ST. JOHN BOYS 62, NESS CITY 56

ST. JOHN – St. John’s Tanner Halling scored 22 points to spark the No. 5 -state ranked 1A Tiger basketball team past No. 3 state-ranked 2A Ness City 62-56 for first place in the Central Prairie League.

Point guard Mason Osborne contributed 17 points, 13 after halftime, and six assists for St. John (7-2, 3-0 CPL). Marshall Woolf scored 10 points.

“Tanner is pretty good,” said St. John coach Clint Kinnamon. “Those guys are pretty good. That’s a tough game that will help us down the road. It’s a great effort against a talented team. The crowd was awesome.”

The Tigers’ role players came through.

“Eddy Calleros played solid and Marshall Woolf played comfortable,” Kinnamon said.

Ness City (7-1, 2-1 CPL) was paced by Landon Reinhardt and John Pfannenstiel with 13 points apiece.

Ness City 10 19 11 16 – 56

St. John 11 19 19 15 – 62

NESS CITY (7-1, 2-1)—Reinhardt 5-11 3-4 13, Pfannenstiel 4-13 4-4 13, Rios 4-9 4-5 12, Beutler 2-3 0-0 6, Guzman 2-10 0-0 5, Seib 2-4 0-0 4, Rodriguez 1-1 0-0 3, Totals 20-51 11-13 56

ST. JOHN (7-2, 3-0)—Tanner Halling 9-14 4-6 22, Mason Osborne 8-9 1-2 17, Woolf 4-8 2-2 10, Calleros 2-5 4-4 9, Colling Halling 3-7 0-0 6, Fisher 0-2 0-0 0, McVey 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 26-46 11-14 62

3-pointers—NC 5-20 (Beutler 2-3, Rodriguez 1-1, Pfannenstiel 1-5, Guzman 1-7, Rios 0-1, Reinhardt 0-1, Seib 0-2), SJ 1-6 (Calleros 1-3, Woolf 0-3). Rebounds—NC 21 (Reinhardt 8)(, SJ 23 (T. Halling 8). Assists—NC 9 (Pfannenstiel 4), SJ 16 (Osborne 6)

ST. JOHN GIRLS 42, NESS CITY 20

ST. JOHN – Tiger Paige Doran scored eight points as nine players scored in a 42-20 Central Prairie League girls basketball game.

Kaylynn Claussen and Erin Crissman each scored seven points for St. John (3-6, 1-2 CPL). Tiana Epperson led Ness City with 11 points.

NESS CITY (1-7, 0-3)—Epperson 11, Pfannenstiel 3, Werth 2, Seib 2, Liggett 2

ST. JOHN (3-6, 1-2)—Doran 8, Claussen 7, Crissman 7, Rios 6, Smith 5, Dowling 3, Payton Meyer 3, Bree Meyer 2, Garcia 1