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Pawnee Heights, Otis-Bison girls win
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PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 58, CHASE 11 – The Pawnee Heights Tigers featured three players in double figures in a 58-11 substate victory over Chase. Lili Cissell (17) and Shelby Scott (10) scored career highs and standout Olivia Hands (13) played her typical dominating rebounding and defensive game. Jocelyn Cordero-Valles added nine points.

The Tigers (10-12) play Victoria (9-12) in the Stafford substate.

Chase’s Abigail Blackburn scored eight points.

Chase 2 2 5 2 – 11

Pawnee Hts. 21 17 13 7 – 58

CHASE (0-21)—Blackburn 4 0-0 8, Maudie Bowen 1 0-0 3, Meyeres 0 0-2 0, Spangler 0 0-2 0, Totals 5 0-4 11.

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (10-12)—Cissell 7 0-0 17, Olivia Hands 5 2-4 13, Cordero-Valles 4 1-1 9, Hammeke 2 0-0 6, Scott 5 0-0 10, Pelton 0 1-5 1, Abby Hands 1 0-0 2, Totals 24 4-10 58.

3-pointers—C 1 (M. Bowen 1); PH 6 (Cissell 3, Hammeke 2, O. Hands 1)

OTIS-BISON GIRLS 40, TESCOTT 29 – The rugged Central Prairie competition paid off as Otis-Bison rolled past Tescott 40-29 in the Stafford Div. 2 basketball substate.

The Cougars converted eight 3-pointers for 24 points. Destiny Mitchell scored 14 points with a pair of 3-pointers. Hope Lumpkins hit four 3-pointers for 12 points. Abigail Rodriguez hit a pair of 3-pointers.

The Cougars (8-13) will play Beloit St. John’s (12-5) in next week’s semifinal game.

Tescott’s Liz Wenthe scored 13 points.

Tescott 3 7 11 8 – 29

Otis-Bison 9 12 8 11 – 40

TESCOTT (4-12)—Wenthe 5 3-7 13, Ava Adams 1 3-7 5, Pasley 3 0-0 7, Alison Adams 1 0-0 2, Peterson 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 6-14 29.

OTIS-BISON (9-12)—Mitchell 6 0-2 14, Lumpkins 4 0-0 12, Croisant 3 0-2 6, Rodriguez 2 0-0 6, Reever 0 2-2 2, Totals 15 2-6 40.  

3-pointers—T 1(P); OB 8 (Lumpkins 4, Mitchell 2, Rodriguez 2).

VICTORIA GIRLS 48, STAFFORD 17 – Stafford’s Taylor Denio hit a pair of 3-pointers and Madilyn Hearn hit a 3-pointer in a 48-17 substate loss to Victoria.

Victoria's Lindsey Scheck scored 17 points with six free throws and Averi Windholz added 13 points. The Knights converted four 3-pointers. The Knights will play Pawnee Heights (10-12) in next week’s Stafford substate.

Stafford 5 8 2 2 – 17

Victoria 13 9 15 11 – 48

STAFFORD (2-18)—Denio 2 0-0 6, Hearn 1 2-2 5, Roush 1 0-0 2, Garcia 2 0-0 4, Totals 6 2-2 17.

VICTORIA (9-12)—Scheck 5 6-7 17, Windholz 3 5-7 13, Lichter 2 0-0 6, Dinkel 2 1-2 6, Amrein 2 0-0 4, Kuhn 1 0-0 2, Totals 17 10-16 48 

3-pointers—S 3 (Denio 2, Hearn 1); V 4 (Lichter 2, Dinkel 1, Scheck 1).

1A DIVISION 2 STAFFORD—Otis-Bison 40, Tescott 29; Pawnee Heights 58, Chase 11; Victoria 48, Stafford 17; 3-1—Beloit St. John’s 12-5 vs. Otis-Bison 8-13, 6; 3-1—Pawnee Heights 10-12 vs. Victoria 9-12, 7:30