BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
LARNED – St. John hit a 3-point basket with just 5 seconds remaining to pull within 46-44, and Larned held on for a semifinal round victory in the Keady Basketball Classic.
Larned (2-1) was led by Layton Crosby with 18. Andreus Tucker with 12 and Jack Stelter with 8. The Indians play the Hoisington Cardinals in Saturday’s title game.
The Indians moved to a 10-point lead, but turnovers and poor free throw shooting allowed St. John to crawl back in it behind two three-point made baskets to narrow the margin to 46-41, setting up the final seconds action.
Larned surged to a 12-9 first quarter advantage behind Layton Crosby’s 8 points, but St. John rebounded and led 26-22 at halftime.
Larned outscored St. John 15-5 in the crucial third quarter to lead 37-31.The Indians hit their first six shots of the third quarter to fuel the rally.
“I was very pleased with our defensive effort,” said Larned coach Jerrod Smith. “We did a good job of getting out on St. John’s dangerous 3-point shooters. Crosby and Tucker did a good job on the inside against 6-7 Elijah Delp. We need to make our free throws though.”
St. John committed 13 turnovers and Larned eight. Larned made 3 of 7 free throws and St. John was 6 of 11. St. John was 16 of 36 from the field for 44% while Larned was 21 of 49 for 43%.
St.John (2-1) was led in scoring by Toby Woolf and Hunter Smith with 10 apiece. Elijah Delp added 8. The Tigers will now play for third place in the tournament against Bucklin on Saturday evening.
LARNED 46, ST. JOHN 44
St . John 9 17 5 13 – 44
Larned 12 10 15 9 – 46
ST. JOHN—Smith 3 2-2 10; Woolf 2 3-5 7; Dunn 3 0-0 7; Calleros 2 0-0 4; Fernandez 2 0-0 6; Drake 1 0-1 2; Delp 3 1-2 8; Totals 16 6-10 44.
LARNED—Crosby 8 2-2 18; Tucker 6 0-0 12; Smith 1 1-2 3; Stelter 3 0-1 8; Ibarra 1 0-1 3; Upson 1 0-0 2; Mcnett 0 0-1 0; Totals 20 3-6 46
3-pointers—SJ 6 (Fernandez 2, Smith 2, Delp 1, Dunn 1); L 3 (Stelter 2, Ibarra 1)
HOISINGTON 67, BUCKLIN 33
Hoisington’s Drew Nicholson (14), Mason Haxton (12) and Chase Robinson (11) scored in double figures as the Cardinals raced past Bucklin 67-33 to advance to Saturday’s title game against rival Larned.
The Cardinals (3-0) hit six 3-pointers and 15 free throws.
Bucklin 4 4 17 8 – 33
Hoisington 27 13 18 9 – 67
BUCKLIN—Stout 2 0-0 6; Stein 0 1-2 1; Lindsay 1 0-0 2; Nathan Bowman 3 2-4 10; Andrew Bowman 2 0-0 4; Price 2 1-5 7; Stimpert 1 0-0 3; Totals 10 4-11 33.
HOISINGTON (3-0)—Nicholson 4 6-6 14; Mason Haxton 4 2-4 12; Thompson 2 2-2 8 ; Leyton Haxton 1 0-0 2 ; Woydziak 4 0-2 9; Richards 1 1-2 4; Chase Robinson 5 1-2 11; Dolezal 2 0-0 4; Hanzlick 0 3-4 3; Totals 23 15-22 67
3-pointers—B 7 (N. Bowman 2, Price 2, Stout 2, Stimpert 1); H 6 (Thompson 2, M. Haxton 2, Woydziak 1, Richards 1)
LARNED KEADY CLASSIC BOYS
St. John 51, Spearville 35; Larned 57, Kinsley 36;Bucklin 59, Kiowa County 56; Hoisington 70, Macksville 47
Spearville 51, Kinsley 40; Macksville 68, Kiowa County 63; Hoisington 67, Bucklin 33; Larned 46, St. John 44
(1st place—Hoisington 67, Larned 40; (3rd place)—Bucklin 69, St. John 57; (5th place)—Macksville 68, Spearville 48; (7th place)—Kiowa County 69, Kinsley 45
BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
LARNED — A strong second half propelled the Larned boys past upset-minded Kinsley in Monday's Keady Basketball Classic, 57-36. The game remained in doubt into the third quarter.
