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St. John Tigers sweep Cougars
5 Heidi Fisher
St. John Tiger Heidi Fisher - photo by Courtesy Photo by Dick Smith

ST. JOHN GIRLS 47, CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 27

HUTCHINSON – It was lucky 13 night as St. John’s Heidi Fisher, Gentri Bright and Lydia Reed all scored 13 points to spark the Tigers past Hutchinson Central Christian 47-27 in Tuesday’s non-league basketball game.

No. 5 ranked 1A Division 1 St. John (6-1) led 28-8 at halftime and cruised home. No. 6 ranked 1A Division 2 Central Christian was led by Jessa Losew with 10 points.

Str. John 10 18 13 6 – 47

C. Christian 6 2 8 11 – 27

ST. JOHN (6-1)—Heidi Fisher 4 5-6 13, reed 6 1-2 13, Bright 6 1-2 13, Meyer 3 0-0 6, Brummer 1 0-1 2, Totals 20 7-11 47.

C. CHRISTIAN (6-2)—Losew 3 4-9 10, Duft 1 1-2 3, Swanson 1 0-0 2, Barrett 1 4-6 6, Kaufman 2 0-0 5, Newsome 0 1-2 1, Totals 8 10-19 27.

3-pointers—HCC 1 (Kaufman 1).

ST. JOHN 57, CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 34

HUTCHINSON – St. John’s Jace Reyes (15), Alan Valenzuela (13) and Braxton Alpers (10) scored in double figures as the Tigers roared past Hutchinson Central Christian 57-34 in Tuesday’s non-league basketball game. The Tigers converted 25 of 45 field goals (56%).

Quade Smith contributed eight assists. Brody Vieux grabbed eight rebounds. St. John (4-3, 1-0 CPL) plays at Ness City Friday.

St. John 13 18 14 12 – 57

C. Christian 4 10 11 9 – 34

ST. JOHN (4-3)—Reyes 6-8 0-0 15, Valenzuela 6-7 0-2 13, Smith 2-6 1-3 6, Vieux 1-2 0-0 2, Adame 3-7 0-0 7, Fernandez 0-1 0-0 0, Portillo 2-4 0-0 4, Alpers 5-10 0-1 10, Totals 25-45 1-6 67.

3-pointers—SJ 6-14 (Reyes 3-3, Valenzuela 1-1, Smith 1-2, Adame 1-5, Alpers 0-1, Vieux 0-1). Rebounds—SJ 29 (Viuex ). Assists—SJ 16 (Smith 8). Steals—SJ 6 (Alpers 3).