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St. John, Oiler girls roll to wins
Akielah Collins
Larned Indian Akielah Collins (24) hauls in a rebound against Central Plains. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO Janet Fleske

ST. JOHN GIRLS MIDWINTER CLASSIC

MONDAY—Central Plains 57, Reno County 40; TUESDAY—St. John 49, Larned 20; THURSDAY—Central Plains 69, Larned 25; FRIDAY—St. John 41, Reno County 25 

SATURDAY—Larned (2-9) vs. Reno County (3-9); Central Plains (9-2) vs. St. John (7-5), 6

ST. JOHN 41, RENO CO. 25

ST. JOHN -- St. John's Darby Smith scored 16 points and Kaylynn Claussen added 15 points as the Tigers rolled past Reno County 41-25 in Friday's Midwinter Classic. The Tigers play No. 1 Central Plains in Saturday's championship.

Reno Co. 7 0 10 8 — 25

St. John 17 3 11 10 — 41

RENO COUNTY (3-9)—Washington 6 0-2 12, Walton 2 0-2 6, Guffey 1 0-0 3, Bisterfield 1 0-0 2, Schweizer 1 0-0 2, Totals 10 0-4 25

ST. JOHN(7-5)—Darby Smith 6 4-6 16, Claussen 5 5-6 15, Fisher 2 0-0 4, Hudson 2 0-0 5, Hacker 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 10-14 41

3-pointers—RC 5 (Washington 2, Walton 2, Guffey 1), SJ 1 (Hudson 1)

CENTRAL PLAINS 69, LARNED 25

ST.JOHN – Brynna Hammeke (18), Jennah Jeffrey (16) and Kassidy Nixon (14) scored in double figures as the No. 1 ranked Central Plains girls cruised past Larned 69-25 in the St. John Midwinter Classic.

Akielah Collins led Larned (2-9) with seven points.

Larned 4 11 6 4 – 25

Central Plains 20 14 23 12 – 69 

LARNED (2-9)—Collins 3 1-3 7, Tapia 1 2-4 4, Krehbiel 2 0-0 4, Upson 2 0-0 4, Pinkston 1 0-0 3, Lovesee 1 0-0 2, MacMahon 0 1-2 1, Totals 10 4-9 25 

CENTRAL PLAINS (9-2)—Hammeke 8 1-2 18, Jeffrey 7 0-1 16, Nixon 7 0-2 14, Lexi Oeser 4 0-0 9, Short 2 0-0 5, Zink 1 0-0 3, Metro 1 0-0 2, Cunningham 1 0-0 2, Totals 31 1-5 69

3-pointers—L 1 (Pinkston 1); CP 6 (Jeffrey 2, Zink 1, Short 1, Hammeke 1, Lexi Oeser 1)