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St. John boys sweep Ness City, Little River
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ST. JOHN 62, NESS CITY 48 — St. John outscored Ness City 16-6 in the fourth quarter for a 62-48 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ness City. 

Emmett Delp scored 18 points, Braxton Alpers chipped in 14 points with 10 rebounds and Quade Smith added 12 points and six assists. Wyatt Mawhirter delivered four steals  The Tigers converted 8 of 24 free throws.

Ness City's Charles Parsons scored 12 points and William Childers added 11 points.

Ness City 14 11 17 6  — 48

St. John 15 16 15 16 — 62

NESS CITY (3-5, 1-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Parsons 5-9 (0-1) 2-5 12; Childers 5-10 (0-2) 1-4 11; Bozarth 1-2 (0-1) 2-4 4; Woods 1-4 (1-3) 0-0 3; McDonald 0-0 1-2 1; Harley 2-1 (2-9) 0-0 6; Gall 3-10 (1-3) 2-2 9; Brenner 1-2 0-0 2;  Totals 18-48 (4-19) 8-17 48

ST. JOHN (6-3, 2-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Delp 6-16 (2-6) 4-4 18, Braxton Alpers 7-13 0-8 14, Reyes 1-6 (0-2) 0-0 2, Smith 6-12 (0-2) 0-4 12, Ibarra 0-1 2-2 2, Vieux 1-5 (0-2) 1-2 3, Adame 0-3 (0-2) 1-2 1, Mawhirter 3-3 (1-1) 0-2 7, Lozano 1-1 0-0 3; Totals 25-60 (4-16) 8-24 62

ST. JOHN 55, LITTLE RIVER 46 — St. John rallied from a 7-point deficit for a 55-46 non-league basketball victory over Little River. The Tigers outscored the Redskins 18-8 in the second period.

Emmett Delp sparked the Tigers with 22 points and nine rebounds. Braxton Alpers scored 12 points with four assists and Quade Smith contributed 10 points, four assists and three steals. The Tigers converted 6 of 11 3-pointers while the Redskins misfired with 6 of 28 from long range.

Little River's Logan Renken 15 points and Jaren Garrison added 11 points.

St. John 14 18 7 16 — 55

Little River 21 8 5 12 — 46

ST. JOHN (7-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Delp 5-8 (2-4) 10-12 22, Braxton Alpers 5-7 2-4 12, Smith 4-8 (2-2) 0-2 10, Reyes 1-4 1-4 3, Vieux 2-4 (1-2) 0-0 5, Adame 1-4 (1-3) 0-0 3, Mawhirter 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 18-36 (6-11) 13-22 55

LITTLE RIVER (4-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Renken 6-13 (3-9) 0-0 15; Garrison 4-14 (1-8) 2-3 11; Konen 3-11 (1-6) 1-2 8; Raleigh 2-5 (1-4) 0-0 5; Schubert 0-3 (0-1) 1-2 1; Baldetti 2-4 0-0 4; Eweertt 1-1 0-0- 2; Janette 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 18-54 (6-28) 4-7 46

ST. JOHN GIRLS 58, NESS CITY 20 — St. John's Lydia Reed dominated inside with 17 points and Mia Meyer added 16 points to spark the Tigers past Ness City 58-20 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

The Tigers (7-1, 2-0 CPL) led 21-6 after one quarter keyed by aggressive full court and half court defense. Ness City's Tavarez scored eight points.

Ness City 6 8 4 2  — 20

St. John 21 18 14 5 — 58

NESS CITY (3-5, 1-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Tavarez 3-8 (1-4) 1-2 8; Reinhardt 3-12 (0-1) 0-5 6; Buller 1-3 (1-2) 0-0 3; Turner 1-1 0-0 2; Fuchs 0-4 1-2 1; Lopez-Nevarez 0-1 0-0 0; Henning 0-1 0-0 0; Schwindt 0-2 0-0 0; Petersilie 0-2 0-0 0,  Totals 8-34 (2-7) 2-9 20

ST. JOHN (7-1, 2-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Reed 8 1-2 17, Meyer 8 0-0 16, Brummer 3 3-4 9, Bonner 3 (1) 0-0 7; Averi Fisher 2 0-0 4, Jaylin Fisher 2 (1) 0-0 5, Totals 26 (2) 4-6 58

LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 49, ST. JOHN 21 — No. 1 ranked Little River shut down St. John for a 49-21 non-league basketball victory over the Tigers.

Little River's Olander scored 15 points and Lafferty added 11 points. Little River (7-0) led 23-6 after one quarter keyed by aggressive defense. 

St. John 6 2 7 6 — 21

Little River 23 6 8 12 — 49

ST. JOHN (7-2)—Bonner 0 1-2 1, Reed 4 0-0 8, Bright 3 0-0 6, Meyer 0 2-2 2, Jaylin Fisher 2 0-0 4,  Totals 9 3-4 21

LITTLE RIVER (7-0)—Olander 6-12 (0-2) 3-6 15; Lafferty 4-6 (1-2) 2-4 11; Raleigh 3-5 (1-3) 2-2 9; Strecker 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2; Look 1-4 (1-1) 0-2 3; Feldman 2-16 (1-8) 0-0 5; Wright 2-4 0-0 4; Totals 19-49 (4-17) 7-14 46