CENTRAL PLAINS 59, ST. JOHN 49 (1ST) — Central Plains Oiler Brodie Crites stayed red hot with 25 points and Camden Stiles chipped in 20 points to outlast St. John 59-49 for the Central Prairie League boys basketball championship. The Oilers likely clinched the regular season title with a 60-54 victory over the Tigers last week. The Oilers (18-2) limited high-scoring Emmett Delp to 12 points. Jace Reyes also scored 12 points. "We played zone and tried to shift it towards Delp trying to make his life as difficult as possible," said Oiler coach Michael Ryan. "Our goal was to try to make someone else beat us. We're fortunate that the others didn’t hit a lot of shots early in the game." Crites continues to play at an all-state level. "Brodie has been playing exceptional<' Ryan said. "He scores in so many different ways that it makes game planning for him difficult. He’s been playing well. We've got a group of unselfish guys that do a nice job of finding Brodie in spots where he can be successful." St. John 14 7 14 14 — 49 Central Plains 13 15 20 11 — 59 ST. JOHN (15-6)—Delp 12, Reyes 12, Braxton Alpers 9, Mawhirter 6, Easton Alpers 5, Julio Lozano 5, Totals 49 CENTRAL PLAINS (18-2)—Crites 25, Stiles 20, Dody 6, Siemsen 4, Daniels 4, Totals 59 ELLINWOOD 55, OTIS-BISON 50 (5TH) — Ellinwood's boys edged Otis-Bison 55-50 for fifth place at the Central Prairie League tournament and broke a school record with 72% of their field goals being 3-pointers, 13 out of 18 field goals. Hot-shooting Layton Wirtz converted seven 3-pointers for 21 points. Cade Coleman kicked in four 3-pointers for 12 points. "It's another fun one because Wirtz and Coleman were on fire from 3," said Ellinwood coach Jaron Lane. Otis-Bison continued to play solidly behind Kelson Juno with 17 points and Aiden Ochs-Lohrey with 13 points. Otis-Bison 12 19 15 4 — 50 Ellinwood 9 22 13 11 — 35 OTIS-BISON (9-11)—Juno 8 1-2 17; Ochs-Lohrey 6 (1) 0-0 13; Starr 4 0-1 8; Kolten Cory 3 0-2 6; McVey (1) 0-0 3; Firebaugh (1) 0-0 3; Totals 23 (3) 1-5 50 ELLINWOOD (10-11)—Wirtz (7) 1-2 22; Coleman (4) 0-0 12; Heinz (2) 0-0 6; Behnke 2 2-2 6; Hosman 2 1-2 5; Brack 1 2-3 4; Totals 18 (13) 6-9 55 CPL BOYS 1ST—Central Plains 59, St. John 49; 3RD—Victoria 62, La Crosse 61; 5TH—Ellinwood 55, Otis-Bison 50; 7TH—Ness City 58, Kinsley 48 SECOND ROUND—Central Plains 71, Victoria 38; St. John 66, La Crosse 52; Ellinwood 63, Kinsley 38; Otis-Bison 62, Ness City 54; FIRST ROUND—Central Plains 60, Ellinwood 37; La Crosse 72, Ness City 59; St. John 70, Otis-Bison 38; Victoria 66, Kinsley 63; PLAY-IN GAMES—Ellinwood 61, Macksville 33; Otis-Bison 70, Chase 11; CONSOLATION—Macksville 71, Chase 34