CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 50, ST. JOHN 33 — The Central Plains girls swept their 68th consecutive Central Prairie League game with a 50-33 victory over St. John. The Oilers (11-3, 4-0 CPL) move into first place. 

Oilers Brynna Hammeke and Kyla Metro each scored 13 points. The Oilers converted six 3-pointers and outscored the Tigers 18-6 from 3-point range.

The Tigers (9-6, 4-1 CPL) lost their first league game. Heidi Fisher scored 12 points and Mia Meyer added six points.

Central Plains 10 9 21 12 — 50

St. John 6 8 9 10 — 33

CENTRAL PLAINS (11-3, 4-0)—Hammeke 5 2-5 13, Metro 4 2-2 13, Donecker 3 3-4 9, Soeken 0 5-6 5, Lamatsch 1 0-0 3, Ogle 1 0-1 2, Sheehy 1 0-0 2, Hurley 1 0-0 3, Totals 16 12-18 50

ST. JOHN (9-6, 4-1)—Heidi Fisher 3 4-6 12, Mia Meyer 2 2-2 6, Reed 2 1-2 5, Bonner 2 0-0 4, Portillo 0 2-6 2, Averi Fisher 1 0-0 2, Rockenbach 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 9-16 33

3-pointers—CP (Metro 3, Hammeke 1, Lamatsch 1, Hurley 1); SJ 2 (Heidi Fisher 2)

CENTRAL PLAINS 59, ST. JOHN 52 — Central Plains placed Peyton Ryan (17), Aiden Hekele (14), Evan Stratmann (12) and Ethan Hurley (11) in double figures in a wild 59-52 Central Prairie League victory over St. John.

The teams combined for 17 3-pointers, nine by St. John and eight by the Oilers. St. John's Quade Smith (16), Marco Ibarra (12) and Conner illespie (10) scored in double figures.

Central Plains 13 16 19 11 — 59

St. John 12 11 8 21 — 52

CENTRAL PLAINS (6-8, 3-1)—Peyton Ryan 2 12-16 17, Hekele 5 2-3 14, Klima 0 1-3 1, Hurley 3 2-2 11, Stratmann 4 2-2 12, Daniels 2 0-0 4, Totals 16 18-29 59

ST. JOHN (3-12, 1-4)—Smith 4 7-12 16, Marco Ibarra 4 0-0 12, Gillespie 3 1-2 10, Reyes 0 1-2 1, Angel Ibarra 1 0-0 2, Fernandez 1 0-0 2, Alpers 1 0-0 2, Adame 2 0-0 5, Totals 17 9-16 52

3-pointers— CP 8 (Hurley 3, Ryan 1, Stratmann 2, Hekele 2); SJ 9 (M. Ibarra 4, Gillespie 3, Smith 1, Adame 1)

MACKSVILLE 62, VICTORIA 31 — Macksville placed Diego Esparza (13), Ryan Kuckelman (13) and Rogelio Ibarra (10) in double figures for a dominating 62-31 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Victoria. Alexis Barron grabbed 12 rebounds. Lance Lickiss had three steals and three assists.

Victoria's Landon Schmidtberger scored 14 points.

Victoria 4 6 7 14 — 31

Macksville 10 18 25 9 — 62 

VICTORIA (6-10, 1-4)—Wyatt Schmeidler 0-2 0-0 0, Schwien 1-5 0-0 2, Schmidtberger, 6-15 2-3 14, Schmidt 5-6 0-0 12, Leo Schmeidler 0-5 0-0 0, Griffin 0-3 0-0 0, Pickering 0-0 2-3 2, Scherrer 0-3 1-2 1, Totals 12-39 5-8 31

MACKSVILLE (13-2, 4-1)—Rogelio Ibarra 4-8 1-3 10, Esparza 5-17 1-2 13, Barron 4-10 1-1 9, Kuckelman 5-11 3-4 13, Gomez 2-4 0-0 5, Lickiss 3-7 2-2 8, Guevara 2-4 0-0 4, Alvaro Ibarra 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 25-63 8-12 62