The Coyotes came out firing led by Cole Gleason's three 3-pointers to lead 15-8 after one quarter. The Indians' man-to-man defense had trouble closing out on Kinsley's outside shooters.
Larned switched to a second quarter zone defense and worked the ball inside to Layton Crosby and Dillan Smith for close-in baskets. The Indians led 25-21 at halftime.
Kinsley converted six 3-pointers the first half. Larned dominated the paint and used a half-court trap that paid dividends with 26 Kinsley turnovers.
"We weren't patient with our offense and our man-to-man defense was not good," said Larned coach Jerrod Smith. ""Give Kinsley credit. They had a good game plan and their kids came out hot."
Larned led 41-31 after three quarters and coasted in the fourth quarter on better free throw shooting.
"Our defense was better in the second half," Smith said. That keyed a lot of turnovers and more easy baskets."
Kinsley made 12 of 31 shots for 39%. Cole Gleason scored 12 points while Isaac Bowman added 11. Kinsley plays Spearville Wednesday.
Larned made 22 of 50 field goal attempts for 44% and 10 of 16 free throws. Dillan Smith and Layton Crosby each scored 14 points and Jack Stelter added 12. Larned plays St. John Thursday.
LARNED 57, KINSLEY 36
Kinsley 15 6 10 5 — 36
Larned 8 17 16 15 — 57
KINSLEY (0-2)—Cole Gleason 4 1-2 12, Bowman 3 2-3 11, Haselhorst 2 0-0 4, Holguin 1 0-0 3, Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Newsom 1 0-0 2, Schmidt 0 2-4 2, Totals 12 5-9 36
LARNED (1-1)—Dillan Smith 5 4-4 14, Layton Crosby 6 2-4 14, Jack Stelter 3 2-5 12, Ibarra 3 0-0 6, Haas 2 1-2 5, Tucker 2 0-0 4, Upson 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 9-17 57
3-pointers—K 7 (Bowman 3, Gleason 3, Holguin 1), L 1 (Stelter 1)
ST. JOHN 51, SPEARVILLE 35
LARNED — St. John's hot-shooting Uriel Calleros scored 21 points with nine rebounds and two assists as the Tigers downed Spearville 51-35 in Monday's Keady Basketball Classic. Edwin Fernandez scored 15 points and converted a trio of 3-pointers Elijah Delp scored seven points and dished out three assists.
St. John (2-0) plays Larned in Thursday's semifinal.
Spearville 6 5 11 13 — 35
St. John 13 10 14 14 — 51
SPEARVILLE—Kolten Bennett 6 0-2 14, Cox 3 3-5 9, Hubbell 2 3-6 7, Alcala 1 0-0 2, Werner 0 1-2 1, Totals 13-51 7-16 35
ST. JOHN (2-0)—Uriel Calleros 8-17 4-5 21, Edwin Fernandez 6-10 0-0 15, Delp 1-4 5-7 7, Woolf 2-7 1-2 5, Dunn 0-5 1-2 1, Drake 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 18-47 11-16 51
3-pointers—S 2 (Bennett 2), SJ 4-14 (Fernandez 3-6, Calleros 1-4, Delp 0-1, Smith 0-3). Rebounds—SJ 27 (Calleros 9). Assists—SJ 8 (Delp 3). Steals—SJ 4 (Calleros 2)
HOISINGTON 70, MACKSVILLE 47
LARNED – Hoisington’s standout Drew Nicholson scored 23 points and guard Mason Haxton scored 14 points as the state-ranked Cardinals roared past Macksville 70-47 in Tuesday’s Keady Basketball Classic. Chase Robinson added 11 points. The Cardinals scored 44 second-half points.
