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Hoisington girls finish fifth place
DSC_0058_1_Hoisington Mason Haxton (4) drives up the goal and scores witha lay up.jpg
Hoisington’s Mason Haxton drives in the lane and scores a layup against Ellinwood at Hoisington Winter Jam on Monday night.

PRATT BOYS 55, RUSSELL 48 (3rd)—Pratt’s Brett Winsor handed the Greenbacks a 49-48 lead and Jarrett Bates’ rebound basket gave Pratt a 52-48 lead in the third-place game.

Pratt 17 6 13 19 — 55

Russell 10 19 10 9 — 48

PRATT (4-8)—Winsor 7 0-0 14, Wilson 4 1-3 11, Meyers 2 0-0 5, Bates 3 1-2 7, Schrag 1 2-4 4, Shanline 1 2-6 5, Bolen 2 5-8 9, Totals 20 11-23 55

RUSSELL (4-8)—Rhett Pospichal 7 0-0 17, Whipple 4 2-2 12, Tammen 1 0-0 2, Price 3 2-2 9, Sohm 0 0-1 0, Ulrich 1 0-0 2, Walston 2 0-0 6, Totals 18 4-5 48

RUSSELL GIRLS 74, ELLINWOOD 37 (3rd) – Mya Maxwell delivered Ellinwood's highlight with a half-court 3-pointer to end the first quarter with the Eagles ahead 17-15. 

Russell's Tiffany Dortland scored 23 points and Camille Dortland added 11 points as the Broncos (8-4) dominated the final three quarters. 

Ellinwood (7-6) was paced by Mya Maxwell with 15 points.

Ellinwood 17 7 10 3 — 37

Russell 15 29 20 10 — 74

RUSSELL (8-4)—Tiffany Dortland 8 4-4 23, Camille Dortland 4 1-2 11, Lumpkins1 0-0 3, Schulte 2 0-0 5, Peeler 2 3-4 7, Wagner 2 0-0 4, Reeves 3 3-4 8, Nichols 2 4-7 9, Braster 2 0-0 4, Totals 26 15-21 74

ELLINWOOD (7-6)—Maxwell 4 5-6 15, Ward 3 0-0 6, Klepper 1 0-0 2, Petz 1 0-2 2, Mcreynolds 1 0-0 2, Dimitt 1 2-5 4, Henderson 1 0-0 2, Doll 1 2-4 4, Totals 13 9-17 37

OTIS-BISON BOYS 48, ELLSWORTH 37 (5th) – Otis-Bison’s Maitland Wiltse scored 20 points to spark the Cougars (8-5) past Ellsworth in the fifth-place game. Anton Foust added nine points.

Ellsworth 6 7 9 15 – 37

Otis-Bison 11 9 6 22 – 48

ELLSWORTH (3-10)—Bransen Schulte 5 4-5 14, John Kyler 2 2-2 8, Braden Schulte 2 0-1 5, Bolton 2 0-2 4, Gwinner 2 0-0 4, Rogers 1 0-0 2, Totals 144-10 37

OTIS-BISON (8-5)—Wiltse 8 4-4 20, Foust 4 1-3 9, Hoopingarner 2 1-3 6, Higgason 2 1-1 5, Kohls 1 2-2 5, Regan 0 3-4 3, Totals 17 12-17 48

 HOISINGTON GIRLS 31, VICTORIA 23 (5th) – Hoisington's Maleigha Schmidt scored 14 points as the Cardinals edged past Victoria in the fifth-place game.

Victoria closed within 24-21 with a 9-0 scoring run. But Schmidt scored five points as the Cardinals held the Knights scoreless for 71/2 minutes in the fourth quarter.

Victoria 7 5 9 2 – 23

Hoisington 11 9 4 7 – 31

VICTORIA (5-7)—Sterling 4 0-0 10, Huser 3 0-2 7, Sander 1 1-3 3, Windholz 1 0-0 3, Totals 9 1-5 23

HOISINGTON (4-7)—Schmidt 3 7-10 14, Dalton 3 0-1 6, Romeiser 3 0-0 6, Wolf 1 0-0 3, Schneider 0 2-2 2, Totals 10 9-13 31

 ELLINWOOD BOYS 57, LACROSSE 46 (7th) – Ellinwood’s David Hammeke broke loose for 21 points to power the Eagles to seventh place.

LaCrosse 4 11 12 19 – 46

Ellinwood 10 13 14 20 – 57

LACROSSE (3-10)—Morgan 5 1-3 12, Sherman 2 0-0 6, Pierce 4 1-2 10, Herrmann 0 2-2 2, Depperschmidt 2 0-0 5, Day 2 5-7 9, Holopirek 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 9-14 46

ELLINWOOD (4-9)—Hammeke 9 3-5 21, Wondra 7 0-0 14, Doll 1 3-7 6, Carr 1 4-6 7, Niles 0 2-2 2, Knop 2 3-6 7, Totals 20 15-26 57

ELLSWORTH GIRLS 53, LACROSSE 35 (7th)—Lakyn Tenbrink scored 22 points in the seventh-place game.

Ellsworth 16 13 14 10 —53

Lacrosse 5 8 10 12 — 35

LACROSSE (3-10) —Braun 5 2—3 15, Marvin 2 0-0 5, Baalmann 2 1-2 5, Thielenhaus 1 2-4 4, Lari 2 0-0 4, Webster 1 0-1 2, Riley 0 0-1 0, Totals 13 5-11 35

ELLSWORTH (3-9) — Tenbrink 10 2-2 22, Pruitt  1 0-0 2, Stroede 0 1-2 1, Klein 2 1-5 5, Leiker 1 3-55, Talbott 1 8-10 10, Wilson 3 0-0 7, Totals 16 15-24 53