3-pointers—V 2-17 (Schmidt 2-2, Schwien 0-1, W. Schmeidler 0-1, Scherrer 0-2, Griffin 0-3, L. Schmeidler 0-4, L. Schmidtberger 0-4);  M 4-19 (Esparza 2-7, R. Ibarra 1-4, Gomez 1-2, Barron 0-1, A. Ibarra 0-2, Guevara 0-1, Lickiss 0-2). Rebounds—V 20 (Schwien 7); M 39 (Barron 12). Assists—V 8 (L. Schmeidler 4); M 16 (Lickiss 3). Steals—V 7 (Schwien 5); M 15 (Esparza 3, Lickiss 3)

MACKSVILLE GIRLS 61, VICTORIA 23 — Macksville's Mayce Russell contributed 19 points and seven steals in the Mustangs' 61-23 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Victoria.

Macksville's Isabela Ortiz and Kambry Adams each scored 12 points. Adams grabbed eight rebounds.

Victoria 6 10 3 4 — 23

Macksville 22 16 17 6 — 61

VICTORIA (2-14, 1-4)—Scheck 0-10 2-2 2, Amrein 0-4 2-2 2, Windholz 4-13 4-10 12, Wellbrock 0-4 0-0 0, Dinkel 1-2 2-4 4, Schmeidler 2-7 0-0 4, Totals 7-41 10-18 23

MACKSVILLE (8-6, 3-2)—Russell 7-13 3-4 19, Ortiz 5-8 0-0 12, Butler 1-5 0-0 2, Maria Garcia 0-2 0-0 0, Joselin Garcia 4-11 0-1 8, Adams 6-10 0-0 12, Sanders 1-2 0-0 2, Galan 1-1 0-0 2, Palser 0-2 0-0 0, Clawson 0-3 0-0 0, Sebes 2-2 0-0 4, Totals 27-59 3-5 61

3-pointers—V 1-10 (Schmeidler 1-2, Wellbrock 0-3, Scheck 0-5); M 4-16 (Ortiz 2-5, Russell 2-5, Clawson 0-1, J. Garcia 0-1, M. Garcia 0-2, Palser 0-2). Rebounds—V 34 (Amrein 13); M 36 (Adams 8). Assists—V 5 (Scheck 3); M 20 (Ortiz 7). Steals—V 11 (Scheck 3); M 23 (Russell 7) 

PRATT GIRLS 37, HOISINGTON 29 — Pratt's Gabby Gatlin converted a pair of key 3-pointers and scored 16 points for a 37-29 Central Kansas League basketball victory over the Cardinals. Jordyn Boxberger scored 12 points and Kylee Hahn added seven points for the Cardinals (8-7, 1-3). 

Pratt 3 13 8 13 — 37

Hoisington 2 7 7 13 — 29

PRATT (8-7, 1-3)—Gatlin 16, Theis 9, Thibault 8, Bates 4

HOISINGTON (8-7, 1-3)—Hahn 7, Boxberger 12, Ellie Crawford 3, Addy Mason 3, Mooney 1, Lamatsch 3

PRATT 56, HOISINGTON 47  — Pratt’s Carson Hoeme scored 14 points and J’air Johnson added 12 points in a 56-47 Central Kansas League basketball victory over Hoisington.

Hoisington rallied from a 14-point deficit with a 24-point fourth quarter. Hoisington’s Tony Moore scored 15 points. Leyton Haxton contributed 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists in a solid all-around performance.

Pratt 13 8 16 19 — 56

Hoisington 14 5 4 24 — 47

PRATT (10-5, 3-1)—Hoeme 14, Johnson 12, Younie 9, Coss 9, Tatro 6, Myers 6

HOISINGTON (6-9, 1-3)—Moore 7-11 0-0 15, Aylward 2-4 0-0 5, Robinson 1-6 0-0 2, Martin 4-7 0-0 10, Steinert 1-5 0-0 2, Haxton 5-13 0-0 12, Galla 0-1 1-2 1, Totals 20-47 0-0 47

3-pointers—H 6-15 (Martin 2-4, Haxton 2-6, Moore 1-1, Aylward 1-2, Robinson 0-2). Rebounds—H 23 (Haxton 9). Assists—H 14 (Haxton 6). Steals—H 6 (Moore 3)

SOUTH GRAY GIRLS 49, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 32 — South Gray's Helm scored 19 points and Kylie Stapleton added 16 points as the Rebels downed Pawnee Heights 49-32 in a Southern Plains Iroquois basketball game.

