GIRLS
Kiowa County 52,
Macksville 50
MACKSVILLE — The Macksville High School girls’ basketball team held a 31-27 lead going into halftime, but Kiowa County outscored the Lady Mustangs 14-2 in the third quarter to retake the lead on Friday night.
Macksville scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, but fell short of the comeback.
The Lady Mustangs were led by Keira Parr and Karissa Langlois, who scored 15 points each.
Tara Bunker added 10 points.
 
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

At Macksville

GIRLS

Friday

Kiowa County 52, Macksville 50
KIOWA COUNTY
     Hayes 1 0-2 2, Melton 2 1-4 5, Heft 4 6-7 12, Headrick 5 2-3 12, A. Liggett 5 1-2 11, D. Liggett 3 2-2 8. Totals 19 12-20 52.
MACKSVILLE (0-5)
     Keira Parr 7 0-3 15, Melissa Espino 0 1-2 1, Kristina Murphy 0 0-2 0, Bri Evans 1 0-0 2, Tara Bunker 4 2-3 10, Karissa Langlois 3 7-8 15, Selena Galan 3 0-0 6, Alex Ponce 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 10-18 50.
Kiowa County       18  9  14  11  —  52
Macksville             18  13  2  17  —  50
     Three-point goals — Macksville 3 (Langlois 2, Parr); Kiowa County (none).

TMP-Marian 68,
Ellinwood 22
HAYS — Thomas More Prep-Marian led 24-7 after the first quarter, and Ellinwood was unable to come back.
The Lady Eagles had eight of its 10 girls score in the loss.
Darrien Beckwith led Ellinwood with five points. Sophia Hayes added four points.

At Hays

GIRLS

Friday

Thomas More Prep-Marian 68,
Ellinwood 22
ELLINWOOD (2-4)
     Sophia Hayes 1 2-4 4, Jenna Snell 0 0-1 0, Bailey Schartz 0 2-2 2, Brooke Panning 0 1-2 1, Rachel Doll 1 1-2 3, Kenzie Corbett 1 0-0 2, Danea Patten 1 0-0 2, Lindsay Zink 0 3-4 3, Darrien Beckwith 1 2-4 5. Totals 6 11-19 22.
TMP-MARIAN
     Mindrup 2 0-0 4, Marsell 0 0-2 0, Schuckman 2 0-0 4, Pray 4 0-0 9, Jacobs 5 0-0 12, Ruder 9 0-1 20, Lang 4 3-4 14, Younie 2 1-2 5. Totals 28 4-9 68.
Ellinwood              7    5    5    5  —  22
TMP-Marian        24  16  15  13  —  68
     Three-point goals — Ellinwood 1 (Beckwith); TMP-Marian 8 (Lang 3, Ruder 2, Jacobs 2, Pray).

St. John 59,
Cunningham 33
CUNNINGHAM — St. John, which is ranked No. 1 in Class 1A Division-I in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll, was led by Morgan Osborne’s 19 points against Cunningham.
Osborne put in five 3-pointers to springboard the Lady Tigers. Teresa Wade added 18 points.
St. John is playing without starting point guard Jamie Waters, who had knee surgery for a torn meniscus this week.

LaCrosse 45, Otis-Bison 44
LACROSSE — The Otis-Bison girls scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, but fell short against LaCrosse.
Janel Tammen led the Lady Cougars (2-4) with 19 points.
Annie Kraisinger finished with 15 points.

BOYS
Otis-Bison 52, LaCrosse 33
LACROSSE — Brandon Pechanec score 18 points to lead Otis-Bison over LaCrosse.
Trevor Keller went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line on his way to 12 points.
The Cougars (4-2) were a combined 18-for-25 from the line for 72 percent.

Bucklin 50,
Pawnee Heights 21
BUCKLIN — Pawnee Heights led 12-10 after the first half, but Bucklin made a push in the second half to win.
Bucklin outscored the Tigers 25-5 in the third quarter to take the lead.
Pawnee Heights was led by Chad Wallace, who finished with eight points.
Isaac Vasquez scored a game-high 17 points for Bucklin.

