ST. JOHN BOYS 56, LARNED 34 — St. John’s Tanner Halling scored 15 points and Chase Fisher added 13 points as the Tigers overpowered Larned 56-34 in the St. John Midwinter Classic.
The Tigers (8-2) outscored Larned 21-10 in the fourth quarter. Eddy Calleros added 10 points. The Tigers play Macksville in Friday’s 8;15 p.m. semifinals.
Larned (4-7) was led by Brock Skelton and Damontay Phillips with nine points apiece.

Larned 11 5 5 5 — 34
SJ 14 10 10 21 — 56
LARNED—Phillips 9, Skelton 9, Castro 8, Harmon 6, Perez 2
ST. JOHN—Tanner Halling 15, Fisher 13, Calleros 10, Osborne 7, Smith 5, Guo 3, Witt 2, McVey 1.

MACKSVILLE BOYS 51, NESS CITY 43 — Macksville’s Karson Waters scored 14 points as the Mustangs edged Ness City 51-43 in Tuesday’s St. John Midwinter Classic.
Kreed Parr had six assists. Waters had four steals and Kody Mead grabbed 10 rebounds. Macksville (8-2) plays St. John in Friday’s 8:15 p.m. semifinals.
Ness City (8-3) was led by Landon Reinhardt with 12 points. The Mustangs’ defense held John Pfannenstiel to 3 of 19 field goal shooting.

Macksville 6 13 14 18 — 51
Ness City 6 9 10 18 — 43
MACKSVILLE—Waters 6-14 2-3 14, Rein 3-5 3-5 10, Parr 3-7 2-5 9, Mead 3-6 1-3 7, Freeman 3-5 0-0 6, Lickiss 2-10 0-0 6, Totals 20-47 8-16 51.
NESS CITY—Reinhardt 5-9 2-4 12, Pfannenstiel 3-19 2-2 10, Rios 2-6 4-5 9, Scheopner 3-9 0-0 6, Guzman 2-5 2-4 6, Muniz 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 15-50 10-5 43.
3-pointers—M 3-19 (Rein 1-1, Parr 1-3, Lickiss 1-3, Freeman 0-1, Waters 0-2); NC 3-12 (Pfannenstiel 2-8, Rios 1-2, Muniz 0-2).

ST. JOHN BOYS MIDWINTER CLASSIC
TUESDAY
Macksville 51, Ness City 43
St. John 56, Larned 34
THURSDAY
THURSDAY—Ness City (8-3) vs. Larned (4-7), 4:45; Wichita Defenders (9-3) vs. KC Christian (6-2); Central Plains (9-0) vs. Nickerson (2-7), 8:15
FRIDAY—Consolation—4:45; Semifinals—6:30, St. John (8-2) vs. macksville (8-2), 8:15
SATURDAY—7th—3; 5th—4:45; 3rd—6:30; 1st—8:15