The Girls Most Valuable Player was Ehlaina Hartman of Gene Keady champion Spearville. She was joined by Brianna Ede and Allissa Heskamp also of Spearville, which beat Bucklin 52-43.
Bucklin’s Mackenzie Birney and Catherine Bowman represented the second-place Bucklin team. St. John placed Erin Chrissman and Darby Smith on the team and Kiowa County's Sabrina Thomas and Addison Sherer were selected along with Kinsley's Josena Frame and Macksville's Kimber Duncan.
ST. JOHN GIRLS 49, MACKSVILLE 25 (3RD) –St. John’s Kaylynn Claussen scored 20 points to spark
the Tigers past Macksville 49-35 for third place.
St. John 14 13 8 14 – 49
Mackville 4 6 8 7 – 25
ST. JOHN (3-1)— Darby Smith 1 1-3 4; Crissman 2 7-8 13; Bree Meyer 1 2-5 5; Payton Meyer 0 2-6 2; Hacker 0 2-2 2; Claussen 6 8-8 20; Hudson 0 1-2 1; Portillo 0 4-7 4; Totals 10 25-39 49.
MACKSVILLE—Ibarra 4 0-0 8; Garcia 1 3-4 5; Mendez 0 4-6 4; Clawson 1 0-0 2; Duncan 2 0-0 4; Galan 1 0-2 2; Totals 9 7-12 25.
3-pointers—SJ 4 (Crssman 2, Smith 1, B. Meyer 1).
HOISINGTON GIRLS 54, LARNED 28 (7TH) – Turnover-prone Larned fell to the 3-point barrage of the Hoisington Lady Cardinals 54-28.
Larned accumulated 29 turnovers and Hoisington hit 8 three-pointers for Mandy Mason’s Cardinals. The Cardinals hit 23 of 56 field goal attempts for 41%. They busted from a 15-13 for a 31-17 halftime lead.
The lead grew as Larned continued their turnover barrage and shot 4 of 20 from the charity stripe. The Indians shot 12 of 35, but it was just too little.
Hoisington was paced by Keeley Wolf’s 17 points but she also got strong support from Isabelle Gonzalez with 16 and Suzanna Schneider (10).
Larned (0-4) was led by Julie Tapia with 12 points and Eden Evers added 11 points. Lynzi Myrick scored 3 and Reagan Krehbiel 2.
Hoisington 15 16 11 12 – 54
Larned 13 4 7 4 – 28
HOISINGTON (1-3)—Wolf 7 0-0 17; Gonzalez 7 0-1 16; Schneider 3 2-4 10; Colson 1 0-0 2; Romeiser 1 0-0 2; Guthrie 3 0-0 7; Totals 22-56 2-5 54.
LARNED (0-4)—Tapia 5 2-10 12; Evers 5 1-5 11; Myrick 1 1-4 3; Krehbiel 1 0-0 2; Grandy 0 0-1 0; Totals 12-35 4-20 28.
3-pointers—H 8 (Wolf), L
SPEARVILLE 52, BUCKLIN 43
Spearville 15 15 12 10 — 52
Bucklin 4 17 6 16 — 43
SPEARVILLE (4-0)—Brianna Ede 9 3-4 21; Heskamp 6 5-6 17; Hartman 2 3-4 8; Rucker 1 0-0 2; Nan 0 2-4 2; Stein 1 0-0 2; Pedigo 0 0-1 0; Totals 19 13-19 52.
BUCKLIN—Birney 4 0-0 12; Bowman 3 5-5 12; Miller 1 1-4 4; Scott 1 0-1 3; Feifert 3 0-0 6; Mazerac 2 2-6 6; Totals 14 8-17 43.
3-pointers—S 1 (Hartman 1), B 7 (Birney 4, Miller 1, Scott 1, Bowman 1).
KIOWA CO. 49, KINSLEY 37
Kiowa Co. 15 4 12 18 — 49
Kinsley 12 5 9 11 —37
KIOWA CO.—Thomas 11 4-5 26; Heft 1 0-0 2; Sherer 2 0-0 5; Rhodes 1 0-0 2; Thompson 1 2-3 4; Heinson 2 0-1 4; Gray 1 1-3 4; Totals McMurry 1 0-2 2; Totals 20 7-14 49.
BUCKLIN—Ibarra 4 0-0 11; Frame 4 1-4 10; Alvarez 2 0-2 4; Saenz 2 0-0 6; Romero 1 0-0 2; Kenyon 2 0-0 4; Totals 15 1-6 37.
3-pointers—KC 2 (Sherer 2, Gray 2), K 6 (Ibarra 3, Saenz 2, Frame 1).
LARNED KEADY CLASSIC
GIRLS—1ST—Spearville 52, Bucklin 43; 3RD—St. John 49, Macksville 25; 5TH—Kiowa County 49, Kinsley 37; 7TH—Hoisington 54, Larned 28
SEMFINALS—Bucklin 41, St. John 36; Spearville 67, Macksville 13; Kiowa County 56, Hoisington 31; Kinsley 47. Larned 31
FIRST ROUND—St. John 40, Kiowa County 34; Bucklin 46, Hoisington 28; Spearville 54,
Kinsley 32; Macksville 57, Larned 48
BOYS—1ST—Larned 36, St. John 32; 3RD—Hoisington 56, Spearville 22; 5TH—Kiowa County 63, Macksville 51; 7TH—Bucklin 79, Kinsley 51
SEMIFINALS—St. John 58, Hoisington 38; Larned 60, Spearville 31; Kiowa County 64, Bucklin 52; Macksville 48, Kinsley 39
FIRST ROUND—St. John 54, Kiowa County 38; Hoisington 81, Bucklin 62; Spearville 71, Kinsley 54; Larned 54, Macksville 31