GREAT BEND 78, ANDOVER CENTRAL 41 —Jacob Hall found a way to steal the spotlight from all-state teammate Ian Premer with a perfect 18-point night off 7-of-7 field goals and 3-of-3 free throws in a dominating 78-41 opening basketball victory at Hutchinson Friday.
Premer delivered a slam dunk for the first score and dominated the paint with three dunks in a brilliant 30-point effort.
Great Bend dominated the paint with 27-of-35 shooting inside for a 77% clip. The Panthers shot 63% on 32 of 49 field goals.
The Panthers' foursome of Hall, Ian Premer, Daxton Minton and Tavon Stroup converted 14-of-14 first-half field goals.
Andover Central 12 14 17 13 — 41
Great Bend 17 24 21 16 — 78
ANDOVER CENTRAL—Allen 5-16 (5-12) 1-1 16; Tamas 3-4 (1-1) 3-5 10; Green 2-10 (0-3) 1-2 5; Inslee 1-5 (1-2) 3-4 6 Gaouge 2-4 (102)0-0 5/ Bontrager 0-1 0-0 0; Maron 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2; Hoepner 3-3 (1-1) 0-0 7; Totals 17-45 (8-22) 8-12 41.
GREAT BEND—Ian Premer 13-15 (1-1) 3-9 30; Jacob Hall 7-7 (1-1) 3-3 18; Ohnmacht 3-7 (2-6) 2-2 10; Stroup 4-8 (0-1) 0-0 8; Alec Premer 2-6 (1-4) 1-2 6; Minton 2-4 (0-1) 0-0 4; Wondra 1-1 0-0 2; Fanshier 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 32-49 (5-14) 9-16 78
ANDOVER CENTRAL GIRLS 41, GREAT BEND 23 — Great Bend's girls played scrappy defense, but a 23-point outing with 26 turnovers spoiled its season opener. The Panthers converted 10 of 34 field goals.
Andover Central 12 14 13 2 — 41
Great Bend 2 11 4 6 — 23
ANDOVER CENTRAL—Wilborn 6 (4) 0-0 16, Converse 4 1-3 9, Tyner (2) 0-0 6; Unruh (1) 0-0 3; Cooper 1 0-0 2; Jacobs 1 0-0 2; Barcscewski (1) 0-0 3; Totals 16 (8) 1-2 41
GREAT BEND—Meredith Mazouch 2-6 (1) 0-0 5; Alex Mayers 2-3 (1) 0-0 5; McCauley 2-6 0-0 4; Katherine Mazouch 1-2 1-2 3; Stevie Mayers 1-3 0-2 2 Ringo 1-8 0-0 2; Prendergast 1-4 0-0 2; Hogan 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 10-34 (2) 1-3 23
HOISINGTON GIRLS 48, SCOTT CITY 39 — Hoisington's Beck scored a career high 16 points and Tianna Lutters added 10 points to stun the Scott City Beavers.
Hoisington 3 17 11 17 — 48
Scott City 15 4 11 9 — 39
HOISINGTON—Beck 16; Lutters 10; Maier 7; Hanzlick 7; Bittel 6, Wilkens 2
SCOTT CITY—Gentry 12; Fox 10; Lightner 6; Castillo 4; Irvin 4, Felker 3
ST. JOHN 49, STAFFORD 20 (halftime) — St. John's Emmett Delp scored 24 first-half points for a 47-20 halftime lead over Stafford. The Tigers outscored the Trojans 27-5 in the second period.
St. John 22 27 —
Stafford 15 5 —
STAFFORD—Landon Marks 8, Ketch 5, Downey 5, Kreutzer 2, Engelbrecht
ST. JOHN—Emmett Delp 24, Easton Alpers 8, Braxton Alpers 4; Lozano 4, Juan Ibarra 3, Wyatt Mawhirter 5, Reyes 1, Newdigger
ST. JOHN GIRLS 71, STAFFORD 14 —
Stafford — 14
St. John — 71
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La Crosse —
ELLINWOOD, LA CROSSE —
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La Crosse —
MACKSVILLE GIRLS 59, NESS CITY 25 —
Ness City — 25
Macksville — 59
NESS CITY, MACKSVILLE —
Ness City —
Macksville —
KINSLEY, CHASE —
Kinsley —
Chase —
KINSLEY GIRLS, CHASE —
Kinsley —
Chase —
SOUTH GRAY, PAWNEE HEIGHTS —
South Gray —
Pawnee Heights —
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South Gray —
Pawnee Heights —
CENTRAL PLAINS, SMOKY VALLEY —
Central Plains —
Smoky Valley —
CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 49, SMOKY VALLEY 31 —
Central Plains — 49
Smoky Valley — 31
