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Larned, St. John to meet in Gene Keady finals
Mason Perez

LARNED KEADY CLASSIC 

GIRLS—1ST—Spearville 52, Bucklin 43; 3RD—St. John 49, Macksville 25; 5TH—Kiowa County 49, Kinsley 37; 7TH—Hoisington 54, Larned 28

SEMFINALS—Bucklin 41, St. John 36; Spearville 67, Macksville 13; Kiowa County 56, Hoisington 31; Kinsley 47. Larned 31

FIRST ROUND—St. John 40, Kiowa County 34; Bucklin 46, Hoisington 28; Spearville 54,

Kinsley 32; Macksville 57, Larned 48

BOYS—1ST—Larned vs. St. John; 3RD—Hoisington 56, Spearville 22; 5TH—Kiowa County 63, Macksville 51; 7TH—Bucklin 69, Kinsley 51

SEMIFINALS—St. John 58, Hoisington 38; Larned 60, Spearville 31; Kiowa County 64, Bucklin 52; Macksville 48, Kinsley 39

FIRST ROUND—St. John 54, Kiowa County 38; Hoisington 81, Bucklin 62; Spearville 71, Kinsley 54; Larned 54, Macksville 31

GENE KEADY CLASSIC

ST. JOHN 58, HOISINGTON 38 – St. John’s Uriel Calleros broke the game open with three consecutive 3-pointers to spark the No. 1 ranked Tigers past Hoisington58-38  in Friday’s Gene Keady Classic semifinal. Eli Delp finished the first half with his first career 3-pointer for a 27-16 halftime lead.

St. John’s Marshall Woolf scored 11 points and Tanner Halling and Fisher added nine apiece. Bralen Thompson led Hoisington with 13 points and Mason Haxton added 10 points. The Tigers’ tandem of 6-7 Tanner Halling and 6-7 Delp shut down Hoisington’s inside game.

St. John 13 14 14 17 – 58

Hoisington 10 6 14 8 – 38

ST. JOHN (3-0)— Uriel Calleros 5 2-2 15; Marshall Woolf 4 3-4 11; Tanner Halling 4 1-2 9; Fisher 4 1-2 9; Delp 3 1-2 8; Ortiz 3 0-0 6; Totals 23 8-12 58.

HOISINGTON (2-1)— Thompson 3 4-4 13; Mason Haxton 2 6-8 10; Richards 2 0-0 4; Specht 1 0-0 3; Dolezal 1 0-1 2; Mooney 2 0-0 4; Woydziak 0 1-4 1; Totals 11 12-19 38.

3-pointers—SJ 4 (Calleros 3, Delp 1), H 4 (Thompson 3, Specht 1).


BUCKLIN 41, ST. JOHN 34 – Bucklin outscored St. John 23-14 after halftime to pull away for a 41-36 semifinal victory over the Tigers in the Gene Keady Classic.

Bucklin’s Catherine Bowman scored 13 points. St, John’s Darby Smith scored 10 points and Erin Crissman scored nine points.

St. John 9 11 6 8 – 34

Bucklin 6 13 11 11 – 41

ST. JOHN (2-1)— Darby Smith 3 3-5 10; Crissman 3 3-9 9; Bree Meyer 3 0-0 8; Payton Meyer 1 1-4 3; Hacker 1 1-2 3; Claussen 0 1-2 1; Totals 11 9-22 34.

BUCKLIN (2-1) — Bowman 4 4-8 13; Birney 2 3-6 8; Servis 2 3-4 7; Scott 2 3-4 7; Feikert 1 2-6 4; Mazerac 1 0-1 2; Totals 12 15-29 41.

3-pointers—SJ 3 (B. Meyer 2, Smith 1), B 2 (Bowman 1, Birney 1).


SPEARVILLE 67, MACKSVILLE 13 – Spearville’s Ehaina Hartman scored 19 points and Alissa Hartman added 17 points to spark the Royal Lancers past Macksville 67-13 in Friday’s Gene Keady basketball semifinals.

Macksville 2 2 0 9 – 13

Spearville 24 25 15 3 – 67

MACKSVILLE—Ibarra 4 0-0 8; Garcia 1 1-2 3; Mendez 1 0-0 2; Kuckelman 0 0-1 0; Holquin 0 0-2 0; Totals 6 1-5 13.

SPEARVILLE—Hartman 8 2-4 19; Heskamp 6 2-4 17; Pedigo 5 0-0 11; Rucker 3 0-0 6; Stein 3 0-0 6; Ede 2 0-0 4; Nan 2 0-0 4; Totals 29 4-8 67.

3-pointers—S 4 (Heskamp 3, Hartman 1).


LARNED 60, SPEARVILLE 31

Spearville 3 11 9 7 – 31

Larned 16 17 21 6 – 60

SPEARVILLE—Cox 5 6-9 16; Hubbell 2 2-4 6; Bennett 2 0-0 4; Carson 2 0-0 4; Mettling 0 1-3 1; Totals 11 9-16 31.

LARNED (3-0)—Sanger 5 2-2 18; Perez 5 0-0 11; Skelton 4 0-0 10; Smith 3 0-0 7; Stelter 3 0-0 7; Bryant 2 1-1 5; Haas 1 0-0 2; Totals 23 3-3 60.

3-pointers—L 8 (Sanger 3, Skelton 2, Stelter 1, Smith 1, Perez 1).