ELLINWOOD 68, NESS CITY 39 — Landon Simpson sparked amazing perimeter shooting with 36 points and five 3-pointers as the Eagles routed Ness City 68-30 in Tuesday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

The Eagles converted 12 field goals from 3-point range to outscore Ness City 36-9. Layton Wirtz added 11 points.

Ness City's Broxton Gall scored 14 points.

Ness City 11 10 9 9 — 39

Ellinwood 18 23 22 5 — 68

NESS CITY (6-8, 2-3)—Gall 5 4-6 14, Stenzel 2 (1) 0-2 5, Durham 4 0-0 8, McDonald 1 0-0 2, Harkey (2) 0-0 6, Brener 1 0-0 2, Parsons 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (3) 6-10 39

ELLINWOOD (8-5, 5-1)—Simpson 14 (5) 3-4 36, Wirtz 4 (3) 0-1 11, Hosman 3 (2) 1-2 9, Campbell Coleman 1 0-0 2, Heinz (1) 0-0 3, Brack 3 (1) 0-0 7, Totals 26 (12) 4-7 68

ELLINWOOD GIRLS 64, NESS CITY 22 — Ellinwood's improving Julia Schlessiger dominated the paint with 19 points and Alyvia Batchman scored 17 points with a trio of 3-pointers for a 64-22 Central Prairie basketball victory over Ness City.

Ellinwood (11-2, 5-1 CPL) led 33-14 at halftime. Ness City's Ashlyn Tillitson scored 17 points.

Ness City 4 10 6 2 — 22

Ellinwood 15 18 21 10 — 68

NESS CITY (5-9, 3-2)—Tililtso 6 3-6 17, Tavarez 0 1-2 1, Whited 1 0-0 2, Schwindt 1 0-0 2, Totals 8 6-8 22

ELLINWOOD (11-2, 5-1)—Schlessiger 9 1-2 19, Batchman 7 (3) 0-0 17, Joiner 1 0-0 2, Jacobs 1 0-0 2, Regan Widener 1 2-4 4, Maxwell (1) 0-0 3, Ritchie 4 0-0 8, Wirtz 1 0-0 2, Brynn Widener 3 (1) 0-0 7, Totals 28 (5) 3-6 64 

HOISINGTON 55, PHILLIPSBURG 36 — Red-hot Hoisington's Rhen Galla scored a career high 23 points and Mason Martin chipped in 14 points as the Winter Jam champions kept rolling with a dominating 55-36 non-league basketball victory.

The Cardinals (7-6) outscored the Panthers 24-7 in the decisive third quarter.  

Phillipsburg 10 8 7 11 — 36

Hoisington 9 14 24 8 — 55

HOISINGTON (7-6)—Galla 23, Martin 14, Robinson 6, Ingram 4, Kinman 3, Thompson 3, Tarlton 2

PHILLIPSBURG GIRLS 39, HOISINGTON 21 —  Phillipsburg's Chloe VanDerVeen and Chloe Jacobs each scored 10 points as the Panthers' defense shut down Hoisington's 3-point shooting for a 39-21 non-league basketball victory.

Hoisington's Kinley Wilkens scored nine points. Sharpshooters Tianna Lutters (5) and Marley Bittel (2) were defended superbly.

Phillipsburg 6 8 15 10 — 39

Hoisington 4 5 8 4 — 21

PHILLIPSBURG (11-3)—VanDerVeen 10, Jacobs 10, Keeten 6, Billings 7, Storz 5, Fisher 1

HOISINGTON (5-8)—Wilkens 9, Lutters 5, Tarlton 4, Bittel 2, Maier 1

DIGHTON GIRLS 44, OTIS-BISON 26 — Dighton's Lani Speer scored 16 points as the Hornets outscored Otis-Bison 44-26 after the Cougars scored the first nine points of the ballgame.

Destiny Mitchell, Allie Smith, Grace Smith and Briana Croisant scored first-quarter baskets. Mitchell and Croisant each scored six points.

Dighton 3 14 17 10 — 44

Otis-Bison 9 2 7 8 — 26

DIGHTON (7-7)—Lani Speer 8 0-6 16, James 4 2-2 10, Myers 3 (1) 1-2 8, Beach 2 (1) 0-0 5, Zimmerman (1) 0-0 3, Carlie Speer 1 0-1 2, Wilkison 0 0-2 0, Totals 19 (3) 3-13 44

OTIS-BISON (3-9)—Mitchell (2) 0-6 6, Croisant 3 0-0 6, Allie Smith 2 0-0 4, Schwindt 2 0-3 4, Richmeier 1 0-0 2, Roth 0 2-4 2, Grace Smith 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 (2) 2-13 26

DIGHTON 47, OTIS-BISON 18 — Dighton's Daniel Cramer scored 14 points and Boston Shimer added 10 points as the No 7 ranked Hornets shut down Otis-Bison 47-18 in Tuesday's non-league basketball game. 

