted 4 of 31 field goals.
Ellinwood 7 10 15 12 — 44
Hoiaington 2 10 7 11 — 30
ELLINWOOD (2-1)—Ward 3-4 7-10 13, Maxwell 5-16 0-1 13, McReynolds 4-5 0-0 6, Panning 2-5 0-2 5, Petz 1-2 1-2 3, Doll 0-1 2-2, Klepper 0-3 0-2 0, Totals 15-36 10-19 44
HOISINGTON (0-3)—Schneider 2-19 3-4 7; Wolf 2-8 1-4 6; Colson 2-7 1-6 5; Isabelle Gonzalez 2-10 0-2 4; Schmidt 0-11 2-4 2; Jaquelyn Gonzalez 1-3 0-0 2, Romeiser 2-4 0-1 2, Totals 11-62 7-21 30
3-pointers—E 4-13 (Maxwell 3-10, Panning 1-1, Klepper 0-2), H 1-15 (Wolf 1-3, I. Gonzalez 0-2, Schmidt 0-4, Schneider 0-6). Rebounds–E 41 (Ward 18), H 44 (Romeiser 8, Colson 8). TO—E 24, H 20
SPEARVILLE BOYS 31, ELLINWOOD 28 — Ellinwood was one play away from upsetting Spearville, but the Eagles couldn't buy a break in the final minutes. Brandon Carr's driving shot for a 28-25 lead was waved off a charging foul drawn by Carson Rich, who was directly under the basket. A potential 5-second call against Spearville was waved off on a timeout.
Cole Stephenson's basket gave the Royal Lancers a 27-26 lead. The Eagles missed three shots and Rich converted two free throws for a 29-26 lead. Ellinwood's Luka Wondra's basket made it 29-28 and Rich made two more free throws.
Hammeke led Ellinwood (0-3) with 12 points.
Ellinwood 9 7 6 6 — 28
Spearville 12 3 8 8 — 31
ELLINWOOD (0-3)—Hammeke 6 0-1 12, Doll 1 0-0 2, Carr 3 0-0 7, Wondra 2 0-0 4, McFarren 1 0-0 3, Totals 13 0-1 28
SPEARVILLE (2-1)—Stephenson 5 3-5 14, Ede 1 0-0 2, Kolbeck 0 1-2 1, Pedigo 2 0-0 5, Hubbell 1 0-0 2, Rich 1 4-5 6, Cox 0 1-2 1, Totals 10 9-14 31
HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS
LARNED KEADY CLASSIC
1st girls—Spearville 57, Kinsley 50; 1st boys—St. John 52, Larned 45
3rd girls—Kiowa Co. 28, St. John 24; 3rd boys—Macksville 71, Hoisington 69
5th girls—Larned 28, Ellinwood 17; 5th boys—Spearville vs. Kiowa Co.
7th girls—Hoisington Macksville; 7th boys—Ellinwood 61, Kinsley 51
SEMIFINALS GIRLS—Spearville 44, St. John 31; Kinsley 49, Kiowa County 43; Ellinwood 44, Hoisington 30; Larned 47, Macksville 40
SEMIFINALS BOYS—St. John 52, Hoisington 46; Larned 56, Macksville 36; Spearville 31, Ellinwood 28; Kiowa County 61, Kinsley 28
FIRST ROUND GIRLS—Kinsley 28, Macksville 22; Kiowa Co. 61, Larned 35; MONDAY BOYS—Larned 62, Kiowa County 48; Macksville 61, Kinsley 36
FIRST ROUND GIRLS—Spearville 47, Hoisington 19; St. John 42, Ellinwood 32; TUESDAY BOYS—Hoisington 62, Spearville 30; St. John 52, Ellinwood 31
HOISINGTON BOYS 62, SPEARVILLE 30 — Hoisington played perfect basketball with a 30-0 scoring run to stretch a 18-13 lead to 48-13 in the Gene Keady Classic.
Leading scorer Drew Nicholson scored 16 of his game-high 21 points during that splendid stretch. Mason Haxton added 10 points. The Cardinals had 10 players score and several others contribute.
The Cardinals scored 24 points off 26 Spearville turnovers with effective fullcourt pressure defense. The Cardinals committed five turnovers.
“We played very well together,” said Hoisington coach Kyle Haxton. “They struggled to handle pressure.”
Carson Rich led Spearville with 15 points.
Hoisington 13 27 17 5 — 62
Spearville 7 6 11 6 — 30
HOISINGTON (1-1)—Drew Nicholson 8-14 2-2 21; Haxton 4-10 2-3 10; Xavier Robinson 2-3 0-0 4; Woydziak 2-5 0-2 6; Richards 1-4 0-0 3; Chase Robinson 2-2 0-0 4; Specht 1-2 0-0 3; Donovan 2-8 3-4 7; Dolezal 1-4 0-0 2; Hanzlick 0-2 2-2 2; Brewer 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 23-57 8-13 62
SPEARVILLE (1-1)—Carson Rich 4 6-8 15; Colton Ede 1 0-0 3; Pedigo 1 0-0 2; Bennett 2 0-1 4; Stephenson 2 0-0 4; Cox 1 0-0 2; Totals 11 6-9 30
SPEARVILLE GIRLS 47, HOISINGTON 19 — Supersub Addia Nau scored 13 points off the bench to spark Spearville past Hoisington in Tuesday’s Gene Keady Classic. The Royal Lancers used a pair of 10-0 scoring runs for a 28-10 halftime lead.
