FAIRFIELD FALCON CLASSIC
FRIDAY—1st—Little River 38, Central Christian 28; 3rd—Macksville 50, Fairfield 39; 5th—Burrton 43, Goessel 33
THURSDAY—Burrton 39, Stafford 38; Hutchinson Central Christian 54, Macksville 38; Little River 52, Fairfield 32
TUESDAY—Macksville 43, Goessel 38; Fairfield 47, Burrton 36; Little River 54, Stafford 43
MACKSVILLE GIRLS 50, FAIRFIELD 39
THIRD PLACE
LANGDON – Macksville’s Mayce Russell scored 28 points with nine steals and four assists as the Mustangs rallied past Fairfield 50-39 in Friday’s third-place Fairfield Falcon Basketball Classic.
The Mustangs (4-8) converted 11 of 14 free throws. Joselin Garcia added eight points. Macksville’s defense made the difference with 16 steals. Paisley Smyth led Fairfield with 14 points.
Macksville 3 13 19 15 – 50
Fairfield 9 7 9 14 – 39
MACKSVILLE (4-8)— Mayce Russell 10-21 5-5 28, Joselin Garcia 3-8 2-3 8, Abi Ibarra 3-13 0-0 6, Lupita Galan 1-5 1-2 3, Adams 0-6 3-4 3, Yoselin Ibarra 1-2 0-0 2, Sanders 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 18-58 11-14 50
FAIRFIELD (7-5)—Smyth 14, Kaylie Combs 13, Espinosa 4, Karley Combs 4, Pugh 4
3-pointers—M 3-16 (Russell 3-6, A. Ibarra 0-7, Garcia 0-3). Rebounds—M 31 (Adams 6). Assists—M 11 (Russell 4). Steals—M 16 (Russell 9)
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 55, MACKSVILLE 38
LANGDON – Macksville’s Mayce Russell scored 24 points with five rebounds and three steals in a hard-fought 55-38 loss to Hutchinson Central Christian in Thursday’s Fairfield Falcon Basketball Classic.
C.Christian 8 15 12 20 – 55
Macksville 15 7 7 9 – 38
MACKSVILLE (3-8)—Mayce Russell 9-25 3-4 24, Abi Ibarra 2-8 2-2 7, Joselin Garcia 1-3 0-0 3, Adams 1-2 0-0 2, Carrillo 0-3 0-0 0, Galan 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 12-44 5-6 38
3-pointers—M 5-17 (Russell 3-11, Ibarra 1-3, Garcia 1-1, Carrillo 0-2). Rebounds—M 20 (Russell 5). Assists—M 8 (Ibarra 3). Steals—M 10 (Russell 3, Ibarra 3)
BURRTON 39, STAFFORD 38
LANGDON — The Stafford Trojans were within one play of a shocking comeback after Ines Llanza-Anton and Mariah Burgey converted back-to-back 3-pointers for a 38-38 tie. Burrton's McKinsie Hoopes spoiled the miracle finish with a free throw with 10 seconds left. Stafford turned the ball over on its final possession at the Fairfield Falcon Classic.
Llanza-Anton scored 14 points and Emily Green scored 11 points. Burtron's Cassie Dunlavy scored 13 points.
Stafford 12 2 14 10 — 38
Burrton 6 10 9 14 — 39
STAFFORD (2-9)—Llanza Anton 4-17 4-6 14, Emily Green 3-10 5-6 11, Hildebrand 0-5 0-0 0, Burgey 2-10 0-0 5, Simmons 0-5 0-2 0, Shelton 2-6 3-4 8, Totals 11-53 12-18 38
BURRTON (3-8)—Cassie Dunlavy 6 1-2 13, Hoopes 4 1-4 10, Dold 2 0-1 4, Matlack 1 1-1 3, Maci Dunlavy 2 1-2 5, Bailey 2 0-0 4, Totals 17 4-10 39
3-pointers—S 4-13 (Llanza-Anton 2-8, Shelton 1-1, Burgey 1-3, Green 0-1), B 1 (Hoopes 1). Rebounds—S 36 (Hildebrand 12). Assists—S 5 (Llanza-Anton 2). Steals—S 9 (Green 3, Simmons 3, Llanza-Anton 3)
MACKSVILLE 43, GOESSEL 38
LANGDON – Macksville’s Abi Ibarra converted three consecutive clutch baskets to spark the Mustangs past pesky Goessel 43-38 in Tuesday’s Fairfield Falcon Basketball Classic. Macksville played its best half of the season to outscore Goessel 32-19 after halftime.
The Bluebirds led 32-31, 34-33 and 37-36 for the final time on Kaleigh Guhr’s basket. But Ibarra came through with a 2-pointer and back-to-back 3-pointers for a 39-37 lead. Mayce Russell scored and Lupita Galan clinched the victory with a rebound basket for a 43-38 margin.
Ibarra scored 14 points and Russell (11) and Galan (10) made double figures for Macksville (3-7). Russell had seven steals and Joselin Garcia contributed seven rebounds, three steals and three assists.
Goessel’s Kaleigh Guhr scored 12 points.
Goessel 8 11 7 12 – 38
Macksville 7 4 14 18 – 43
GOESSEL (3-7)—Guhr 12, Herrel 8, Lehrman 8, Schmucker 6, Spurlin 4
MACKSVILLE (3-7)—Abi Ibarra 6-14 0-0 14, Mayce Russell 5-18 0-0 11, Lupita Galan 4-6 2-2 10, Joselin Garcia 3-9 0-0 6, Adams 1-7 0-2 2, Carrillo 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 19-56 2-4 43
3-pointers—M 3-10 (Ibarra 2-6, Russell 1-2, Garcia 0-1, Carrillo 0-1). Rebounds—M 32 (Garcia 7). Assists—7 (Garcia 3). Steals—M 15 (Russell 7)
LITTLE RIVER 54, STAFFORD 45
LANGDON — Stafford's Emily Green was spectacular in a 54-45 loss to Little River at the Fairfield Falcon Classic. Green scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out five assists and had five steals. Ines Llanza-Anton led the way with 16 points.
Little River's Lily Boughfman scored 24 points and Alaina Eck added 11 points.
Stafford 12 9 7 17 — 45
Little River 21 12 13 8 — 54
STAFFORD (3-7)—Llanza Anton 6-14 2-5 16, Emily Green 6-18 2-3 14, Hildebrand 4-5 0-0 8, Burgey 2-5 0-0 5, Simmons 1-2 0-0 2, Shelton 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 19-47 4-8 45
LITTLE RIVER (7-3)—Boughfman 10-19 4-7 24, Eck 4-8 2-5 11, Renken 4-6 0-0 10, Olander 2-9 1-1 5, Sneath 1-3 0-0 2, Debaere 1-7 0-0 2, Ellwood 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 22-54 7-13 54
3-pointers—S 3-11 (Llanza-Anton 2-7, Burgey 1-1, Green 0-3), LR 3-6 (Renken 2-3, Eck 1-3). Rebounds—S 23 (Green 10), LR 33 (Olander 15). Assists—S 10 (Green 5), LR 17 (Eck 6). Steals—S 8 (Green 5), LR 8 (Eck 3)