Rogelio Ibarra scored 12 points and Ryan Kuckelman added 10 points.
Macksville 10 12 14 11 – 47
Hoisington 13 13 27 17 – 70
MACKSVILLE (0-2)—Rogelio Ibarra 4 1-2 12; Seward 1 0-0 2; Lickiss 0 4-4 4; Mendez 1 5-6 7; Barron 2 1-3 7; Kuckelman 3 4-7 10, Alvaro Ibarra 0 5-6 5; Totals 11 20-28 47.
HOISINGTON (2-0)—Nicholson 10 1-1 23; Mason Haxton 6 1-3 14; Chase Robinson 5 1-1 11; Thompson 2 2-2 6; Layton Haxton 1 0-1 2; Woydziak 2 0-0 4; Dolezal 0 2-2 2; Hanzlick 1 6-6 8; Totals 27 13-16 70
3-pointers—M 5 (R. Ibarra 3, Barron 2); H 3 (Nicholson 2, Haxton 1)
BUCKLIN 59, KIOWA COUNTY 56
Bucklin 20 7 15 19 — 59
Kiowa Co. 8 17 13 18— 56
BUCKLIN—Nathan Bowman 7 5-12 23, Scott Price 6 3-5 19, Stout 4 0-0 8, Stein 1 3-6 5, Andrew Bowman 2 0-1 4, Totals 20 11-25 59
KIOWA CO.—James Brack 6 1-2 13, Luke Ballard 5 1-3 13, Brady Deterding 4 2-2 12, Pore 2 0-1 6, West 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 5-10 56
3-pointers—B 8 (N. Bowman 4, Price 4), KC 5 (Deterding 2, Ballard 2, Pore 1)
MACKSVILLE 68, KIOWA COUNTY 63
LARNED — Macksville's Rogelio Ibarra was on fire with five 3-pointers and a career high 30 points as the Mustangs outlasted Kiowa Count 68-63 in Wednesday's losers bracket at the Keady Basketball Classic.
Alex Mendex and Ryan Kuckelman each added nine points. Kuckelman grabbed 12 rebounds. Alexis Barron dished out seven assists to lead a 20-assist game.
Kiowa County's Cayden Pore scored 24 points and Luke Ballard added 14 points.
Macksville 18 20 18 12 — 68
Kiowa Co. 11 22 14 16 — 63
MACKSVILLE (1-2)—Rogelio Ibarra 10-18 5-6 30; Mendez 3-8 3-3 9; Kuckelman 4-5 1-6 9, Barron 3-9 0-0 9; Lickiss 2-2 0-0 5; Alvaro Ibarra 1-6 1-2 4; Seward 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 23-49 9-12 68
KIOWA CO.—Cayden Pore 9 2-2 24, Ballard 5 2-2 14, Connor Pore 3 0-0 7, Brack 3 0-2 6, Bo West 2 2-2 6, Deterding 2 0-0 4, Smith 1 0-0 2, Totals 25 6-8 63
3-pointers—M 10-25 (R. Ibarra 5-11, Barron 3-5, A. Ibarra 1-6, Lickiss 1-1, Seward 0-1, Mendez 0-1), KC 7 (C. Pore 4, Ballard 2, C. Pore 1). Rebounds—M 36 (Kuckelman 12). Steals—M 5 (R. Ibarra 2, Barron 2). Assists—M 20 (Barron 7)
SPEARVILLE 51, KINSLEY 40
Kinsley 7 10 10 13 — 40
Spearville 6 10 15 20 — 51
KINSLEY (0-3)—Bowman 4 0-0 9, Newsom 3 0-0 6, Rodriguez 1 3-6 5, Peranovic 2 1-2 5, Gleason 2 0-1 4, Brokar 2 0-0 4, Sexton 1 0-0 3, Arnesman 1 0-0 2, Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Haselhorst 0 0-2 0, Totals 17 4-11 41
SPEARVILLE—Kolten Bennett 5 2-4 15, Josh Cox 6 1-2 13, Logan Hubbell 3 6-9 12, Werner 2 0-0 5, Kolbeck 1 1-2 3, Horning 1 0-0 2, Alcala 0 1-2 1, Totals 18 11-19 51
3-pointersc—K 2 (Bowman 1, Sexton 1), S 4 (Bennett 3, Werner 1)
LARNED KEADY CLASSIC GIRLS
Spearville 54, St. John 43; Bucklin 52, Kiowa County 35; Hoisington 62, Macksville 26; Kiowa County 57, Macksville 39
St. John 44, Larned 12; Hoisington 59, Bucklin 31; Spearville 62, Larned 22
(1st place)—Spearville 53, Hoisington 50; (3rd place)—Bucklin 47, Larned 24; (5th place)—St. John 43, Kiowa County 31
BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
LARNED – Spearville’s Alissa Heskamp scored a Keady Classic record 38 points as the Lady Lancers ran roughshod over the Larned Lady Indians 62-22 in a semifinal matchup at the Keady Basketball Classic.
