CENTRAL PLAINS BOYS 64, ELLSWORTH 49
Oiler Alex Hickel scored 21 points and Devin Ryan added 18 points as defending champion Central Plains rolled past Ellsworth 64-49 in the Morris-Stephens Basketball Classic semifinals.
The Oilers led 30-20 at halftime. Jordan Base scored 16 points and Kaden Davis added 15 points.

EHS 11 9 10 17 – 47
CP 14 16 10 24 – 64
EHS—Base 5 3-4 14; Kaden Davis 6 2-5 15; Keener 1 0-1 2; Cravens 2 0-0 4; Kerby 1 0-1 2; Connally 2 2-6 5; Hower 2 0-2 5; Totals 19 5-19 47.
CP—Alex Hickel 6 7-11 21; Devin Ryan 4 6-8 18; Brett Liebl 6 2-7 14; Collin Schlochtermeier 1 4-8 6; Bryce Miller 1 1-4 3; Kyle Lewis 1 0-0 2; Totals 19 30-38 64

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 76, ELLSWORTH 30
Janae Ryan scored 19 points and Emily Ryan added 17 points as No. 1 ranked Class 2A Central Plains roared past Ellsworth 76-30 in Friday’s Morris Stephens Basketball Classic. The Oilers placed Cassidy Crites (11) and Kylee Kasselman (11) in double figures. Ellsworth’s Kolby Davis scored 12 points.

EHS 9 5 10 6 — 30
CP 15 21 15 15 — 76
EHS—Kolby Davis 5 1-2 12; Paige talbott 3 0-0 8; Emma Klein 0 1-2 1; Laykn Tenbrink 1 0-0 2; Amy Westerman 1 0-0 2; Jenanae Brungardt 2 2-2 2; Jaodee Talbott 0 3-5 3; Totals 10 7-11 30.
CP—Janae Ryan 6 3-3 19; Emily Ryan 7 3-3 17; Cassidy Crites 5 1-2 11; Kylee Kasselman 3 5-5 11; Rylee Cunningham 1 0-0 3; Julie Donecker 1 5-6 7; Keeley Hipp 1 0-0 2; Avery Hurley 3 0-0 6; Totals 27 17-19 76.

OTIS BISON 60, FLINTHILLS 31
LANGDON – Maitland Wiltse scored 19 points and Anton Foust (12) and Kade Urban (10) scored in double figures as Otis-Bison beat Rosalia-Flinthills 60-31 to reach the Fairfield Falcon Classic championship game.

OB 17 15 16 12 – 60
FHS 9 8 10 4 – 31
OB—Wiltse 7 5-7 19; Urban 4 1-2 10; Foust 6 0-2 12; Anderson 3 1-8 7; Higgason 2 0-1 4; Cheely 0 1-2 1; Hoopingarner 1 0-0 2; Loucks 1 0-0 2; Bahr 1 0-0 3; Totals 25 8-22 60.
FHS—Nelson 2 1-1 5; Ratcliff 2 3-5 5; Melagin 3 0-0 8; McCreight 0 0-2 0; Becker 6 0-0 13; Steinhauer 0 0-2 0; Totals 13 4-10 31.

OTIS-BISON 51, FLINTHILLS 47
LANGDON – The Otis-Bison girls outscored Flinthills 20-5 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 51-47 semifinal victory to qualify for the Fairfield Falcon Classic championship game.
Taylor Regan led the Cougars with 27 points and Caitlin Schilowsky added 11 points. Alyssa Howard led Flinthills with 16 points.

OB 4 19 14 20 — 51
FHS 17 10 15 5 — 47
OB—Taylor Regan 8 11-13 27; Schilowsky 5 0-0 11; Mitchell 2 1-1 6; Trapp 3 1-9 7; Totals 18 12-23 51.
FHS—Howard 3 7-10 16; Bisbee 2 0-0 4; Melagin 2 0-0 5; Brown 2 1-2 5; Hawith 3 1-1 7; Jackson 3 0-0 8; Taylor 1 0-0 2; Totals 16 9-13 47.

KEADY CLASSIC

ST. JOHN BOYS 65, MACKSVILLE 49
Chase Fisher muscled inside for 18 points and St. John converted 23 free throws to beat Central Prairie League rival Macksville 65-49 in the Keady Classic semifinals.
Cole Kinnamon and Jorge Calleros scored 13 apiece. Macksville’s Diego Delgadillo scored 17 points.

