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Area basketball roundup
St. John, Macksville sweep to wins
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ST. JOHN BOYS 58, ELLINWOOD 23
ST. JOHN — No. 3 state-ranked 1A Division 1 St. John roared past Ellinwood 58-23 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game.
St. John (7-2, 3-0 CPL) was led by Eddy Calleros with 14 points and Tanner Halling and Quincy Smith each scored 10 points. Chase Fisher and Mason Osborne each had five assists. Smith had three steals.
Ellinwood (1-6, 0-1 CPL) was paced by Brandon Carr with 11 points. Kodie McFarren grabbed seven rebounds.
Ellinwood 3 10 6 4 — 23
St. John 20 14 20 4 — 58
ELLINWOOD—Carr 3-8 4-4 11, Hammeke 2-10 2-5 6, Monday 2-5 0-0 4, Hossman 0-0 2-2 2, Baker 0-2 0-0 0, Garman 0-1 0-0 0, Wondra 0-4 0-0 0, McFarren 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 7-32 8-11 23.
ST. JOHN—Eddy Calleros 5-10 2-2 14, Tanner Halling 5-5 0-0 10, Smith 4-9 0-2 10, Fisher 4-7 0-0 9, Osborne 3-5 0-4 6, Witt 1-1 1-1 3, Fernandez 0-1 2-2 2, Collin Halling 0-1 0-0 0, Ibarra 0-2 0-0 0, Uriel Calleros 0-2 0-0 0, McVey 0-3 0-0 0, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 23-50 5-11 58.
3-point—E 1-3 (Carr 1-2, Wondra 0-1); SJ 7-25 (Osborne 2-3, Calleros 2-7, Smith 2-7, Fisher 1-2, Fernandez 0-1, C. Halling 0-1, Ibarra 0-1, Miller 0-1, McVey 0-2)

ST. JOHN GIRLS 52, ELLINWOOD 24
ST. JOHN — St. John’s Tara Nelson and Torre Fisher each scored 16 points as the Tigers (6-3, 3-0 CPL) rolled past Ellinwood 52-24 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game.
St. John’s defense had 22 steals. Tiger Erin Crissman had six steals and three assists. Nelson had six steals and Fisher had five steals.
Madison Ward scored 18 points, converted 10 free throws and grabbed 11 rebounds for Ellinwood (0-7, 0-1). Anahi Mendez added five points. The Eagles committed 37 turnovers.
Ellinwood 6 9 1 8 — 24
St. John 13 15 17 7 — 52
ELLINWOOD—Ward 4-10 10-10 18, Mendez 0-4 5-8 5, Panning 0-3 1-2 1, Klepper 0-4 0-0 0, Petz 0-2 0-0 0, Henderson 0-3 0-0 0, Maestas 0-1 0-0 0, Harrington 0-1 0-1 0, Totals 4-28 16-21 24.
ST. JOHN—Nelson 6-17 3-6 16, Fisher 4-6 7-14 16, Doran 2-8 3-7 7, Meyer 4-6 0-0 9, Rios 0-3 2-5 2, Crissman 1-5 0-0 2, Ramirez 0-1 0-0 0, Reyes 0-0 0-1 0, Fernandez 0-1 0-0 0, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 17-47 15-33 52.

MACKSVILLE BOYS 68, LACROSSE 40
MACKSVILLE — Macksville’s boys placed five players in double figures to roll past LaCrosse 68-40 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game.
Macksville (6-2, 1-2 CPL) placed Karson Waters (15), Kaleb Lickiss (13), Jacob Rein (12), Trevor Freeman (11) and Kody Mead (10) in double figures. Waters and Rein each dished out six assists as the Mustangs featured 21 assists on 27 baskets. Kreed Parr, Waters and Rein each had three assists.
LaCrosse 12 8 13 7 — 40
Macksville 19 12 26 11 — 68
MACKSVILLE—Waters 7-9 0-0 15, Lickiss 6-15 1-3 13, Rein 3-10 5-5 12, Freeman 4-6 0-0 11, Mead 5-8 0-0 10, Parr 2-7 2-2 7, Totals 27-55 8-10 68.
3-pointers—M 6-15 (Freeman 3-5, Waters 1-1, Parr 1-3, Rein 1-5, Lickiss 0-1).

MACKSVILLE GIRLS 64, LACROSSE 63

MACKSVILLE — Macksville’s BrayLynn Anchutz converted the game-winning free throw as the Mustangs edged LaCrosse 64-63 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game. LaCrosse missed the final shot in regulation.
Macksville’s amazing Jenna Russell scored 20 points and made 6 of 8 3-pointers. The Mustangs outscored LaCrosse 16-8 in the fourth period.
The Mustangs (4-4, 2-1 CPL) converted 12 of 20 3-pointers for 60 percent and 6 of 40 on 2-pointers for 19 percent.

Macksville's Lyset Ibarra scored 19 points and passed out six assists with four steals. Lexi Wright scored 17 points. Russell had four steals and Cindy Ibarra three steals.
LaCrosse 16 23 16 8 — 63
Macksville 14 18 16 16 — 64
MACKSVILLE—Jenna Russell 7-9 0-0 20, Lyset Ibarra 4-20 8-10 19, Lexi Wright 6-15 2-2 17, Anchutz 1-7 6-8 5, Ortiz 0-1 0-0 0, Garcia 0-5 0-0 0, Galan 0-1 0-0 0, Cindy Ibarra 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 18-60 16-20 64.
3-pointers—M 12-20 (Russell 6-8, Wright 3-4, L. Ibarra 3-7, Garcia 0-1).

