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St. John boys beat Kiowa County
Tuesday's basketball roundup
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ST. JOHN 64,
KIOWA CO. 35
ST. JOHN — Jorge Calleros scored 17 points to spark St. John’s boys past Kiowa County 64-35 in a non-league basketball game. Cole Kinnamon scored 14 points for St. John (14-3). The Tigers outscored the Mavericks 22-10 in the third period.

KC 8 12 10 5 — 35
SJ 16 14 22 12 — 64
KC—Frank Cuevas 6-15 0-0 12, Odle 1-4 1-2 4, Davis 4-12 0-0 9, Henry Cuevas 0-5 1-2 1, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Ellegood 2-2 0-0 4, Enfield 1-2 1-1 3, Vandenhoek 0-0 2-2 2, Totals 14-41 5-7 35.
SJ—Jorge Calleros 6-13 1-2 17, Kinnamon 4-12 5-5 14, Fisher 5-8 0-0 10, Eddy Calleros 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 2-5 3-4 9, Valenzuela 1-2 1-2 4, Ward 0-3 2-4 2, Milton 2-6 2-2 6, Totals 20-50 16-21 64.

HESSTON 58,
HOISINGTON 50
HOISINGTON — Hoisington’s boys pushed Central Kansas League champion to the limit, but the Swathers scored the final eight points for a 58-50 Central Kansas League basketball victory. Zach Vogt sparked the Swathers’ game-ending run with a go-ahead basket for a 52-50 lead.
Hesston (16-2, 9-0 CKL) clinched a tie for the CKL basketball title. Zach Vogt led the Swathers with 18 points. Scott Duerksen (12), Zach Esau (11) and Jon Weber (10)  scored in double figures. Esau dished out three assists.
Hoisington (8-10, 3-6 CKL) was paced by Ryan Broeder with a career high 19 points and Steffan Dolechek added 18 points and five assists. Brenner Donovan dished out four assists.

Hesston 14 13 14 17 — 58
HHS 7 14 14 17 — 50
Hesston—Vogt 4-10 9-9 18, Duerksen 4-13 4-5 12, Esau 4-8 2-2 11, Garrett Roth 2-3 0-0 7, Weber 5-10 0-0 10, Dahlsten 1-2 0-0 2; Caffrey 0-1 0-0 0; McCreary 0-1 0-2 0; Totals 20-48 15-18 58.
HHS—Broeder 6-7 2-3 19, Steffan Dolechek 7-12 2-2 18, Brenner Donovan 1-4 2-2 4, Specht 2-6 0-0 4, Crawford 2-6 0-0 4, Grant Dolechek 0-0 1-2 1; Totals 18-35 7-12 50.

HESSTON GIRLS 49, HOISINGTON 33
HOISINGTON — Hesston’s girls outscored Hoisington 17-4 in the second period and rolled to a 49-33 Central Kansas League basketball victory over Hoisington. Kalley Jo Ince led Hesston with 16 points and Cami Richardson added 11 points.

Rylie Koester scored 19 points for Hoisington (12-6, 5-4 CKL). Hesston (14-4, 7-2 CKL) led 28-16 at halftime and 38-22 after three periods.

Hesston 11 17 10 11 -- 49

Hoisington 12 4 6 11 -- 33

Hesston--Ince 16, Richardson 11, Brenneman 6, Brubacher 5, Decker 5, Dunlavy 4, Hiebert 2.

Hoisington—Rylie Koester 9 0-0 19, Pedigo 4 1-2 9, Karisa Schremmer 1 0-0 2, Harmon 1 0-0 3, Jonas 0 0-2 0, Totals 15 1-4 33.

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 52, NESS CITY 22
CLAFLIN — The No. 1 ranked Class 2A Central Plains girls rolled past Ness City 52-22 in a Central Prairie League basketball game.
The Oilers (18-0, 6-0 CPL) were paced by Janae Ryan with 17 points and five 3-pointers and Reagan Phelan with 16 points and a pair of 3-pointers. The Oilers led 21-6 after one quarter and 34-12 at halftime. Oiler all-stater Taylor Rolfs is sidelined with a foot injury. Ness City (8-9, 3-4 CPL) was led by Alexis Clarke with eight points.

NC 6 6 5 5 — 22
CP 21 13 9 9 — 52
NC—Clarke 2 4-5 8, Fritts 3 0-2 6, Richardson 1 1-1 3, Epperson 2 1-2 3, Totals 8 6-10 22.
CP—Janae Ryan 6 0-0 17, Reagan Phelan 7 0-0 16, Kasselman 4 1-2 9, Crites 2 1-2 5, Donecker 2 1-1 5, Totals 21 3-5 52.

CENTRAL PLAINS 75, NESS CITY 52
CLAFLIN — The No. 1 ranked Class 2A Central Plains boys rolled past Ness City 75-52 in a Central Prairie League basketball game.
The Oilers (18-0, 6-0 CPL) were paced by Michael Ryan with 24 points and Braeden Crites with 15 points. The Oilers led 29-16 after one period. The Oilers converted 13 of 13 free throws.
Ness City (11-6, 4-3 CPL) was led by Christian Scheopner with 11 points.

NC 16 15 11 10 — 52
CP 29 12 18 16 — 75
NC—Scheopner 5 1-2 11, Pfannenstiel 3 2-2 10, Fellhoelter 1 0-0 3, Stiawalt 1 2-2 5, Hamilton 2 0-0 5, Rios 2 4-6 9, Totals 16 14-18 52.
CP—Michael Ryan 10 4-4 24, Crites 5 5-5 15, Warnken 6 2-2 14, Devin Ryan 4 0-0 10, Barton 3 2-2 8, Kreft 1 0-0 2, Schlocterermeier 1 0-0 2, Totals 30 13-13 75.

KIOWA CO. GIRLS 38, ST.JOHN 23
ST. JOHN — Brecken VandenHoek scored 14 points to lead Kiowa County’s girls past St. John 38-23 Tuesday night.
Kerswisha Brown led the Tigers with six points.

KC 7 14 5 12 — 38
SJ 1 14 2 6 — 23
KC—VandenHoek 6 2-2 14, Owens 1 0-0 2, Oberle 1 0-0 2, Lingafelter 0 1-2 1, McVey 2 2-4 6, Ballard 1 1-2 3, Zenger 0 1-2 1, Heft 2 5-6 9, Totals 13 12-18 38.
SJ—Brown 2 0-0 6, Fisher 2 0-0 4, Burns 1 2-6 4, Garner 1 0-0 2, Nelson 0 2-4 2, Doggett 1 0-0 2, Martinez-Haskins 1 1-2 3 Totals. 8 5-12 23.