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OTIS-BISON 64, PRETTY PRAIRIE 59 (OT) — Otis-Bison survived a wild 64-59 overtime victory over Pretty Prairie at the Falcon Basketball Classic.

The Cougars placed Kolten Cory (18), Louis McVey (17) and Kelson Juno (12) in double figures. The Bulldogs countered with Owen Anderson (17), Eli Anderson (17) and Emmett Harbaugh (14).

Otis-Bison's McVey delivered six clutch points in overtime. Harbaugh's basket sent the game to overtime at 55-55. 

Otis-Bison 12 12 11 20 9 — 64

Pretty Prairie 18 3 19 15 4— 59

OTIS-BISON—Cory 8 2-8 18; McVey 6 (1) 4-4 17; Juno 6 0-2 12; Firebaugh (3) 0-0 9; Alloway 3 2-3 8; Totals 26 (4) 8-17 64

PRETTY PRAIRIE—Owen Anderson 8 (1) 0-0 17; Eli Anderson 8 (1) 0-2 17; Harbaugh 6 (1) 1-2 14; Eli Young 2 (1) 2-2 7; Goering 1 1-2 3; McCullough 0 1-2 1; Woods 0 0-3 0; Totals 25 (4) 5-13 59

OTIS-BISON GIRLS 37, STAFFORD 31 — Otis-Bison's Allie Smith scored 17 points in a hard-fought 37-31 victory over Stafford in Thursday's Falcon Basketball Classic. The Cougars outscored the Trojans 11-1 after trailing 30-26.

Khloe McCloskey's free throw gave the Trojans a 31-30 lead. Otis-Bison's Jade Holman scored the go-ahead basket followed by Allie Smith's clinching basket and two free throws.

The improving Stafford girls played their best quarter of basketball in decades with a 9-1 lead. Stafford's Ariana Delgadillo scored on back-to-back steals and Makinley Sanders scored on a steal for a 26-21 lead. Ariana Delgadillo led Stafford with 11 points. 

Otis-Bison 1 13 12 11 — 37

Stafford 9 8 11 3 — 31

OTIS-BISON—Allie Smith 6 5-8 17; Juno 2 4-6 8; Roth 2 0-0 4; Holman 2 (1) 0-0 5; Ficken 1 1-2 3; Schwindt 0 0-2 2; Elsen 0 0-2 0; Totals 13 (1) 10-20 37

STAFFORD—Ariana Delgadillo 5 1-4 11; Emily Delgadillo 3 0-0 6; Sanders 2 0-0 4; Nobles 2 0-0 4; Haking 1 0-0 2; Roush 1 0-0 2; McCloskey 0 2-4 2; Totals 14 3-8 31



CUNNINGHAM 48, OTIS-BISON 30 — Otis-Bison's Kelson Juno tallied seven points in a 48-30 setback to Cunningham at the Falcon Basketball Classic. The Cougars converted five 3-pointers.

Cunningham's Stephen Kerschen scored 15 points.

Otis-Bison 10 5 10 5 — 30

Cunningham 12 8 18 10 — 48

OTIS-BISON—Juno 3 1-2 7; Firebaugh (2) 0-0 6; McVey (2) 0-0 6; Alloway 2 (1) 0-0 5; Cory 2 0-0 4; Starr 1 0-0 2; Totals 12 (5) 1-2 30

CUNNINGHAM—Kerschen 6 (1) 2-2 15; Kinsler 4 (1) 0-1 9; Rogers 4 (1) 0-0 9; Hagen 2 (1) 1-2 6; McGuire 2 0-0 4; Bock 2 0-0 4; Thimesch 0 1-2 1; Totals 20 (4) 4-9 48 

OTIS-BISON 60, STAFFORD 43 — Otis-Bison's Kelson Juno scored a season high 23 points to spark the Cougars past Stafford 60-43 in Tuesday's Falcon Basketball Classic. Cory and Louis McVey added eight piece.

Stafford's Jace Kreutzer scored 18 points and Ricardo Cecchin added 16 points. 

Otis-Bison 15 10 12 23 — 60

Stafford 16 5 16 6 — 43

OTIS-BISON—Juno 11 1-2 23; Cory 8 0-0 16; McVey 3 2-2 8; Firebaugh 1 5-8 7; Richardson (1) 0-0 3; Alloway 1 1-2 3; Totals 25 (1) 9-14 60

STAFFORD—Kreutzer 7 (4) 0-0 18; Cecchin 5 (1) 5-7 16; Downing 2 0-0 4; Marks (1) 0-0 3; Joel Valade 1 0-0 2; Totals 16 (5) 5-7 43

FAIRFIELD 61, STAFFORD 55 — Stafford point guard Jace Kreutzer played brilliantly with a 19-point, multiple assist effort, but the Fairfield Falcons outscored the Trojans 8-0 en route to a hard-fought 61-55 victory in Monday's Falcon Basketball Classic.

