Macksville 70,
Central Plains 55
ST. JOHN — The Macksville High School boys’ basketball team had three players score in double digits to lead it over Central Plains at the St. John Lions Club Mid-Winter Classic on Thursday.
Jorge Baray, Adolfo Ibarra and Adam Oak each finished with 12 points. Tanner Tranbarger added nine points.
The Oilers were led by Layne Bieberle and Bryce Steiner, who each scored 14 points.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

At St. John

BOYS

Thursday

Macksville 70, Central Plains 55
MACKSVILLE (8-1)
     Tanner Tranbarger 3 2-2 9, Jorge Baray 4 1-2 12, Adolfo Ibarra 4 4-7 12, Colten Ary 3 2-2 8, Seth Filbert 1 4-4 6, Adam Oak 4 3-4 12, Taylor Tranbarger 1 0-0 3, Jordan Welch 1 0-0 2, Andrew Scheck 2 0-0 4 Simon Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 16-21 70.
CENTRAL PLAINS (3-7)
     Layne Bieberle 6 0-0 14, Benn Kirmer 1 0-1 3, Bryce Steiner 5 2-2 14, Patrick Hubbard 2 0-0 4, Tim Stueder 2 1-2 5, Joe Barton  5 0-0 10, Bryce Straub 1 0-0 3. Totals 23 3-5 55.
Macksville        14  22  17  17  —  70
Central Plains   13   9  12  21  —  55
     Three-point goals — Macksville 6 (Baray 3, Oak, Tan. Tranbarger, Tay. Tranbarger); Central Plains 6 (Bieberle 2, Steiner 2, Kirmer, Straub).

St. John 69, Larned 46
ST. JOHN — Zuriel Reyes dropped in four 3-pointers and freshman Dean Wade scored a game-high 15 points to lead St. John past Larned.
Reyes finished with 14 points. Esai Macias added 12 points.
Jahman Hill led Larned with 13 points. Cameron Brown finished with 11.

At St. John

BOYS

Thursday

St. John 69, Larned 46
LARNED (2-10)
     Jahman Hill 4 3-5 13, Grant Unruh 1 2-2 4, Cameron Brown 5 1-2 11, Jeret Johnson 1 0-0 2, Easton Palmer 3 1-2 8, Jamil Shoemaker 1 0-1 2, Nolan Allison 3 0-0 6. Totals 15 7-12 46.
ST. JOHN (7-4)
     Kade Kinnamon 1 2-2 5, Kinser Crissman 4 1-2 10, Omar Ramirez 2 0-0 4, Spencer Nusser 3 0-1 7, Esai Macias 5 2-4 12, Dean Wade 5 5-6 14, Zuriel Reyes 6 0-0 14. Totals 24 10-15 69. 
Larned             7   8  10  21  —  46
St. John         12  12  22  23  —  69
     Three-point goals — St. John 7 (Reyes 4, Kinnamon, Crissman, Nusser); Larned 3 (Hill 2, Palmer).

Otis-Bison 53, Russell 42
HOISINGTON — Trevor Keller put in a trio of 3-pointers to finish with 15 points as the Otis-Bison Cougars beat Russell at the Hoisington Winter Jam.
Brandon Pechanec added 14 points for Otis-Bison, which is ranked No. 5 in Class 1A Division-II in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll.
Russell was led by Jordan Hecker, who finished with 11 points.

                                                                   — Kevin Price