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Area basketball roundup
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HOISINGTON 40, SMOKY VALLEY 23
HOISINGTON — Hoisington’s girls roared to a 19-3 lead after one quarter and coasted past Smoky Valley in a CKL basketball game.
Rylie Koester led the Cardinals (10-4, 3-2 CKL) with 18 points and Emma Harmon chipped in 11 points.
Smoky Valley 3 2 8 10 — 23
Hoisington 18 10 6 5 — 40
SV—Kate Deterding 10, James 4, Cook 2, Rose 2, Haxton 2, Hulse 2, Bellah 1.
HHS—Koester 18, Harmon 11, Karisa Schremmer 6, Jonas 2, Donetz 2, Pedigo 1.

HOISINGTON 73, SMOKY VALLEY 42
HOISINGTON — Steffan Dolechek scored 19 points to spark red-hot Hoisington past Smoky Valley 73-42 in a CKL basketball game. The Cardinals have won five consecutive games. Hoisington led 25-7 after one quarter and 40-26 at halftime
Ryan Broeder added 13 points and Cameron Davis and Brenner Donovan nine apiece. The Cardinals (6-8, 1-4 CKL) play Kingman at home Friday. Brett Heitschmidt led the Vikings (5-9, 0-5 CKL) with 13 points.
Smoky Valley 7 19 6 10 — 42
Hoisington 25 15 16 17 — 76
SV—Heitschmidt 13, Reinert 10, Adams 7, Schneider 4, Maier 4, Goodell 2, Waugh 2.
HHS—Steffan Doechek 19, Broeder 13, Davis 9, Brenner Donovan 9, Grant Dolechek 6, Specht 6, Crawford 4, Lang 2, Braxton Donovan 2, Mettling 2, Robinson 1.     

ST. JOHN 82, NORWICH 29
NORWICH — St. John’s Chase Fisher led four players in double figures with 16 points to lead No. 4 ranked Class 2A Tigers past Norwich 82-29 in a non-league basketball game.
Jorge Calleros (15), Cole Kinnamon (14) and Quincy Smith (11) scored in double figures. The Tigers (11-2) led 42-8 at halftime. Jorge Calleros contributed 11 assists and nine rebounds to nearly achieve a statistical triple, double. Kinnamon chipped in five assists and four steals. Alexis Valenzuela had three assists.
St. John 18 24 27 13 — 82
Norwich 5 3 13 8 — 29
SJ—Fisher 7-11 2-3 16, Jorge Calleros 6-9 2-2 15, Kinnamon 5-13 2-4 14, Smith 4-5 0-0 11, Eddy Calleros 1-1 1-2 3, Long 3-7 2-2 8, Valenzuela 3-4 0-0 6, Milton 2-6 0-0 5, Witt 0-2 2-2 2, McVey 0-0 1-2 1, Osborne 0-1 0-0 0; Neri-Leon 0-1 1-2 1; Totals 31-59 13-19 82.
Norwich—Kyle 4-10 0-0 11, Payne 2-3 1-2 5, Jacob Kraus 2-6 0-0 6, Allender 2-11 0-0 5, Roe 1-5 0-1 2; Warren 0-1 0-0 0; Jessy Kraus 0-2 0-0 0; Doll 0-5 0-0 0; Totals 11-43 1-3 29.

NORWICH GIRLS 44, ST. JOHN 31
NORWICH — Norwich’s Jayden Schroeder scored 21 points to lead the Cardinals past St. John’s girls 44-31 in a non-league basketball game Tuesday.
Tara Nelson and Torre Fischer each scored 13 points to pace the Tigers.
St. John 8 6 9 8 — 31
Norwich 12 16 10 6 — 44
SJ—Nelson 13, Fischer 13, Garner 2, Doggett 2, Martinez 1.
Norwich—Schroeder 21, Stephens 10, Kelly 9, Barnes 2, Coykendall 2.

SPEARVILLE 66, PAWNEE HTS. 34
ROZEL — Spearville’s Luke Heskamp scored 17 points and converted five 3-pointers to lead the state-ranked Royal Lancers past Pawnee Heights 66-34 in a SPIAA basketball game. Spearville led 42-20 at halftime.
Sophomore Caleb Karst led the Tigers with 15 points and freshman Kade Scott added 10 points.
Spearville 21 21 19 5 — 66
Pawnee Hts. 11 9 4 10 — 34
Spearville—Heskamp 17, Kyler Stein 10, Clinton Stein 10, Lampe 3, Strecker 6, Nathan Stein 6, Heeke 5, Hessman 2, Kolby Stein 2, Sites 3, Sprott 2.
PH—Karst 15, Scott 10, VanMeter 6, Hamby 3.

SPEARVILLE GIRLS 56, PAWNEE HTS. 19
ROZEL — Spearville’s girls led 38-8 at halftime and rolled past Pawnee Heights 56-19 in a SPIAA basketball game Tuesday.
Spearville’s Brooke Offerle and Marisa Kistler each scored 11 points. Catera Hoffman and Katie Amspacker each scored six points for the Tigers.
Spearville 15 23 11 7 — 56
Pawnee Hts. 6 2 7 4 — 19
Spearville—Offerle 11, Kistler 11, Heeke 10, Krominga 6, Ratzlaff 6, Craft 4, Ricke 4, Roane 2, Brownlee 2.
PH—Hoffman 6, Amspacker 6, Lupfer 4, Carlson 2, Miller 2.

SKYLINE GIRLS 60, STAFFORD 35
PRATT — Skyline raced past Stafford’s girls 60-35 in a Heart of the Plains League basketball game. Freshman Venessa Weston scored 18 points.
Skyline won the boys game 75-21.
Stafford 10 11 3 11 — 35
Skyline 15 19 11 15 — 60
Stafford—Weston 18, Bordier 6, Reynolds 4, Strobel 3. Lowther 2, Sallabedra 2.
Skyline—Stark 12, DeClure 11, DeWeese 4, Sputh 2, Baird 4, Glosen 4, team 4.

BOYS
Central Plains 53, Otis-Bison 34
South Central 76, Kinsley 43
Ellinwood at Victoria, ppd.
GIRLS
Central Plains 66, Otis-Bison 36
Ellinwood at Victoria, ppd.
South Central 54, Kinsley 39