ST. JOHN 86,
MACKSVILLE 27
ST. JOHN — St. John’s all-stater Dean Wade scored 26 points with six assists and four steals in an 86-27 victory over Macksville in a Central  Prairie league basketball game. Cole Kinnamon scored 16 points with four assists.
The Tigers (19-0, 7-0 CPL) clinched the Central Prairie League title. The Tigers led 32-8 after one period and 54-10 at halftime.
Macksville         8    2   11  8  — 27
St. John            32  22  16 16 — 86
Macksville—Miller 14, Delgadillo 5, Miranda 2, Parr 5, Kuckelman 1.
St. John—Dean Wade 26; Kinnamon 16; Gera Calleros 9; Valenzuela 6; Milton  1; Jorge Calleros 5; Ramirez 4; Smith 1; Witt 3; Ibarra 2; Fisher 5;  Crockett 8.

HAVEN 64, LARNED 49
LARNED — Haven outscored Larned 37-26 in the second half for a 64-49 Central Kansas League basketball victory. Haven’s Tim Hendrixson scored 21 points and Michael Eash (11) and Jamal Rogers (10) scored in double figures.
Tanner Galliart scored 13 first-half points and finished with 15 points. Jordan Zimmerman added 11 points.
Larned (13-6, 6-4 CKL) is tied for third place in the Central Kansas League with Haven (11-8, 6-4).
Haven             17  10   19  18 — 64
Larned            13  10    9   17 — 49
Haven — Tim Hendrixson 21, Eash 11, Rogers 10, Miller 6, Pierce 5, Ezell 5, Borntrager 3, J. Hendrixson 3
Larned — Galliart 15, Zimmerman 11, O’Neill 8, Perez 4, Kramer 3, Skelton 3, Stelter 2,  Meyer 2, Delgado 1

DODGE CITY 43,
GREAT BEND 23
Dodge City’s boys held Great Bend to a season low 23 points with aggressive defense that shut down the Panthers’ 3-point offense Friday.
Noah Williams scored 14 points to pace Dodge City (10-8, 4-2 WAC). Kody Crosby continued to lead the Panthers with 11 points. Great Bend dropped to 2-16 and 0-6 in WAC action. The Panthers were tied 10-10 after one period.
Dodge City busted the game open with a 14-4 run in the third quarter.

HOISINGTON 51,
HALSTEAD 45
HOISINGTON — Hoisington’s boys rallied from a 12-point deficit to upset Halstead 51-45 in a Central Kansas League basketball game. The Cardinals outscored the Dragons 15-9 in the fourth quarter.
Steffan Dolechek led the Cardinals (8-11, 3-7 CKL) with 15 points and Brad Reif added 13 points. Halstead (5-14, 3-7 CKL) was paced by Trevor Thomas with 19 points.

Halstead      19    10     7    9  — 45
Hoisington   13    13    10  15 — 51

CENTRAL PLAINS 65, NESS CITY 20
NESS CITY — No. 3 ranked Class 2A Central Plains roared past Kinsley 65-20 in a Central Prairie League basketball game. The Oilers led 27-2 after one quarter.
Central Plains (15-3, 6-1 CPL) placed Layne Bieberle (14), Michael Ryan (13) and Crites (12) in double figures. Bieberle scored eight points in the first quarter. Kinsley (5-14, 0-7 CPL) was led by Zach Crockett with eight points.

Kinsley               2   12   2   6 — 20
Central Plains    27  11  20  7 — 65
Kinsley — Crockett 8, Rose 6, Frame 2, Boggs 2, Villa 2.
Central Plains — Bieberle 14, Michael Ryan 13, Crites 12, Warnken 5, Rugan 5, Lamatsch 6, Barton 4, Miller 2, Ingham 4

GIRLS
DODGE CITY 50,
GREAT BEND 43
Dodge City’s girls captured the Western Athletic Conference basketball title with a hard-fought 50-43 victory over Great Bend, the defending champion.
Dodge City (12-6, 6-0 WAC) steadily pulled away from the pesky Panthers with offensive second-chance points and converting turnovers into points. Jessie Harshbarger led the Red Demons with 15 points and Brianna Bradshaw added 11 points. The Red Demons sealed the victory with free throws.
Great Bend (8-10, 3-3 WAC)  continued to receive solid play from Lauren Welsch with 16 points and freshman Carley Brack added eight points. Welsch’s basket got the Panthers within 32-31, but they could never regain the lead in the second half.

Dodge City       15   7  14  14 — 50
Great Bend       13   7  13  10 — 43
Dodge City — Harshbarger 15, Brianna Bradshaw 11, Tia Bradshaw 5, Nichols 9, Nelson 5, Price 1.
Great Bend — Welsch 16, Brack 8, Unruh 3, Mauler 5, Kottas 2, Dreiling 5, Warren 2

HAVEN 59, LARNED 30
LARNED — Haven outscored Larned 37-13 in the second half to pull away for a 59-40 Central Kansas League basketball victory,
Haven (11-8, 5-5 CKL) was led by Emmiley Hendrixson with 17 points and Samantha Stallbaumer added 12 points.
Larned (3-16, 1-9 CKL) was paced by Ally Adlrich with nine points and seven free throws and Haley Skelton added eight points.

