OTIS-BISON GIRLS 50, ELLINWOOD 20 — Top-seed Otis-Bison outscored Ellinwood 41-1 in the second and third quarters to roll past the Eagles 50-20 in Tuesday’s Cardinal Jam Tournament.
Maddie Wiltse dominated inside with 27 points and Sheridan Ewy added 12 points for the Cougars (8-2).
“Maddie Wiltse and Cora Anderson made some inside shots and that opened the outside shots,” said Otis-Bison coach Robert Trapp. “Sheridan Ewy has done a good job knocking down outside shots.”
Ellinwood’s girls stunned the Cougars by leading 8-2. Ellinwood (0-10) was paced by Kaitlyn Panning with eight points.
Ellinwood 10 0 1 9 — 20
Otis-Bison 5 21 20 4 — 50
ELLINWOOD—Panning 4 0-0 8, Klepper 2 0-0 5, Ward 2 1-3 5, Henderson 1 0-0 2, Totals 9 1-3 20.
OTIS-BISON—Wiltse 10 5-6 25, Ewy 4 0-0 12, Anderson 3 1-3 7, Trapp 1 0-0 2, Schneider 1 0-0 2, Vondracek 1 0-0 2, Totals 20 6-9 50.
OTIS-BISON BOYS 53, ELLINWOOD 42 — Pesky Ellinwood provided a test for top-seeded Otis-Bison in a hard-fought 47-41 opening victory in the Cardinal Jam Tournament. The Cougars led 20-6 and 41-27 before Ellinwood rallied.
Clade Anderson led the Cougars with 23 points and Maitland Wiltse added 15 points.
Otis-Bison (8-3) advances to Friday’s semifinals. The Eagles (1-8) drew within 41-37 when Nathany Monday and Brandon Carr hit 3-pointers and Monday and David Hammeke followed with baskets for a 41-37 deficit. Anderson scored off a Foust assist for a 46-39 lead.
Ellinwood 6 13 6 17 — 42
Otis-Bison 13 14 9 17 — 53
ELLINWOOD—Carr 5 3-7 17, Monday 5 0-0 14, Hammeke 4 0-0 8, Garman 1 0-2 3, Wondra 0 0-2 0, Totals 15 3-11 42.
OTIS-BISON—Anderson 9 5-7 23, Wiltse 5 4-10 15, Foust 3 3-4 9, Bahr 2 0-0 6, Totals 19 12-21 53.
LACROSSE GIRLS 32, HOISINGTON 27 — LaCrosse’s MaKenzie Braun converted a trio of 3-pointers and scored 21 points in a 32-27 victory over Hoisington in the Cardinal Winter Jam. LaCrosse outscored the Cardinals 12-7 in the decisive second period. Emma Rues hit a 3-pointer for a 28-24 lead.
Hoisington (3-6) was paced by Jocelynn Pedigo with 15 points. The Cardinals made 10 fee throws.
LaCrosse 6 12 6 8 — 32
Hoisington 6 7 8 6 — 27
LACROSSE—Braun 8 2-6 21, Emma Rues 1 0-3 3, Oborby 0 0-1 0, Kate Rues 1 1-2 1, Kershner 3 1-3 7, Totals 13 4-12 32.
HOISINGTON—Pedigo 4 7-9 15, Dalton 1 1-2 3, Schmidt 1 1-2 3, Wolf 1 0-0 3, Suarez 1 0-0 2, Reif 0 1-2 1, Totals 8 10-15 27.
HOISINGTON BOYS 54, RUSSELL 46 — Hoisington’s Drew Nicholson scored 23 points to spark the Cardinals past Russell 54-46 in the Cardinal Winter Jam Tournament. The Cardinals led 35-19 before Russell rallied. The Cardinals converted 13 free throws in the fourth quarter.
Nicholson drilled a trio of first-quarter 3-pointers for 15 first-half points. Kyle Haxton scored 16 points. The Cardinals (3-7) play Otis-Bison in Friday’s semifinals. Russell’s Tyler Whipple scored 26 points.
Russell 8 9 6 23 — 46
Hoisington 15 8 12 19 — 54
RUSSELL—Whipple 7 9-9 26, Pruce 4 0-0 10, Law 1 6-7 8, Kraus 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 15-16 46.
HOISINGTON—Nicholson 7 6-6 23, Haxton 6 4-7 16, Robinson 2 0-0 4, Prosser 1 2-4 4, Donovan 1 2-3 4, Woydziak 1 1-2 3, Totals 18 15-22 54,
RUSSELL GIRLS 51, PRATT 26 — Russell’s Tiffany Dortland scored 19 points and Jaclyn Schulte scored 18 as the defending champions rolled past Pratt 51-26 in the Cardinal Winter Jam Tournament. Russell led 9-1 after one quarter and outscored Pratt 21-7 in the second quarter for a 30-8 lead.
