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Oilers sweep Hoisington in basketball opener
spt Hugo Emily Ryan Attacks the basket for a layup
Oiler Emilt Ryan attacks the basket against Hoisington's Brooke Galletine (21) and Kelsi Dutton (32). Ryan scored 44 points in an 88-23 victory.

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 88,
HOISINGTON 23
CLAFLIN – Central Plains’ sophomore all-stater Emily Ryan made a stunning sophomore debut with 44 points and seven assists to spark the Oilers past Hoisington 88-23 in Friday’s non-league basketball game.
Ryan scored 32 first-half points for the Oilers’ 63-11 halftime lead. Ryan converted 17 of 21 field goals and five free throws. Avery Hurley contributed 13 points and Rylee Cunningham 10.
Hoisington’s Maleigha Schmidt scored seven points.

HHS 10 11 2 0 – 23
CP 25 28 19 6 – 88
HH—Schmidt 1 5-5 7, Dalton 2 1-2 5, Pedigo 1 0-0 2, Wolf 1 0-0 2, Schneider 1 0-0 3, Suarez 2 0-0 4, Totals 8 6-7 23.
CP—Ryan 17-21 5-5 44, Avery Hurley 6-8 1-3 13, Lamatsch 3-7 0-0 7, Rugan 3-6 1-2 8, Donecker 1-4 3-6 5, Rylee Cunningham 3-6 4-4 10, Crites 0-2 1-3 1, Stratmann 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 33-56 15-23 88.
CENTRAL PLAINS BOYS 68,
HOISINGTON 25
CLAFLIN – Alex Hickel scored 19 points and Brett Liebl scored 14 points as the Central Plains Oilers raced past Hoisington 68-25 in Friday’s non-league basketball game.
The Oilers led 26-10 after one quarter and 44-10 at halftime by shutting the Cardinals out in the second period. The Oilers converted eight 3-pointers.
Drew Nicholson and Avery Brewer led the Cardinals with five points apiece.
Central Plains plays Ell-Saline at the Lincoln Tournament Tuesday and Hoisington plays Kinsley Tuesday at Larned’s Gene Keady Classic.

HHS 10 0 8 7 – 25
CP 26 18 20 4 – 68
HH—Nicholson 2-6 1-1 5, Brewer 2-4 0-0 5, Xavier Robinson 0-1 1-4 1, Haxton 1-8 2-5 4, Richard s 0-1 0-0 0, Prosser 1-3 0-0 3, Chase Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, Donovan 1-5 2-2 3, Boxberger 0-1 2-2 2, Potter 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 7-33 8-14 25.

CP–Hickel 8-13 0-0 19, Liebl 5-7 4-6 14, Ryan 4-5 1-1 11, Barton 4-5 1-2 9, Oeser 1-3 0-0 3, Menges 1-2 2-2 5, Bieberle 1-2 0-0 2, Heredia 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 1-2 0-0 3, Radenberg 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 26-41 8-11 68.

3-point–HH 3-16 (Prosser 1-2, Donovan 1-4, Brewer 1-3, Nicholson 0-2, Haxton 0-4, Richards 0-1),  CP 8-16 (Hickel 3-5, Ryan 2-3, Thompson 1-2, Oeser 1-2, Menges 1-2, Barton 0-1, Heredia 0-1). Rebounds–HH 20 (Nicholson 4, Haxton 4), CP 26 (Liebl 6, Barton 6). Assists–HH 4 (Haxton 2), CP 19 (Ryan 9). Steals–HH 2, CP 6 (Barton 3). TO–HH 19, CP 8.