MACKSVILLE 57, KIOWA COUNTY 46 — Macksville's red-hot Heidy Ortiz converted five 3-pointers and scored 19 points to spark the Mustangs past Kiowa County 57-46 in Monday's 1A basketball regional.
Laney Butler and Reyes each added 10 points. The Mustangs responded each time the Mavericks would close within striking distance. Macksville (10-11) plays South Gray (18-2) in the semifinals.
Kiowa County's Norma Espericueta scored 15 points with a trio of 3-pointers. Sayre Hassiepen and Ava Little added eight points.
Kiowa County 7 12 13 14 — 46
Macksville 12 12 15 18 — 57
KIOWA COUNTY (10-11) (FG 3 FT TP) Espericueta 15, Little 8, Hassiepen 8, Taylor 6, Gilkey 4, Frazier 5
MACKSVILLE (10-11) (FG 3 FT TP)—Heidy Ortiz 6 (5) 2-2 19, Laney Butler 10, Reyes 10, Isabela Ortiz 9, Ava Chadd 5, Sebes 1 0-0 2, Garcia 1 0-0 2, Totals 57
OTIS-BISON GIRLS 61, WESKAN 58 — Central Prairie League member Otis-Bison surprised Weskan 61-58 in Monday's 1A girls basketball regional. The Cougars (6-14) play Wallace County (15-4) in the 1A semifinals.
Cougar Allie Smith scored a career high 20 points and Destiny Mitchell added 16 points. The Cougars held off Weskan's fourth-quarter rally.
Weskan's Cris Valle scored 25 points and Madelynn Wright scored 23 points as they combined to convert nine 3-pointers.
Otis-Bison 13 18 20 10 — 61
Weskan 13 12 17 16 — 58
OTIS-BISON (6-14) (FG 3 FT TP)—Allie Smith 10 0-0 20, Mitchell 6 (2) 2-8 16, Grace Smith 3 0-0 6, Schwindt 2 0-1 4, Holman 1 0-0 2, Richmeier 0 1-2 1, Totals 27 (2) 5-12 61
WESKAN (9-12) (Fg 3 FT TP)—C Valle 10 (2) 3-10 25, M Wright (7) 2-3 23, Lawless 0-0 6-8 8, Aldridge 0 2-2 2, Totals 18 (9) 13-22 58
PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 42, WESTERN PLAINS 33 — Abby Hands scored 19 points as the Pawnee Heights girls (6-15) stayed hot with a 42-33 victory over Ransom Western Plains in Monday's 1A basketball regional. The Tigers outscored Western Plains 15-9 in the fourth quarter.
Tigers' Addyson Pelton (9), Faith Hammeke (7) and Lili Cissell (7) contributed. Hammeke converted a 4-point play in the fourth quarter. The Tigers made four 3-pointers.
Western Plains' Madelyn Kraus scored 21 points with eight field goals and two steals. Chloe Briand contributed nine rebounds and four assists. Jaelyn Spangler delivered four assists with two steals.
The Tigers (6-15) play Cheylin (14-5) in the Match 1 substate semifinals.
Pawnee Heights 14 5 8 15 — 42
Western Plains 9 7 8 9 — 33
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (6-15) FG 3 FT TP)—Abby Hands 7 (2) 3-5 19, Pelton 4 1-2 9, Hammeke (2) 1-1 7, Cissell 2 3-4 7, Totals 15 (4) 8-12 42
WESTERN PLAINS (9-10) (FG 3 FT TP)—Madelyn Kraus 8 (1) 4-5 21, Spangler 2 (1) 0-0 5, Briand (1) 0-0 3, Kalihan Flax (1) 0-0 3, Aubriana Flax 0 1-2 1, Totals 12 (4) 5-7 33
MOSCOW GIRLS 45, STAFFORD 30 — Underdog Stafford kept things interesting with a shocking 13-2 scoring run that sliced Moscow's lead to 29-25. But Moscow restored order with a game-ending 16-5 burst for a hard-fought 45-30 1A regional basketball victory.
Stafford's Emily Delgadillo and Abi Kirkpatrick each scored eight points. The Trojans rallied with aggressive full-court defense, but committed 30 turnovers against solid Moscow defense.
Moscow (11-9) was led by Vareli Rojo and Kenia Gonzalez with nine points apiece. Moscow converted five 3-pointers.
Stafford 10 2 13 5 — 30
Moscow 15 10 7 13 — 45
STAFFORD (3-17) (FG 3 FT TP) — Emily Delgadillo 3-12 (1-6) 1-2 8, Abi Kirkpatrick 4-9 0-2 8, McCloskey 0-2 3-4 3, Conant 1-4 0-0 2, Mathews 0-2 1-2 1, Totals 11-37 (1-9) 7-15 30
MOSCOW (11-9) (FG 3 FT TP—Rojo 4-10 (0-1) 1-4 9, Anderson 2-6 (1-3) 2-2 7, Kenia Gonzalez 4-13 (1-3) 0-0 9, DeVaughan 1-1 0-0 2, Janette Gonzalez 3-9 (2-3) 0-0 8, Martinez 2-6 (1-2) 1-2 6, Salcido 1-2 (0-1) 1-2 3, Teeter 0-1 0-0 0, (3) 0-0 1-2 1, Isenberg 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 17-49 (5-12) 6-12 45