All-league Olivia Hands led the Tigers with 15 points.

Pawnee Heights 8 10 3 11 — 32

South Gray 12 11 18 3 — 49

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (3-12)—Olivia Hands 7 1-1 15, Abby Hands 4 0-0 8, Cordero-Valles 3 2-3 8, Amspacker 0 0-1 0, Totals 14 4-6 32

SOUTH GRAY (10-5)—Halli Meairs 1 0-0 2, Helm 8 2-2 19, Kylie Stapleton 7 0-1 16, Huelskamp 1 0-0 2, Granados 2 1-2 5, Reegan Meairs 1 0-0 2, Jantz 0 0-2 0, Reed 1 1-2 3, Totals 21 4-9 49

3-pointers—SG 3 (Stapleton 2, Helm 1)

SOUTH GRAY 68, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 32 — South Gray outscored Pawnee Heights 43-12 after halftime to storm to a 68-32 Southern Plains Iroquois basketball victory. Joey Dyck (16), Dominic Martin (15), Sam Moore (13), Carter Jantz (12) scored in double figures.

Alec Carlson (16) and Davin Hamby (10) scored in double figures for the Tigers.

South Gray 10 15 21 22 — 68

Pawnee Heights 8 12 6 6 — 32

SOUTH GRAY (13-2)—Moore 5 0-0 13, Jantz 5 0-0 12, Luperico 3 0-0 6, Dyck 5 6-6 16, Martin 5 2-2 15, Marquez 2 0-0 4, Loewen 1 0-0 2, Totals 26 8-8 68

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (11-4)—Carlson 7 0-0 16, Hamby 4 1-2 10, Munk 2 0-0 4, Gardner 1 0-0 2, Dakota Ryan 0 0-2 0, Totals 14 1-2 32

3-pointers—SG 8 (Moore 3, Martin 3, Jantz 2); PH 3 (Hamby 1, Carlson 2) 

ASHLAND GIRLS 43, OTIS-BISON 26 —Ashland’s Mackenzie Walker scored 17 points as the Bluejays downed the Ots-Bison girls 43-26 in Friday's non-league basketball game. Destiny Mitchell led Otis-Bison with seven points.

Ashland  14 10 7 12 — 43

Otis-Bison 3 8 12 3 — 26

ASHLAND (9-7)—Mackenzie Walker 5 5-6 17, Milburn 3 0-1 6, Cunningham 2 2-6 6, McPhail 1 2-2 4, Mia Ceniceros 2 2-4 6, Garman 0 0-2 0, Biannca Ceniceros 2 0-0 4, Totals 15 11-21 43

OTIS-BISON (2-13)—Mitchell 3 1-4 8, Lumpkins 2 0-0 6, Schwindt 2 1-2 5, Rodriguez 2 0-0 5, Kenyon 1 0-1 2, Totals 10 2-7 26

3-pointersc—A (Walker 2); OB 4 (Lumpkins 2, Mitchell 1, Rodriguez 1)

ASHLAND 39, OTIS-BISON 31 —Ashland’s Landen McPhail (11) and Britt Grigsby (11) led the Bluejays past Otis-Bison in Friday’s non-league basketball game.

Jake Hoopingarner scored 10 points and Eston Juno added eight points for Ois-Bison.

