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The final chapter of the Barton Hilltop Basketball Classic ended like the past six with the Central Plains Oilers dominating the tournament. The Oilers won their seventh consecutive championship with a dominating 62-13 victory over St. John.
Oilers Emily Ryan earned all-tournament honors for the fourth consecutive year, joining teammates, Kassidy Nixon and Delaney Rugan. Ryan converted 58 of 60 free throws to capture the free throw contest for the third consecutive year.
All-stater Ryan enjoyed a typical highlight show with 19 points, 10 steals and four assists in the Oilers' 62-13 championship victory. Ryan is averaging 31 ppg and has scored 2,688 career points, fourth all-time in Kansas.
Nixon scored 10 points. Cassidy Crites scored nine points with 10 rebounds. Lexi Oeser scored nine points. St. John's all-tournament Darby Smith scored six points.
The No. 1 ranked 1A Oilers (13-0) have swept a state record 124 consecutive games, fourth all-time in U.S. girls basketball history. The Oilers are outscoring teams 78-20, which would break last year's state record.
St. John 6 2 5 0 – 13
Central Plains 19 11 19 13 – 62
SJ. JOHN (5-7)—Smith 2-7 2-2 6, Portillo 1-4 1-2 4, Payton Meyer 1-3 0-0 2, Claussen 0-6 1-2 1, Bree Meyer 0-1 0-0 0, Crissman 0-4 0-1 0, Hudson 0-1 0-0 0 Totals 4-26 4-7 13.
CENTRAL PLAINS (13-0)—Emily Ryan 6-12 6-6 19, Nixon 4-10 2-5 10, Crites 3-6 3-4 9, Oeser 3-5 0-0 9, Lamatsch 3-8 0-0 8, Rugan 1-4 3-4 5, Hammeke 1-3 0-0 2, Jeffrey 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 21-51 14-19 62.
3-pointers—SJ 1-9 (Portillo 1-2, P. Meyer 0-1, B. Meyer 0-1, Cluassen 0-2, Smith 0-3), CP 6-25 (Oeser 3-5, Lamatsch 2-7, Ryan 1-3, Hammeke 0-2, Nixon 0-2, Jeffrey 0-3, Rugan 0-3). Rebounds—SJ 25 (Cluassen 6), CP 33 (Crites 10). Assists—SJ 4; CP 12 (Ryan 4, Crites 4) Steals—SJ 2 (B. Meyer 1, Crissman 1), CP 18 (Ryan 10).
LITTLE RIVER 33, NESS CITY 31 (3RD)—Emma McBride sank the game-winning jumper after sending the third-place game to overtime with a free throw.
LITTLE RIVER (7-5)—Boughfman 6-11 0-0 12, McBride 3-7 3-6 11, Konen 1-1 0-1 2, Gadberry 0-1 0-0 0, Bergkamp 0-5 1-2, 1, Ayers 0-7 0-0 0, Barta 2-6 0-3 4, Renken 0-2 0-0 0, Bruce 1-2 1-1 3, Totals 13-42 5-17 33.
NESS CITY (3-10)—Reinhardt 4-13 3-5 11, Seib 3-8 3-5 9, Starr 0-4 0-0 0, Flax 1-4 0-0 2, Ligget 1-3 1-3 3, Pfannenstiel 2-2 0-0 4, Delaney 0-2 2-2 2, Totals 11-36 9-15 31.
Little River 10 10 4 5 4 — 33
Ness City 8 6 9 6 2 — 31
3-pointers—LR 2-7 (McBride 2-3, Ayers 0-1, Bergkamp 0-3), NC 0-7 (Ligget 0-1, Flax 0-1, Reinhardt 0-1, Starr 0-1, Seib 0-3). Rebounds—LR 38 (Boughfman 9), NC 27 (Reinhardt 8). Assists—LR 11 (McBride 3, Konen 3, Renken 3), NC 2 (Starr 1, Ligget 1). Steals—LR 15 (Ayers 4), NC 17 (Tillotson 4).
ELL-SALINE 36, LARNED 30 (5TH) – Ell-Saline's Ditto and Lange each scored seven points to spark the Cardinals past Larned 36-30 in a battle of 0-11 basketball teams. Hagerman led Larned (0-12) with 10 points.
Ell-Saline 10 14 4 8 — 36
Larned 4 8 5 13 — 30
ELL-SALINE (1-11)—Ditto 3-6 0-0 7, Lange 3-6 1-2 7, Kramer 3-10 0-0 6, Rowley 2-5 0-0 5, Frisbie 2-3 0-0 4, Hardesty 1-1 1-1 3, Bradley 1-4 1-1 3, Backhus 0-0 1-2 1, Totals 15-37 4-6 36.
LARNED (0-12)—Hagerman 3-9 1-2 10, Grandy 2-7 3-6 7, Tapia 2-3 3-4 7, Mead 1-2 1-4 3, Evers 1-4 1-7 3, Myrick 042-60 5-10 96.-4 0-4 0, Krehbiel 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 9-31 9-27 30.
