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Oilers, Tigers split basketball games
Eli Delp
St. John Tiger Elijah Delp (43) works against Central Plains Oiler Tyler Holmes - photo by Courtesy Photo by Dick Smith

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 39, ST. JOHN 30

ST. JOHN – St. John’s crafty coach Danny Smith always has a well-prepared game plan for Central Plains. The Tigers led No. 1 ranked Central Plains 6-3 after one quarter, but the Oilers emerged with a hard-fought 39-30 Central Prairie League basketball victory.

Brynna Hammeke led the Oilers (4-1) with 15 points and Lexi Oeser hit a trio of 3-pointers. The Oilers converted five 3-pointers.

St. John’s Darby Smith dazzled with a game high 21 points and Kaylynn Claussen added four points.

Central Plains 3 18 12 6 – 39 

St. John 6 12 6 6 – 30

CENTRAL PLAINS (4-1)—Brynna Hammeke 6 2-3 15, Lexi Oeser 3 0-0 9, Jennah Jeffrey 2 4-4 8, Monica Short 1 0-0 3, Cunningham 1 0-0 2, Kassidy Nixon 1 0-0 2, Totals 14 6-7 39

ST. JOHN (3-2)—Darby Smith 8 4-4 21, Kaylynn Claussen 2 0-0 4, Heidi Fisher 1 0-0 3, Zayreli Reyes 1 0-0 2, Totals 12 4-4 30

3-pointers—CP 5 (Oeser 3, Hammeke 1, Short 1); SJ 2 (Smith 1, Fisher 1)

ST. JOHN 48, CENTRAL PLAINS 41

ST. JOHN – Uriel Calleros scored 16 points and Elijah Delp scored 14 points with nine rebounds as St. John's boys held off Central Plains 48-41 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. The Tigers outscored the Oilers 18-7 in the decisive third period.

Michael Laymon scored 19 points and had three steals for the Oilers, who converted 8 of 29 free throws. Tyler Holmes contributed 10 rebounds and seven points. The Oilers outscored the Tigers 15-6 from 3-point range.

Central Plains 10 12 7 12 – 41

St. John 8 13 18 9 – 48

CENTRAL PLAINS (1-4)–Michael Laymon 7-13 3-11 19, Tyler Holmes 3-8 1-8 7, Dylan Kitchen 2-7 1-2 7, Hunter Klima 1-4 3-6 5, Cole Lamatsch 1-2 0-0 3, Peyton Ryan 0-6 0-0 0, Jacob Oberle 0-1 0-2 0, Totals 14-41 8-29 41 

ST. JOHN (3-2)—Uriel Calleros 4-11 6-10 16, Elijah Delp 4-10 6-7 14, Toby Woolf 2-7 0-2 4, Preston Dunn 2-5 1-1 5, Hunter Smith 1-3 2-4 4, Edwin Fernandez 1-7 0-2 2, Joe Drake 0-5 3-6 3, Totals 14-48 18-32 48

3-pointers—CP 5-18 (Laymon 2-3, Kitchen 2-6, Lamatsch 1-1, Klima 0-3, Ryan 0-5); SJ 2-12 (Calleros 2-3, Drake 0-1, Smith 0-1, Woolf 0-2, Fernandez 0-5). Rebounds—CP 33 (Holmes 10); SJ 31 (Delp 9). Assists—CP 3 (Laymon 1, Kitchen 1, Holmes 1); SJ 1 (Woolf 1). Steals—CP 9 (Laymon 3); SJ 3 (Delp 1, Dunn 1, Fernandez 1). TO—CP 13, SJ 19.