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Bucklin sweeps Macksville Mustangs
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BUCKLIN 71, MACKSVILLE 54 – Macksville's Diego Esparza contributed 23 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in a 71-54 non-league basketball loss to Bucklin. Kendall Grippin added 17 points with five 3-pointers. The matchup featured 1A Division state champion Macksville and 1A Division 2 state qualifier Bucklin.

Macksville 15 13 12 14 – 54

Bucklin 15 20 19 17 – 71

MACKSVILLE (10-6)–Esparza 11-22 0-2 23, Grippin 5-15 2-2 17, Guevara 3-5 1-1 7, Clawson 3-6 1-2 7, Gomez 0-10 0-0 0, Totals 22-58 4-7 54.

3-pointers–M 6-17 (Grippin 5-11, Esparza 1-3, Gomez 0-3). Rebounds–M 16 (Esparza 7). Assists–M 10 (Esparza 4). Steals–M 10 (Esparza 4).

BUCKLIN GIRLS 51, MACKSVILLE 27 – Macksville's Laney Butler and Kambry Adams each scored seven points in a 51-27 non-league basketball loss to Bucklin.

Sydnie Jones scored 17 points and Karlee Evans added 16 points for Bucklin (15-3).

MACKSVILLE (10-6)–Butler 3-6 0-0 6, Adams 1-5 4-4 6, Sanders 1-4 3-4 5, Ortiz 2-3 0-0 4, Garcia 1-2 0-0 2, Russell 1-12 1-4 3, Chadd 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 9-34 8-12 27.

BUCKLIN (15-3)–Sydnie Jones 6-10 2-2 17, Karlee Evans 5-8 5-6 16, Kirk 3-7 0-0 7, Bowman 2-3 1-2 6, Scott 1-5 3-3 5, Brooke Evans 0-1 0-0 0, Stout 1-6 0-0 3, Totals 18-40 8-10 54.

3-pointers–M 1-8 (Garcia 1-2, Chadd 0-1, Russell 0-5); B 7-17 (Jones 3-6, K. Evans 1-1, Bowman 1-1, Kirk 1-3, Stout 1-3, B. Evans 0-1, Scott 0-2).. Rebounds–M (); B 22 (B. Evans 8). Assists–M  (); B (Kirk 7). Steals–M ();  B (K. Evans 2).