ELLINWOOD GIRLS 51, PRATT 46 – Ellinwood's Mya Maxwell preserved a 51-46 semifinal victory over Pratt with three free throws in the final seconds. Pratt missed three chances to take the lead, trailing 47-46. Kyra Johnson missed a free throw. Johnson and Lexi Walker missed field goals after steals and Walker missed two free throws after a third consecutive steal in the final minute.
Maxwell scored 21 points and converted five 3-pointers. Freshman sensation Brittany Simpson added nine points. Ellinwood plays Otis-Bison in Saturday's championship game. Ellinwood (8-3) lost in last year's semifinal to Pratt. Pratt's Danielle Staats scored 21 points and Lexi Walker scored 13 points.
Ellinwood 19 9 11 12 – 51
Pratt 18 4 15 9 – 46
ELLINWOOD (8-3)—Maxwell 5 6-8 21, Simpson 4 1-2 9, Doll 2 2-4 6, Dimitt 2 1-2 5, Klepper 1 3-4 5, Baker 1 1-2 3, McReynolds 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 14-22 51.
PRATT (6-5)—Staats 7 5-8 21, Walker 4 3-5 13, Rasmussen 2 0-0 4, Gatlin 1 0-0 3, Johnson 0 2-3 2, Dunlap 1 0-1 2, Humble 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 11-22 46.
3-pointers—E 5 (Maxwell 5), P 5 (Staats 2, Walker 2, Gatlin 1).
OTIS-BISON GIRLS 41, VICTORIA 26 – Otis-Bison's Maddie Wiltse dominated inside with 14 points and three blocked shots in a semifinal victory. Cristen Trapp scored 11 points with three assists. Lauren Maier chipped in eight points and three assists.
The No. 8 ranked 1A ranked Cougars (11-0) return to the Hoisington Winter Jam championship game against Ellinwood. Otis-Bison lost to Pratt in last year's championship game.
Victoria (4-7) was sparked by Brooklyn Kuhn with nine points off a trio of 3-pointers. Fearless sparkplug Kaitlyn Windholz contributed eight points while attacking the basket against the Cougars' height
Victoria 1 2 13 10 – 26
Otis-Bison 14 6 13 8 – 41
VICTORIA (4-7)—Kuhn 3-6 0-0 9, Kaitlyn Windholz 2-7 4-4 8, Dome 1-1 0-2 3, Weber 1-5 0-3 3, Huser 1-6 0-4 2, Nowak 0-1 1-2 1, Sander 0-2 0-0 0, Hammerschmidt 0-5 0-0 0, Totals 8-33 5-12 26.
OTIS-BISON (11-0)—Maddie Wiltse 7-10 0-0 14, Trapp 4-6 1-3 11, Maier 4-7 0-1 8, Anderson 3-4 0-0 6, Macie Wiltse 0-0 2-2 2, Bartonek 0-5 0-0 0, Totals 18-33 3-6 41.
3-pointers—V 5-16 (Kuhn 3-3, Dome 1-1, Weber 1-2, Sander 0-1, Kaitlyn Windholz 0-2, Huser 0-3, Hammerschmidt 0-4); E 2-4 (Trapp 2-3, Maddie Wiltse 0-1).
HOISINGTON CARDINAL JAM GIRLS
MONDAY—Victoria 35, Ellsworth 33; TUESDAY—Pratt 54, LaCrosse 21; Ellinwood 46, Hoisington 43; THURSDAY—Hoisington 39, LaCrosse 25; Otis-Bison 35, Ellsworth 18; FRIDAY—Otis-Bison 41, Victoria 26; Ellinwood 51, Pratt 46
SATURDAY—5th—Ellsworth vs. Hoisington, 11:30; 3rd—Pratt vs. Victoria, 3; 1st—Otis-Bison vs. Ellinwood, 6:30
LACROSSSE BOYS 46, ELLINWOOD 40 — LaCrosse drilled eight 3-pointers, but the Leopards won the hard-fought game with driving field goals by Hunter Morgan and Chase Schmidt for a 46-40 semifinal victory over Ellinwood. LaCrosse converted 8 of 31 3-pointers to ouscore the Eagles 24-6 from long range..
Ellinwood led 38-37 with Ryan Niles banked home a 3-pointer. The Eagles saw a potential 3-point play by Britton Dutton nullified on a charging call and David Hammeke missed a layup to that would've led to a potential 3-point lead.
Ellinwood 9 13 11 7 – 40
LaCrosse 14 9 8 15 – 46
ELLINWOOD (8-3)—Hammeke 7-10 2-5 16, Dutton 4-8 2-2 10, Doll 0-2 3-6 3, Niles 1-1 0-0 3, Knop 0-1 0-0 0, Scheck 0-1 0-0 0, Stuhlsatz 1-6 2-2 5, Wondra 1-2 1-2 3, Totals 14-31 10-17 40.
LACROSSE (9-2)—Morgan 4-11 3-4 13, Herrman 4-11 3-6 12, Schmidt 3-12 0-1 7, Pierce 4-9 0-0 11, Patterson 1-3 0-0 3, Sherman 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 16-48 6-11 46.
3-pointers—E 2-11 (Niles 1-1, Stuhlsatz 1-5, Knop 0-1, Doll 0-1, Dutton 0-2); L 8-31 (Pierce 3-6, Morgan 2-7, Schmidt 1-6, Patterson 1-3, Herrman 1-7, Conner 0-2).
HOISINGTON BOYS 55, ELLSWORTH 24 — Drew Nicholson scored 22 points as the Cardinals roared past Ellsworth 55-24 in Friday's Cardinal Jam semifinals. The Cardinals led 21-6 after one quarter behind Nicholson's 14-point quarter.
"Our defense has been relentless," said Hoisington coach Kyle Haxton. "We had guys buying into our defensive game plan."
Ellsworth 6 5 7 6 – 24
Hoisington 21 14 13 7 – 55
ELLSWORTH (3-6)—Rogers 4 1-3 9, Avery Haxton 2 4-10 8, Schulte 2 0-1 5, Anderson 1 0-1 2, Kyler 0 0-2 0, Totals 9 5-17 24.
HOISINGTON (8-1)—Nicholson 8 2-2 22, Mason Haxton 2 2-2 7, Woydziak 2 0-0 5, Hanzlick 0 4-4 4, Robinson 2 0-0 4, Brewer 1 0-0 3, Mooney 1 0-0 3, Specht 0 3-4 3, Dolezal 1 1-2 3, Richards 0 1-2 1, Totals 17 13-16 55.
3-pointers–E 1 (Schulte 1), H 8 (Nicholson 4, M. Haxton 1, Mooney 1, Brewer 1, Woydziak 1).
HOISINGTON CARDINAL JAM BOYS
MONDAY—Ellsworth 59, Otis-Bison 25; TUESDAY—LaCrosse 46, Pratt 43; Ellinwood 69, Victoria 26; THURSDAY—Pratt 57, Victoria 29; Hoisington 78, Otis-Bison 25; FRIDAY—Hoisington 55, Ellsworth 24; LaCrosse 46, Ellinwood 40
SATURDAY—5th—Pratt vs. Otis-Bison, 1:15; 3rd—Ellinwood vs. Ellsworth, 4:45; 1st—Hoisington vs. LaCrosse, 8:15
