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2026 CPL basketball tournament
ELLINWOOD GIRLS 71, MACKSVILLE 15 — The No. 1 seed Ellinwood girls sped past Macksville 71-15 in the Central Prairie League basketball tournament. Ellinwood's Brynn Widener scored 14 points and Julia Schlessiger and Reece Stickney contributed 13 points apiece. Macksville's Heidy Ortiz scored six points. Macksville 8 3 4 0 — 15 Ellinwood 21 19 17 14 — 71 MACKSVILLE (7-11)—Ortiz 3 0-0 6; Burr 1 0-0 2; Ava Chadd 0 1-2 1; Grace Chadd 1 0-2 2; Reyes 1 0-2 2; Keenan 1 0-0 2; Totals 7 1-6 15 ELLINWOOD (18-1)—Brynn Widener 5 (2) 2-2 14; Schlessiger 4 5-5 13; Reece Stickney 6 (1) 0-0 13; Maxwell 3 (2) 0-0 8; Batchman 3 0-0 6; Panning 2 2-2 6; Addi Stickney 1 0-0 2; Joiner 2 0-0 4; Jacobs 1 0-0 2; Ritchie 1 1-3 3; Totals 71 CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 50, VICTORIA 26 — The Central Plains girls downed Victoria 50-26 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball tournament at Offerle. Oiler Aevyn Siemsen scored 16 points and her sister Emery Siemsen contributed 13 points. Victoria's Rachel Kuhn scored nine points. Victoria 0 13 4 9 — 26 Central Plains 17 13 13 7 — 50 VICTORIA (5-13)—Kuhn 3 3-5 9, Dinkel 3 2-2 8, Rodger (1) 0-0 3, Werth (1) 1-4 4, Schmidtberger 1 0-0 2, Totals 9 (2) 6-11 26 CENTRAL PLAINS (12-6)—Aevyn Siemsen 6 (2) 2-2 16, Emery Siemsen 5 (2) 1-1 13, Robl 2 2-2 6, Hekele 2 2-3 6, Izzy Hurley 2 (1) 0-0 5, Matlack 1 0-2 2, Nixon 1 0-0 2, Totals 19 (5) 7-11 50 ST. JOHN 70, OTIS-BISON 38 —St. John's Emmett Delp led the way with 23 points to spark the Tigers past Otis-Bison 70-38 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball tournament at Kinsley. St. John (14-5) also featured Reyes (13) and Braxton Alpers (12) in double figures. Otis-Bison's Kolten Cory scored 15 points and Kelson Juno chipped in 10 points. Otis-Bison 6 14 14 4 — 38 St. John 22 17 20 11 — 70 OTIS-BISON (8-10)—Cory 7 (1) 0-0 15; Juno 5 0-0 10; Alloway 1 0-0 2; Firebaugh 1 0-0 2; Ochs-Lohrey 1 3-5 5; Starr 0 0-2 0; McVey 2 0-0 4; Totals 17 (1) 3-7 38 ST. JOHN (14-5)—Delp 8 (3) 4-4 23; Reyes 5 (1) 2-3 13; Braxton Alpers 6 0-0 12; Mawhirter 3 (1) 0-0 7; Foote 1 0-0 2; Riegel 1 0-0 2; Julio Lozano 2 0-0 4; Juan Lozano 1 0-0 2; Newdigger 0 1-2 1; Easton Alpers 1 2-2 4; Totals 28 (5) 9-11 70 CENTRAL PLAINS 60, ELLINWOOD 37 — No. 1 seed Central Plains sped past Ellinwood 60-37 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball tournament at Offerle. Oiler Brodie Crites stayed red hot with 25 points and Peyton Dody chipped in 11 points. Ellinwood's Drake Hosman scored 16 points with four 3-pointers. Central Plains 16 16 17 11— 60 ELLINWOOD (8-11)—Hosman 6 (4) 0-0 16; Wirtz (3) 0-0 9 Coleman 1 0-0 2; Heinz 1 0-0 2; Brack 2 2-4 6; Behnke 1 0-0 2; Hammeke 0 0-2 0; Totals 14 (7) 2-6 37 CENTRAL PLAINS (16-2)—Crites 9 (2) 5-8 25; Dody 3 (1) 4-6 11; Stiles 3 (2) 0-0 8; Siemsen 3 0-2 6; Kempke 2 1-2 5; Dniels 1 1-2 3 Pfughoeft 1 0-0 2; Totals 22 (5) 11-20 60. MACKSVILLE 71, CHASE 34 — Macksville's Carlos Ibarra enjoyed a career high night with 31 points as the Mustangs downed Chase 71-34 in Tuesday's consolation game. Brandon Franklin scored 17 points with four steals. Gavin Rose had seven steals and four assists. Chase's athletic Malik Carson scored 22 points with an array of hard-driving shots. Chase 12 6 11 5 — 34 Macksville 21 21 22 7 — 71 CHASE (1-18)—Malik Carson 9 (2) 2-7 22; Leland Rice 2 (1) 0-0 5; Humberto Rincon (1) 