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Delp's dunkathon keys St. John Tigers
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Courtesy Photo DICK SMITH St. John's Emmett Delp (10) is challenged by Central Plains Oiler Landon Daniels (55).

ST. JOHN 77, CHASE 30 — Emmett Delp's showtime was on full display with a trio of slam dunks for Central Prairie League co-leader St. John.

Delp delivered a trio of consecutive dunks, the third on an Easton Alpers pass off the backboard to highlight a 22-point night in a 77-30 victory over the Chase Kats.

Braxton Alpers scored 13 points and Jace Reyes added 12 points for St. John (13-4, 6-0 CPL) which battles for the CPL lead at Central Plains (14-2, 6-0 CPL) Friday.

Chase made seven 3-pointers paced by the high-flying duo of Malik Carson (14 points) and Humberto Rincon (11 points).

Chase 6 6 10 8 — 30

St. John 23 31 15 8 — 77

CHASE (1-16, 0-7)—Malik Carson 5 (3) 1-2 14; Humberto Rincon (3) 2-2 11; Estabrook 2 (1) 0-0 5; Carlos Rincon 0 0-2 0; Totals 10 (7) 3-4 30

ST. JOHN (13-4, 6-0)—Delp 10 (2) 0-0 22; Braxton Alpers 6 1-2 13; Reyes 6 0-0 12; Easton Alpers 3 (2) 0-0 8; Juan Ibarra 3 (1) 0-0 7; Foote 1 1-2 3; Riegal 1 0-0 2; Julio Lozano 2 0-0 4; Newdigger (1) 0-0 3; Juan Lozano 1 0-0 3; Totals 34 (6) 2-4 77

ST. JOHN GIRLS 2, CHASE 0 (FORFEIT) — St. John's girls earned a forfeit victory over Chase Tuesday.