CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 49, VICTORIA 29 — Red-hot Aevyn Siemsen scored 18 points with five 3-pointers and Marilyn Soeken delivered inside with 17 points and nine free throws for a 49-29 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Victoria. The Oilers led 40-18 after three periods. The Oilers converted seven 2-pointers and seven 3-pointers.
Central Plains 9 14 17 9 — 49
Victoria 8 3 7 11 — 29
CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1, 3-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Aevyn Siemsen 6 (5) 1-3 18, Soeken 4 9-10 17, Izzy Hurley 2 (1) 0-2 5, Strouse 1 1-2 3, Emery Siemsen (1) 0-0 3, Green 0 2-2 2; Griffin 0 1-2 1; Totals 14 (7) 14-23 49
VICTORIA (4-5, 2-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Younger 3 (2) 0-1 8; VonLintel 2 4-11 8; Averi Windholz 2 1-4 5, Ci Werth 2 (1) 0-0 5; K Kuhn (1 ) 0-0 3; Totals 10 (4) 5-16 29
CENTRAL PLAINS 52, VICTORIA 27 — It was bombs away when Central Plains converted 10 3-pointers in a 52-27 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Victoria. Camden Stiles converted five 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Rylan Siemsen made four 3-pointers and scored 13 points.
Nick Sander led Victoria with 11 points. The Knights converted six 3-pointers.
Central Plains 12 12 16 12 — 52
Victoria 7 3 12 5 — 27
CENTRAL PLAINS (8-2, 3-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Stiles 6 (5) 1-2 18, Siemsen (4) 1-2 13, Crites 1 3-7 5, Hekele 4 0-2 8, Dody 1 1-1 3; Pflughoeft 1 0-0 2; Grubb (1) 0-0 3; Totals 18 (10) 6-14 52
VICTORIA (5-4, 2-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—N. Sander 4 (3) 0-0 11; W. Sander 0 1-2 1; Schmidtberger (1) 0-0 3; Scherrer (1) 0-0 3; Brody Nowak 3 (1) 0-0 7, Huser 1 0-0 2, Totals 10 (6) 1-2 27
MACKSVILLE 69, ELLINWOOD 40 — Macksville's all-stater Diego Esparza scorched Ellinwood for 31 points to spark a 69-40 Central Prairie League basketball victory over the Eagles. Kendall Grippin (14) and Nolan Adams (13) scored in double figures.
Ellinwood (5-4, 3-1 CPL) was paced by Landon Simpson with 20 points.
Ellinwood 3 17 6 14 — 40
Macksville 15 7 28 18 — 69
ELLINWOOD (5-4, 3-1) —Simpson 8 (3) 1-2 20, Heinz (2) 0-0 6; Hosman 2 (1) 0-0 5, McCaffrey 2 0-0 4, Campbell Coleman 1 1-2 3; Wirtz 1 0-0 2; Totals 16 (6) 2-4 40
MACKSVILLE (8-2, 3-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Esparza 11 9-14 31, Adams 6 1-2 13, Grippin 5 (3) 1-2 14, Gomez 2 (1) 3-5 8, Ibarra 0 1-2 1, Holguin 1 0-0 2, Totals 25 (4) 15-25 69
ELLINWOOD GIRLS 65, MACKSVILLE 42 — Ellinwood's girls converted 10 3-pointers for a 49-point second half for a 65-42 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Macksville. The Mustangs led 17-16 at halftime.
Reese Stickney sparked the 3-point barrage with four 3-pointers and 18 points. Bennett Jacobs contributed a trio of 3-pointers and 13 points. Five Eagles made 3-pointers.
Macksville's Isabela Ortiz and Daniela Reyes each scored 14 points.
Ellinwood 7 9 25 24 65
Macksville 5 12 14 11 — 42
ELLINWOOD (8-1, 3-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Stickney 8 (4) 2-4 22, Jacobs 5 (3) 0-0 13, Maxwel (2) 0-0 6; Ritchie 0 0-2 0, Schlessiger 4 1-3 9, Batchman 2 (1) 2-2 7; Brynn Widener (2) 0-0 6, Widener 1 0-2 2; Totals 24 (12) 5-13 65
MACKSVILLE (5-5, 2-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Isabela Ortiz 4 (2) 4-5 14, Reyes 4 6-7 14, Heidy Ortiz 1 0-0 2, Laney Butler 1 0-0 2, Garcia 2 0-2 4, Sebes 0 1-2 1, Ava Chadd 1 3-4 5, Totals 13 (2) 14-20 42
LA CROSSE 46, OTIS-BISON 40 (OT) — Otis-Bison was outscored 14-8 in overtime as La Crosse escaped with a hard-fought 46-40 Central Prairie League basketball victory. The Leopards converted seven free throws in overtime.
