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No. 1 ranked St. John boys roll past Kinsley
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ST. JOHN 57,
KINSLEY 13
ST. JOHN — No. 1 ranked Class 2A St. John cruised past Kinsley 57-13 to open the Central Prairie League basketball season. The Tigers (7-0, 1-0 CPL) play No. 2 ranked Ness City (7-0, 2-0 CPL) for first place Friday night.
The Tigers were led by Eddy Calleros with 14 points and Chase Fisher (12) and Cole Kinnamon (10) scored in double figures.

Kinsley 2 2 4 5 — 13
St. John 25 14 14 4 — 57
KINSLEY—Kellen Kerrman 0-7 0-0 0; Clayton Dobyns 1-2 0-0 2; Bryce Herrmann 1-8 2-2 4; Bryce Sexton 2-7 0-2 4; Levi Haynes 0-3 0-0 0; Andrew Fagan 1-2 1-4 3; Totals 5-31 2-4 13.
ST. JOHN—Chase Fisher 6-9 0-0 12; Cole Kinnamon 4-10 2-2 10; Braden Witt 1-1 0-0 2; Eddy Calleros 6-7 0-0 14; Quincy Smith 2-4 0-0 4; A.J. Miller 0-2 0-0 0; Cashe McVey 0-1 0-2 0; Alexis Valenzuela 1-3 0-0 2; Mason Osborne 1-5 0-0 2; Triston Long 1-3 0-0 2; Jorge Calleros 3-6 0-0 7; Keven Neri-Leon 0-1 0-0 0; Tanner Halling 1-2 0-0 2; Totals 26-54 2-4 57.
3-point goals—SJ 3-13 (E. Calleros 2-3, J. Calleros 1-1, Miller 0-1, Smith 0-1, Kinnamon 0-3, C. Fisher 0-1, Neri-Leon 0-1, Valenzuela 0-1, Osborne 0-1). Rebounds—SJ 25 (C. Fisher 4); Assists—SJ 13 (Osborne 3, Smith 3, Kinnamon 3). Steals—SJ 11 (Kinnamon 4).

KINSLEY 58,
ST. JOHN 53
ST. JOHN — Kinsley’s Scout Frame scored 26 points and Rylee Gleason scored 23 points to spark the Coyotes past St. John’s girls 58-53 in a Central Prairie League basketball game. Frame and Gleason combined for five 3-pointers.
Kinsley led 23-4 after one period and were ahead 56-46 over the Tigers, who kept battling.
Bailey Burns scored 22 points and Tara Nelson added 19 points for the Tigers (3-4, 0-1 CPL).

Kinsley 23 10 13 12 — 58
St. John 4 26 10 13 — 53
KINSLEY—Scout Frame 9 5-10 26; Rylee Gleason 7 7-7 23; Josena Frame 1 0-1 2; Madison McElwain 1 0-0 2; Gisel Holguin 2 0-0 5; Totals 19 12-18 58.
ST. JOHN—Bailey Burns 9 2-4 22; Tara Nelson 6 6-10 19; Kerisa Brown 2 0-0 5; Jackie Rios 0 3-4 3; Alexa Rodarmel 1 0-0 2; Paige Doran 1 0-0 2; Totals 19 11-18 53.

HOISINGTON 57,
LYONS 24
LYONS — Hoisington’s boys outscored Lyons 35-13 after halftime for a 57-24 Central Kansas League basketball victory Tuesday. Hoisington travels to Kingman Friday night.
The Cardinals (2-4, 1-0 CKL) placed Brenner Donovan (14), Cameron Davis (12) and Grant Dolechek (10) in double figures. Davis dished out six assists and Brenner Donovan and Tyler Specht each added four assists. Grant Dolechek had four steals.
Lyons (0-7, 0-1 CKL) was paced by Terek Smith with 10 points.

HOISINGTON GIRLS 47, LYONS 43
The Lyons girls rallied from a 33-13 deficit for a 43-43 tie when the Cardinals (2-4, 1-0 CKL) converted four free throws in the final minute.

HHS 12 10 20 15 — 57
Lyons 8 3 10 3 — 24
HHS—Brenner Donovan 5-10 3-3 14, Cameron Davis 6-10 0-0 12, Grant Dolechek 4-9 2-3 10, Alex Schremmer 2-3 2-2 7, Eric Barrett 2-2 0-0 5, Kyle Lang 1-5 0-0 3, Braxton Donovan 1-1 0-0 3, Tyler Specht 0-2 2-4 2, Avery Brewer 0-0 1-2 1; Xavier Robinson 0-1 0-0 0; Nash Stambaugh 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 21-45 11-17 57.
LHS—Terek Smith 2-6 5-8 10, Tyler Edwards 1-6 0-2 3, Gage Reid 1-4 0-1 3, Jon Gomez 1-3 1-2 3, Alejandro Pena 1-5 0-0 3, Riley Kirkhart 1-3 0-0 2; Seth Clayton 0-5 0-0 0; Dakota Procopio 0-0 0-2 0; Connor Minix 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 7-33 6-15 24.
3-point goals—HH 4-9 (Braxton Donovan 1-1, Schremmer 1-1, Brenner Donovan 1-3, Lang 1-4); L 4-18 (Smith 1-2, Pena 1-4, Reid 1-4, Edwards 1-5, Minix 0-1, Kirkhart 0-1, Clayton 0-1,). Rebounds—HH 35 (Dolechek 9), L 25 (Edwards 8). Assists—HH 17 (Davis 6), L 6 (Edwards 3). Steals—HH 12 (Dolechek 4), L 4. TO—HH 7, L 14.