Ashland  7 9 7 16 — 39

Otis-Bison 11 0 8 12 — 31

ASHLAND (3-12)—Grigsby 4 3-5 11, Harris 4 2-8 10, Jose Amaya 1 0-0 2, Jovanny Amaya 1 0-0 3, Vera 1 0-1 2, McPhail 4 3-4 11, Totals 15 8-18 39

OTIS-BISON (0-15)— Hoopingarner 3 2-2 10, Eston Juno 3 2-4 8, Maier 2 0-0 4, Riley Polly 2 1-4 5, Morrison 1 0-0 2, Kelson Juno 1 0-0 2, Totals 12 5-10 31

3-pointers—A 1 (Jovanny Amaya 1); OB 2 (Hoopingarner 2)

SOUTH BARBER GIRLS 42, STAFFORD 13 -- South Barber’s girls beat Stafford 42-13. Stafford's Taylor Denio scored eight points with 10 rebounds. Lucy Miralles grabbed 11 rebounds.

Stafford 3 3 3 4 — 13

South Barber 20 6 7 4 — 42

STAFFORD (0-14)—Taylor Denio 2-18 2-2 8, Miralles 1-8 2-4 5, Reed 0-3 0-0 0, Schrag 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 3-31 4-6 13

3-pointers—S 3-13 (Denio 2-11, Miralles 1-2). Rebounds—S 29 (Miralles 11). Assists—S 2 (Hearn 1, Callwaert 1). Steals—S 1 (Miralles 1)

STAFFORD 60, SOUTH BARBER 52 — Stafford’s Dakota Rodriguez scored 20 points and Colson Minks tallied 14 points in the Trojans’ 60-52 Heart of the Plains basketball victory over South Barber. Minks had four assists and three steals.

South Barber’s girls beat Stafford 42-13.

Stafford 14 13 20 13 — 60

South Barber 13 13 13 13 — 52

STAFFORD (11-4)—Rodriguez 9-12 2-5 20, Minks 6-12 0-1 14, Hildebrand 3-9 1-2 7, Gantz 0-1 0-0 0, Kerschenske 5-8 0-0 10, Harter 1-3 0-0 3, Oleson 2-6 0-0 6, Totals 26-51 3-8 60

3-pointers—S 5-11 (Oleseon 2-2, Minks 2-7, Harter 1-2). Rebounds—S 38 (Hildebrand 9). Assists—S 15 (Minks 4). Steals—S 5 (Minks 3)

SKYLINE 46, STAFFORD GIRLS 29 — Stafford's Lucy Miralles enjoyed a spectacular triple/double with 20 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocked shots in a 46-29 loss to Skyline in a Heart of the Plains basketball game.

Stafford 7 4 10 8 — 29

Skyline 18 10 9 9 — 46

STAFFORD (0-13)—Miralles 3-12 13-15 20, Schrag 2-5 1-4 5, Reed 2-5 0-0 4, Hearn 0-2 0-0 0, Green 0-2 0-2 0, Totals 7-26 14-21 29

3-pointers—S 1-12 (Miralles 1-8, Hearn 0-1, Schrag 0-3). Rebounds—S (Miralles 20). Assists—S 5 (Reed 2, Miralles 2). Steals—S 4 (Green 2)

STAFFORD 64, SKYLINE 61 — Stafford's Dakota Rodriguez scored 20 points with three steals in a 64-57 Heart of the Plains basketball victory over Skyline. Colson Minks contribyted 15 points and six assists. Rodriguez's steal set up Dylan Gantz for a 62-59 lead and Brody Kerschenske's basket sealed the victory.

Stafford 23 17 14 10 — 64

Skyline 13 19 19 10 — 61

STAFFORD (10-4)—Rodriguez 8-15 4-5 20, Minks 5-10 2-2 15, Hildebrand 4-9 2-4 10, Gantz 3-6 2-2 8, Kerschenske 2-4 1-2 5, Harter 1-3 0-0 2, Oleson 1-3 2-2 4, Totals  24-50 13-17 64

3-pointers—S 3-10 (Minks 3-8, Rodriguez 0-1, Harter 0-1). Rebounds—S 42 (Hildebrand 12). Assists—S 10 (Minks 6). Steals—S 7 (Rodriguez 3)