Great Bend’s girls basketball team (7-2) will play Lawrence Free State (7-2) at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Free State Tournament. The second round will be played Friday.
Free State is eighth sixth in Class 6A and finished 17-5 last year. All-stater Madison Piper is averaging 20 ppg. The Freebirds lost 49-48 to Lawrence High and 42-40 to Leavenworth, last year’s Class 5A state champion.
Two-time defending Class 2A girls state champion Central Plains (10-0) plays Ness City (7-4) at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at the Barton Hilltop Hoops Classic. Wichita Life Prep (9-0) meets Moundridge (9-1) at 6:30 p.m. The Oilers beat Moundridge in the championship game last year.
At Pratt, Larned’s girls play Kansas City Washington at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

MID-SEASON TOURNAMENTS
GREAT BEND
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—Macksville (2-8) vs. St. John (3-7), 4:45; Life Prep (9-0) vs. Moundridge (9-1), 6:30 p.m.; Central Plains (10-0) vs. Ness City (7-4), 8:15
Friday—Seventh place, 3; Fifth place, 4:45; Third place, 6:30; Championship, 8:15
 
PRATT
Tuesday—Maize South 67, Larned 32; Pratt 54, Wichita North 29
Thursday—KC Washington vs. Maize South, 5; Ulysses at Pratt, 6:30
Friday—Ulysses vs. Wichita North, 5.; Larned vs. KC Washington, 6:30
Saturday—5th place, 3:30; 3rd place, 5; championship, 6:30.

ELBING TOURNAMENT
Tuesday—Goessel 87, Stafford 23; Berean Academy 49, Trinity Academy 35; Hutchinson Central Christian 38, Burrton 31; Douglass 43, Halstead 20
Thursday—Goessel vs. Berean, 6; Central Christian vs. Douglass, 7:30; Wichita Trinity vs. Stafford, 6; Halstead vs. Burrton, 7:30

CUNNINGHAM
Tuesday—Norwich 51, Pretty Prairie 20; South Barber 46, Attica 31; Kinsley 58, Medicine Lodge 54; Skyline 37, Cunningham 35
Friday—Norwich vs. South barber, 6:30; Skyline vs. Kinsley, 8; Pretty Prairie vs. Attica, 3:30; Cunningham vs. Medicine Lodge, 5

LAWRENCE
Thursday—SM East vs. Wichita South, 3; KC Sumner vs. Washburn Rural, 4:45; Lawrence Free State vs. Great Bend, 6:30; Highland Park vs. Derby, 8:15. Friday—KC Sumner-Washburn Rural loser vs. SM East-Wichita South loser, 3; Highland Park-Derby loser vs. Free State-Great Bend loser, 4:45; KC Sumner-Washburn Rural winner vs. SM East-Wichita South winner, 6:30; Highland Park-Derby winner vs. Free State-Great Bend winner, 8:15. Saturday—7th place, 10 a.m.; 5th place, 10:30; 3rd place, 12:15; championship, 2.

HAVEN
Thursday—Chaparral vs. Wellington, 3; Nickerson vs. Goddard, 4:30; Cheney vs. Kingman, 6; Rose Hill vs. Haven, 7:30

MCPHERSON
Thursday—Hays vs. Olathe East, 3; Andale vs. Manhattan, 4:30; Wichita Northwest vs. SM Northwest, 6; SM South vs. McPherson, 7:30

NEWTON
Thursday—Garden City vs. Andover Central, 3; Kapaun-Mt. Carmel vs. SM Miege, 4:45; Olathe Northwest vs. Wichita Carroll, 6:30; Dodge City vs. Newton, 8:15