CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 39, CIMARRON 25 —Marilyn Soeken scored 13 points and Grace Lamatsch added 12 points as the Central Plains Oilers downed Cimarron 39-25 in the Midwinter Classic first round.
Taegan Eskam led Cimarron with 14 points.
Cimarron 7 7 6 5 — 25
Central Plains 2 14 14 9 — 39
CIMARRON (2-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Taegan Eskam 6 (1) 1-1 14, Burkhart 1 0-0 2, Fugitt 2 0-0 4, White 0 0-2 0, Sonday 0 2-4 2, , Frink (1) 0-0 3, Totals 10 (2) 3-7 25
CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Soeken 3 (1) 6-8 13, Lamatsch 3 (2) 4-5 12, Aevyn Siemsen (2) 0-0 6, Strouse 3 1-4 7, Izzy Hurley 0 1-4 1, Totals 11 (5) 12-21 39
ST. JOHN GIRLS 42, LARNED 35 — St. John converted 18 of 26 free throws to edge past Larned 42-35 in Tuesday's Midwinter Classic.
Lydia Reed led the Tigers with 12 points and outstanding interior defense. Reagan Bonner scored 11 points and hustling defense.
Larned's Karley Lemuz and Jadyn Crosby each scored eight points.
Larned 7 5 9 14 — 35
St. John4 12 15 11 — 42
LARNED (5-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Lemuz 3 2-4 8, Crosby 1 6-8 8, Wachs 2 3-4 7, Brooke Simmons 2 (1) 1-2 6, Sleder 1 0-0 2, Totals 11-34 (1) 12-18 35
ST. JOHN (10-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Reed 5 2-2 12, Bonner 4 3-4 11, Bright 1 5-8 7, Meyer 2 2-4 6, Brummer 0 3-4 3, Jayln Fischer 0 3-4 3, Totals 12-29 18-26 42
LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 79, NICKERSON 16 — Little River's Arika Feldman scored 29 points with Evie Look (14), Adelynne Strecker (13) and Avery Lafferty (14) scoring in double figures for the No. 1 ranked 1A Redskins.
Skylar Lamas hit a pair of 3-pointers for six points.
Nickerson 2 9 3 2 — 16
Little River 24 31 18 6 — 79
NICKERSON (1-8)—Lamas (2) 0-0 6, Powell 2 0-0 4, Morrell 1 0-0 2, Martinez 0 2-2 2, Bennett 1 0-0 2, Nisly 0 0-2 0, Totals 5 2-4 16
LITTLE RIVER (9-0)—Feldman 9 (6) 5-6 29, Look 6 (1) 1-1 14, Strecker 5 (3) 0-0 13, Lafferty 6 2-2 14, Crottinger 2 0-0 4, Raleigh (1) 0-0 3, Wright 1 0-0 2, Totals 30 (11) 8-9 79
ST. JOHN MIDWINTER GIRLS
1-20—Central Plains 39, Cimarron 25; Little River 79, Nickerson 16
1-21—Inman 70, Macksville 36; St. John 42, Larned 35
1-23—Larned 5-4 vs. Nickerson 1-8, 3:30; Little River 10-0 vs. St. John 10-2, 6:30
1-24—Cimarron 2-8 vs. Macksville 4-7, 3:30; Central Plains 9-1 vs. Inman 9-1, 6:30
ST. JOHN 45, INMAN 33 — St. John
Inman 1 1 1 1 —33
St. John 1 1 1 1 — 45
INMAN (2-6) (FG 3 FT TP)—Totals
ST. JOHN (7-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Alpers, Smith, Totals
LITTLE RIVER 45, LARNED 43 —Little River's Jaren Garrison converted the go-ahead 3-pointer for a 45-43 Midwinter Classic victory over Larned. Larned's Anthony Gonzalez hit a 3-pointer for a 41-37 lead, but Logan Renken and Garrison hit 3-pointers for a 44-43 lead.
Larned's Andres Martinez scored 11 points and Kylier Greene added 10 points.
Little River 13 12 12 8 — 45
Larned 5 14 17 7 — 43
LITTLE RIVER (8-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Renken (4) 0-0 12, Konen 3-4 12, Garrison 2 (1) 2-10 7, Baldetti 3 0-1 6, Raleigh 5, Schubert 3, Totals 15 (10) 5-15 45
LARNED (4-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Greene 4 2-2 10, Martinez 11, Gonzalez 7, Regan 5, Crosby 4, Shaver 4, Martin 1 1-2 3, Totals 5-6 43
MACKSVILLE 64, CIMARRON 57 — Macksville's triple threat featured Diego Esparza (16), Nolan Adams (17) and Hector Gomez (17) delivered a hard-fought 64-57 victory over Cimarron in the Midwinter Classic first round.
Adams grabbed 14 rebounds. Esparza dished out nine assists.
Cimarron 18 7 12 20 — 57
Macksville 6 22 21 15 — 64
CIMARRON (1-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Sonday 7 (1) 1-2 16, Trace Kopper 5 (3) 1-1 14, Wilson 5 (2) 0-0 12, Briggs 4 (1) 0-0 9, Ramirez 3 0-0 6, Totals 24 (7) 2-2 57
MACKSVILLE (9-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Esparza 7 (1) 3-8 18, Adams 8 1-1 17, Gomez 6 (3) 2-2 17, Grippin 3 0-0 6, Ibarra 3 0-1 6, Totals 27 (4) 6-12 64
CENTRAL PLAINS 51, NICKERSON 35 — Central Plains Oiler Aiden Hekele scored 22 points and Camden Stiles converted four 3-pointers for 12 points in a 51-35 victory over Nickerson in the St. John Midwinter Classic.
Alex King led Nickerson (1-8) with eight points. The Panthers were plagued by turnovers and a lack of defensive rebounding.
Nickerson 8 11 4 12 — 35
Central Plains 14 18 10 9 — 51
NICKERSON (1-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—King 4 0-1 8, Crossman 2 (1) 2-2 7, Walker 3 (1) 0-0 7, Brawner 3 0-0 6, Peterson 2 1-4 5, Wood 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (2) 3-7 35
CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Hekele 8 (1) 5-7 22, Stiles (4) 0-0 12, Crites 3 1-6 7, Siemsen 3 0-0 6, Stroede 1 0-0 2, Daniels 1 0-0 2, Totals 20 (5) 6-11 51
ST. JOHN MIDWINTER BOYS
1-20—Macksville 64, Cimarron 57; Central Plains 51, Nickerson 35
1-21—St. John 45, Inman 33; Little River 45, Larned 43
1-23—Nickerson 1-8 vs. Larned 4-5, 5; Central Plains 9-2 vs. Little River 8-3, 8
1-24—Cimarron 1-8 vs. Inman 2-7, 5; Macksville 9-2 vs. St John 8-4, 8
