CENTRAL PLAINS 70, NESS CITY 36
At the Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic, the No. 1 ranked Class 2A Central Plains girls (11-0) will play Wichita Life Prep (10-0) in Friday’s 8:15 p.m. championship game.
Central Plains rolled past Ness City 70-36 in Thursday’s semifinals. Kylee Kasselman scored 18 points. Reagan Phelan scored 12 points and dished out 11 assists. Phelan had five steals and Cassidy Crites had four steals. The Oilers made 26 of 49 field goals and 14 of 18 free throws.
NC—Epperson 3-6 4-4 10; Clarke 3-8 3-3 10; Fritts 1-6 7-8 9; Richardson 2-7 0-0 6; Holecek 0-4 1-2 1; Slagle 0-0 0-2 0; Totals 9-31 15-19 36.
CP—Kasselman 6-8 6-7 18; Phelan 4-11 3-4 12; Rolfs 5-12 1-1 12; Crites 4-4 0-0 8; Steiner 2-2 3-4 8; Ryan 3-8 0-0 7; Maxwell 2-3 1-2 5; Hipp 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 26-49 14-18 70.
CENTRAL PLAINS 70, NESS CITY 36
NC 10 9 8 9 — 36
CP 17 21 21 11 — 70
3-point goals—NC 3-11 (Richardson 2-6, Clarke 1-2, Holecek 0-2, Fritts 0-1), CP 4-14 (Ryan 1-4, Steiner 1-1, Phelan 1-3, Rolfs 1-5, Hipp 0-1). Rebounds—NC (Fritts 6), CP 25 (Kasselman 6, Phelan 6). Assists—NC 6 (Richardson 2, Fritts 2), CP 22 (Phelan 11).
ST. JOHN 57, MACKSVILLE 55
St. John’s Bailey Burns rescued the Tigers with back-to-back 3-pointers that boosted them past Macksville 57-55 in Thursday’s consolation game at the Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic.
The Mustangs led 52-49 when Burns hit back-to-back 3-pointers sandwiched around a free throw by Mustang Jenna Russell for a 55-53 lead. Tara Nelson added two free throws for a 57-53 lead with nine seconds left.
Burns scored a career high 31 points and Nelson added 10 points. The Tigers outscored the Mustangs 24-6 on 3-pointers behind 8 of 20 shooting.
Sophie Filbert led the Mustangs with 16 points and Emma Stimatze added nine points.
SJ—Burns 10-20 8-11 31; Nelson 2-4 4-5 10; Fisher 3-13 0-0 8; Martinez-Haskins 2-2 0-0 4; Brown 1-7 0-2 3; Devine 0-3 1-2 1; Garner 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 18-51 13-20 57.
Macksville—Filbert 5-10 4-4 16; Stimatze 4-8 1-2 9; Lyset Ibarra 3-5 2-2 8; Russell 3-8 1-2 7; Anshutz 3-4 0-0 6; Vosburgh 2-7 1-2 5; Galan 0-0 2-2 2; Perla Ibarra 1-1 0-0 2; Garcia 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 21-44 11-14 55.
ST. JOHN 57, MACKSVILLE 55
St. John 11 15 12 19 — 57
Macksville 13 10 14 18 — 55
3-point goals—SJ 8-20 (Burns 3-7, Nelson 2-2, Fisher 2-6, Brown 1-4, Devine 0-1), M 2-7 (Filbert 2-3, Russell 0-2, Vosburgh 0-2). Rebounds—SJ 34 (Nelson 10), M 27 (Stimatze 7). Assists—SJ 12 (Burns 5), M 14 (Filbert 5).
WICHITA LIFE PREP 47, MOUNDRIDGE 42
Wichita Life Prep’s R.J. Blackburn scored 15 points to lead the Fire past Moundridge 47-42 in Thursday’s semifinals at the Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic.
The Wildcats led 16-6 after one quarter, but the Fire outscored the Wildcats in the next three quarters.
Ashley Holler led Moundridge (9-2) with 18 points.
Moundridge—Holler 7-16 3-4 19; Stucky 2-11 4-4 8; Lange 1-5 5-8 7; Lorimor 2-6 0-0 5; Knight 0-0 2-2 2; Kassidy Kaufman 0-1 1-2 1; Natalie Kaufman 0-3 0-0 0; Totals 12-42 15-20 42.
Life Prep—R.J. Blackburn 5-7 1-5 15; Tibbits 4-12 0-0 8; Baez 3-11 0-1 6; Diaz 2-5 0-3 6; Manaia Timson 2-4 0-0 4; Martinez 2-5 0-0 4; Rongomi Timson 1-2 1-2 4; Leila Blackburn 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 19-47 2-13 47.
WICHITA LIFE PREP 47, MOUNDRIDGE 42
Moundridge 16 9 8 9 — 42
Life Prep 6 17 12 12 — 47
3-point goals—M 3-8 (Holler 2-6, Lexi Lorimor 1-2), LP 7-17 (Blackburn 4-6, Diaz 2-5, R. Timson 1-1, Baez 0-2, Tibbits 0-3). Rebounds—M 34 (Stucky 13), LP 33 (Tibbits 12). Assists—M 4 (Lorimor 1, Holler 1, N. Kaufman 1, Lange 1), LP 12 (M. Timson 3, Baez 3, Tibbits 3).
GREAT BEND (Barton County)
Monday—Central Plains 77, Little River 16; Ness City 58, Ell-Saline 54
Tuesday—Ell-Saline 42, Little River 38; Wichita Life Prep 74, Macksville 17; Moundridge 57, St. John 35
Thursday—St. John 57, Macksville 55; Life Prep 47, Moundridge 42; Central Plains 70, Ness City 36
Friday—Championship, Central Plains (11-0) vs. Life Prep (10-0), 8:15; 3rd place, Moundridge (9-2) vs. Ness City (7-5), 6:30; 5th place, Ell-Saline (6-6) vs. St. John (4-7), 4:45; 7th place, Macksville (2-9) vs. Little River (1-11), 3;
