LARNED — Gene Keady Classic champion St. John placed Most Valuable Player Cole Kinnamon and Jorge Calleros on the 2015 All-Tournament team. The Tigers beat Larned 55-43 to capture their fourth consecutive Gene Keady Classic championship.
The Tigers are riding a state-record 63-game winning streak. The Tigers have captured three consecutive state basketball championships.
Kinsley’s Kameron Carey scored 79 points with a high game of 33 points to lead the boys scoring. Kinsley’s Carey won the 3-point contest. St. John’s Kinnamon won the free throw contest.
Rylie Koester of girls champion Hoisington High dominated the competition. Koester scored 55 points, second highest total, and captured the tournament’s 3-point contest and free throw contest. Cardinals Emma Harmon and Karisa Schremmer were also named all-tournament. The Cardinals beat Spearville 41-28 in the title game.
Kinsley’s Scout Frame led the tournament with 64 points, including a high game of 24 points.
BOYS
All-Tournament team
MVP—Cole Kinnamon, 40 points
Jorge Calleros, St. John, 44 points
Jordan Zimmerman, Larned, 45 points
Isiah Perez, Larned, 14 points
Nathan Stein, Spearville, 46 points
Luke Heskamp, Spearville, 37 points
Steffan Dolechek, Hoisington, 58 points
Tyson Martinez, Ellinwood, 65 points
Nathan Miller, Macksville, 62 points
Landon Davis, Kiowa County, 69 points
Kameron Carey, Kinsley, 79 points
Free throw contest—1. Cole Kinnamon, St. John; 2. Evan Skelton, Larned; 3. Nathan Stein, Spearville
3-point contest—1. Kameron Carey, Kinsley; 2. Alex Villa, Kinsley; 3. Jacob Milton, St. John
GIRLS
All-Tournament team
Rylie Koester, Hoisington, 55 points
Karisa Schremmer, Hoisington, 17 points
Emma Harmon, Hoisington, 28 points
Marissa Kistler, Spearville, 21 points
Cody Offerle, Spearville, 18 points
McKenzie Heft, Kiowa County, 28 points
Brecken Vanderhoek, Kiowa County, 23 points
Scout Frame, Kinsley, 64 points
Bailey Burns. St. John, 29 points
Haley Skelton, Larned, 39 points
Sophie Filbert, Macksville, 28 points
Free-throw contest—1. Rylie Koester, Hoisington; 2. Tausha Craft, Spearville; 3. Gisel Holguin, Kinsley
3-point contest—1. Rylie Koester, Hoisington; 2. Haley White, Ellinwood; 3. Haley Gleason, Spearville.
