CENTRAL PLAINS 47, HAYS TMP 41 — Central Plains Oiler Brodie Crites scored 20 points to spark a hard-fought 47-41 non-league basketball victory over Hays Thomas More Prep. Rylan Siemsen added 17 points.

Crites and Siemsen combined for 9-of-9 free throws in the fourth quarter. The No, 4 ranked 1A Div. 1 Oilers outscored the Monarchs 13-7 in the fourth quarter after a 34-34 tie.

Will Eck led TMP with 10 points. The Monarchs outscored the Oilers 21-12 on 3-pointers.

Central Plains 8 9 17 13 — 47

Hays TMP 14 12 8 7 — 41

CENTRAL PLAINS (6-0)—Crites 5 (2) 8-8 20; Siemsen 6 (1) 4-4 17; Dody 2 0-1 4; Stiles (1) 0-0 3; Lamatsch 1 0-0 2; Daniels 0 1-2 1; Totals 15 (4) 13-15 47

HAYS TMP (2-3)—Eck (4) 2 0-0 10; Dinkel (3) 0-0 9; Schmeidler 3 (2) 0-0 8; Seib 3 0-1 6; G. Nehls 3 0-1 6; I Nehls 1 0-0 2; Totals 17 (7) 0-2 41

HAYS TMP GIRLS 46, CENTRAL PLAINS 36 — Hays Thomas More Prep's Claire Schippers led a balanced Monarch offense with 11 points to hand the Central Plains girls their third consecutive loss. The Monarchs converted eight 3-pointers to outscore the Oilers 24-9 from 3-point range.

Emery Siemsen scored 13 points to lead the Oilers. The Oiler girls are riding a 3-game losing streak for the first time in school history.

Central Plains 6 12 5 13 — 36

Hays TMP 9 16 11  10 — 46

CENTRAL PLAINS (3-3)—Emery Siemsen 5 (3) 0-0 13; Aevyn Siemsen 1 2-2 4; Nixon 2 1-1 5; Hekele 1 3-4 5; Izzy Hurley 1 1-2 3; Davis 1 1-2 3; Lilly Hurley 1 1-2 3; Totals 12 (3) 9-15 36

HAYS TMP (3-2)—Schippers 3 (1) 4-4 11; Schoepf (2) 0-0 6; Rose (3) 0-0 9; Rebel 2 (1) 3-4 8; Koeningsman (1) 0-0 3; Allen 3 1-4 7; Hipp 1 0-0 2; Totals 15 (8) 8-12 46