DIGHTON GIRLS 57, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 33 — Pawnee Heights Tiger Abby Hands scored 13 points and hot-shooting Addy Pelton added 12 points and a pair of 3-pointers in a season-ending 57-33 loss to Dighton in the Colby 1A Division 2 basketball substate.
The 6-0 Hands missed playing time when she drew two fouls in the first three minutes and fouled out. The Tigers (7-16) converted 4 of 17 3-pointers.
Dighton (19-4) placed McKenzie James (15), Lani Speer (15), Karlie Speer (12) and Reilly James (11) in double figures. Dighton's pressure defense kept the Tigers' offense off balance and forced 23 turnovers.
Pawnee Heights 6 6 11 10—33
Dighton 13 10 18 16—57
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (7-16)—Hands 5-14 (1-5) 2-4 13, Addy Pelton 4-8 (2-2) 2-4 12, Cissell 2-14 (1-8) 0-0 5, Evie Pelton 0-3 1-2 1, Leiby (0-1) 0-0 0, Archuleta 1-2 0-0 2, Amspacker 0-2 (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 12-44 (4-17) 5-10 33
DIGHTON (19-4)—McKenzie James 5-11 (3-5) 2-3 15, Lani Speer 6-11 3-8 15, Karlie Speer 5-12 23 12, Reilly James 4-9 3-3 11, Norah Beach 1-2 0-0 2, Lily Beach 0-3 0-2 0, Zimmerman 1-9 (0-7) 0-0 2, Totals 22-57 (3-12) 10-19 57
COLBY SUBSTATE
AT COLBY A (3-7)—1—Dighton 19-4 vs. 4—Wheatland 18-5; SEMIFINALS—Dighton 57, Pawnee Heights 33; Wheatland 47, Golden Plains 34; FIRST ROUND—Pawnee Heights 58, Weskan 51; Golden Plains 57, Brewster 20
AT COLBY B (3-7)—7—Wallace County 14-10 vs 3—Cheylin 16-4; SEMIFINALS—Wallace County 51, Western Plains 45; Cheylin 40, Northern Valley 34; FIRST ROUND—Wallace County 77, Otis-Bison 29; Northern Valley 46, Logan-Palco 40
PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 58, WESKAN 51 — Abby Hands and the Pawnee Heights girls stayed hot with a 58-51 road victory over Weskan in the Colby basketball substate. The Tigers (7-15) play Dighton (18-4) Monday.
Hands scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Addy Pelton contributed 16 points and seven assists. Lily Cissell scored 15 points with five assists. The Tigers converted a season high seven 3-pointers.
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (7-15)—Hands 7-19 (3-9) 0-0 17, Addy Pelton 6-13 (1-3) 6-6 16, Cissell 6-12 (3-6) 0-0 15, Evie Pelton 0-3 0-0 0, Laycee Pelton 0-1 0-0 0 Leiby (0-1) 0-0 0, Archuleta 1-2 0-0 2, Amspacker 2-5 (0-1) 1-2 5, Totals 22-54 (7-20) 7-8 58
WALLACE COUNTY GIRLS 77, OTIS-BISON 29 — Otis-Bison's Brooke Elsen celebrated the Cougars' final game with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the first half in a 77-29 substate loss to Wallace County Tuesday.
Cougar Caitlin Ficken scored 10 points. Grace Smith and Juno added five points apiece.
Wallace County's Jersi Benisch scored a career high 36 points with nine 3-pointers.
Otis-Bison 6 5 7 11—29
Wallace Co. 20 25 25 7 —77
OTIS-BISON (6-17)—Ficken 5 0-0 10; Grace Smith 2 1-2 5, Juno 2 1-6 5, Holman 2 0-0 4, Elsen (1) 0-0 3, Schwindt 0 2-4 2; Totals 12 (1) 4-12 29
WALLACE COUNTY (13-10)—Benisch 13 (9) 1-2 36; Woolf 6 0-0 12, Poe 4 (1) 0-0 9; Wagoner 3 (1) 0-0 7; Richardson 3 0-1 6, Funk (1) 0-0 3, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Kuhlman 1 0-0 2; Totals 32 (12) 1-3 77
