Three high school basketball teams from the Central Prairie League made it to a state basketball tournament.
St. John-Hudson’s boys won a Class 1A Division-I title, beating South Haven 70-50.
St. John’s girls finished fourth in 1A D-I, and the Ness City boys finished fourth in 2A.
It was no surprise that the three unanimous selections came from St. John.
Senior Spencer Nusser and sophomore Dean Wade were unanimously selected for the All-CPL first team voted on by the league’s coaches.
Wade finished with a double-double in the championship game, scoring 19 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Nusser finished with 10 points.
The Tigers had four players make the all-league teams.
Macksville, which had three players receive All-CPL honors, had Adolfo Ibarra and Tanner Tranbarger on the first team.
Ness City’s Colin Foos rounded out the top team.
Central Plains had three players make All-CPL teams, and Otis-Bison had two.
For the girls, St. John senior Jamie Waters was the only unanimous selection.
She was joined by senior teammate Morgan Osborne on the league’s first team. The Lady Tigers had four selections.
Jennifer Hitschmann, who was a first-team selection, led five Central Plains girls with all-league honors.
Kinsley’s Brittany Gleason and Victoria’s Kristin Huser also made the first team.
Otis-Bison had two players selected, and Macksville had one.
CENTRAL PRAIRIE LEAGUE
All-League
Basketball Selections
BOYS
First Team
*Spencer Nusser Senior St. John
*Dean Wade Soph. St. John
Colin Foos Senior Ness City
Adolfo Ibarra Senior Macksville
Tanner Tranbarger Junior Macksville
Second Team
Layne Bieberle Soph. Central Plains
Nathan Frame Senior Kinsley
Kip Keeley Senior La Crosse
Kade Kinnamon Junior St. John
Zuriel Reyes Junior St. John
Dylan Wissman Senior Otis-Bison
Third Team
Braeden Crites Freshman Central Plains
Bryan Dome Soph. Victoria
Dalton Dreiling Senior Victoria
Dalton Gantz Senior Ness City
Tucker VonLehe Senior Ness City
Honorable Mention
Marshall Jay Junior La Crosse
Tyler Maier Senior Otis-Bison
Phillip Nowak Senior Victoria
Michael Ryan Freshman Central Plains
Jordan Welch Junior Macksville
GIRLS
First Team
*Jamie Waters Senior St. John
Brittany Gleason Senior Kinsley
Jennifer Hitschmann Senior Central Plains
Kristin Huser Junior Victoria
Morgan Osborne Senior St. John
Second Team
Hannah Bannister Senior Otis-Bison
Teresa Christie Soph. St. John
Audra Nowak Junior Victoria
Reagan Phelan Freshman Central Plains
Jessie Rubottom Junior Ness City
Third Team
Erin Flax Senior Ness City
Janae Hekele Senior Central Plains
Katie Hipp Senior Central Plains
Alexis Witt Junior St. John
Mindy Wood Senior Macksville
Honorable Mention
Amber Espinosa Soph. Kinsley
Shaylee Meyers Senior Kinsley
Alyssa Oborny Soph. La Crosse
Kim Pechanec Senior Otis-Bison
Taylor Rolfs Freshman Central Plains
Morgan West Freshman La Crosse
* - unanimous selection