St. John 66, Ellinwood 36

ST. JOHN — Jorge Calleros scored 18 points to lead defending league champion
St. John past Ellinwood 66-36 in a Central Prairie League basketball game Tuesday.
St. John (8-1, 3-0) led 36-17 at halftime. Cole Kinnamon scored 13 points to go with nine rebounds, four assists and three steals. Chase Fisher scored 10 points. Alex Valenzuela dished out five assists. The No. 2 seeded Tigers will play Nickerson in the St. John Midwinter Classic Jan. 21.
Ellinwood (5-3, 1-1) was paced by Kaleb Schartz with 12 points and Cody Wondra with 11 points.
Ellinwood 10 7 9 10 — 36
St. John 14 22 14 16 — 66
Ellinwood—Schartz 5-10 0-0 12; Cody Wondra 5-7 1-1 11; Monday 2-4 1-2 5; Martinez 1-7 2-2 4; Kasselman 0-1 0-0 0; Menges 0-1 0-0 0; Ewing 1-4 1-2 4; Totals 14-34 5-8 36.
St. John—Jorge Calleros 8-14 1-2 18; Kinnamon 5-14 3-5 13; Fisher 4-7 2-2 10; Milton 4-6 0-0 8; Eddy Calleros 1-1 0-0 2; Smith 1-4 2-5 5; Valenzuela 2-4 0-0 4; Ward 0-2 0-0 0; Long 1-3 2-2 4; Eddy Ibarra 1-2 0-0 2; Totals 25-55 8-11 66.   

LaCrosse girls 57, Macksville 36
MACKSVILLE — Morgan West scored 24 points and LaCrosse’s girls rolled past Macksville 57-36 in a Central Prairie League basketball game Tuesday.
State-ranked LaCrosse (8-1, 2-0 CPL) led 17-0 after one period. The Mustangs (2-6, 0-2 CPL) was paced by Sophie Filbert with 12 points and Emma Stimatze added 11 points. The Mustangs play at Ellinwood Friday.
LaCrosse 17 14 13 13 — 57
Macksville 0 9 13 14 — 36
LaCrosse—West 10 2-4 24; Pierce 3 0-1 10; Lacy 2 5-7 9; Baus 4 1-5 9; Gilbert 2 1-2 5; Kershner 0 0-2 0; Totals 22 9-22 57.
Macksville—Filbert 5 0-0 12; Stimatze 5 1-2 11; Russell 4 0-0 8; Vosburgh 0 1-2 1; Galan 2 0-0 4; Totals 16 2-4 36.

Kiowa County girls 51, Pawnee Heights 15
GREENSBURG — Janessa Zenger scored 13 points and Kiowa County’s girls beat Pawnee Heights 51-15 Tuesday. The Mavericks led 23-2 after one quarter.
Freshman Ashlee Miller led the Tigers with 11 points.
Pawnee Heights 2 7 4 2 — 15
Kiowa County 23 15 8 5 — 51
Pawnee Heights—Miller 11, Carson 2, Lupfer 1, Hoffman 1.
Kiowa County—Zenger 13, Sierra Lingafelter 8, Heft 8, Shayna Lingafelter 2, Erickson 2, Owens 2, VanderHoek 3, Oberle 2, Cecil 2, McVey 5, Ballard 4.

Kiowa County 62, Pawnee Heights 30
GREENSBURG — Kiowa County’s Landon Davis scored 26 points to lead the Mavericks past Pawnee Heights 62-30 Tuesday.
Freshman Kale McCoy led the Tigers with 10 points and freshman Kade Scott added nine points.
Pawnee Heights—McCoy 10, Scott 9, Ryan Klenke 3, Henbest 4, Karst 2. VanMeter 2.
Kiowa County—Davis 26, Frank Cuevas 10, Henry Cuevas 7, Odle 5, Erickson 4, Thompson 2, Enfield 4, Ellegood 4.