0-0 3; Estabrook 1 0-2 2; Carlos Rincon 1 0-0 2; Totals 14 (4) 2-9 34 MACKSVILLE (3-17)—Carlos Ibarra 13-21 (1-4) 3-6 30; Franklin 8-10 1-2 17; Guerrero 3-6 (1-3) 0-0 7; Cardoza (0-1) 0-0 0; I Ibarra 1-4 0-2 2; Castaneda 2-4 (2-3) 0-2 6; Rose 3-8 (1-3) 0-0 7; Rempel 1-2 0-0 2; Totals 31-56 (5-14) 4-12 71 ST. JOHN GIRLS 53, OTIS-BISON 19 —St. John Tiger Reagan Bonner scored 17 points and Lily Brummer netted 16 points in a 53-19 victory over Otis-Bison in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball tournament at Kinsley. Otis-Bison's Allie Smith scored eight points. Otis-Bison 8 6 2 3 — 19 St. John 11 17 19 6 — 53 OTIS-BISON (6-11)—Allie Smith 3 2-4 8; Ficken 1 2-2 4; Schwindt 1 0-0 2; Elsen 1 1-2 3; Juno 1 0-2 2; Totals 7 5-10 19 ST. JOHN (12-7)—Bonner 7 (2) 1-2 17; Brummer 5 6-8 16; Jalyn Fisher 4 0-2 8; Rockenbach (2) 0-0 6; Burgan 1 0-0 2; Peterson 1 0-2 2; Miller 1 0-0 2; Totals 21 (4) 7-14 53 ELLINWOOD 61, MACKSVILLE 33 — Ellinwood's boys stayed red hot with a 61-33 victory over Macksville in a play-in bracket game in the inaugural Central Prairie League basketball tournament. Ellinwood (8-10) featured Behnke (13) and Drake Hosman (12) in double figures with Pohlman adding nine points. Ellinwood (8-10) plays No. 1 seed Central Plains Feb. 14 at Offerle. Macksville's Rose scored 12 points with two assists. Nolan Adams chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds. OTIS-BISON 70, CHASE 11 — Otis-Bison's Maddox Firebaugh scored 22 points with six 3-pointers to ignite a 70-11 victory over Chase in Saturday's Central Prairie League basketball tournament. Otis-Bison (8-9) featured Aiden Ochs-Lohrey (13), Louis McVey (12) and Kelson Juno (12) in double figures. The Cougars roared to a 40-0 halftime lead. Chase's Dominick Estabrook scored six points and Chase's Malik Carson added five points. Macksville 6 9 7 11 — 33 Ellinwood 16 11 9 18 — 61 MACKSVILLE (2-16)—Rose 6-11 (0-3) 0-2 12; Nolan Adams 5-16 1-1 11; Franklin 3-9 (0-1) 2-5 8; Carlos Ibarra 1-5 0-2 2; Espino 0-1 0-1 0; Cardoza 0-1 0-0 0; Guerrero 0-3 (0-2) 0-0 0 Isaac Ibarra 0-1 0-0 0; Castaneda (0-1) 0-0 0; Layton Adams 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 15-49 (0-7) 3-11 33 ELLINWOOD (8-10)—Behnke 6 1-1 13; Hosman 5 (1) 1-1 12; Pohlman 3 (1) 2-3 9; Coleman 3 (2) 0-0 8; Wirtz 3 (1) 0-0 7; Luke Heinz 2 (1) 0-0 5; Austin Brack 2 1-2 5; Hammeke 1 0-0 2; Totals 24 (6) 5-7 61 Chase 0 0 6 5 — 11 Otis-Bison 23 17 14 7 — 70 CHASE (1-17)—Estabrook (2) 0-0 6; Malik Carson 2 (1) 0-2 5; Carlos Rincon 0 0-2 0; Totals 11 OTIS-BISON (8-9)—Firebaugh 7 (6) 2-2 22; Ochs-Lohrey 4 (1) 4-4 13; McVey (4) 0-0 12; Juno 6 0-0 12; Cory 3 0-0 6; Schenk 2 1-2 5; Ross 0 0-2 0; Totals 26 (11) 7-10 70 MACKSVILLE GIRLS 47, NESS CITY 20 — When Mary Keenan started both halves with a 3-pointer, you knew it was Macksville's night to shine. Ava Chadd scored 15 points and Heidy Ortiz added 14 points to power the Mustangs past Ness City 47-20 in a play-in game in the Central Prairie League girls basketball tournament. The Mustangs (7-12) play No. 1 seed Ellinwood Feb. 10 at Kinsley. Brianna Lopez led Ness City with 10 points. Macksville 8 10 11 18 — 47 Ness City 3 10 7 0 — 20 MACKSVILLE (7-12)—Ava Chadd 4 (1) 6-7 15, Ortiz 4 (1) 2-4 11; Keenan 3 (2) 0-0 8; Reyes 2 1-3 5, Burr 3 0-0 6, Foster 1 0-0 2, Totals 17 (4) 9-14 47 NESS CITY (1-16)—Lopez 3 4-6 10, Durham 3 3-4 9, Schwindt 0 1-2 1, Totals 6 8-12 20
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