LARNED — Adolfo Ibarra led four Macksville High School basketball players in double figures on Monday afternoon at the Gene Keady Classic.
The Mustangs beat Spearville 56-40 to advance to Friday night’s semifinal game.
Ibarra scored 15 points, including seven in the final quarter.
Junior point guard Tanner Tranbarger, who was coming off a 27-point performance in Macksville’s season-opening overtime loss to Ness City, scored 12 points.
Hugo Flores also added 12 points, and Jordan Welch dropped in 10.
Macksville will face Kiowa County at 8 on Friday at the Larned Middle School gym.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Gene Keady Classic

BOYS

At Larned

Monday

Macksville 56, Spearville 40
SPEARVILLE
    Nathan Stein 4 5-9 14, Brandon Davis 1 2-2 3, Matthew Kershen 5 0-4 10, Caleb Stein 0 0-0 0, Ashton Ratslaff 1 3-8 5, Reegan Wright 1 1-4 3, Kaden Stein 2 1-2 5, Clinton Stein. Totals 14 12-29 40.
MACKSVILLE (1-1)
    Tanner Tranbarger 4 3-6 12, Hugo Flores 2 2-2 12, Adolfo Ibarra 6 2-3 15, Clayton Wood 2 0-0 4, Jordan Welch 3 3-6 10, Billy Burnett 1 0-0 3, Kaden Herman 0 0-2 0, Peter Penner 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 10-19 56.
Spearville       6      7    13    14  —  40
Macksville    10    16      9    21  —  56
    Three-point goals — Macksville 6 (Flores 2, Tranbarger, Ibarra, Welch, Burnett); Spearville 1 (N. Stein). Totals fouls — Macksville 20, Spearville 19. Fouled out — Wood, K. Stein.

Kiowa County 63, Larned 45
LARNED — Larned led 16-14 after eight minutes, but couldn’t keep pace with the Mavericks.
Grant Unruh led the Indians with 10 points.
Kiowa County’s Caleb Davis was 11-for-11 from the free-throw line on his way to a team-leading 21 points.
Larned squares off against Spearville on Thursday at 6 p.m.

BOYS

At Larned

Kiowa County 63, Larned 45
KIOWA COUNTY
    Trevor Powell 0 2-2 2, Caleb Davis 4 11-11 21, David Perez 0 0-0 0, Makel Behm 1 0-0 3, Rustin Ardery 6 4-7 16, Corbin Van den Hoek 3 2-5 8, Damien Odie 2 5-8 9, Kendall Watson 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 24-33 63.
LARNED (1-0)
    Brayden Smith 4 1-2 9, Grant Unruh 4 1-2 10, Jake Zimmerman 1 0-0 2, Isiah Perez 1 1-1 3, Easton Palmer 3 2-2 9, Michael Reece 3 2-3 8, Nolan Allison 1 0-0 2, Zach Wilson 1 0-1 2, Camryn Bryant 0 0-0 0, Ty O’Neill 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 7-11 45.
Kiowa County    14    17    16    16  —  63
Larned               16     8      8    13  —  45
    Three-point goals — Kiowa County 3 (Davis 2, Behm); Macksville 2 (Unruh, Palmer). Total fouls — Larned 22, Kiowa County 14. Fouled out — none.

GIRLS
Spearville 51, Macksville 30
LARNED — After falling behind 14-6 in the first quarter, Macksville’s girls couldn’t make up the difference.
Sophomore Tara Bunker scored eight of her team-high 13 points in the fourth quarter.
Karissa Langlois finished with nine points for the Lady Mustangs.
Macksville plays Kiowa County on Thursday night at 6.

GIRLS

At Larned

Spearville 51, Macksville 30
SPEARVILLE
    Emily Slattery 4 0-0 8, Chesna Ratzlaff 0 0-0 0, Carley Schuette 4 0-0 9, Katie Rabe 3 1-1 7, Cody Offerle 1 0-2 2, Taylor Offerle 2 0-1 6, Lindsey Heskamp 1 0-0 3, Rachel Slattery 6 2-2 14, Brianna Doussa 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 3-6 51.
MACKSVILLE (0-2)
    Melissa Espino 0 0-1 0, Kristina Murphy 1 0-0 2, Tara Bunker 5 2-4 13, Karissa Langlois 3 3-6 9, Kiley Freeman 1 0-2 3, Selena Galan 0 0-0 0, Clara Cross 0 0-0 0, Mindy Wood 0 3-4 3. Totals 10 8-17 30.
Spearville    14    6    20    11  —  51
Macksville     6     5     8    11  —  30
    Three-point goals — Spearville 4 (T. Offerle 2, Schuette, Heskamp). Total fouls — Spearville 21, Macksville 14. Fouled out — none.

Larned 50, Kiowa County 39
LARNED — Larned committed 32 fouls in its season-opening win.
The Lady Indians were led by Reagan Quick, who finished with 14 points.
Kiowa County made only 17 of 43 free throw attempts.
Larned faces Spearville on Friday at 6 p.m.

GIRLS

At Larned

Larned 50, Kiowa County 39
KIOWA COUNTY
    Katelynn Gamble 0 0-2 0, Chelsea Oberle 0 0-2 0, Erica Bertman 1 0-0 2, Heather Melton 3 3-11 9, MaKenzie Rox 0 2-5 2, Kadie Larsh 0 0-1 0, Riann Heft 2 4-9 9, Hadie Headrick 1 3-4 6, Angela Liggett 3 0-2 6, Dena Liggett 0 5-7 5. Totals 10 17-43 39.
LARNED (1-0)
    Roxy Foster 0 2-6 2, Bailey Schartz 2 0-0 4, Reagan Quick 6 2-2 14, Corrine Quick 2 0-1 4, Jansyn Vanhorn 0 0-0 0, Maci Perez 0 0-0 0, Tiara Diaz 2 5-8 11, Shay Shephard 0 0-3 0, Jessi Johnson 4 1-4 9, Alysa Byrum 2 0-0 4, Rachel Heater 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 10-24 50.
Kiowa County    9     8      8    14  —  39
Larned              9    17    16     8  —  50
    Three-point goals — Larned 2 (Diaz); Kiowa County 2 (Heft, Headrick). Total fouls — Larned 32, Kiowa County 19. Fouled out — Foster, Perez, Shephard.