Macksville 8 14 10 17 — 49
SJ 15 21 15 15 — 65
MHS—Diego Delgadillo 6 2-2 17; Jacob Rein 4 1-2 9; Karson Waters 3 2-2 8; Brigdon Russell 2 2-2 7; Kaleb Lickiss 1 1-2 3; Jarrod Kuckelman 1 0-0 2; Bryce Casper 1 0-0 2; Kreed Parr 0 1-2 1; Totals 18 9-12 49.
SJ—Chase Fisher 6 6-9 18; Cole Kinnamon 4 5-6 13; Jorge Calleros 4 5-6 13; Alexis Valenzuela 2 4-8 8; Triston Long 4 0-0 8; Quincy Smith 1 0-2 2; Eddy Calleros 1 1-4 3; Braden Witt 0 0-1 0; Totals 22 21-36 65.
SPEARVILLE BOYS 50,
HOISINGTON 24
Kyler Stein scored 13 points and Kuke Heshamp added 12 points and Spearville’s rock-sold defense shut down Hoisington 50-24 in the Keady Classic semifinals. The Royal Lancers led 48-13 after three periods.
Tyler Specht led the Cardinals with 11 points.

HHS 5 6 2 11 — 24
SHS 13 16 19 2 — 50
HHS—Tyler Specht 4 1-7 11; Brenner Donovan 0 1-2 1; Xavier Robison 0 1-2 1; Cameron Davis 2 0-1 4; Alex Schremmer 1 2-2 4; Kyle Lang 1 0-0 3; Totals 8 5-14 24.
SHS—Luke Heskamp 5 0-1 12; Kyler Stein 6 0-0 13; Waylan Strecker 3 0-0 6; Nathan Heeke 1 1-2 3; Bailey Sites 1 0-0 3; Eli Kistler 1 0-2 2; Jordan Knight 1 0-2 2; Hessman 1 0-1 2; Kolby Stein 3 0-0 7; Totals 22 1-8 50.

KIOWA CO. GIRLS 33, ST. JOHN 32
Sierra Lingafelter’s free throw with 5.4 seconds left lifted the Mavericks past St. John’s girls in the Keady Classic semifinals. Janessa Zenger scored 14 points.
St. John’s Tara Nelson scored 16 points and Bailey Burns added 10 points. The Tigers outscored the Mavericks 24-11 for a 32-31 lead. Burns converted a 3-pointer for a 32-31 lead, but the Mavericks made three free throws.

SJ 4 5 10 14 — 32
KC 6 8 11 8 — 33
SJ—Tara Nelson 5 6-10 16; Bailey Burns 2 5-8 10; Alexa Rodarmel 1 0-2 2; Paige Doran 1 0-1 2; Kerisa Brown 1 0-0 2; Jackie Rios 0 0-1 0; Totals 10 11-22 32.
KC—Janessa Zenger 6 1-2 14; Sierra Lingafelter 3 1-2 9; Brecken VanderHoek 1 1-2 3; Alex McVey 1 0-1 2; Madalyn Owens 1 0-0 2; Alisyn Davis 1 0-1 2; Sierra West 0 1-4 1; Ashlin Osborle 0 0-2 0; Totals 13 4-14 33.

SPEARVILLE GIRLS 54, LARNED 40
LARNED – Spearville’s girls slapped a 1-2-2 trapping zone on the Larned Indians Friday that slowed Larned’s offense in a 54-40 Lancer semifinal victory in the Keady Basketball Classic.
The zone defense and the fast-breaking playmaking of guard Brook Offerle , spurred Spearville to a 36-14 halftime lead. The pressure defense forced 17 first-half turnovers and the Lancers converted them into easy baskets.
Larned had difficulty solving the zone defense while Spearville, behind Offerle, picked apart the man-to-man defense of the Indians. Spearville led 45-23 after three quarters.
Larned’ fourth-quarter full-court pressure resulted in 10 second-half turnovers as the Indians outscored Spearville 17-9.
Spearville made 13 of 19 trips free throws. Larned made 4 of 13 free throws and shot below 30 percent from the field. Larned totaled 24 turnovers in the rough and tumble battle.
Brook Offerle played an excellent floor game and scored 16 points. Addison Roane added 12 points. Larned’s Kansas Wesleyan signee, Haley Skelton scored 16 points. Kelsey Parr added nine and Ivory Muldrow five.
— Buddy Tabler

LHS 11 3 9 17 — 40
SHS 17 19 9 9 — 54
SHS—Brooke Offerle 4 6-7 16; Addisopn Roane 4 1-2 12; Brianna Miller 1 0-0 2; Audrey Brownlee 2 0-0 4; Sara Ricke 0 5-6 5; Ashton Miller 1 0-0 2; Elaina Hartman 3 0-2 6; Haley Gleason 3 1-2 7; Tota;s 18 13-19 54.
LHS—Haley Skelton 7 0-2 16; Kelsey Parr 3 1-2 9; Jillian Edgin 0 1-2 1; Ivoery Muldrow 2 1-4 5; Erin Smith 0 1-2 1; Katie Fisher 2 0-0 4; Baylea Perez 0 0-1 0; Alyssa Clark 1 0-0 2; Kristin Anderson 1 0-0 2; Totals 16 4-12 40.