ELLINWOOD 61, MACKSVILLE 33 — Ellinwood's boys stayed red hot with a 61-33 victory over Macksville in a play-in bracket game in the inaugural Central Prairie League basketball tournament.
Ellinwood (8-10) featured Behnke (13) and Drake Hosman (12) in double figures with Pohlman adding nine points. Ellinwood (8-10) plays No. 1 seed Central Plains Feb. 14 at Offerle.
Macksville's Rose scored 12 points with two assists. Nolan Adams chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds.
OTIS-BISON 70, CHASE 11 — Otis-Bison roared to a 40-0 halftime lead and coasted past Chase 70-11 in Saturday's play-in game in the Central Prairie League boys tournament.
Macksville 6 9 7 11 — 33
Ellinwood 16 11 9 18 — 61
MACKSVILLE (2-16)—Rose 6-11 (0-3) 0-2 12; Nolan Adams 5-16 1-1 11; Franklin 3-9 (0-1) 2-5 8; Carlos Ibarra 1-5 0-2 2; Espino 0-1 0-1 0; Cardoza 0-1 0-0 0; Guerrero 0-3 (0-2) 0-0 0 Isaac Ibarra 0-1 0-0 0; Castaneda (0-1) 0-0 0; Layton Adams 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 15-49 (0-7) 3-11 33
ELLINWOOD (8-10)—Behnke 6 1-1 13; Hosman 5 (1) 1-1 12; Pohlman 3 (1) 2-3 9; Coleman 3 (2) 0-0 8; Wirtz 3 (1) 0-0 7; Luke Heinz 2 (1) 0-0 5; Austin Brack 2 1-2 5; Hammeke 1 0-0 2; Totals 24 (6) 5-7 61
Chase 0 0 6 5 — 11
Otis-Bison 23 17 14 7 — 70
CHASE (1-17)—Totals 11
OTIS-BISON (7-10)—Totals 70
MACKSVILLE GIRLS 47, NESS CITY 20 — When Mary Keenan started both halves with a 3-pointer, you knew it was Macksville's night to shine. Ava Chadd scored 15 points and Heidy Ortiz added 14 points to power the Mustangs past Ness City 47-20 in a play-in game in the Central Prairie League girls basketball tournament.
The Mustangs (7-12) play No. 1 seed Ellinwood Feb. 10 at Kinsley.
Brianna Lopez led Ness City with 10 points.
Macksville 8 10 11 18 — 47
Ness City 3 10 7 0 — 20
MACKSVILLE (7-12)—Ava Chadd 4 (1) 6-7 15, Ortiz 4 (1) 2-4 11; Keenan 3 (2) 0-0 8; Reyes 2 1-3 5, Burr 3 0-0 6, Foster 1 0-0 2, Totals 17 (4) 9-14 47
NESS CITY (1-16)—Lopez 3 4-6 10, Durham 3 3-4 9, Schwindt 0 1-2 1, Totals 6 8-12 20
PLAY-IN GAMES—Ellinwood 61, Macksville 33; Otis-Bison 70, Chase 11
2-14 (OFFERLE)—1 Central Plains vs. 8 Ellinwood, 4:30; 3 La Crosse vs. 6 Ness City, 7:30
2-14 (KINSLEY)—2 St. John vs. 7 Otis-Bison, 4:30; 4 Victoria vs. 5 Kinsley, 7:30
2-12 SECOND ROUND—at Kinsley, Offerle
3-13 FINALS—1ST—at Kinsley, 7:30; 3RD—at Kinsley, 4:30; 5TH—at Offerle, 7:30; 7TH—at Offerle, 4:30
CENTRAL PRAIRIE GIRLS KINSLEY/OFFERLE
PLAY-IN GAMES—Macksville 47, Ness City 20; Victoria 2, Chase 0
2-10 (OFFERLE)—1 Ellinwood vs. 8 Macksville, 3; 2 Central Plains vs. 7 Victoria, 6
2-10 (KINSLEY)—3 St. John vs. 6 Otis-Bison, 3; 4 Kinsley vs. 5 La Crosse, 6
2-12 SECOND ROUND—at Kinsley, Offerle
3-13 FINALS—1ST—at Kinsley, 6; 3RD—at Kinsley, 3; 5TH—at Offerle, 6; 7TH—at Offerle, 3