3-pointers—ES 2-10 (Ditton 1-3, Rowley 1-3, Kramer 0-4), L 3-9 (Hagerman 3-4, Krehbiel 0-1, Grandy 0-4). Rebounds—ES 27 (Hardesty 5), L 28 (Tapia 9). Assists—ES 7 (Rowley 2, Hardesty 2), L 6 (Hagerman 2, Tapia 2). Steals—ES 10 (Ditto 2, Kohman 2, Hardesty 2), L 7 (Tapia 3).
CENTRAL PLAINS 96, NESS CITY 17 (semifinal) — All-stater Emily Ryan scored 36 points on 15 of 16 shooting with 12 steals and nine assists. The Oilers led 60-8 at halftime.
Ness City 2 6 6 3 — 17
Central Plains 33 27 25 11 — 96
NESS CITY (3-9)—Reinhardt 1-4 2-2 4, Seib 1-2 2-2 4, Taylor Starr 0-4 0-0 0, Rylee Starr 1-2 0-1 2, Flax 0-3 1-2 1, Ligget 0-1 0-0 0, Pfannenstiel 0-1 0-2 0, Delaney 2-4 2-2 6, Totals 5-21 7-11 17.
CENTRAL PLAINS (12-0)—Emily Ryan 15-16 2-4 36, Nixon 9-9 1-1 19, Rugan 5-8 0-0 12, Crites 4-6 1-3 9, Lamatsch 1-3 0-0 3, Oeser 1-3 0-0 2, Jeffrey 1-3 0-0 2, Potter 0-2 1-2 1, Totals 42-60 5-10 96.
3-pointers—NC 0-4 (T. Starr 0-2, Flax 0-2), CP 7-16 (Ryan 4-5, Rugan 2-3, Lamatsch 1-3, Jeffrey 0-1, Oeser 0-2, Crites 0-2). Rebounds—NC 17 (Delaney 6), CP 25 (Crites 6). Assists—NC 5 (Tillotson 2), CP 22 (Ryan 9). Steals—CP 25 (Ryan 12).
ST. JOHN 42, LITTLE RIVER 32 (semifinal) — St. John's Darby Smith scored 16 points and Erin Crissman added 12 points as the Tigers downed Little River 42-32 in Thursday's semifinal. The Tigers outscored Little River 17-7 on free throws.
Little River 8 12 9 3 — 32
St. John 8 9 8 17 — 42
LITTLE RIVER (6-5)—Bergkamp 0-3 0-0 0, Barta 2-3 0-0 4, Konen 0-1 2-2 2, McBride 1-5 -4-4 6, Boughfman 2-12 1-2 5, Gadberry 1-1 0-0 2, Ayers 4-8 0-1 8, Renken 1-2 0-0 3, Bruce 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 12-36 7-9 32.
ST. JOHN (5-6)—Payton Meyer 0-0 1-4 1, Smith 5-7 5-10 16, Bree Meyer 1-5 3-5 5, Crissman 4-10 3-6 12, Claussen 0-3 2-3 2, Hacker 0-3 0-0 0, Portillo 1-3 3-4 6, Totals 11-31 17-32 42.
3-pointers—LR 13 (Renken 1-1, Bergkamp 0-1, McBride 0-1), SJ (). Rebounds—LR 31 (Boughfman 9), SJ 25 (Claussen 5). Assists—LR 6 (Renken 3), SJ 6 (Smith 2, B. Meyer 2). Steals—LR 8 (Konen 3, McBride 3), SJ 15 (Smith 4).
BARTON HILLTOP CLASSIC
FRIDAY—1ST—Central Plains 62, St. John 13; 3RD—Little River 33, Ness City 31, OT; 5TH—Ell-Saline 36, Larned 30; THURSDAY—St. John 42, Little River 32; Central Plains 96, Ness City 17; WEDNESDAY—Little River 32, Larned 20; Central Plains 90, Ell-Saline 12; MONDAY—Ness City 34, Ell-Saline 31; St. John 49, Larned 15
FREE THROW—1—Emily Ryan, CP, 58 (19-19-20); 2—Reece Ditton, ES, 46 (16-15-15); 3—Eden Evers, Larned, 40 (13-1-12); 4—Summer Pfannanstiel, NC, 40 (11-12-17); 5—Jaylie Bergkamp, LR, 35 (11-8-16); 6—Erin Crissman, SJ, 32 (11-9-12).
3-POINTERS—1—Emma McBride, LR, 47 (16-12-19); 2—Rachel Lamatsch, CP, 45 (9-18-18); 3—Bree Meyer, SJ, 30 (11-10-9); 4—Bry Rowley, ES, 28 (3-13-12); 5—McKenzie Flax, NC, 25 (5-14-6); 6—Jayme Hagerman, Larned, 21 (2-13-6).
