CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 58, RAWLINS COUNTY 48 — Central Plains Oiler Marilyn Soeken keyed a balanced offense with 16 points in a 58-48 championship victory over Atwood Rawlins County 58-48 to secure a state berth for the 10-time state basketball champions.

Maggie Strouse converted 6-of-6 field goals and scored 13 points. Freshman Emily Siemsen scored a career high 13 points with a pair of 3-pointers. The Oilers built a 39-24 lead before the Buffaloes scored 24 fourth-quarter points.

Rawlins County's Tayten Dewey scored 19 points and scored her 1,000-career point during the fourth quarter.

Rawlins County 6 8 10 24 — 48 

Central Plains 19 5 15 19 — 58

RAWLINS COUNTY (17-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Dewey 7-13 (2-6) 3-4 19, Shively 8-15 (1-5) 1-3 18, Timm 0-1 0-0 0, FRanklin 1-5 (0-1) 3-4 5, Bolen 1-4 (1-2) 1-2 4, Carlson 0-4 (0-3) 0-0 0, Lankas 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 18-45 (4-17) 8-13 48

CENTRAL PLAINS (18-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Soeken 4-9 (1-2) 7-10 16, Strouse 6-6 1-2 13, Emery Siemsen 5-10 (2-4) 1-2 13, Green 2-3 (1-1) 4-4 9, Aevyn Siemsen 1-8 (0-4) 0-0 2, Lamatsch (1-3) 1-4 4,Izzy Hurley (0-4) 1-2 1, Totals 19-43 (5-18) 15-24 58