At Bucklin

BOYS

Friday

Bucklin 50, Pawnee Heights 21
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-2)
     Chad Wallace 4 0-0 8, Jacob Hardiman 2 1-2 5, Casey Spence 0 0-0 0, Raul Davila 2 1-2 5, Aaron Clapham 0 0-0 0, Jayton Salmans 1 0-0 3. Totals 9 2-4 21.
BUCKLIN
     Anthony Ledesma 2 0-0 4, Blake Demoret 2 2-2 6, Brian Seacat 1 0-2 2, Colt Petty 0 0-0 0, Isaac Vasquez 7 0-0 17, Jeff Torline 6 0-0 13, Brett Halling 0 0-0 0, Josh Coverdale 3 1-2 8. Totals 21 3-6 50.
Pawnee Heights     8  4    5    4  —  21
Bucklin                    6  4  25  15  —  50
     Three-point goals — Pawnee Heights 1 (Salmans); Bucklin 5 (Vasquez 3, Torline, Coverdale).

TMP-Marian 47,
Ellinwood 35
HAYS — Kyle Blakeslee finished with 13 points to lead Ellinwood in a loss to Thomas More Prep-Marian.
Patrick Ringering finished with 10 points.
Kale Clawson led the Eagles (3-3) with 12 rebounds.

St. John 57,
Cunningham 47
CUNNINGHAM — St. John led 12-10 after the first quarter, and never relinquished the lead to beat Cunningham.
The Tigers were led by Zuriel Reyes, who scored 19 points.
Spencer Nusser added 16 points.

At Cunningham

BOYS

Friday

St. John 57, Cunningham 47
ST. JOHN (4-2)
     Kade Kinnamon 2 2-4 8, Kinser Crissman 0 0-3 0, Omar Ramirez 0 2-2 2, Cisco Calleros 1 0-0 3, Spencer Nusser 7 1-2 16, Esai Macias 1 2-2 4, Ethan Long 2 1-2 5, Zuriel Reyes 5 7-10 19. Totals 18 15-25 57.
CUNNINGHAM
     N. Huhman 4 1-2 9, Hamilton 1 0-0 2, Hope 2 0-1 6, Beat 5 9-10 19, C. Huhman 0 0-0 0, Schaller 0 5-11 5, Chambers 1 4-4 6. Totals 13 19-28 47.
St. John               12  14  15  16  —  57
Cunningham       10    8  14  15  —  47
     Three-point goals — St. John 6 (Kinnamon 2, Reyes 2, Calleros, Nusser); Cunningham 2 (Hope 2).
 
At St. John

BOYS

Tuesday

Central Plains 66, St. John 63
CENTRAL PLAINS (2-3)
     Layne Bieberle 5 0-1 13, Benn Kirmer 8 3-7 21, Bryce Steiner 7 3-3 22, Patrick Hubbard 3 0-2 6, Tim Stueder 1 0-0 2, Joe Barton 0 0-1 0, Evan Leibl 0 2-2 2. Totals 24 8-16 66.
ST. JOHN (3-2)
     Kade Kinnamon 3 1-1 8, Kinser Crissman 0 0-1 0, Omar Ramirez 0 1-2 1, Trey Nelson 1 0-0 3, Cisco Calleros 3 1-2 8, Spencer Nusser 6 3-6 17, Esai Macias 0 0-2 0, Ethan Long 3 0-1 7, Zuriel Reyes 7 2-2 19. Totals 23 8-17 63.
Central Plains     17  16  17  16  —  66
St. John               21  14  18  10  —  63
     Three-point goals — Central Plains 10 (Steiner 5, L. Bieberle 3, Kirmer 2); St. John 9 (Reyes 3, Nusser 2, Kinnamon, Nelson, Calleros, Long).