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Ellinwood Eagles surprise Victoria
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ELLINWOOD 56, VICTORIA 42 — Look out Central Prairie League, the Ellinwood boys are red hot. The Eagles earned back-to-back upsets with a 56-42 victory over Victoria in Tuesday's Central Prairie League showdown.

Eagle Layton Wirtz kept the momentum from Monday with a career high six 3-pointers and 18 points. Austin Brack added 10 points. The Eagles converted 10 3-pointers for 30 points. The Eagles outscored the Knights 33-27 after halftime.

Victoria's Weston Scherrer scored 13 points and Cody Schmidtberger added 12 points.

Victoria (10-6, 3-3 CPL) played a triple overtime game Monday at Otis.

Ellinwood 5 18 21 12  — 56

Victoria 7 8 15 12 — 42

ELLINWOOD (6-10, 5-3)—Wirtz (6) 0-0 18; Austin Brack 3 (2) 2-2 10; Hosman 4 0-0 8; Behnke 3 0-0 6; Coleman (2) 0-0 6; Heinz 2 0-0 4; Hammeke 2 0-1 4; Totals 22 (10) 2-3 56

VICTORIA (10-7, 3-3)—Scherrer 3 (2) 5-6 13; Schmidtberger 3 (1) 5-6 12; Huser 5 0-0 10; Dinkel (1) 2-2 5; Wesley Sander 1 0-0 2; Totals 13 (4) 12-14 42

ELLINWOOD GIRLS 68, VICTORIA 29 — Julia Schlessiger scored 25 points to spark the No. 2 ranked 2A Ellinwood Eagles past Victoria 68-29 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

Mette Maxwell scored 12 points and Bryn Widener added 10 points for the Eagles (16-1, 7-0 CPL). The Eagles made five 3-pointers. 

Ellinwood 27 17 20 4  — 68

Victoria 8 8 9 4 — 29

ELLINWOOD (16-1, 7-0)—Schlessiger 10 5-6 25; Maxwell (4) 0-0 12; Brynn Widener 3 (1) 3-4 10; Ritchie 3 0-0 6; Panning 0 2-2 2; Batchman 2 0-0 4; Addi Stickney 0 2-2 2; Regan Widener 2 1-1 5; Reese Stickney 0 1-2 1; Jacobs 0 1-2 1; Totals 24 (5) 15-19 68

VICTORIA (5-12, 2-4)—Kuhn 4 2-6 10; Schmidtberger (2) 0-0 6; Lichter 2 (1) 1-2 6; Rodger (1) 0-0 3; Werth 1 1-2 3; Dinkel 0 1-2 1; Totals 10 (4) 5-12 29