MACKSVILLE GIRLS 59, NESS CITY 25 — Macksville's Ava Chadd scored a career high 23 points to spark the Mustang girls past Ness City 59-25 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball opener. Macksville's Heidy Ortiz (13) and Macy Keenan (11) also scored in double figures. Brynlin Schwindt scored six points. Ness City 8 6 7 4 — 25 Macksville 15 14 21 9 — 59 NESS CITY (FG/3/FT/TP)—Schwindt 3 0-1 6; Whited 1 3-9 5; Lopez 2 0-2 4; Durham 0 2-6 2; Emma Petersilie 2 1-2 5; Bishop (1) 0-0 3; Totals 9 (1) 6-20 25 MACKSVILLE (FG/3/FT/TP)—Ava Chadd 11 1-4 23; Ortiz 6 1-2 13; Keenan 4 (1) 2-4 11; Burr 0 0-2 0; Reyes 4 0-4 8; Foster 2 0-0 4; Totals 27 (1) 4-14 59 NESS CITY 63, MACKSVILLE 43 — Macksville's Carlos Ibarra and Gavin Rose each scored 10 points in a 63-43 Central Prairie League basketball setback to Ness City. Ness City outscored the Mustangs 54-31 after trailing 12-9. Macksville had no defensive answer for Ness City's physical 6-foot-2 Thane Brennan who muscled inside for 24 points. Cadyn Harley added 13 points. Ness City 14 13 18 18 — 63 Macksville 12 19 13 11 — 43 NESS CITY (FG/3/FT/TP)—Brenner 11 2-4 24; Harley 5 2-2 13; Gall 0 6-10 6; Parsons 3 0-0 6; Stenzel 3 1-1 7; Durham (1) 2-4 5; McDonald 0 2-4 2; Totals 23 (2) 15-25 63 MACKSVILLE (FG/3/FT/TP)—Carlos Ibarra 3-12 (1-5) 3-4 10; Rose 5-17 (0-4) 0-0 10; Guerrero 3-9 (2-6) 0-0 8; Franklin 3-9 (0-1) 1-2 7; Scheck 2-5 (1-3) 0-0 5; Adams (1-3) 0-0 3; Cardoza 0-0 0-1 0; Rempel 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 16-56 (5-23) 4-7 43