CENTRAL PLAINS 51,
JUNCTION CITY 44
DODGE CITY — State-ranked Class 2A Central Plains surprised Class 6A Junction City 51-44 Thursday in the Dodge City Tournament of Champions.
Hunter Ingham’s 3-pointer gave the Oilers the lead.
The Oilers outscored the Bluejays 26-16 in the second half. Layne Bieberle scored 21 points and Jacob Warnken added 10 points. The Oilers play Class 6A Shawnee Mission South at 7 p.m. Friday.
Central Plains scored 19 points off turnovers and scored 11 second chance points. The Oilers outscored the Bluejays 14-4 from the free throw line.

Dodge City Tournament
Junction City                 16 12  6  10  — 44
Central Plains                13 12 12 14 —  51
Junction City — Wilson 1-2 0-0 2, Avant 0-4 1-2 1, Bryan 4-7 0-0 12, Erans 0-1 1-2 1, Hand 4-6 0-0 11,  Poole 2-6 0-0 5, Lueker 2-4 0-0 4, Terry 2-2 2-2 6, Arenson 1-2 0-0 2, Magee 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 16-39 4-6 44.
Central Plains  — Crites 3-4 2-4 8, Ingham 1-2 0-0 3, Bieberle 7-16 6-7 21, Warnken 3-5 2-2 10, Ryan 2-5 4-9 9, Lamatsch 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-33 14-22 51.

CIRCLE 66,
GREAT BEND 46
EL DORADO — The Circle Thunderbirds broke the game open with a big second quarter and beat the Great Bend Panthers 66-46 Thursday at the Bluestem Classic.
The Thunderbirds outscored the Panthers 20-11 in the second period for a 35-22 halftime lead. Jacob Murray hit back-to-back 3-pointers to get the Panthers within 46-39. But Circle outscored the Panthers 19-7 in the fourth quarter.
Kody Crosby led the Panthers (1-8) with 14 points and the Panthers made seven 3-point goals. Crosby hit back-to-back 3-pointers and scored nine first-half points. The Panthers converted 7 of 21 field goals for 33 percent with four turnovers. Bryant added 10 points.
Braden Kirkpatrick led Circle with 14 points and Garrett Cannon added 13 points.

El Dorado Tournament
Great Bend                    11 11 17  7  — 46
Circle                              15 20 12 19 — 66
Circle — Kirkpatrick 5 2-4 14; Hartley 5 2-2 12; Cannon 6 1-2 13; Horyna 5 0-2 10; Parr 2 0-0 6; Wright 3 0-0 6; Jantzen 2 1-2 5; Totals 28 6-12 66.
Great Bend — Crosby 5 1-2 14; Bryant 3 4-5 10, Ibarra 1 0-0 3; Basye; 1 0-0 2; Sullivan 1 0-0 3; Wondra 3 0-2 6; Murray 2 0-0 6; Smith 0 0-2 0, Elliott 1 0-0 2; Totals 17 5-9 46.

ELLSWORTH 52,
OTIS-BISON 39
HOISINGTON —  Ellsworth’s girls used a big fourth quarter to beat the Otis-Bison Cougars 52-39 in Thursday’s consolation game at the Hoisington Winter Jam.
Amy Westerman led the Bearkats (2-9) with 15 points and Connor Davis and Kolby Davis each scored 14 points. Ellsworth will play for fifth place.
Taylor Regan paced Otis-Bison (5-6) with 22 points. The Cougars will play for seventh place.

Hoisington Tournament
Ellsworth                          12 12 6 22 — 52
Otis-Bison                         16 12 2 9 — 39
Ellsworth — Westerman 15; Connor Davis 14; Kolby Davis 14; Keith 5; Lake 2; Drylie 1
Otis-Bison — Regan 22; Tammen 6; Vondracek 5; Bartonek 3; Schilowsky 2.

ELLSWORTH 55,
OTIS-BISON 28
HOISINGTON —  Ellsworth rolled past Otis-Bison 55-28 in Thursday’s consolation game at the Hoisington Winter Jam. Morgan Barkow (13), Lucas Barta (12) and Nick Flynn (11) all scored in double figures. Ellsworth will play for fifth place.
Hayden Maier paced Otis-Bison (8-3) with seven points. The Cougars will play for seventh place.

Hoisington Tournament
Ellsworth                            19 6 6 22 — 55
Otis-Bison                           3 10 2 9  — 28
Ellsworth — Barkow 13, Barta 12, Flynn 11, Davis 6, Ian Trapp 2, Jacobo 6, Nathan Trapp 2, Cravens 3
Otis-Bison — Maier 7, Anderson 6, Higgason 6, Keller 6, Urban 3

ST. JOHN 76,
MACKSVILLE 19
ST. JOHN —  Dean Wade scored 24 points to spark No. 1 ranked St. John past Macksville 76-19 in Thursday’s consolation game at the Mid-Winter Classic. Top-seeded St. John (10-0) plays Pratt in Friday’s semifinals. Brigdon Russell led Macksville with 10 points. Macksville will play in the fifth-place game.

St. John Tournament
Macksville                       0   8   8   3 — 19
St. John                          22 13 28 13 — 76
Macksville — Russell 10, Herman 2, Sebes 2, Delgadillo 3, Kuckelman 1, Casper 1.
St. John — Wade 24, Kinnamon 9, Milton 6, Gera Calleros 8, Smith 7, Woodward 2, Valenzuela 4, Jogge Calleros 1, Ramirez 6, Fisher 2, Neri-Leon 3, Long 4.