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Oiler boys, girls place fifth at Russell
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C. PLAINS 57, PLAINVILLE 26 (5TH)

RUSSELL – Central Plains Oiler Peyton Ryan scored 24 points and Brodie Crites added 16 points as the Oilers cruised past Plainville 57-26 for fifth place at the Russell Amos Morris Tournament.

The Oilers were up 18-6 after the first quarter and 31-10 at halftime.\

The Oilers play Hays Thomas More Prep Friday.

Central Plains 18 13 16 10 – 57

Plainville 6 4 10 6 – 26

CENTRAL PLAINS (3-1)—Peyton Ryan 9 4-5 24, Crites 4 6-7 16, Hekele 1 0-0 2, Klima 1 2-4 4, Hurley 0 2-4 2, Peyton Dody 0 2-2 2, Fries 1 1-1 3, Daniels 1 2-2 4, Totals 17 19-25 57.

PLAINVILLE (0-4)—Bright 2 0-0 6, Stamper 1 3-4 5, Dintrio 2 0-0 4, Brewster 0 -2 0, Brown 2 0-0 4, Dintrio 0 2-2 2, Morris 1 3-4 5, Totals 8 8-12 26.

3-pointers—CP 4 (Crites 2, Ryan 2); P 2 (Bright 1, Stamper 1).

C. PLAINS GIRLS 35, RUSSELL 28 (5TH)

RUSSELL -- The Central Plains Lady Oilers held off a fourth-quarter run from Russell for a 35-28 victory for fifth place in the Russell Amos Morris Classic.

Marilyn Soeken led the Oilers with 12 points and Grace Lamatsch added seven points. The Oilers (2-2) face Hays Thomas More Prep Friday.

Russell sliced an 11-point lead to 31-28 off Oiler turnovers. Anna Thielen’s 3-pointer to tie missed. Soeken and Addyson Ogle each converted two free throws to ice the victory.

Aubrey Birney scored nine points and Anna Thielen added eight points.

Central Plains 3 13 9 10 – 35

Russell 2 5 11 10 – 28

CENTRAL PLAINS (1-3)—Soeken 3 5-10 12, Lamatsch 3 0-0 7, Ogle 1 4-4 6, Klima 0 1-2 1, Kempke 2 1-1 5 Strouse 1 0-0 2, Sheehy 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 11-17 35.

PLAINVILLE (1-3)—Aubrey Birney 4 1-4 9, Thielen 3 0-0 7, Patterson 1 0-0 2, Strobel 0 1-2 1, Donovan 0 1-2 1, Taylor Birney 1 0-0 3, Reeves 2 0-0 5, Totals 11 3-8 28.

3-pointers—CP 2 (Soeken 1, Lamatsch 1); P 3 (Reeves 1, Thielen 1, T. Birney 1)