CENTRAL PLAINS 46, ST. JOHN 45

CLAFLIN — The No. 1 ranked Class 2A Central Plains completed a three-game sweep over St. John with a 46-45 Central Prairie League basketball victory.
Central Plains (14-0, 4-0 CPL) maintains first place while
St. John (11-3, 3-1 CPL) has lost all three games to the Oilers. The teams will likely meet for the fourth time in the St. John Class 2A substate.
St. John’s Jacob Milton scored 19 points to spark the Tigers.
The Oilers pulled ahead when Michael Ryan and Devin Ryan hit back-to-back 3-pointers for a 42-38 lead. Cole Kinnamon gave the Tigers a 37-36 lead on a driving shot.
Oiler Devin Ryan hit a pair of free throws for a 44-38 lead and Michael Ryan and Jacob Warnken each hit a free throw for a 46-42 lead. Michael Ryan led the Oilers with 15 points and Brady Rugan added 11 points.
St. John’s Chase Fisher and Kinnamon hit 3-pointers in the final minute. Kinnamon scored 11 points.
St. John 10 9 11 15 — 45
Central Plains 13 5 16 12 — 46
SJ—Milton 9-14 1-3 19; Kinnamon 4-7 2-4 11, Jorge Calleros 2-7 1-3 5, Valenzuela 1-2 2-4 5, Fisher 1-2 0-0 3, Smith 1-1 0-2 2, Totals 18-33 6-16 45.
CP—Michael Ryan 5-7 3-6 15, Rugan 4-5 3-4 11; Devin Ryan 1-7 4-4 7, Warnken 2-5 1-2 6; Crites 3-8 0-1 6; Miller 0-2 0-0 0; Kreft 0-0 1-2 1; Totals 15-34 12-19 46.
3-point goals—SJ 3 (Kinnamon 1, Valenzuela 1, Fisher 1); CP 4 (M. Ryan 2, Warnken 1, D. Ryan 1).

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 58, ST. JOHN 21
CLAFLIN — The No. 1 ranked Class 2A Central Plains girls roared past St. John 58-21 in a Central Prairie League basketball game.
The Oilers (14-0, 4-0 CPL) were paced by Reagan Phelan and Janae Ryan with 13 points apiece and Cassidy Crites added 12 points. The Oilers led 20-5 after one period.
St. John (4-10, 1-3 CPL) was led by Bailey Burns with nine points.
St. John 5 7 0 9 — 21
Central Plains 20 16 13 9 — 58
SJ—Burns 4 0-0 9; Brown 2 0-0 5; Nelson 1 0-0 3, Fisher 1 0-0 2, Martinez-Haskin 1 0-2 2; Totals 9 0-2 21.
CP—Reagan Phelan 4 3-4 13, Janae Ryan 6 0-1 13, Crites 5 2-2 12, Kasselman 3 2-3 8; Maxwell 2 0-0 5; Bieberle 1 0-0 3; Steiner 1 0-0 2; Donecker 1 0-0 2; Totals 23 7-10 58.

KINGMAN GIRLS 38, HOISINGTON 26
HOISINGTON — League-leader Kingman shut down Hoisington’s girls in a 38-26 victory. Bailey Bangert scored 16 points and converted a trio of 3-pointers.  
Kingman’s girls (11-4, 6-0 CKL) outscored the Cardinals 23-8 in the second half. Hoisington (10-5, 3-3 CKL) was paced by Emma Harmon with 10 points and Rylie Koester with eight points.
Kingman 5 10 6 17 — 38
Hoisington 11 7 2 6 — 26
Kingman—Bailey Bangert 5 3-5 16, DeWeese 2 3-4 7; Bradshaw 2 2-2 6; Sydney Bangert 1 1-2 4; Garrison 0 2-4 2, Jackson 1 0-0 3, Totals 10 11-17 38.
HHS—Harmon 4 0-0 10, Koester 2 4-5 8, Warnken 1 1-2 4; Pedigo 1 1-2 3; Karisa Schremmer 0 1-2 1, Totals 8 7-11 26.

