CENTRAL CHRISTIAN GIRLS 41, ST. JOHN 32

LITTLE RIVER – St. John freshman Darby Smith scored 16 points, but the Tigers fell shy 41-32 against Hutchinson Central Christian in Thursday’s 1A Little River basketball regional.

Smith hit a 3-pointer to end the third quarter. But the Cougars (19-2) held off the Tigers paced by Krystan Bartlett with 15 points and Lindsey Kauffman with eight points.

St. John 4 8 11 9 – 32

C. Christian 12 6 12 11 – 41

ST. JOHN (9-13)—Smith 7 0-0 16, Crissman 2 4-7 8, Rios 1 0-0 2, Hudson 1 0-0 2, Doran 2 0-0 4, Totals 13 4-7 32

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN (19-2)—Bartlett 7 1-2 15, Kauffman 3 1-2 8, Chapman 1 5-6 7, Ibarra 1 2-4 5, Z. Simms 2 0-0 4, D. Simms 0 2-2 2, Totals 14 11-16 41

PRETTY PRAIRIE GIRLS 51, LITTLE RIVER 44

LITTLE RIVER – Pretty Prairie’s Blair Hollenbeck drilled five 3-pointers to score 19 points as the Bulldogs downed Little River 51-44 in Thursday’s 1A basketball regional.

The Bulldogs (14-8) advance to play Hutchinson Central Christian (19-2). Kaylie Zimmerman led the Redskins with 13 points and Emma McBride added 12 points.

Pretty Prairie 12 13 15 11 – 51

Little River 15 8 5 16 – 44

PRETTY PRAIRIE (14-8)—Hollenbeck 6 2-2 19, Schrag 4 3-5 11, Harbaugh 3 3-4 11, Young 0 1-2 1, Hendrickson 2 1-1 5, Vogl 1 0-2 2, Krehbiel 0 0-1 0, Keeler 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 1-17 51

LITTLE RIVER (15-7)—Zimmerman 3 4-4 13, McBride 4 2-4 12, Barta 1 2-4 4, Bergkamp 2 0-0 4, Konen 1 1-2 3, Boughfman 4 0-0 8, Totals 15 9-14 44