HILLSBORO GIRLS 36, HOISINGTON 24
HILLSBORO — Hillsboro’s girls outscored Hoisington 15-4 in the third quarter to edge past the Cardinals 36-24 in Tuesday’s Central Kansas League basketball game.
Jocelynn Pedigo scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Hoisington (3-5, 1-2 CKL). Hillsboro (6-3, 2-1) was paced by Teegan Werth with 10 points and Abby Sechrist with 14 rebounds. The Trojans outscored the Cardinals 12-0 from 3-point range.
Hoisington 12 5 4 3 — 24
Hillsboro 9 7 15 5 — 36
HOISINGTON—Pedigo 4-16 8-13 16, Schmidt 2-7 0-0 4, Dalton 2-6 0-0 4, Suarez 0-11 0-0 0, Reif 0-6 0-0 0, Wolf 0-2 0-0 0, Ingram 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 8-50 8-13 24.
HILLSBORO—Werth 4-10 0-0 10, Kaufman 4-11 0-2 9, Malm 3-9 0-0 6, Sechrist 2-6 1-2 5, Kleiner 1-2 1-2 4, Franz 1-3 0-0 2, Weisbeck 0-2 0-0 0, Bell 0-1 0-0 0, Saunders 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 15-45 4-7 36.
3-pointers—Hoisington 0-9 (Wolf 0-1, Reif 0-3, Suarez 0-8); Hillsboro 4-7 ( Werth 2-4, Kaufman 1-1, Kleiner 1-1, Franz 0-1).

HILLSBORO BOYS 81, HOISINGTON 55
HILLSBORO — Elias Werth scored 31 points and No. 7 state-ranked 2A Hillsboro raced past Hoisington 81-55 in Tuesday’s Central Kansas League basketball game.
Hillsboro (8-1, 3-0) converted 31 of 52 field goals.
Hoisington (2-6, 1-2 CKL) placed Drew Nicholson (12), Mason Haxton (12) in double figures.
Hoisington 15 11 14 15 – 55
Hillsboro 26 12 22 21 – 81
HOISINGTON—Nicholson 6-12 0-1 12, Brewer 0-3 0-0 0, Robinson 3-6 2-2 8, Haxton 5-12 2-4 12, Woydziak 1-2 0-0 2, Prosser 2-5 3-4 8, Boxberger 0-1 0-0 0, Donovan 2-6 1-2 7, Hanzlick 1-3 0-2 2, Potter 0-1 0-0 0, Barrett 1-1 2-2 4, Totals 21-52 10-17 55.
HILLSBORO—Werth 13-15 2-2 31, Rathbone 1-2 0-0 2, Caleb Rempel 1-3 0-1 2, Gardner 1-1 1-2 3, Potucek 5-13 2-4 14, Hein 1-1 0-0 2, Ratzlaff 3-7 3-4 10, Knoll 1-1 0-0 2, Shawn 5-9 2-2 13, Totals 31-52 10-15 81.

KIOWA CO. 70, PAWNEE HTS. 59
GREENSBURG – Taylor Odle scored 21 points and Cale Thompson scored 18 to spark Kiowa County past state-ranked Pawnee Heights 70-59 in Tuesday’s Southern Plains Iroquois League basketball game.
Pawnee Heights (7-2, 2-2 SPIAA) was paced by Caleb Karst with a season high 19 points and Gabe Oddo with 16 points.
PH 14 15 15 15 — 59
KC 21 16 9 24 — 70
PH—Karst 8 3-5 19, Oddo 7 0-0 16, McCoy 4 0-0 10, Scott 3 2-6 8, Hamby 2 0-1 4, Peterson 1 0-0 2; Totals 25 5-12 59.
KC—Odle 9 3-8 21, Thompson 18, Erickson 4 1-4 9, Detweiler 3 2-3 8, Rhodes 2 0-0 4, Vandehoek 2 0-1 4, Boyles 0 2-2 2, Tedder 1 0-3 2, Owens 1 0-0 2; Totals 27 12-25 70.

KIOWA CO. GIRLS 42, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 25
GREENSBURG — Brecken VandenHoek scored 14 points to spark Kiowa County’s girls past Pawnee Heights 42-25 in Tuesday’s Southern Plains-Iroquois league basketball game.
Kiowa County (8-1, 4-1 SPIAA) led 24-9 at halftime. The Tigers (6-3, 2-2 SPIAA) were paced by Madison Polson with nine points and Katie Amspacker with eight points.
PH 5 6 4 10 — 25
KC 15 9 16 2 — 42
PH—Madison Polson 4 0-0 9, Amspacker 4 0-0 8, Miller 2 0-0 4, Jaden Carlson 1 0-0 2, Hands 1 0-0 2; Totals 12 0-0 25.
KC—VanderHoek 6 2-5 14, Lingafelter 3 2-4 9, McVey 3 0-0 6, Cecil 1 3-4 5, Rhodes 1 0-0 2, Davis 2 0-0 4, Oberle 0 2-4 2; Totals 16 9-17 42.