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Central Plains, Ness City girls win at Hilltop Classic
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CENTRAL PLAINS 77, LITTLE  RIVER 16

Oiler Regan Phelan enjoyed a vintage game with 13 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds to spark the Central Plains girls past Little River 77-16 at the Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic. Phelan also contributed five steals.
Also scoring in double figures for the No. 1 ranked Class 2A Oilers were Janae Ryan (14), Cassity Crites (11), Kylee Kasselman (11) and Taylor Rolfs (10). The Oilers converted 32 of 56 field goals and led 49-4 at halftime.
Crites and Rolfs each had five steals and Rolfs dished out four assists. The Oilers (10-0) made six 3-pointers.
Little River 2 2 6 6 — 16
Central Plains 34 15 21 7 — 77  
LR—Eckholm 2-3 2-2 6; Peters 1-7 2-2 5; Tomlin 1-3 0-0 3; Renkin 1-7 0-0 2; Loder 0-3 0-0 0; Cunningham 0-1 0-0 0; McBride 0-1 0-2 0; Smyres 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 5-27 4-6 16.
CP—Janae Ryan 5-11 2-2 14; Phelan 5-11 2-2 13; Crites 5-7 0-0 11; Kasselman 5-10 0-0 11; Rolfs 5-5 2-2 10; Steiner 3-3 0-0 7; Donecker 2-2 2-2 6;  Maxwell 2-4 0-0 5; Hipp 0-1 0-0 0; Bieberle 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 32-56 7-8 77.

NESS CITY 58, ELL-SALINE 54

Ness City girls edged Ell-Saline 58-54 at the Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic Monday. McKenna Fritts scored 16 points. Tiana Epperson added 14 points. Alexis Clarke had seven assists and four steals.
Ell-Saline’s Morgan Kindlesparger and Sydney Omli each scored 15 points.
Ell-Saline 12 11 8 23 — 54
Ness City 7 17 13 21 — 58  
ES—Kindelsparger 6-15 0-0 15; Omli 6-9 2-5 15; Griffin 4-10 2-4 11; Schuman 4-5 1-2 9; Cameron 1-3 0-2 2; Relph 1-8 0-0 2; Brin 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 22-51 5-13 54
NC—Fritts 6-7 4-6 16; Epperson 5-9 4-4 14; Holecek 5-6 0-0 10; Richardson 4-11 0-0 9; Clarke 3-8 3-4 9; Slagle 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 23-42 11-14 58.

Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic
Monday’s games
Central Plains 77, Little River 16
Ness City 58, Ell-Saline 54
Tuesday’s games
Ell-Saline (5-6) vs. Little River (1-10), 4:45 p.m.
Wichita Life Prep (8-0) vs. Macksville (2-7), 6:30 p.m.
Moundridge (8-1) vs. St. John (3-6), 8:15 p.m.
Thursday’s games
Central Plains (10-0) vs. Ness City (7-4), 8:15 p.m.
Losers bracket game, 4:45 p.m.
Semifinal game, 6:30 p.m.
Friday’s games
7th place—3 p.m; 5th place—4:45 p.m.; 3rd place—6:30 p.m.; 1st place—8:15 p.m.