ELLIS 59,
ELLINWOOD 49
ELLIS — Ellis outscored Ellinwood’s boys 36-20 in the first and third periods for a 59-49 non-league basketball victory.
The Eagles (3-3) were paced by Tyson Martinez with 21 points and Peyton Duvall added eight points. The Eagles converted 10 of 21 3-pointers for 30 points.
Easton Smith scored 24 points for Ellis (4-3).

Ellinwood 11 12 9 17 — 49
Ellis 19 9 17 14 — 59
ELLINWOOD—Tyson Martinez 7-17 2-4 21, Peyton Duvall 2-5 2-4 8, Joel Kasselman 3-8 0-0 7, Nathan Monday 2-11 2-2 6, Zack Jacobs 1-4 1-2 3, Eric Jones 1-2 0-0 2; Kodie Mcfaren 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 16-48 7-12 49.
ELLIS—Easton Smith 24, Derek Pfeifer 10, Ryan Herl 10, Taylor Beisner 9, Clay Feik 4, Geoffrey Soneson 2.
3-point goals—E 10-21 (Martinez 5-9, Duvall 2-3, Monday 2-5, Kasselman 1-2, Jacobs 0-2). Rebounds—E 24 (Duvall 5, Kasselman 5); Steals—E 7 (Duvall 3); Assists—E 6 (Monday 3).


ELLIS GIRLS 53,
ELLINWOOD 50
ELLIS — Ellis held off Ellinwood’s rally 53-50 in a non-league girls basketball game. Ellis led 16-7 after one quarter and Ellinwood forced a 24-24 halftime tie.
Ellinwood )0-6) played its best basketball game of the season with Brittney Beck (13), Maddie Hayes (12), Allison Panning (10) and Madison Ward (11) scoring in double figures.
Ashley Mattheyer led Ellis (4-3) with 20 points and Lexie Rome added 12 points.

Ellinwood 7 17 12 14 — 50
Ellis 16 8 16 13 — 53
ELLINWOOD—Brittney Beck 4-10 3-6 13, Maddie Hayes 2-8 6-10 12, Allison Panning 3-10 4-6 10, Madison Ward 4-10 3-7 11, Kaitlyn Panning 1-1 1-2 3, Hunter Miller 0-2 1-2 1; Lauren Petz 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 14-42 0-0 50.
ELLIS—Ashley Mattheyer 20, Lexie Rome 12, Kaylyn Foster 6, Cassie Waldschmidt 4, Abby Burton 3, Natalie Schoenberger 5, Abigail Mattheyer 3.

KINGMAN 49,
LARNED BOYS 32
Kingman 14 11 8 16 — 49
Larned 4 12 3 13 — 32
KHS—Tanner Albright 6 4-5 18, John Molitor 4 1-2 9, Logan Buehler 3 0-1 8, Tanner Flanagan 3 0-0 6, Tal Hartley 2 1-1 5, Garrett Oeding 1 1-2 3; Totals 19 7-11 49.
LHS—Jonathan Herter 2 3-4 8, Thomas Harmon 2 2-2 7, Chance Sanger 3 0-0 7, Dalton Bright 1 2-2 4, Alex Barger 1 0-0 2, Colton Massey 1 2-2 2, Brock Skelton 1 0-1 2; Mason Schartz 0 0-1 0; Totals 10 9-12 32.

KINGMAN 58,
LARNED GIRLS 37
Kingman 11 11 20 16 — 58
Larned 6 8 15 8 — 37
KHS—Bailey Bangert 9 5-7 25; Shyann Jackson 4 5-9 14; Brianna Bradshaw 2 2-2 6; Sydney Bangert 1 2-2 5; Albin 1 0-0 2; Brianne Garrison 2 1-2 5; Macey Maloney 0 1-3 1; Totals 19 16-25 58.
LHS—Haley Skelton 5 5-6 16; Kelsey Parr 3 0-1 6; Jillian Edgin 1 0-0 2; Ivory Muldrow 2 0-1 6; Erin Smith 1 0-1 2; Baylea Perez 1 2-4 5; Totals 13 7-13 37.