La Crosse's Christian Rush scored 12 points and sharpshooter Lee Holopirek added 11 points. Otis-Bison's Ochs-Lohrey scored 11 points and Kelson Juno added eight points.
Otis-Bison 4 2 14 12 8 —40
La Crosse 6 11 5 10 14 — 46
OTIS-BISON (6-4, 1-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Kelson Juno 4 0-3 8, McVey 1 0-0 2; Maier 3 0-2 6; Ochs-Lohrey 4 (1) 2-2 11; Alloway 2 2-2 6; Hoopingarner 3 (1) 0-0 7; Totals 17 (2) 4-9 40
LA CROSSE (6-2, 2-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Rush 4 (2) 2-2 12, Holopirek 4 (3) 0-0 11, Castaneda 1 6-12 9; Skillett 4 0-0 8, Grumbein 0 3-4 3, Doornbos 1 1-2 3, Totals
LA CROSSE GIRLS 45, OTIS-BISON 6 — La Crosse's Molly Showalter scored 11 points and Madison Morgan chipped in nine points as the Leopards' defense shut down Otis-Bison 45-6 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game.
Allie Smith led the Cougars with four points.
Otis-Bison 2 0 2 2 — 6
La Crosse 10 13 18 4 — 45
OTIS-BISON (3-6, 1-3)—Schwindt 1 0-0 2; Richmeier 0 0-1 0; Allie Smith 1 2-6 4; Totals 2 2-7 6
LA CROSSE (5-3, 2-1)—Molly Showalter 5 (1) 0-4 11, Madison Morgan 4 (1) 0-0 9, Thielenhaus 2 (1) 2-2 7, K Shull 3 0-0 6, Dellett 2 0-2 4, Werth 2 0-0 4, Marvin 2 0-1 4, Totals 20 (3) 2-9 45
PRATT 44, HOISINGTON 32 — Pratt outscored Hoisington 29-18 after halftime for 44-32 Central Kansas League basketball victory over the Cardinals.
Pratt's 6-foot-6 Arley Morrell scored 16 points with 13 boards and Caleb Strong added 13 points. Morrell contributed 10 points and eight rebounds in the third quarter. Hudson Titus and Owen Schmidt hit 3-pointers in the key third period. Hoisington's Rhen Galla scored 15 points and Jason Robinson scored six points.
Hoisington 8 7 10 7 — 32
Pratt 3 11 15 15 — 44
HOISINGTON (3-6, 0-2)—Galla 15, Robinson 6, Martin 4, Merlau 3, Carson Mason 2, Thompson 2
PRATT (7-2, 2-0)—Morrell 16, Strong 13, Titus 5, McAtee 5, Schmidt 3, Depew 2
PRATT GIRLS 50, HOISINGTON 43 — Pratt's Kate Jackson converted seven 3-pointers, including a trio in the fourth quarter, to spark a hard-fought 50-43 Central Kansas League basketball victory over Hoisington.
After trailing 27-14, Hoisington (4-5, 0-2 CKL) closed within 37-36. Marley Bittel scored 17 points and Ellie Crawford hustled for 14 points. Maier grabbed nine rebounds. Jackson led Pratt with 26 points and Hope Hughes added 14 points.
Hoisington 2 12 20 9 — 43
Pratt 8 19 9 14— 50
HOISINGTON (4-5, 0-2)—Bittel 17, Crawford 14, Maier 4, Lutters, Wilkens, Tarlton, Wilkens
PRATT (6-3, 1-1)—Jackson 26, Hughes 14, Eastes, Schmidt, McGuire, Thibault, Sowers, Hughes
NESS CITY GIRLS, CHASE — Central Prairie League basketball game.
CHASE (0-9, 0-5)—Carson, Linderliter, MacLaren, Wilnkelman, Cavender, Estabook, Hudson, Rice, Totals
NESS CITY (3-6, 1-2)—
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NESS CITY, CHASE — Central Prairie League basketball game.
CHASE (0-9, 0-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Maudie Bowen (1) 4-4 7; Riley Bowen (2) 0-0 6; Aurelia Bowen 0 2-2 2; Totals (3) 6-6 15
NESS CITY (4-5, 1-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—
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Ness City 1 1 1 1 —