Heskamp had 30 points at halftime as she powered her team to a 37-11 halftime lead as the game was never in doubt. When Heskamp wasn’t scoring she was making nifty passes to set up others for easy baskets.
Spearville (3-0) is the two-time defending champion of the tournament and plays Hoisington in the championship game.
Larned made four first half baskets. Things didn’t improve much after halftime as Spearville moved their advantage to 53-18 after three quarters and then coasted to the final margin.
“Spearville is a really good team. Heskamp is everything you would want in a player,’ said Larned coach Ashley Crosby. “We lost to a good team. I was happy with our effort. We don’t handle pressure well, but we are getting better.”
Spearville made 24 of 44 field goal attempts for 54%. Addoa Mai scored 10.
Larned (1-2) made 8 of 43 field goals for 18%. Paisley Lovesee scored six points while Elizabeth Herrera and Akielah Collins added four apiece. Larned plays Bucklin for third place.
ST. JOHN 43, KIOWA COUNTY 31
LARNED — St. John's Darby Smith scored 15 points and Heidi Fisher added 11 points in a 43-31 fifth-place victory over Kiowa County in Friday's Keady Basketball Classic.
Addi Henson scored 10 points for Kiowa County (1-3).
St. John 7 10 10 16 — 43
Kiowa County 14 6 5 6 — 31
ST. JOHN (3-1)—Darby Smith 7 0-2 15, Heidi Fisher 5 0-0 11, Meyer 3 2-3 9, Claussen 2 0-0 4, Rodarmel 1 0-0 2, Hudson 1 0-0 2, Totals 19 2-7 43
KIOWA COUNTY (1-3)—Addi Henson 4 0-4 10, Heft 2 1-2 6, Campbell 2 2-4 6, Sherer 0 3-4 3, Gilkey 1 0-0 3, McMurry 1 0-0 2, Thompson 0 1-2, 1, Totals 10 6-17 31
3-pointers—SJ 3 (Meyer 1, Smith 1, Fisher 1), KC 4 (Henson 2, Heft 1, Gilkey 1)
SPEARVILLE 54, ST. JOHN 43
LARNED — St. John's Darby Smith scored 19 points in a valiant effort, but Spearville outscored the Tigers 54-43 in Monday's Keady Basketball Classic. Kaylynn Claussen scored 10 points for St. John (1-1). Alissa Heskamp paced Spearville (2-0) with 24 points, four steals and three assists.