Dighton 8 12 18 9 — 47

Otis-Bison 4 5 6 3 — 18

DIGHTON (11-3)—Cramer 6 (2) 0-1 14, Shimer 5 0-0 10, Redburn 4 0-1 9, Von Leonard 2 (1) 0-0 5, Roemer 2 4-4 8, Wilson 0 1-2 1, Totals 19 (3) 6-8 47

OTIS-BISON (5-8)—McVey 2 (1) 3-4 8, Cortez 1 1-2 3, Ochs-Lohrey 1 2-3 4, Alloway (1) 0-0 3, Haselhorst 0 0-2 0, Totals 5 (2) 6-9 18

SPEARVILLE GIRLS 64, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 27 — Pawnee 

Pawnee Heights 7 12 2 6 —  27

Spearville 28 22 12 2 —  64

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-12)—Addison Pelton 4 3-4 11, Abby Hands 4 (2) 0-0 10, Cissell (1) 0-0 3, Archuleta 1 1-2 3, Totals 10 (3) 4-6 27

SPEARVILLE (8-4)—Cheyenne Ackerman 8 0-2 16, Aubrey Huston 5 (3) 0-0 13, Faith Ackerman 4 (1) 0-0 9, McGee 4 0-0 8, Ruiz 1 2-2 4, Preisner 4 0-0 8, Kliesen 3 0-0 6, Totals 29 (4) 2-4 64

KIOWA CO. GIRLS 47, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 30 — Pawnee Heights' Lilly Cissell scored a career high 14 points in a 47-30 consolation loss to Kiowa County in the Southern Plains Iroquois basketball tournament. Kiowa County's Sayre Hassiepen scored 14 points.

Pawnee Heights 7 10 9 4 —  30

Kiowa Co. 11 11 9 16 —  47

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-13)—Lili Cissell 5 (2) 2-2 14, Abby Hands 0 3-6 3, Archuleta 2 2-4 6, Pelton 3 1-4 7, Totals 10 (2)8-16 30

KIOWA COUNTY (5-8)—Hassiepen 6 (2) 0-0 14,  Epsperecueta 5 (3) 0-0 13, Taylor 1 1-2 3, Frazier 2 1-2 5, Greenleaf 2 1-2 5, Gilkey 4 0-0 8, Little 1 0-0 2, Totals 20 (5) 2-4 47

HODGEMAN COUNTY 45, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 27  — Pawnee Heights Tiger Clayton Hammeke scored nine points with four assists in a 45-27 loss to Hodgeman County in the Southern Plains Iroquois basketball tournament. Cody Holste grabbed nine rebounds. Logan Enabit dished out four assists. 

Hodgeman County's Younger scored 12 points.

Pawnee Heights 8 9 4 6 —  27

Hodgeman Co, 15 11 12 7 —  45

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-12)—Carlson 3-10 (1-2) 0-0 7, Hammeke 4-9 (1-4) 0-5 9, Holste 2-8 3-5 7, Enabit 1-3 0-0 2, Cordero 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 11-31 (2-6) 3-10 27

HODGEMAN CO. (10-3)—Reece 4-12 (1-3) 2-2 11, Younger 4-9 (1-3) 3-6 12, Rydquist 3-7 (0-2) 1-4 7, Lee 1-4 (1-3) 0-0 3, Schroeder 2-5 0-0 4, Talon Shank 0-1 0-2 0, D Shank (0-1) 0-0 0, Burns 1-3 (0-1) 1-4 3, Ruff 2-5 (1-1) 0-0 5, Totals 17-47 (4-16) 7-18 45

ASHLAND 57, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 34  — Pawnee Heights Tiger Cody Holste scored a career high 19 points to spark a 57-34 consolation loss to Ashland in the Southern Plains Iroquois basketball tournament. Clayton Hammeke had four assists and three steals. Brady Carlson blocked four shots.

Ashland's Lathan McPhail scored 22 points.

Pawnee Heights 9 11 6 8 —  34

Ashland 11 20 14 12 —  57

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-13)—Carlson 3-9 (1-6) 0-0 7, Hammeke 1-3 (0-1) 1-4 3, Holste 8-11 (1-3) 2-3 19, Enabit 2-2 (0-2) 0-0 4, Price (0-1) 1-2 1, Baier 0-1 0-0 0, Amspacker (0-1) 0-0 0, Nava 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 14-29 (2-14) 4-9 34

ASHLAND (5-7)—McPhail 8 (6) 0-0 22, Slebens 5 2-7 12, Amaya 3 0-0 6, Bates (1) 0-0 3, Isenbart 1 0-0 2 Wilson 1 0-3 2, Kellenberger 2 0-0 4, Betschart 2 0-0 4, Landes 1 0-0 2, Totals 24 (7) 2-10 57