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Macksville girls lose Hilltop opener
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WICHITA LIFE PREP 66, MACKSVILLE 34
Rongomi Timson scored 18 points and Issatou Fall added 16 points as Wichita Life Prep overpowered Macksville 66-34 in the Barton Hilltop Classic Tuesday. Life Prep (11-5) outscored the Mustangs 14-0 in the third period.
Macksville (4-6) was paced by Sophie Filbert with 16 points. Emma Stimatze added eight points. The Mustangs will play at 4:45 p.m. Thursday against Ell-Saline.
MHS 21 9 0 9 — 34
Life Prep 17 22 14 13 — 66
MACKSVILLE—Filbert 6-12 2-2 16; Vosburgh 2-5 1-2 6; Perla Ibarra 0-1 0-0 0; Lyset Ibarra 1-6 2-2 5; Russell 0-1 2-2 2; Galan 1-2 0-0 2; Stimatze 4-9 0-0 8; Totals 14-36 7-8 34.
LIFE PREP—Rongomi Timson 7-8 0-0 18; Manaia Timson 4-7 0-0 8; Tibbits 5-10 0-0 13; Martinez 2-6 0-0 4; Fall 8-10 0-0 16; Blackburn 2-3 3-4 7; Totals 28-44 3-4 66.
3-point goals—M 4-7 (Filbert 2-3, Vosburgh 1-1, L. Ibarra 1-3), LP 7-11 (R. Timson 4-4, Tibbits 3-5, M, Timson 0-2). Assists—M 2 (L. Ibarra 1, Russell 1), LP 9 (four with 2). Steals—M 1 (L. Ibarra 1), LP 7 (Fall 2, Tibbits 2). Rebounds—M 10 (Filbert 3), LP 29 (Tibbits 9). TO—M 8, LP 7.

MOUNDRIDGE 57, ELL-SALINE 40
Moundridge’s Bethany Stucky scored 19 points and Lexi Lorimor scored scored 15 points as the Widcats beat Ell-Saline 57-40 in the Barton Hilltop Classic. The Wildcats (8-2) play Wichita Life Prep (11-5) in Thursday’s semifinals.
Ashton Travis led Ell-Saline (3-7) with 15 points.
ES 4 13 14 9 — 40
M 9 17 19 12 — 57
ELL-SALINE—Travis 3-11 1-2 15; Kochanowski 1-6 2-2 4; Omli 4-10 1-2 9; Brin 0-2 1-2 1; Relph 3-11 1-2 8; Byerley 1-2 0-0 3; Totals 15-43 5-8 40.
MOUNDRIDGE—Stucky 9-12 1-2 19; Lorimor 5-10 2-3 15; Natalie Kaufman 2-4 0-0 4; Foth 1-4 0-0 2; Kassidy Kaufman 3-7 0-0 8; Helms 1-3 0-0 2l Durst 1-2 0-0 0; Knight 0-2 0-0 0; Sebrant 2-2 0-0 4; Totals 24-46 3-5 57.
3-point goals—M 6-14 (Lorimor 3-7, Kaufman 2-4, Helms 1-2, Durst 0-1), ES 5-18 (Travis 3-4, Byerley 1-1, Relph 1-6, Griffin 0-2, Omli 0-5). Assists—M 16 (Lorimor 7), ES 8 (Omli 3). Steals—M 13 (Stucky 3), ES 7 (Omli 2, Brin 2). Rebounds—M 26 (Stucky 5), ES 27 (Relph 8). TO—M 12, ES 15.

NESS CITY 56, LITTLE RIVER 44
Ness City’s Tiana Epperson scored 25 points to spark the Eagles past Little River 56-44 in Tuesday’s Barton Hilltop Classic consolation game. Alexis Clarke scored 20 points and had nine steals. The Eagles scored 20 points off 30 Redskins turnovers.
CONSOLATION
LR 9 16 8 11 — 44
NC 20 11 18 7 — 56
LR—Renken 4-9 8-9 16; McBride 2-7 6-6 10; Wright 1-1 2-2 4; Peters 1-7 2-2 5; Loder 2-10 0-1 5; Porter 0-1 0-0 0; Konen 0-2 0-2 0; Eberle 1-4 2-2 4; Totals 11-41 20-24 44.
NC—Epperson 10-12 5-10 25; Clarke 7-11 5-7 20; Richardson 3-11 0-0 8; Holecek 0-3 0-0 0; Guzman 1-2 0-0 2; Starr 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 21-40 10-17 56.
3-point goals—LR 2-12 (Peters 1-4, Loder 1-5, McBride 0-3), NC 4-11 (Richardson 2-5, Guzman 1-2, Clarke 1-3, Epperson 0-1). Assists—LR 6 (Konen 2), NC 12 (Clarke 7). Steals—LR 9 (McBride 4), NC 19 (Clarke 9). Rebounds—LR 33 (Renken 12), NC 21 (Epperson 6). TO—LR 30, NC 24.

HILLTOP CLASSIC
At Barton’s Kirkman Center
MONDAY
Central Plains 79, Ness City 31
St. John 61, Little River 30
TUESDAY
Moundridge 57, Ell-Saline 40
Wichita Life Prep 66, Macksville 34
Ness City 56, Little River 44
THURSDAY
4:45 p.m.—Macksville 4-6 vs. Ell-Saline 3-7
6:30 p.m.—Wichita Life Prep 11-5 vs. Moundridge 8-2
8:15 p.m.—Central Plains 10-0 vs. St. John 6-4
FRIDAY
3 p.m.—7th place, Little River 5-7 vs. Macksville-Ell-Saline loser 
4:45 p.m.—5th place, Ness City 3-9 vs. Macksville-Ell-Saline winner
6:30 p.m.—3rd place, semifinal losers
8:15 p.m.—Championship, semifinal winners