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St. John Tigers sweep Kinsley
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St. John Tiger Lydia Reed (23) drives to the basket. - photo by Courtesy Photo by Dick Smith

ST. JOHN GIRLS 58, KINSLEY 20 — St. John's Reagan Bonner scored 19 points to spark the Tigers past Kinsley 58-20 in Wednesday's Central Prairie League basketball game. The Tigers (7-1, 1-0 CPL) used effective fullcourt pressure defense to fuel a fast-break offense that led to a 30-1 lead after one quarter.

Lydia Reed scored 12 points and Gentri Bright added seven points.

Kinsley's Ava Kirkwood earned a double/double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. The Coyotes converted 2 of 12 3-pointers.

Kinsley 1 2 7 10 — 20

St. John 30 6 17 5 — 58

KINSLEY (1-6, 1-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Kirkwood 4-10 2-4 10, Zaylee Rice 2-7 (0-1) 0-0 4, Avery 1-11 (1-9) 0-0 3, Chamberlain (1-2) 0-0 3, Taylor Arensman 0-1 0-0 0, Nevaeh Rice 0-1 0-0 0, Holguin 0-2 0-2 0, Totals 8-34 (2-12) 2-4 20

ST. JOHN (7-1, 1-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Bonner 9-14 (0-2) 1-4 19, Reed 6-9 (0-1) 0-1 12, Bright 2-7 (0-1) 3-6 7, Meyer 3-5 (0-2) 0-1 6, Rockenbach 2-5 (1-2) 0-0 5, Brummer 0-3 4-4 4, Averi Fisher (1-1) 0-0 3, Jaylin Fisher 1-2 0-1 2, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 24-48 (2-9) 8-17 58

ST. JOHN 75, KINSLEY 35 — St. John outscored Kinsley 47-23 in the second and third quarters to pull away for a 75-35 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Kinsley Wednesday.

St. John's Emmett Delp (19), Braxton Alpers (11) and Jace Reyes (11) scored in double figures. Point guard Quade Smith scored eight points and led brilliant passing with several assists.

Kinsley's Joey Prieto scored nine points off 3-of-3 shooting. Jonathan Meza added nine points.

Kinsley 10 12 11 2 — 35

St. John 16 25 22 12 — 75

KINSLEY (1-6, 1-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Anderson 2-2 1-2 5, Anthony Meza 0-5 2-2 2, Jonathan Meza 3-11 (1-4) 2-2 9, Prieto 3-3 (2-2) 1-3 9, Brokar 3-3 (2-2) 0-0 8, Stuckey 0-7 (0-2) 0-0 0, Lancaster 0-4 (0-1) 0-0 0, Zambrano 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2, Totals 12-37 (5-1) 6-9 33

ST. JOHN (5-3, 1-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Delp 6-10 7-8 19, Braxton Alpers 5-7 1-4 11, Reyes 4-6 (0-2) 3-4 11, Smith 4-7 (0-2) 0-0 8, Ibarra 1-1 0-2 2, Vieux 2-3 1-2 5, Adame 2-3 1-2 5, Mawhirter 2-3 1-2 5, Lozano 2-4 (1-2) 0-0 5; Vasco 2-2 (1-1) 0-0 5; Chapman 1-1 0-0 2; Newdigger (0-2) 0-0 0; Totals 30-53 (2-12) 13-24 75