ST. JOHN BOYS 69, NORWICH 26 — Quincy Smith and Chase Fisher each scored 14 points as No. 4 ranked 1A St. John tuned up for a titantic showdown at No. 1 Central Plains with a 69-26 non-league basketball victory. St. John (10-3, 3-0) and Central Plains (13-0, 3-0) are tied for first in the Central Prairie League.
Braden Witt grabbed 10 rebounds. Smith and Mason Osborne each had four assists. Smith and Chase Fisher each had four steals.
St. John 17 22 23 7 — 69
Norwich 2 6 7 11— 26
ST. JOHN (10-3)—Smith 6-9 2-3 14, Chase Fisher 6-12 1-5 14, Tanner Halling 4-7 2-2 10, Witt 3-4 2-2 8, Eddy Calleros 3-8 1-2 7, Osborne 2-5 0-0 6, Collin Halling 1-1 2-4 5, McVey 1-4 0-0 2, Ibarra 1-1 0-0 2, Trey Fisher 0-3 1-2 1, Uriel Calleros 0-1 0-0 0, Guo 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 27-57 11-20 69.

MACKSVILLE BOYS 67, LACROSSE 47 — Macksville’s Kody Mead scored 19 points to lead four players in double figures as the Mustangs roared past LaCrosse 67-47 in Tuesday’s Central Prairie League basketball game.
Macksville (10-4, 3-2 CPL) also placed Kaleb Lickiss (18), Kreed Parr (10) and Karson Waters (10) in double figures. Lickiss grabbed eight rebounds. Trevor Freeman dished out seven assists and Parr and Waters had five assists. Mead had four steals.
Macksville 10 22 18 17 — 67
LaCrosse 6 18 15 8 — 47
MACKSVILLE (10-4)—Mead 8-15 3-3 19, Lickiss 7-12 4-4 18, Parr 3-8 2-2 10, Waters 4-8 2-3 10, Freeman 3-7 0-0 8, Ibarra 1-3 0-2 2, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 26-54 11-14 67.

LACROSSE GIRLS 36, MACKSVILLE 34 — Macksville’s BrayLynn Anchutz and Lyset Ibarra each scored eight points in a hard-fought 36-34 Central Prairie League basketball loss to LaCrosse. Cindy Ibarra grabbed 10 rebounds. Jenna Russell had four steals and Denise Galan had three assists.
Macksville 13 5 14 2 — 34
LaCrosse 9 10 13 4 — 36
MACKSVILLE (7-7)—Anshutz 4-9 0-1 8, Lyset Ibarra 3-12 0-1 8, Wright 2-10 0-0 5, Ortiz 1-2 0-1 2, Russell 2-9 0-0 4, Galan 1-1 0-2 2, Cindy Ibarra 2-9 1-2 5, Totals 15-52 1-7 34.
SMOKY VALLEY BOYS 58, HOISINGTON 48 — Hoisington’s Drew Nicholson scored 20 points in the Cardinals’ hard-fought Central Kansas League loss to Smoky Valley. Nickerson visits Hoisington (5-9, 1-3 CKL) Friday. Isaac Prosser grabbed nine rebounds and Mason Haxton had three steals.
Hoisington sliced a 12-point lead to lead, but the Vikings; 9-0 scoring run in the fourth quarter sealed the victory.
SV 5 13 15 15 — 58
HHS 11 15 12 10 — 48
SMOKY VALLEY (9-6)—Reinert 6-10 4-4 18, Weldy 6-10 2-2 14, Heitschmidt 3-6 0-0 9, Brumbaugh 2-2 0-0 5, Schrag 2-2 0-0 4, Adams 2-5 0-1 4, Windholz 1-2 0-0 2, Heble 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 23-41 6-7 58.
HOISINGTON (5-9)—Nicholson 6-12 3-4 20, Robinson 1-5 0-0 2, Haxton 2-11 3-4 7, Prosser 3-4 1-2 8, Barrett 2-2 0-0 4, Donovan 3-6 0-0 7, Totals 17-40 7-10 48.

VICTORIA GIRLS 43, ELLINWOOD 34 — Ellinwood’s Madison Ward worked for 15 points and 14 rebounds in a 43-34 Central Prairie League basketball loss to Victoria. The Knights outscored the Eagles 20-18 in the second quarter.
Ellinwood 5 18 5 6 — 34
Victoria 9 20 5 9 — 43
ELLINWOOD (0-13)—Ward 7-9 1-2 15, Petz 5-9 0-0 10, Klepper 3-11 0-0 7, Panning 0-3 0-0 0, Harrington 0-4 0-0 0, Henderson 1-5 0-0 2, Maestas 0-0 0-2 0, Totals 16-41 1-4 34.

VICTORIA BOYS 49, ELLINWOOD 33 — Ellinwood’s Davie Hammeke scored 14 points, but the Eagles lost 49-33 to Victoria in a Central Prairie League basketball showdown. Ellinwood (1-12, 0-4 CPL) converted 1 of 9 free throws.
Ellinwood 9 10 4 10 — 33
Victoria 21 13 11 4 — 49
ELLINWOOD (1-12)—Hammeke 7-13 0-0 14, Monday 4-10 0-0 9, Carr 3-5 1-2 8, Niles 1-2 0-0 2, Knop 0-2 0-2 0, Wondra 0-7 0-5 0, Totals 15-39 1-9 33.

SPEARVILLE GIRLS 41, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 34 — Madison Polson scored 10 points and Jaden Carlson and Regan Carlson each added eight points in Pawnee Heights’ 41-34 loss to Spearville. Spearville’s Alissa Heskamp scored 23 points.
Spearville 11 14 8 8 — 41
P. Heights 13 10 8 3 — 34
SPEARVILLE (10-4)—Heskamp 23, Brownlee 3, Ricke 5, Kolbeck 2, Foos 4, Gleason 4
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (8-7)—Polson 10, Regan Carlson 8, Jaden Carlson 8, Amspacker 5, Lupfer 3

SPEARVILLE BOYS 61, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 48 —  High-scoring Kade Scott 21 points in Pawnee Heights’ 61-48 SPIAA loss to Spearville. Spearville’s Carson Rich scored 22 points. Kale McCoy (11) and Caleb Karst (10) scored in double figures.
Spearville 15 17 18 11 — 61
P. Heights 14 13 12 9 — 48
SPEARVILLE (10-5)—Rich 22, Kolby Stein 18, Strecker 14, Sites 4, Stephenson 2,
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (8-6)—Kade Scott 21, McCoy 11, Karst 10, Stonebarger 4, Peterson 2.

LARNED BOYS 46, NICKERSON 42
Nickerson 7 11 6 18 — 42
Larned 12 12 10 14 — 46
NICKERSON (3-10)—Hunter Jones 5 4-4 15, Powell 3 1-1 8, Peterson 3 1-2 7, Frederick 1 2-2 5, Gorges 2 1-2 5, Tate-Broomfield 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 9-11 42.
LARNED (6-8)—Perez 5 3-4 15, Harmon 3 6-8 12, Sanger 1 2-2 5, Skelton 2 1-4 6, Phillips 3 0-0 6, Smith 1 0-2 2, Totals 15 12-20 46.