Pratt 1 7 9 9 — 26
Russell 9 21 12 9 — 51
PRATT—McGowan 2 1-3 6, Staats 2 0-0 6, Maydew 2 0-0 4, Wilson 1 0-0 3, Hoover 1 1-4 3, Rasmussen 1 0-0 2, Totals 10 2-7 26.
RUSSELL—Dortland 7 1-2 19, Schukte 7 4-8 18, Leiker 3 4-6 8, Peeler 1 0-0 2, Schulte 0 1-2 1, Totals 18 10-18 51.
PRATT BOYS 51, LACROSSE 47 — Pratt’s Travis Theis scored 18 points to spark the Greenbacks past LaCrosse 51-47 in the Cardinal Winter Jam Tournament, Pratt converted eight 3-pointers to outscore the Leopards 24-6 from long range.
Brett Herrman scored 19 points for LaCrosse, which converted nine of 20 free throws.
Pratt 13 14 13 11 — 51
LaCrosse 12 14 6 15 — 47
PRATT—Theis 7 1-2 18, Evert 4 0-0 11, Bolen 2 2-2 8, Bates 2 3-3 7, Studer 1 1-2 3, Shanline 1 0-0 2, Kolm 1 0-2 2, Totals 18 7-11 51.
LACROSSE—Brett Herrman 8 2-5 19, Morgan 6 0-2 13, Trower 2 6-9 10, Day 1 1-4 3, Holopirek 1 0-0 2, Totals 18 9-20 47.
ST. JOHN BOYS 56, LARNED 34 — St. John’s Tanner Halling scored 15 points and Chase Fisher added 13 points as the Tigers overpowered Larned 56-34 in the St. John Midwinter Classic.
The Tigers (8-2) outscored Larned 21-10 in the fourth quarter. Eddy Calleros added 10 points. The Tigers play Macksville in Friday’s semifinals.
Larned (4-6) was led by Brock Skelton and Damontay Phillips with nine points apiece.Larned 11 5 5 5 — 34
SJ 14 10 10 21 — 56
LARNED—Phillips 9, Skelton 9, Castro 8, Harmon 6, Perez 2
ST. JOHN—Tanner Halling 15, Fisher 13, Calleros 10, Osborne 7, Smith 5, Guo 3, Witt 2, McVey 1.
MACKSVILLE BOYS 51, NESS CITY 43 — Macksville’s Karson Waters scored 14 points as the Mustangs edged Ness City 51-43 in Tuesday’s St. John Midwinter Classic.
Kreed Parr had six assists. Waters had four steals and Kody Mead grabbed 10 rebounds. Macksville (8-2) plays St. John in Friday’s 8:15 p.m. semifinals.
Ness City (8-3) was led by Landon Reinhardt with 12 points. The Mustangs’ defense held John Pfannenstiel to 3 of 19 field goal shooting/
Macksville 6 13 14 18 — 51
Ness City 6 9 10 18 — 43
MACKSVILLE—Waters 6-14 2-3 14, Rein 3-5 3-5 10, Parr 3-7 2-5 9, Mead 3-6 1-3 7, Freeman 3-5 0-0 6, Lickiss 2-10 0-0 6, Totals 20-47 8-16 51.
NESS CITY—Reinhardt 5-9 2-4 12, Pfannenstiel 3-19 2-2 10, Rios 2-6 4-5 9, Scheopner 3-9 0-0 6, Guzman 2-5 2-4 6, Muniz 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 15-50 10-5 43.
3-pointers—M 3-19 (Rein 1-1, Parr 1-3, Lickiss 1-3, Freeman 0-1, Waters 0-2); NC 3-12 (Pfannenstiel 2-8, Rios 1-2, Muniz 0-2).
HOISINGTON BOYS WINTER JAM
TUESDAY
Otis-Bison 53, Ellinwood 42
Hoisington 54, Russell 46
Pratt 51, LaCrosse 47
WEDNESDAY
Ellsworth (5-4) vs. Victoria (2-7), 4:45
ST. JOHN BOYS MIDWINTER CLASSIC
TUESDAY
Macksville 51, Ness City 43
St. John 56, Larned 34
HOISINGTON GIRLS WINTER JAM
TUESDAY
Otis-Bison 50, Ellinwood 20
LaCrosse 32, Hoisington 27
Russell 51, Pratt 26
WEDNESDAY
Ellsworth (7-2) vs. Victoria (2-7), 3
GIRLS
Dodge City 48, Great Bend 32
Hodgeman Co. 52, Pawnee Heighs 27
BOYS
Hodgeman Co. 65. Pawnee Heights 56
