HALSTEAD 57, LARNED 29
HALSTEAD — Halstead's Karenna Gerber scored 31 points as the No. 1-seeded Dragons dominated Larned 57-29 in the 3A Halstead basketball substate.
Larned (1-20) was paced by Kendra Grandy with eight points and Eden Evers with seven points. The Indians were brilliant from the charity stripe with 16 of 22 free throws.
The Dragons defeated Larned 55-18 in their last meeting Feb. 25.
Larned 8 3 8 10 — 29
Halstead 20 19 16 2 — 57
LARNED (1-20)—Grandy 1 5-7 8, Evers 1 4-6 7, Krehbiel 2 0-0 5, Myrick 1 2-2 4, Mead 0 2-2 2, Tapia 0 2-2 2, Hagerman 0 1-3 1, Totals 5 16-22 29.
HALSTEAD (18-3)—Karenna Gerber 31, Kaleigh O'Brien 12, Lewis 2, Engel 6, Schroeder 1 2-2 4, McClain 2.
3-pointers—L 3 (Grandy 1, Krehbiel 1, Evers 1).
NORTON 58, HOISINGTON 34
NORTON — Norton outscored Hoisington 36-13 after halftime for a 58-34 victory in the 3A Beloit basketball substate. Hoisington trailed 22-21 at halftime and were within 27-24 after Keeley Wolf converted a 3-pointer.
But Norton (14-8) finished the third quarter with a 17-1 scoring burst for a 44-24 lead. Tessa Hauer led Norton with 16 points and Hannah Bailey scored 13 points, nine in the second half.
Wolf led the Cardinals (6-15) with nine points on a trio of 3-pointers. Kelsi Dalton and Jaci Guthrie added six points.
Hoisington 6 15 4 9 — 34
Norton 13 9 22 14 — 58
HOISINGTON (6-15)—Wolf 9, Dalton 6, Guthrie 6, Gonzalez 5, Mason 4, Colson 2, Brewer 1, Brack 1.
NORTON (14-8)—Hauser 16, Bailey 13, Sarah David 10, Hartwell 5, Cox 5, Jones 4, Carter 3, Porter 2.
3-pointers—H 4-12 (Wolf 3, Guthrie 1).
Salina Central 1 1 1 1 —
Great Bend 1 1 1 1 —
SALINA CENTRAL (9-12)—Reed McHenry, Stack, Losey, Tedlock, Watson, Speer, Burnett, Vidricksen, Farmer, Kavanaugh,Puckett, Kickhaefer, Dyson, Moore, Totals.
GREAT BEND (17-4)—Schremmer, Brown, Duvall, Sam Ryan, Miller, Kuhlman, Dunekack, Olivas, Hall, Totals.
3-pointers—SC (McHenry, Burnett), GB ()
ELLINWOOD 48, REMINGTON 32
ELLINWOOD — Top-seeded Ellinwood downed Remington 48-32 in the 2A Inman basketball substate. Tyler Stuhlsatz scored 13 points and Britton Dutton and Tyler Knop each added nine points. Ellinwood (17-4) plays in Thursday's Inman semifinals. The Eagles last qualified for a state basketball tournament 36 years ago.
Remington 6 10 5 11 — 32
Ellinwood 7 9 14 18 — 48
REMINGTON (5-16)—Entz 1-2 3, Cook 1 2-2 5, Martin 1 0-0 3, Braden Scribner 3 0-0 8, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Spencer 2 0-5 4, Fasnacht 1 1-3 3, Winter 2 0-0 4, Totals 12 4-12 32.
ELLINWOOD (17-4)—Britton Dutton 4 0-0 9, David Hammeke 2 2-6 6, Tyler Stuhlsatz 5 1-2 13, Doll 1 6-6 9, Wondra 1 0-0 2, Knop 3 3-4 9, Totals 16 12-18 48.
3-pointers—R 4 (Schribner 2, Entz 1, Martin 1), E 4 (Stuhlsatz 2, Dutton 1, Doll 1).
