OTIS-BISON GIRLS 47, INGALLS 38

RANSOM – Maddie Wiltse scored 25 points and Cora Anderson added 15 points as the Cougars’ height overpowered Ingalls 47-38 in Friday’s 1A Western Plains basketball regional. Wiltse and Anderson scored inside and blocked several Ingalls shots.

Ingalls was within 25-22 when Wiltse and Anderson combined for 12 consecutive points, the final basket by Anderson off an assist by Cristen Trapp.

The Cougars (15-6) will meet Quinter (16-5) in Saturday’s championship game. Otis-Bison placed third at the 1A-Division 2 state last year and has qualified for the state basketball tournament four times.

Ingalls 9 8 10 11 – 38

Otis-Bison 13 13 14 7 – 47

INGALLS (14-8)—Cure 6-20 0-0 14, Simon 2-8 0-0 5, Rockhold 1-3 0-0 2, Beach 3-6 0-0 6, Teichreob 2-5 0-4 4, Ast 3-9 0-0 7, Totals 19-51 0-4 38.

OTIS-BISON (15-6)—Wiltse 9-16 7-9 25, Anderson 7-11 1-2 15, Schneider 0-3 0-0 0, Ewy 1-8 0-0 3, Trapp 1-4 2-2 4, Totals 18-42 10-13 47.

QUINTER GIRLS 67, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 38

RANSOM – Quinter’s Brittney Walt scored 32 points to spark a 67-38 victory in the semifinals of the 1A Western Plains basketball substate. Walt converted five 3-pointers. Kylie Crist added 14 points. Quinter (16-5) meets Otis-Bison (15-6) in Saturday’s championship game.

Pawnee Heights (10-12) was paced by ninth-grader Cadence Nondorf with a career high 15 points. Jaden Carlson added nine points. It was the best basketball record in years for the Tigers.

P Heights 10 14 5 9 – 38

Quinter 15 19 17 16  – 67

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (10-12)— Nondorf 7 1-2 15, Jaden Carlson 4 1-2 9, Polson 2 0-0 5, Miller 0 4-6 4, Lupfer 1 0-2 2, Amspacker 0 3-4 3, Totals 14 5-7 38.

QUINTER (16-5)— Walt 11 5-5 32, Crist 4 2-3 14, Havlas 4 5-11 13, Kitch 1 0-0 2, Charles 1 0-0 2, Selensky 2 0-0 4, Getz 0 0-2 0, Totals 23 11-20  67.