Kreutzer's driving shot gave Stafford a 53-51 lead after a Jobe Valadez 3-pointer. But Jalen Busick fed Chase Combs twice for baskets and added two baskets in an 8-0 scoring run.

Stafford led 28-20 with its best basketball of the season. But Fairfield used a 25-12 run for a 45-40 lead.

Ryland Perry led Fairfield with 18 points.  

Stafford 22 12 11 10 — 55

Fairfield 17 14 18 12 — 61

STAFFORD—Kreutzer 8 (1) 2-3 19; Marks 4 (2) 3-4 13; Jobe Valadez (3) 0-0 9; Cicchin 2 2-2 6; Oleson (1) 0-0 3; Downey 1 1-2 3; Gould 0 2-4 2; Totals 19 (7) 9-15 55 

FAIRFIELD—Perry 7 (3) 1-4 18; Busick 6 (1) 0-4 13; McIver 1 2-6 4; Combs 3 0-0 6; Snodgrass 1 1-2 3; Espinosa (2) 1-2 7; Brown 3 0-0 6; Witt 1 2-4 4; Totals 24 (6) 7-22 61

FAIRFIELD GIRLS 41, OTIS-BISON 22 — Fairfield's Kenley Fowler scored 21 points to lead the Falcons past Otis-Bison's girls 41-22 in Tuesday's Falcon Basketball Classic. The Falcons led 26-1 at halftime.

Otis-Bison's Elsen scored five points.

Otis-Bison 0 1 11 4 — 22

Fairfield 12 14 6 9 — 41

OTIS-BISON—Elsen 2 (1) 0-0 5; Allie Smith 1 2-6 4; Roth 1 1-2 3; Holman (1) 0-0 3; Ficken 1 0-4 2; Schwindt 1 0-0 2; Grace Smith 1 0-0 2; Juno 0 1- 1; Totals 8 (2) 4-16 22

FAIRFIELD—Fowler 9-17 (3-5) 0-0 21; Chavez 3-6 0-0 6; Baker 2-8 0-0 4; Zongker 14 2-4 4; Metzger 1-3 1-2 3; Utah 1-3 (0-1) 0-2 2 Espinosa 0-2 1-2 1; Totals 17-43 (3-6) 4-8 41

CUNNINGHAM GIRLS 35, OTIS-BISON 22 — Otis-Bison's Allie Smith scored nine points in a 35-22 setback to Cunningham in Monday's Falcon Basketball Classic.

Cunningham's Grace Hageman scored 14 points.

Otis-Bison 2 3 7 10 — 22

Cunningham 10 10 9 6  — 35

OTIS-BISON—Allie Smith 4 1-2 9; Ficken 2 (1) 2-2 7; Schwindt 2 0-0 4 Roth 1 0-0 2; Totals 9 (1) 3-4 22

CUNNINGHAM—Hageman 5 4-10 14; Smyth 4 0-0 8; Ogg 2 (1) 1-2 6; Neufeld 2 0-0 4; Thimesch 1 0-0 2; Miller 0 1-2 1; Totals 14 (1) 6-14 35

PRETTY PRAIRIE 50, STAFFORD 19 — Pretty Prairie's girls rolled past Stafford 50-19 in Monday's Falcon Basketball Classic. Lauren Detter (13) and Ava Goering (11) scored in double figures.

PRETTY PRAIRIE—Detter 6-15 (0-1) 1-2 13; Goering 4-5 3-3 11; Vogl 3-9 (0-1) 0-0 6; Ava White 2-10 (0-2) 3-4 7; Amity White 2-5 (0-2) 1-2 5; Schrag 2-8 0-0 4; Emily Yoder (0-1) 0-0 0; Weide 0-2 0-0 0; Halli Yoder 1-4 (0-2) 0-0 2; Totals 21-59 (0-9) 8-13 50

FALCON CLASSIC GIRLS—12-12—1ST; 3RD; 5TH; SECOND ROUND—Fairfield 41, Otis-Bison 22; 12-11—Semifinals, Reno County vs. Flinthills; Cunningham vs. Pretty Prairie; Consolation, Otis-Bison 37, Stafford; FIRST ROUND—Cunningham 35, Otis-Bison 22; Flinthills 39, Fairfield 32; Pretty Prairie 50, Stafford 19

FALCON CLASSIC BOYS—12-12—1ST—Reno County vs. Flinthills; 3RD—Cunningham vs. Fairfield; 12-11—Semifinals, Reno County def. Fairfield; Flinthills 58, Cunningham 42; Consolation—Otis-Bison 64, Pretty Prairie 59, OT; Otis-Bison 60, Stafford 43; FIRST ROUND—Flinthills 50, Pretty Prairie 46; Fairfield 61, Stafford 55; Cunningham 48, Otis-Bison 30