ELLINWOOD 64, LITTLE RIVER 23
ELLINWOOD — All-stater Rachel Doll scored 31 points to spark top-seeded Ellinwood past Little River 64-23 in the Class 2A Central Plains basketball substate. Doll contributed a game high five assists and four steals. Blake Wilt added 10 points. Anna Clawson had four steals and Beckwith had three steals.
The No. 1 ranked Eagles (20-1) play Canton-Galva (11-10) in Friday’s 7:30 p.m. semifinals at Central Plains High School.  Cassidy Enns scored 16 points to lead Canton-Galva past Lincoln 37-24.
Little River 4 7 3 9 — 23
Ellinwood 23 22 11 8 — 64
Ellinwood—Rachel Doll 12-21 3-3 31; Wilt 5-8 0-0 10; Hayes 1-1 0-0 2; Panning 1-4 0-0 3; Kynlee Doll 0-1 0-0 0; Beckwith 2-4 0-0 4; Beck 1-3 0-0 2; Miller 1-2 0-0 2; Clawson 2-4 0-0 4; White 0-3 0-0 0; Tawny Arndt 2-5 0-0 4; Totals 28-59 3-3 64.

PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 39, DEERFIELD 29
FOWLER — The Pawnee Heights girls outscored Deerfield 39-29 in the Class 1A-Div. 2 basketball substate. The Tigers (3-16) will play Moscow (18-2) at 6 p.m. Thursday in the semifinals at Fowler High School.
Catera Hoffman led the Tigers with 16 points and freshman Regan Carlson added nine points. The Tigers led 30-19 after three quarters. Sheridan Rodriguez led Deerfield with 15 points.
Deerfield      3  6  10 10 – 29
Pawnee Heights 8  9  13  9 – 39
Deerfield—Rodriguez 15, Tarin Robles 6, Lamar 4, Robles 2, Showers 2
Pawnee Heights—Hoffman 16, Carlson 9, Polson 6, Baier 4, Roberts 2

ROLLA 56, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 47
FOWLER — Spencer VanMeter scored 19 points for Pawnee Heights in a hard-fought 56-47 loss to Rolla in the Class 1A-Div. 2 basketball substate. Colen Henbest added 13 points for the Tigers. Obie Telford scored 24 points for Rolla, which meets Deerfield Friday.
Rolla          15  11  14 16 – 56
Pawnee Heights 12   4  10 21 – 47
Rolla—Obie Telford 24, Carson Milburn 15, Ty Dixon 11, Toole 4, Kirby 2
Pawnee Heights—Spencer vanMeter 19, Colten Henbest 13, Karst 8, Miller 5, Klenke 2

NORTON 77, HOISINGTON 51
NORTON — Norton roared to a 49-16 halftime lead and coasted past Hoisington’s boys in the Class 3A Beloit substate.
Steffan Doleheck scored 20 second-half points and led the Cardinals (8-13) with 21 points and Christopher Wright added 10 points and three assists. Cameron Davis had three steals.
Norton’s Deon Lyle scored 24 point and Jace Ruder added 16 points. The Bluejays placed four players in double figures. Norton (18-3) plays Beloit (18-3) in Friday’s semifinals.
Hoisington 7 9 23 12 — 51
Norton 27 22 18 10 — 77
Hoisington — Steffan Dolechek 9-17 3-4 21, Wright 4-13 2-3 10, Owen 2-7 3-5 7, Reif 2-8 1-2 5, Specht 1-3 0-0 2, Crawford 0-2 2-2 2, Davis 0-7 2-2 2, Grant Dolechek 1-2 0-0 2; Donovan 0-3 0-0 0; Broeder 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 19-63 13-18 51.
Norton — Lyle 7-10 7-8 24, 6-9 2-3 Ruder 16, 2-8 8-12 Henson 13, Porter 3-9 3-4 10, Unterseher 2-5 1-2 7, Cox 1-2 3-4 5, Sondegaard 0-1 1-2 1, McEwen 0-0 1-2 1; Kaarnopp 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 21-45 28-39 77.