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Macksville's free throws nip Larned girls
Alyssa Clark hustles for a   rebound.
Larned's Alyssa Clark (32) rebounds against teammate Katie Fischer (12) and Macksville's Lexi Wright (20). Macksville beat Larned 40-39 in overtime on Lyset Ibarra's free throws. - photo by Photo by JANET FLESKE

MACKSVILLE 40, LARNED 39 — Macksville’s Lyset Ibarra delivered the tying and game-winning free throws with nine seconds in overtime as the Mustangs nipped Larned 40-39 for fifth place. Shaylee Nesby handed the Indians their final lead 39-38 on a jumper with 35 seconds left. Baylea Perez missed the game-winning attempt by Larned.
Larned forced overtime when Katelynn Sanger and Katie Fischer sank free throws after Jenna Russell’s free throws. The Mustangs (6-6) trailed 15-0 and failed to score for the first 121/2 minutes. Russell scored eight fourth-quarter points and Lyset Ibarra and Cindy Ibarra scored three points apiece in a 16-point fourth quarter.
Fischer (15) and Sanger (13) led Larned (2-11). Russell scored 14 points with four 3-pointers.
5TH PLACE
Macksville 0 10 9 16 5 – 40
Larned 13 6 8 8 4 – 39
LARNED (2-11)—Sanger 5-15 3-4 13, Fischer 6-10 3-5 15, Butler 2-10 0-2 5, Perez 0-5 2-2 2, Alyssa Clark 1-5 0-0 2, Monica Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Anderson 0-2 0-0 0, Nesby 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 15-50 8-13 39.
MACKSVILLE (6-6)—Russell 4-8 2-2 14, Wright 2-9 5-6 9, Cindy Ibarra 2-6 3-3 7, Lyset Ibarra 1-7 4-6 6, Anchutz 1-1 0-2 2, Galan 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 11-32 14-19 40.
3-point—M 4-9 (Russell 4-6, Wright 0-3), L 1-11 (Butler 1-4, A. Clark 0-1, Anderson 0-2, Perez 0-2, Sanger 0-2). Rebounds—M 32 (Wright 7), L 30 (Fischer 11). Assists—M 9 (Russell 4), L 8 (Perez 6). Steals—M 6 (L. Ibarra 3), L 12 (Butler 4). TO—M 22, L 14.

BARTON HILLTOP
CLASSIC GIRLS
FRIDAY
1st—Central Plains 60, St. John 26
3rd—Moundridge 43, Little River 34
5th—Macksville 40, Larned 39 (OT)
7th— Ell-Saline 53, Ness City 36
THURSDAY—Consolation—Macksville 52, Ness City 45; Semifinals—St. John 42, Little River 24; Cen-tral Plains def. Moundridge
TUESDAY—Consolation—Larned 47, Ell-Saline 32; Central Plains 94, Ness City 14; Moundridge 47, Macksville 34
MONDAY—Little River 48, Ell-Saline 39; St. John 37, Larned 32

FREE THROW CONTEST
1—Emily Ryan, Central Plains, 20-19-20—59
2—Torre Fisher, St. John, 19-14-17—50
2—Denise Galan, Macksville, 18-12-20—50
4—Lexi Kochanowski, Ell-Saline, 17-17-14—48
5—Melanie Renken, Little River, 19-15-16—44
5—Alyssa Clark, Larned, 15-15-14—44
7—Jocelyn Walker, Ness City. 14-12-10—36
3-POINT CONTEST
1—Rachel Lamatsch, Central Plains, 12-14-11—37
1—Lyset Ibarra, Macksville, 12-12-13—37
3—Ashton Travis, Ell-Saline, 5-18-11—34
4—Emma McBride, Little River, 7-15-10—32
5—Kassidy Kaufman, Moundridge, 3-12-15—30
6—Baylea Perez, Larned, 6-11-10—27
7—Tara Nelson, St. John, 6-6-6—18