KINGMAN 63, HOISINGTON 39
HOISINGTON — Kingman stunned red-hot Hoisington with a 25-2 scoring run for an easy 63-39 Central Kansas League basketball victory. The Eagles led 18-2 after one period.
Will Carson led Kingman (1-14, 1-5 CKL) with 17 points and Albright and Krehbiel added 10 apiece.
Hoisington (6-9, 1-5 CKL) was paced by Steffan Dolechek with 19 points.
Kingman 18 17 14 14 — 63
Hoisington 2 14 13 12 — 39
KHS—Carson 17, Albright 10, Krehbiel 10, Pickering 9, Adelhardt 8, Hartley 5, Ontiveros 4.
HHS—Steffan Dolechek 19, Broeder 6, Davis 2, Brenner Donovan 3, Grant Dolechek 4, Specht 2, Crawford 3.

OTIS-BISON GIRLS 54, TREGO 47
WAKEEENEY — Taylor Regan scored 28 points to spark the Otis-Bison girls past WaKeeney-Trego 54-47 in a non-league basketball game. Megan Tammen scored 11 points and Caitlyn Schilowsky added 10 points. The Cougars (6-9) made six 3-pointers. Janae Huxman led Trego with 15 points. Trego made 12 of 28 free throws.
OB 12 17 10 15 — 54
WT 12 15 9 11 — 47
OB—Regan 9 9-15 28, Tammen 4 0-0 11; Schilowsky 4 0-0 10, Vondracek 1 1-4 3, Mitchell 0 2-4 2, S. Schneider 0 0-2 0; Madison Schneider 0 0-2 0; Totals 18 12-27 54.
WT—Huxman 4 4-9 15, Teaghan Sells 4 0-0 10, Brungardt 2 5-12 9, Matlke 2 1-2 5, Buchholz 1 2-2 4, Taylor Sells 1 0-1 2, Anderson 1 0-2 2, Totals 15 12-28 47.

OTIS-BISON 47, TREGO 43
WAKEEENEY — Freshman Mailtland Wiltse scored 16 points and Hayden Maier added 12 points to lead Otis-Bison past WaKeeney-Trego 47-43 in a non-league basketball game. The Cougars improve to 9-6.
OB 10 12 12 12 — 47
WT 8 10 6 19 — 43
OB—Wiltse 16, Maier 12, Keller 9, Higgason 6, Urban 4.
WT—Flax 10, Owens 8, Pfannenstiel 8, Stanton 6, Gillman-Goss 5, Satran 4, Haxton 2.

SOUTH GRAY 74, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 52
MONTEZUMA — Pawnee Heights’ Spencer VanMeter scored 25 points in a 74-52 SPIAA basketball loss to South Gray. Kade Scott added 10 points.
Jackson Miller led South Gray with 27 points and Gilbert Peters added 18 points. South Gray led 52-29 at halftime.
PH 10 19 14 9 — 52
SG 29 23 13 9 — 74
PH—VanMeter 25, Scott 10, Karst 9, hamby 6, Klenke 2.
SG—Jackson Miller 27, Peters 18, Loewen 10, Enns 7, Skinner 6, Racy 2, Griebel 2, Ponce 2.

SOUTH GRAY GIRLS 57, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 15
MONTEZUMA — South Gray rolled past the Pawnee Heights girls 57-15 in a SPIAA basketball game.
Freshman Allison Lupfer led the Tigers with nine points.
Whitney Wright and Scot Torres led South Gray with nine points apiece.
PH 3 1 8 1 — 15
SG 19 22 16 0 — 57
PH—Lupfer 9, Hoffman 3, Polson 1.
SG—Torres 9, Whitney Wright 9, Axtell 7, Davis 5, Watson 5, Smith 5, Starkey 4, Emily Salmans 4, Chase Salmans 3, Unruh 2, Emily Wright 2, Sidebottom 2.


MACKSVILLE 62, VICTORIA 40
   
VICTORIA — Macksville’s boys stunned state-ranked Class 1A Division I Victoria 62-40 in a Central Prairie League basketball game. The Mustangs (6-8, 1-3 CPL) extended a 19-14 lead to 17 points after three quarters. Macksville’s Brigdon Russell hit a 30-foter to end the first quarter. Russell won six pizzas for making a half-court shot at the Hilltop Classic last week at Barton Community College.
The Mustangs a 19-4 run to take a 40-23 third-quarter lead behind 10 straight points by Nathanial Miller.
Victoria’s girls cruised past Macksville 47-23 behind an early lead. Samantha Leiker scored 17 points.