BOYS
No. 8 Ness City 51,
Otis-Bison 36
OTIS — Otis-Bison kept the game close after one quarter, but Ness City extended its lead in the second and fourth quarters to beat the Cougars on Friday night.
Otis-Bison was led by Dominic Trapp, who scored 11 points.
Trevor Keller, who hit the team’s only 3-pointer, added nine points.

No. 8 Ness City 51, Otis-Bison 36
NESS CITY
     Dalton Gantz 0 0-0 0, Ernesto Flores 2 0-0 4, Drew Clarke 5 0-0 12, John Clarke 8 2-2 22, Gabriel Garcia 1 1-2 3, Garrett Flax 2 0-2 5, Tucker Vonhele 0 0-0 0, Skyler Kraft 2 0-0 4, Charlie Ellis 0 1-2 1. Totals 20 4-7 51.
OTIS-BISON
     Trevor Keller 4 0-0 9, Michael Hlavaty 2 1-2 5, Dylan Wissman 3 1-2 7, Jackie Cornwell 0 0-0 0, Patrick Piper 2 0-0 4, Dominic Trapp 4 3-4 11, Brandon Pechanec 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 5-9 36
Ness City    14    12    12    13    —    51
Otis-Bison    13     7    14     2    —    36
     Three-point goals — Ness City 7 (J. Clarke 4, D. Clarke 2, Flax); Otis-Bison 1 (Keller).

La Crosse 58, Claflin 44
CLAFLIN — La Crosse outscored Claflin 28-18 in the second half to take home a win on Friday night.
The Wildcats were led by Benn Kirmer, who rang up a game-high 17 points.
Christian Heitschmidt joined him in double digits with 13 points, including 5 of 5 from the free-throw line.

La Crosse 58, Claflin 44
LA CROSSE
     Clayton Basgall 5 0-0 11; Nick Schmidt 2 0-0 4, Marcus Moeder 1 6-8 8, Tayler Stull 5 3-6 13; Austin Webs 2 0-0 6, Kip Keeley 5 0-0 10, Tanner Yohe 3 0-1 6. Totals 23 3-9 58.
CLAFLIN
     Christian Heitschmidt 3 5-5 13, Aaron Maier 0 0-0 0, Benn Kirmer 6 5-8 17, Bryce Steiner 0 0-0 0, Tim Stueder 2 0-0 4, Matt Beran 1 1-2 3, Kevin Klug 3 1-2 7. Totals 15 12-17 44.
La Crosse    14    16    12    16    —    58
Claflin    16    10     6    12    —    44
     Three-point goals — La Crosse 3 (Webs 2, Basgall); Claflin 2 (Heitschmidt 2).

No. 5 Hoisington 61,
Ellinwood 34
ELLINWOOD — Hoisington, which is ranked No. 5 in Class 3A, broke off a 23-point second quarter to take the lead and never relinquished it against Ellinwood on Friday night.
Ryan Bieberle exploded for 23 points to led the Cardinals, including a pair of 3-pointers and 5-for-5 from the line.
Cody Stetler and Derrick Kaiser each added nine points.
The Eagles looked to Kyle Corbett, who put in nine points. Kyle Blakeslee was right behind him with eight.

No. 5 Hoisington 61, Ellinwood 34
HOISINGTON
     Ryan Bieberle 8 5-5 23, Cody Stetler 4 0-1 9, Brady Demel 2 0-0 4, George Tombaugh 1 0-0 2, Derrick Kaiser 4 3-4 9, Luke Becker 2 2-2 6, Tayler Crawford 1 0-0 2, Dustin Broeder 3 0-0 6. Totals 24 10-12 61.
ELLINWOOD
     Kyle Corbett 3 1-4 9, Chantz Clawson 0 0-0 0, Kyle Blakeslee 3 1-3 8, Taner Osborn 1 4-6 6, Brett Whelan 2 3-4 7, Kale Clawson 0 0-0 0, Ian Goering 0 2-4 2, Cody Isern 0 2-2 2. Totals 9 13-24 34.
Hoisington    13    23    14    11    —    61
Ellinwood    12     6     7     9    —    34
     Three-point goals — Hoisington 3 (Bieberle 2, Stetler); Ellinwood 3 (Corbett 2, Blakeslee).