Oilers earn All-Central Prairie honors

Central Plains all-staters Brynna Hammeke and Kassidy Nixon earned first team All-Central Prairie League basketball honors. The Oilers (24-1, 7-0) captured a state record eighth consecutive state basketball title with a 50-38 victory over Rexford-Golden Plains.

Hammeke (19.5 ppg, 4.3 steals, 3.5 assists) and Nixon (11 ppg, 8 rpg, 4.6 asssists, 4.2 steals) led the Oilers to an unbeaten Central Prairie League season for the seventh straight season. The Oilers have swept 56 consecutive CPL games.

Also named on the first team are Ellinwood’s Brittany Simpson (23 ppg, 5 rpg, 4 steals, 3 assists), St. John’s Darby Smith and Heidi Fisher and Victoria’s Melany Huser.

CENTRAL PRAIRIE GIRLS FIRST TEAM

*unanimous

CENTRAL PLAINS—*Brynna Hammeke, G, 11; Kassidy Nixon, G, 12

ST. JOHN—Darby Smith, G-F, 12; Heidi Fisher, G, 10; ELLINWOOD—Brittany Simpson, PG, 11; VICTORIA—Melany Huser, G, 12

SECOND TEAM—MACKSVILLE—Mayce Russell, PG, 10; CENTRAL PLAINS—Madison McGuire, C, 12; NESS CITY—Hannah Delaney, F 11; Zoe Seib, G, 12; LA CROSSE—Brooke Herrman, F, 12

THIRD TEAM—ST. JOHN—Peyton Meyer, G, 12; ELLINWOOD—Bella baker, PF, 11; MACKSVILLE—Abi Ibarra, G, 12; VICTORIA—Kaitlyn Windholz, G, 12; OTIS-BISON—Halee Morrison, F, 11

HONORABLE MENTION—KINSLEY—Kayla Ruiz, C, 12; ELLINWOOD—Mary Dimitt, G, 12; MACKSVILLE—Kambry Adams, F, 10; NESS CITY—Alexa Reinhardt, F 12; LA CROSSE—Taylor Marvin, G, 12

CENTRAL PRAIRIE GIRLS

Central Plains 8-0 24-1

St. John 7-1 15-8

Ellinwood 6-2 12-10

Macksville 5-3 12-10

Ness City 3-5 11-11

Victoria 2-6 7-14

LaCrosse 2-6 6-15

Otis-Bison 2-6 5-16

Kinsley 1-7 4-17