Spearville 12 19 14 9 — 54
St. John 14 16 7 5 — 43
SPEARVILLE (2-0)—Alissa Heskamp 8-12 7-9 24, Nau 4-12 0-2 8, Ratzliff 2-6 0-0 6, Huston 1-2 4-4 6, Kuker 2-7 0-0 4, Stein 3-4 0-0 6, Totals 20-43 11-15 54
ST. JOHN (1-1)—Darby Smith 9 0-2 19, Claussen 4 2-6 10, Hudson 2 1-1 6, Fisher 1 0-0 3, Meyer 1 0-0 2, Reyes 1 0-1 2, Rodarmel 0 1-2 1, Totals 18 4-12 43
3-pointers—S 3-8 (Ratzlaff 2-6, Heskamp 1-1, Kuker 0-1), SJ 2 (Smith 1, Hudson 1). Rebounds—S 27 (Stein 9). Assists—S 14 (Huston 4). Steals—S 9 (Heskamp 4)
BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
LARNED — A half-court pressing defense by St. John's Tigers stifled Larned's offense, leading to a 44-12 win in Wednesday's consolation game in the Keady Basketball Classic.
Larned was held to single digits, scoring 2, 4, 3 and 3 . The Tigers raced to a 10-2 first quarter lead on three made 3-point baskets and extended the lead to 17-6 at halftime. St. John increased the lead to 31-9 after three quarters.
St. John's offense was keyed by a lot of terrific passes, creating easy baskets as the Lady Tigers shot 43% for the game on 16 of 37 attempts. They converted 7 of 12 free throws. Darby Smith scored 18 points with a trio of 3-pointers. Kaylynn Claussen and Bailee Hudson scored eight apiece.
Larned's harried offense made only 5 of 30 field goal attempts for 16% and 2 of 6 free throw attempts. Akielah Collins had half of Larned's point total with 6 while Cadee Upson added 4.
ST. JOHN 44, LARNED 12
St. John 10 7 14 13 — 44
Larned 2 4 3 3 — 12
ST. JOHN (2-1)—Darby Smith 6 3-6 18, Claussen 2 4-8 8, Hudson 4 0-0 8, Fisher 2 0-0 5, Meyer 1 0-0 3, Reyes 1 0-0 2, Totals 16-37 7-14 44
LARNED (1-1)—Collins 2 2-4 6, Upson 2 0-0 4, Krehbiel 1 0-0 2, Tapia 0 0-2 0, Totals 5-30 2-6 12
3-pointers—SJ 5 (Smith 3, Fisher 1, Meyer 1).
HOISINGTON GIRLS 62, MACKSVILLE 26
LARNED – Hoisington’s Macy Hanzlick scored 15 points as 10 Cardinals scored points in a rousing 62-26 victory over Macksville in Tuesday’s Keady Basketball Classic. Livvy Brewer added eight points.
Macksville (0-2) was led by freshman sensation Mayce Russell with 19 points.
Macksville 10 4 7 5 – 26
Hoisington 14 15 21 12 – 62
MACKSVILLE (0-2)—Russell 7 3-4 19; Garcia 0 0-1 0; Clawson 1 1-2 3; Adams 0 0-1 0; Galan 0 2-9 2; Carrillo 0 2-2 2; Totals 8 8-19 26
HOIINSGTON (1-1)—Hanzlick 6 3-7 15; Mason 2 1-2 7; Guthrie 2 2-2 7; Colson 1 0-0 2; Wolf 0 2-2 2; Gonzalez 2 0-1 5; Schneider 2 0-2 7; Brewer 3 2-2 8; Brack 1 1-5 3; Romeiser 2 2-2 6; Totals 22 13-25 62
3-pointers—M 2 (Russell 2), H 5 (Mason 2, Guthrie 1, Gonzalez 1, Schneider 1)
BUCKLIN 52, KIOWA COUNTY 35
Bucklin 7 20 13 12 — 52
Kiowa Co.12 7 10 6— 35
BUCKLIN—Catherine Bowman 9 4-6 22, Halle Feikert 5 5-7 15, Scott 2 1-4 6, Jones 0 4-8 4, Warden 1 1-1 3, Warnke 1 0-0 2, Totals 18 15-26 52
KIOWA CO.—Gilkey 3 4-9 10, Heft 3 3-3 9, Henson 2 1-5 6, McMurry 2 1-2 5, Lingafelter 1 0-0 2, Campbell 1 0-3 2, Gray 0 1-2 1, Totals 12 10-24 35
3-pointers—B 1 (Scott 1), KC 1 (Henson 1)