Hoisington’s Samantha Colson led the Cardinals (0-2) with six points.
Hoisington 5 5 0 9 — 19
Spearville 19 9 9 10 — 47
HOISINGTON—Colson 2 2-3 6; Romeiser 1 1-2 3; Wolf 1 0-1 3; Guthrie 0 2-2 2; Schneider 1 0-0 2; Schmidt 1 -1 2; Jaqueleyn Gonzalez 0 1-2 1; Isabelle Gonzalez 0 0-2 0; Totals 6 6-13 19
SPEARVILLE—Addia Nau 6 1-1 13; Heskamp 4 1-3 9; Hartman 3 2-3 8; Foos 3 0-0 7; Brianna Ede 1 4-8 6; Ricke 1 1-4 4; Totals 18 9-19 47
ST. JOHN GIRLS 42, ELLINWOOD 32 — St. John outscored Ellinwood 19-9 in the third period to pull away for a 42-32 victory in the Gene Keady Classic. Bree Meyer scored 13 points and Erin Crissman added 11 points. Paige Doran scored eight points.
Ellinwood (1-1) was paced by Madison Ward with 14 points and Mya Maxwell added eight points.
Ellinwood 8 6 7 11 – 32
St. John 9 9 19 5 – 42
ELLINWOOD (1-1)—Ward 4 6-7 14; Maxwell 4 0-0 8; Petz 1 0-0 2; Mendez 2 0-1 4l Panning 2 0-0 4; Doll 0 0-1 0; Totals 13 6-9 32
ST. JOHN (2-0)—Meyer 5 0-1 13; Crissman 4 2-6 11; Doran 3 2-5 8; Smith 2 1-3 5; Rios 1 1-2 3; Claussen 1 0-0 2; Totals 16 6-17 42
ST. JOHN BOYS 52, ELLINWOOD 31 — St. John’s Tanner Halling dominated the paint with 20 points and teammate Mason Osborne contributed 19 points to balance the inside game at the Gene Keady Classic. The Tigers scored 21 fourth-quarter points.
The Tigers (2-0) play Hoisington (1-1) in Friday’s semifinals.
Ellinwood’s David Hammeke scored a career high 17 points. The Eagles (0-2) play Spearville in Thursday’s consolation round.
KINSLEY GIRLS 28, MACKSVILLE 22 — Kinsley’s girls built a 14-4 halftime lead and held off Macksville 28-22 in Monday’s Gene Keady Classic.
The Coyotes led 11-0 after one quarter. Kinsley’s Josea Frame scored 10 points and Maddison McElwain and Rylee Gleason each added eight points.
Macksville’s Jenna Russell and Braylytnn Anshutz each scored eight points.
Kinsley 11 3 8 6 — 28
Macksville 0 4 9 9 — 22
KINSLEY (2-0)—Josena Frame 3 2-4 10; McElwain 4 0-0 8; Gleason 2 3-4 8; Miller 1 0-0 2; Totals 10 5-8 28
MACKSVILLE (1-1)—Russell 2 0-0 6; Anchutz 2 2-2 6; Galan 2 0-0 4; Mendez 1 0-2 2; Wright 1 0-1 2; Smith 1 0-2 2; Totals 9 2-7 22
Kiowa Co. 9 17 8 12 – 48
Larned 17 12 17 16 – 62
KIOWA CO. (1-1)—Zenger 7 0-2 16. VenderHoek 5 1-2 11, Thompson 3 3-4 9, Boyles 3 2-2 9, Hayes 1 0-0 3, Totals 19 6-10 48
LARNED (1-1)—Sanger 5 1-2 15, Thomas 6 1-3 13, Fletcher 3 1-1 7, Skelton 2 3-6 7, Perez 2 2-2 6, Rupp 2 2-3 6, Tucker 3 0-0 6, Smith 1 0-0 2, Totals 24 10-17 62
MACKSVILLE BOYS 61, KINSLEY 36 — Macksville’s Karson Waters scored 23 points, 11 in the fourth quarter to spark a 22-2 fourth quarter to roll past the Coyotes in the Gene Keady Classic. Kaleb Lickiss scored 21 points and Kody Mead added 12 points.
Kinsley 11 9 14 2 — 36
Macksville 13 16 10 22 — 61
KINSLEY (1-1)—Haynes 3 0-0 8, Gerhardt 3 0-2 7, Kellen Herrmann 3 0-0 6, Fagan 3 0-0 6, Sexton 2 0-0 5, Bowman 1 0-0 2, Bryce Herrmann 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 0-2 36.
MACKSVILLE (1-1)— Miller 1 0-0 2, Mead 5 2-4 12, Waters 10 3-5 23, Blaske 1 1-2 3, Lickiss 10 1-2 21, Totals 27 7-13 61.
