MACKSVILLE 41, ST. JOHN 36 (1ST PLACE)
ST. JOHN – Macksville’s Alexis Barron scored 10 points as the Mustangs held off St. John 41-36 in Saturday’s Mid-Winter Basketball. Eight Mustangs scored points.
St. John's Delp scored 11 points and Conner Gillespie chipped in nine points off a trio of 3-pointers.
Earning all-tournament honors were Macksville's Most Valuable Player Ryan Kuckelman, Macksville’s Rogelio Ibarra, St. John’s Elijah Delp, Wichita Sunrise’s Anders Lopera and Wichita Independent’s Sam Taylor.
Macksville 6 12 16 13 — 41
St. John 6 11 6 13 — 36
MACKSVILLE (13-1)—Barron 3 1-2 10, Gomez 2 3-8 8, Alvaro Ibarra 2 0-0 6, Rogelio Ibarra 2 0-1 5, Kuckelman 2 0-5 4, Esparza 2 0-0 4, Lickiss 1 0-0 2, Mendez 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 4-16 41.
ST. JOHN (7-6)—Delp 2 6-8 11, Gillespie 3 0-0 9, Dunn 3 0-1 6, Quade Smith 1 5-8 7, Hunter Smith 0 1-2 1, Ibarra 0 2-2 2, Totals 9 14-21 36.
3-pointers—M 7 (Barron 3, A. Ibarra 2, R. Ibarra 1, Gomez 1), SJ 4 (Gillespie 3, Delp 1).
ST. JOHN BOYS MIDWINTER CLASSIC
SATURDAY—1ST—Macksville 41, St. John 36; 3RD—Wichita Independent 54, Sunrise 30; 5TH—Nickerson 54, Reno County 40; 7TH—Larned 52, Central Plains 45
FRIDAY—Macksville 47, Wichita Sunrise 44; St. John 48, Wichita Independent 47
THURSDAY—Reno County 59, Central Plains 45; Nickerson 45, Larned 32; Wichita Independent 53, Nickerson 18; Wichita Sunrise 55, Reno County 38
MONDAY—Macksville 70, Central Plains 38; St. John 37, Larned 26
WICHITA INDEPENDENT 54, WICHITA SUNRISE 30 (3RD)
ST. JOHN — Wichita Independent raced past Wichita Sunrise 54-30 for third place at the St. John Mid-Winter Basketball Classic. Independent's Javon Beadles scored 20 points.
Sunrise 2 14 4 10 — 30
Independent 9 18 13 14 — 54
SUNRISE (8-14)—Lopera 7 5-10 19, Laird 2 0-0 5, Waters 1 0-0 2, Woolery 1 0-0 2, Fandelle 1 0-0 2, Totals 12 5-10 30.
INDEPENDENT (7-3)—Beadles 6 3-4 20, Racalde-Phillips 6 3-5 15, Harris 3 5-6 11, Taylor 0 0-2 0, Randleas 3 0-0 6, Jenson 1 0-0 2, Stalnaker 0 0-2 0, Totals 19 11-17 54.
3-pointers—S 1 (Laird 1), Indy 5 (Beadles 5).
NICKERSON 54, RENO COUNTY 40 (5TH PLACE)
ST. JOHN — Nickerson's basketball team rallied with two wins and defeated Reno County Homeschool 54-40 Jan. 22 for fifth place in the St. John Mid-Winter Basketball Classic. Red-hot Carson Linn continues to shine with 23 points and Taylor Engelland showed consistent improvement with 16 points and four 3-pointers.
Reno County 3 11 9 17 — 40
Nickerson 10 15 11 18 — 54
RENO COUNTY (6-10)—Smith 3 0-0 8, Tadan Washington 3 0-0 9, Kolby Noggle 2 2-3 7, Spexarth 1 2-2 4, Lex Washington 1 0-0 3, Engle 3 0-0 9, Totals 13 4-5 40.
NICKERSON (2-11)—Carson Linn 9 5-6 23, Taylor Engelland 6 0-0 16, Tatro 2 0-0 5, Starnes 2 1-3 5, Huggard 1 1-2 3, Ortiz 1 0-0 2, Totals 21 7-11 54.
3-pointers—RC (T. Washington 3, Engle 3, Smith 2, Kolby Noggle 1, Washington 1); N 5 (T. Engelland 4, Tatro 1).
LARNED 52, CENTRAL PLAINS 45 (7TH PLACE)
ST. JOHN – The Larned Indian boys edged by the Central Plains Oilers 52-45, despite the Oilers only having five players available for the game.
Larned was led by Carlos Ibarra with 14 points. Guard, Ian Orth added 13 and Cade Colglazer 10. The Indians improved their record to 2-10 as they placed 7th in the St. John Mid-Winter Classic.
The Oilers (0-13) were led by Peyton Ryan with 24 points. Evan Stratmann added 10 and Kristopher Frost 5. Due to suspensions and illness, Central Plains played the game with five players.
"I'm happy to get a win but not happy with how we played," said Larned coach Luke Steinlage. "Give Central Plains credit, they were short-handed but played a very good game. We did not play well. We were impatient and did not attack their weaknesses. It was a frustrating game."
The Oilers led 10-6 at the first-quarter break. Larned finally started to focus on the inside attack and pulled even at halftime, 21-21.
Three straight baskets by Colglazier to begin the second half keyed Larned to a lead they would never relinquish. Central Plains struggled to score with the exception of guard Peyton Ryan who furnished most of the Oilers' offense.
Dominating the backboards allowed Larned to get a lot more shots than Central Plains. Larned made 23 of 45 shots for 51% while Central Plains was 12 of 38 for 31%. The Oilers made up for lack of field goals by going 15 of 21 from the free throw line while Larned was 4 of 10.
Larned 6 15 17 14 — 52
C. Plains 10 11 7 17 — 45
LARNED (2-10)—Reynolds 2 0-1 5, Colglazier 5 0-0 10, Orth 6 1-2 13, Ibarra 5 3-7 14, Hess 1 0-0 2, Jayden Smith 1 0-0 2, Wilson 2 0-0 4, Ty Smith 1 0-0 2, Totals 23-45 4-10 52.
CENTRAL PLAINS (0-13)—Ryan 5 12-17 24, Stratmann 4 0-0 10, Hekele 0 2-2 2, Frost 1 1-2 3, Freis 2 0-0 6, Totals 12-38 15-21 45.
3-pointers—CP (Ryan 2, Freis 2), L 2 (Reynolds 1, Ibarra 1).