Haven           10  12    20  17 — 59
Larned           6   11     4    9  — 30
Haven — Hendrixson 17, Stallbaumer 12, Wagler 9, Wells 8, Stucky 5, Oller 4, Mattingly 2, Ummel 2
Larned — Aldrich 9, Skelton 8, Parr 6, Shepherd 2, Bryant 2, Smith 2, Finger 1

HALSTEAD 41,
HOISINGTON 40
HOISINGTON — Halstead’s Daphne Williams banked in a 35-footer at the final buzzer to lift the Dragons to a stunning 41-40 Central Kansas League basketball victory over Hoisington.
The Cardinals led 40-39 when Karisa Schemmer made two foul shots with six seconds left. Halstead’s Maddie Warner tied the score at 38 with a basket with two minutes left. Williams passed halfcourt and sank the game-winner as time expired. Halstead (6-13, 3-7 CKL) trailed 37-30 before outscoring the Cardinals 14-3
Emma Harmon led the Cardinals (6-13, 3-7 CKL) with 17 points and Karisa Schremmer added 10 points. The Cardinals made 5 of 12 free throws the second half. The Cardinals led 19-6 when Halstead sliced the lead to 19-14 at halftime.

Halstead          4   10   14  13 — 41
Hoisington       7   12    9   12 — 40
Halstead — Anderson 3 2-4 10, Warner 3 3-6 9, Daphne Williams 1 0-0 3, Newman 1 5-11 6, Mallory Williams  0 4-6 4, Mueller 1 1-2 3, Matlack 1 0-0 2; Totals 11 15-29 41.
Hoisington — Harmon 4 6-8 17, Karisa Schremmer 3 4-5 10, Demel 2 2-4 6, Smith 1 1-2 3, Pedigo 0 2-4 2, Jonas 0 2-2 2; Stout 0 0-2 0; Totals 10 17-27 40.

ATTICA 57,
STAFFORD 15
ATTICA — Brooke Ricke scored 18 points and Valentina Ramirez added 15 points to lead Attica’s girls past Stafford 57-15 in a Heart of the Plains League game.
Sara Bordier led Stafford with seven points and Allison Lowther added six points.

Stafford              5    4   2   4  — 15
Attica                17  14  14 12 — 57
Stafford—Sallebeder 2, Lowther 6, Bordier 7.
Attica—Ricke 18, Ramirez 15, Newberry 8, Pinkston 7, Casper 2, Bohrer 6.

CENTRAL PLAINS 73, KINSLEY 35
NESS CITY — The No. 1 ranked Central Plains girls stayed unbeaten with a 73-35 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Kinsley. The Oilers led 29-5 after one quarter and 48-13 at halftime.
Taylor Rolfs led the Oilers (19-0, 7-0 CPL) with 16 points. Others in double figures were Janae Ryan (13), Cassidy Crites (12) and Breanna Schasrtz (11).
Alex Herrman led Kinsley (10-9, 3-5 CPL) with 19 points.

Kinsley               5   8   12  10 — 35
Central Plains   29  19  16   9  — 73
Kinsley — Herrman 19, Espinosa 10, Frame 4, Charise. Holguin 2.
Central Plains — Rolfs 16, Janae Ryan 13, Crites 12, Schartz 11, Steiner 5, Phelan 5, Maxwell 2, Hipp 3, Kasselman 6.

CENTRAL PLAINS 58, NESS CITY 30
Central Plains  11  12  18  17 — 58
Ness City          2   13   5   10 — 30
Central Plains — Phelan 6-15 4-9 17, Rolfs 6-12 4-6 16, Crites 4-7 1-2 9, Ryan 2-10 1-3 6, Schartz 0-1 3-4 3, Maxwell 1-5 0-0 2, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Kasselman 1-2 1-2 3, Stueder 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 21-54 14-26 58.

ELLINWOOD 73,
OTIS-BISON 45
OTIS — Ellinwood’s girls raced past Otis-Bison 73-35.  Ellinwood (18-1, 6-1 CPL) was paced by Delaney Beckwith with 21 points and 10 rebounds and Rachel Doll with 18 points.
Taylor Regan led Otis-Bison with 22 points.

Otis-Bison        13  10   8   14 — 45
Ellinwood         14  26  23  11 — 73
Otis-Bison—Taylor Regan 22; Keller 7; Wesseloh 6; Tammen 6, Vondracek  4.
Ellinwood—Rachel Doll 18; Beckwith 21; Wilt 7; Panning 11; White 9, Beck 3, Kynlee Doll 2, Standlee 2.