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Trojans sweep Ellinwood basketball
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SE SALINE 52, ELLINWOOD 31 – Ellinwood’s Landon Simpson scored 18 points in a 52-31 loss to Southeast of Saline in Monday’s non-league basketball game.

Connor Caselman scored 13 points for the Trojans (10-8), which converted seven 3-pointers.

SE Saline 9 13 18 12 – 52

Ellinwood 9 9 5 8 – 31

SE SALINE (10-8)—Caselman 5 1-2 13, Kejr 2 2-2 8, Calzada 4 0-1 8, Bailey 2 0-0 5, Jacobson 0 0-2 0, Catlin 1 0-0 3, Davis 4 0-2 9, Leeds 2 2-2 6, Totals 20 5-11 52.

ELLINWOOD (10-8)—Simpson 8 0-0 18, Drew Heinz 2 2-2 7, Gibson 2 0-0 4, Alek Brack 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 2-2 31.

3-pointers—SE 7 (Kejr 2, Caselman 2, Catlin 1, Davis 1, Bailey 1); E 3 (Simpson 2, D. Heinz 1).

SE SALINE GIRLS 62, ELLINWOOD 31 – Ellinwood ‘s Julia Schlessiger scored 10 points and Reese Stickney added nine points in a 62-31 setback to Southeast of Saline in Mondays non-league basketball game.

Southeast of Saline’s Abi Pearson converted five 3-pointers and scored 17 points. Lexi Jacobson added 12 points.

SE Saline 23 20 17 2 – 62

Ellinwood 14 2 4 4 –  31

SE SALINE (13-5)—Abi Pearson 6 0-1 17, Jacobson 6 0-0 12, Rohr 5 1-2 11, Harris 4 2-3 10, Mallorie Pearson 2 0-0 4, Douglas 1 12 3, Duran 2 1-1 5, Totals 26 5-9 62.

ELLINWOOD (4-14)—Schlessiger 4 2-2 10, Reese Stickney 3 2-4 9, Addi Stickney 2 2-2 6, Jacobs 2 0-0 6, Totals 11 6-8 31.

3-pointer—SE 5 (A. Pearson 5); E 3 (Jacobs 2, R. Stickney 1).

ELLINWOOD 54, KINSLEY 34 – Ellinwood’s Landon Simpson was on fire with 26 points and a trio of 3-pointers to ignite a 54-34 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Kinsley. Alek Brack added 13 points and Drew Heinz added nine. The Eagles (10-7, 3-4 CPL) converted nine 3-pointers for 27 of their 54 points.

Kinsley’s Kaden Arensman scored 16 points.

Ellinwood 18 13 15 8 – 54

Kinsley 13 7 2 12 – 34

ELLINWOOD (10-7, 3-4)—Simpson 9 5-8 26, Alek Brack 5 0-0 13, Drew Heinz 3 0-0 9, Gibson 2 0-0 4, Austin Brack 1 0-0 2, Totals 20 5-8 54.

KINSLEY (1-16, 1-4)—Arensman 8 0-1 16, Seanez 3 0-0 6, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Meza 1 1-1 3, Lemuz 1 0-0 3, Chamberlain 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 1-2 34.

3-pointers—E 9 (Simpson 3, Heinz 3, Alek Brack 3); K 1 (Lemuz 1)

KINSLEY GIRLS 43, ELLINWOOD 40 – Kinsley's Madison Habiger converted the go-ahead free throws and Mackenzie Herrmann added the clinching free throws in a 43-40 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Ellinwood.

Ellinwood (4-13, 0-7 CPL)'drew within 38-37 on a Bennett Jacobs 3-pointer. The Eagles led 40-39 on Reece Stickney's 3-pointer. After Habiger converted two free throws, Ellinwood missed five chances to take the lead on a field goal, two free throws and three turnovers. 

Herrmann scored 18 points and sparked the Coyotes (6-11, 1-4 CPL) with back-to-back steals and layups for a 38-34 lead. Physela Craft scored 11 points.

Ellinwood 10 13 7 10 – 40

Kinsley 6 11 13 13 – 43

ELLINWOOD (4-13, 0-7)—Reese Stickney 4 2-4 13, Jacobs 2 2-4 7, Widener 2 2-2 6, Schlessiger 2 1-2 5, Shinliver 2 0-0 4,  Ricker 1 1-1 3, Addison Stickney 1 0-1 2, Totals 14 8-14 40.

KINSLEY (6-11, 1-4)—Herrmann 5 7-10 18, Craft 4 1-2 11, Kirkwood 3 0-0 6, Avery 1 0-0 2, Arensman 1 0-0 2, Holguin 1 0-0 2, Habiger 0 2-2 2, Totals 15 10-14 43.

3-pointers—E 4 (R. Stickney 3, Jacobs 1); K 3 (Craft 2, Herrmann 1)