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Oilers, Ellinwood reach girls finals
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ELLINWOOD 81, CANTON-GALVA 63

CLAFLIN -- Delaney Beckwith scored a career high 28 points to boost No. 1 ranked Ellinwood past Canton-Galva 81-63 in the Class Central Plains basketball substate. Ellinwood (21-1) will meet defending Class 2A state champion Central Plains (21-1) for a state berth. The Eagles beat the Oilers 66-58 Feb. 24.

Ellinwood led 50-46 after three quarters before outscoring Canton-Galva 31-17 in the fourth quarter. Rachel Doll scored 22 points and Blake Wilt added 11 points.

Canton-Galva 8 19 19 17 -- 63

Ellinwood 17 14 19 31 -- 81

Canton-Galva--Enns 14, Haydon 12, Wesley 8, Nightengale 7, Wilhelm 6, Johnso 4, Unrh 4, Nordstrom 4. 

Ellinwood--Beckwith 28, Rachel Doll 22, Wilt 13, Panning 8, Arndt 6, Beck 4. 

CENTRAL PLAINS 64, PLAINVILLE 36

CLAFLIN -- Taylor Rolfs scored 21 points to lead No. 3 ranked Central Plains past Plainville 74-36 in the Class 2A basketball substate. Defending state champion Central Plains (22-1) will meet Ellinwood (22-1) for a state berth.

Rolfs converted five 3-pointers. Reagan Phelan scored 14 points and dished out several assists. Cassidy Crites (14) and Breanna Schartz (10) scored in double figures. The Oilers scored 17 straight points in the first half.

Plainville 8 16 7 5 -- 36

Central Plains 20 22 20 2 -- 64

Plainville--Lyric Dewey 12, Brianna Casey 5, Amy Casey 4, Junkermeier 4, McQueen 3, Crawford 2, Mason Dewey 2, Werner 2, Augustine 2.

Central Plains--Rolfs 21, Phelan 14, Crites 14, Schartz 10, Janae Ryan 3, 2, Kasselman 2.   

SOUTH CENTRAL 50, ST. JOHN 28

INMAN -- South Central's Regan Bayne scored 19 points and the Timberwolves rolled past St. John's girls 50-28 in the Class 2A Inman basketball substate. South Central (16-6) plays Moundridge (20-2) in the finals.

St. John (16-6) was paced by Bailey Burns with eight points and Teresa Christie added six points.

St. John 5 10 7 6 -- 28

South Central 16 12 14 8 -- 50 -- 50

St. John--Burns 8, Teresa Christie 6, Tara Christie 3, Hanson 6, Fisher 4, Nelson 2.

South Central--Reagan Bayne 9-18 0-0 19, Alexander 5-8 2-2 13, Jellison 4-7 0-1 8, Unruh 2-3 2-2 6, Taylor Bayne 0-2 2-4 2, Snyder 1-2 0-0 2; Kissel 0-0 0-1 0; Totals 21-41 7-12 50.

HUGOTON 55, LARNED 24

LARNED -- No. 1 ranked Hugoton rolled past Larned's girls 55-24 to advance to the finals of the Class 4A DIv. 2 basketball substate. Hugoton (18-2) will meet Pratt (16-5) for a state berth.

The Eagles led 22-9 after one quarter. The Eagles put together a 31-8 scoring burst for a 41-15 halftime lead. Katy Heger scored 17 points and Dallie Hoskinson added 12 points.

Haley Skelton led Larned (4-17) with seven points and Ally Aldrich added five points. The Indians committed 22 turnovers.

Hugoton 22 19 13 1 -- 55

Larned 9 5 7 3 -- 24

Hugoton--Hager 17, Hoskinson 12, Scott 10, Sosa 5, Rawlins 3, Pena 1, Armendariz 2, Fabela 5.

Larned--Skelton 7, Aldrich 5, Bryant 4, Parr 2, Lessard 2, Smith 2, Bright 1, Clark 1.

PRATT 64, HOLCOMB 50

LARNED -- Pratt beat Holcomb 64-50 to advance to the finals of the Larned Class 4A-Div. 2 basketball substate. Pratt (16-5) plays No. 1 ranked Hugoton (18-2) in the finals.

Destani Garten led Pratt with 15 points. Holcomb's Taylor Deniston scored 28 points.

Holcomb 2 23 12 13 -- 50

Pratt 11 14 16 23 -- 64

Holcomb--Deniston 28, Jarnagin 12, Engler 6, Sapien 4.

Pratt--Garten 15, Becker 13, Hook 12, Flemming 9, Bailey 8, Potter-Smith 7.