TUESDAY
BOYS
ELLINWOOD 51,
LaCROSSE 31
HOISINGTON — Tyson Martinez scored 17 points to spark Ellinwood past LaCrosse 51-31 at the Cardinal Winter Jam. The Eagles (7-3) started with a 9-0 lead and added a 14-0 run into the third quarter. Cody Wondra added 10 points.
Brett Herrman led LaCrosse (2-8) with seven points.
LaCrosse 5 16 4 11 — 31
Ellinwood 9 13 12 17 — 51
LaCrosse—Herrman 7, Sherman 6, Greathouse 6, Reichel 5, Trower 3, Peach 2, Woods 2
Ellinwood—Martinez 17, Wondra 10, Schartz 8, Monday 7, Ewing 5, Elsen 3, Robl 1.
PRATT 52,
NESS CITY 47
ST. JOHN — Red-hot Pratt edged Ness City 52-47 at the St. John Mid-Winter Classic behind 20 points by Jacob Kurz. The Greenbacks play Central Plains in Friday’s semifinals at St. John. Chandler Stiwalt led Ness City with 26 points. Pratt outscored Ness City 14-9 in the fourth period and converted 14 of 17 free throws.
Ness City 12 8 18 9 — 47
Pratt 16 10 12 14 — 52
Ness City—Stiawalt 8-22 6-6 26; Fellhoelter 2-3 0-0 5; Brown 1-5 1-2 3; Schoepner 3-6 0-1 6; Rodriguez 0-1 0-0 0; Pfanenstiel 1-5 -2-2 5; Rios 1-5 0-2 2; Totals 16-47 9-13 47
Pratt—Kurz 8-13 1-1 20; Myers 3-9 2-3 9, Theis 3-5 2-4 8; Schrag 1-5 5-5 7; Stephens 0-2 22 2; Stegman 2-3 0-0 4; Roadhouse 0-2 2-2 2; Peltier 0-2 0-0 0; Studer 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 17-42 14-17 52
MONDAY
BOYS
RUSSELL 43,
OTIS-BISON 38
HOISINGTON — No. 8 seeded Russell upset No. 1 seeded Otis-Bison 43-38 in the Hoisington Winter Jam Monday. Russell led 21-8 at halftime. The Cougars closed within 39-35, but Colton Fritschen and Travis Ochs each converted two free throws to seal the victory.
Russell (2-8) was paced by Reshean Holloway with 13 points and Mason Beagley scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. The Cougars (6-4) outscored the Broncos 30-22 in the second half.
Cougar Brandon Keller converted a trio of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Freshman Maitland Wiltse scored 11 points and Kade Urban 10 points to pace the Cougars.
Russell 13 8 9 13 — 43
Otis-Bison 6 2 14 16 — 38
Russell—Holloway 6 1-2 13; Beagley 6 0-0 12; Fritschen 0 2-2 2; Ochs 2 3-5 7; Rourke 2 2-2 6; Decker 1 0-0 3; Totals 17 8-11 43.
Otis-Bison—Wiltse 4 2-5 11; Urban 5 0-0 10; Keller 3 0-0 9; Maier 2 0-0 4; Higgason 1 0-1 2; Trapp 1 0-0 2; Anderson 0 0-2 0; Totals 16 2-7 38.
GIRLS
MINNEAPOLIS 58,
ELLINWOOD 35
HOISINGTON — Lindsay Shupe scored 24 points and No. 1 seeded Minneapolis rolled past Ellinwood 58-35 in the Hoisington Winter Jam. The Lions outscored the Eagles 21-6 in the second period. Minneapolis plays Russell at 3 p.m. Friday.
Brittney Beck paced the Eagles with 20 points, 10 in the first period.
Ellinwood 14 6 7 8 — 35
Minneapolis 12 21 13 12 — 58
Ellinwood—Beck 7 4-5 20, Standlee 1 2-2 4, Ward 2 0-0 4, Doll 1 1-2 3, Clawson 1 0-0 2, Menges 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 7-9 35.
Minneapolis—Shupe 11 2-3 24, Forte 5 1-2 12, Shay Allison 3 0-0 6, Lott 2 2-4 6, Vignery 2 0-0 5, McKenzie Allison 2 0-0 4, Korinek 0 1-2 1. Totals 25 6-11 58.
RUSSELL 55,
OTIS-BISON 26
HOISINGTON — Russell (7-3) outscored Otis-Bison 24-0 to sprint to a 55-26 victory over the Cougars in the Hoisington Winter Jam. The Cougars were tied 9-9, but fell behind 33-9 in the third period.
Kyleigh Kasper had 13 points and 15 rebounds. Megan Boxberger and Delaney Pospichal each scored 13 points. Taylor Regan scored 16 points for the Cougars (3-7). She made six of the Cougars nine field goals.
Otis-Bison 9 0 9 8 — 26
Russell 11 18 15 11 — 55
Otis-Bison—Regan 6 4-9 16; Loucks 0 1-2 1; Schilowsky 1 0-0 3; Mitchell 0 2-4 2; Madison Schneider 2 0-0 4; Totals 9 7-15 26.
Russell—Kasper 4 5-8 13; Boxberger 5 1-1 13; Pospichal 6 1-3 13; Schulte 3 0-2 6; Wagner 0 1-2 1; Roth 1 2-2 4; Ptacek 0 3-4 3; Nuss 1 0-0 2; Totals 20 13-22 55.
