CENTRAL PLAINS 51, LARNED 21 (3RD) — Central Plains all-tournament Peyton Ryan scored 16 points and Aiden Hekele (13) and Brodie Crites (13) scored in double figures to spark the Oilers to third place with a 51-21 victory. The Oilers (8-2) outscored Larned 27-6 after halftime.
The Oilers extended an 8-6 lead to 24-15 at halftime.
Central Plains coach Michael Ryan was pleased with Saturday’s performance heading to games against Sterling and Macksville this week.
“These guys put in a ton of time and work hard every day," Ryan said. "It’s nice to see it pay off.”
Larned's all-tournament Carson Shaver scored eight points.
The Indians struggled to solve the 2-3 zone defense exhibited by the Oilers. Larned was outscored 43-15 after the first quarter. Meanwhile, Central Plains was picking apart the Larned man-to-man defense for a number of easy inside baskets.
The efficient Oiler offense made 18 of 31 field goals (59%) and converted 10 free throws. Larned converted 9 of 26 field goals (35%). The Indians made 3 of 12 shots in the second half. Larned missed four free throws.
“We were just impatient with our offense,' said Larned coach Luke Steinlage. "Against their zone defense, we needed to be selective and patient. Give Central Plains credit, they were athletic and defended us well. Some of that was our own fault.”
Central Plains 8 16 14 13 — 51
Larned 6 9 6 0 — 21
CENTRAL PLAINS (8-2)—Michael Ryan 5 4-6 16, Hekele 5 3-3 13, Crites 4 5-5 13, Klima 2 1-4 5, Daniels 2 0-2 4, Totals 18-31 13-20 51.
LARNED (2-9)—Colglazier 4 0-2 8, Shaver 3 0-0 8, Smith 1 0-0 3, Martin 1 0-2 2, Totals 9-26 0-4 21.
3-pointers—CP 2 (Ryan 2), L 1 (Shaver 2, Smith 1)
MACKSVILLE 53, CIMARRON 50 (5TH)— Macksville's all-tournament Diego Esparza scored 18 points and Hector Gomez contributed 15 points and two steals in a hard-fought 53-50 victory over Cimarron.
Cimarron's Trace Kopper, the free throw champion, scored 10 points.
Macksville 11 13 11 18 — 53
Cimarron 11 13 11 15 — 50
MACKSVILLE (8-3)—Esparza 6 4-5 18, Gomez 3 9-10 15, Clawson 2 3-4 7, Guevara 1 4-4 6, Grippin 2 0-1 5, Granger 1 0-0 2, Totals 14 22-26 53.
CIMARRON (3-8)—Ramirez 6 1-2 15, Kopper 4 1-2 10, Briggs 2 3-4 8, Mendez 3 1-2 8, Heddlesten 2 1-2 5, Sonday 1 0-2 2, Totals 19 7-14 50.
3-pointers—M 3 (Esparza 2, Grippin 1), C 5 (Ramirez 2, Kopper 1, Briggs 1, Mendez 1). Rebounds—M (Clawson 15). Assists—M (Guevera 4). Steals—M (Gomez 2).
ST. JOHN 69, CHASE 4 (7TH)— St. John salvaged seventh place with a dominating 69-4 victory over Chase in the Midwinter Classic.
Quade Smith (17), Braxton Alpers (12) and Aden Adame (10) scored in double figures.
Chase 0 4 0 0 — 4
St. John 24 16 18 11 — 69
CHASE (0-11)—Humberto Rincon 1 0-0 2, Winkelman 1 0-2 2, 4, Totals 2 0-2 4.
ST. JOHN (6-5)—Smith 7 1-1 17, Alpers 5 0-0 11, Adame 3 1-2 10, Portillo 3 0-0 6, Ibarra 2 1-2 5, Vieux 2 1-2 5, Valenzuela 2 0-0 4, Newdigger 2 0-0 4, Fernandez 1 0-0 3, Lozan 2 0-1 4, Totals 29 4-8 69.
3-pointers—SJ 7 (Adame 3, Smith 2, Fernandez 1, Alpers 1).
WICHITA SUNRISE 87, NICKERSON 36 (1ST) — Sunrise's Canaan McElroy (17), all-tournament Marko Pavlovic (14), Cayden Lindsted (12), Ben Oyewole (11) and Tomokito Kobari (11) scored in double figures in a dominating 87-36 championship Midwinter Classic victory over Nickerson. Sunrise converted 14 3-pointers to outscore Nickerson 42-0 from long range.
Nickerson's Alex King scored 11 points and was selected as Most Valuable Player after leading the No. 7 seeded Panthers to the championship with three double figure games. All-tournament Riley Brawner scored 12 points.
Nickerson 11 9 13 3 — 36
Sunrise 13 29 26 19 — 87
NICKERSON (2-8)—Brawner 4 3-3 12, King 3 5-6 11, Crossman 3 0-1 6, Engelland 1 0-0 3, Riley Linn 0 2-4 2, Hearon 1 0-0 2, Totals 12 10-14 36.
WICHITA SUNRISE (9-4)—McElroy 5 4-4 17, Pavlovic 6 2-5 14, Lindsted 4 0-0 12, Oyewole 4 3-5 11, Tomokito Kobari 5 0-0 11, Tomoyoki Kobari 2 0-0 6, Silva 2 0-0 6, Yuan 2 0-0 4, Davis 1 0-1 2, Lopes 2 0-0 4, Totals 33 9-14 87.
3-pointers—S 14 (Lindsted 4, McElroy 3, Tomokito Kobari 3, Tomoyoki Kobari 2, Silva 2).
ST. JOHN MIDWINTER BOYS
FINALS—1ST—Wichita Sunrise 87, Nickerson 33; 3RD—Central Plains 51, Larned 21; 5TH—Macksville 53, Cimarron 50; 7TH—St. John 69, Chase 4
SECOND ROUND—Wichita Sunrise 60, Central Plains 50; Nickerson 57, Larned 42; Cimarron 75, Chase 3; Macksville 49, St. John 43
FIRST ROUND—Central Plains 74, Chase 13; Nickerson 49, St. John 46; Larned 47, Macksville 42; Wichita Sunrise 65, Cimarron 27
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER—Alex King, Nickerson
ALL-TOURNAMENT—Alex King, Riley Brawner, Nickerson; Marko Pavlovic, Wichita Sunrise; Peyton Ryan, Central Plains; Carson Shaver, Larned; Diego Esparza, Macksville
MR. HUSTLE—Quade Smith, St. John; FREE THROWS—Trace Kopper, Cimarron, 54; 3-POINTERS—Cayden Linsted, 29
