ST. JOHN MIDWINTER BOYS—1ST—Macksville 48, Central Plains 42; 3RD—St. John 51, Little River 44; 5TH—Cimarron 45, Larned 32; 7TH—Nickerson 60, Inman 42; SECOND ROUND—Macksville 56, St. John 53; Central Plains 52, Little River 30; Larned 37, Nickerson 33; Central Plains 52, Little River 30; FIRST ROUND—Macksville 64, Cimarron 57; Central Plains 51, Nickerson 35; St. John 45,  Inman 33; Little River 45, Larned 43

MACKSVILLE 48, CENTRAL PLAINS 42 (1ST) — Macksville's dazzling Diego Esparza scored 21 points to spark the Mustangs past Central Prairie League rival Central Plains 48-42 for the championship of the Midwinter Basketball Classic.

The Oilers closed within three points when Brodie Crites converted three consecutive baskets and Camden Stiles hit a 3-pointer. Rylan Siemsen missed a pair of potential tying 3-pointers in the final minute. Esparza scored eight fourth-quarter points and three clinching free throws to preserve the victory. 

Central Plains' Aiden Hekele scored 15 points and Crites added 10 points.

The Mustangs converted seven 3-pointers to outscore the Oilers 21-12.

Macksville 12 12 14 10 — 48

Central Plains 7 11 13 11 — 42

MACKSVILLE (10-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Esparza 7 (4) 3-4 21, Adams 5 0-0 10, Grippin 3 (2) 0-0 8, Ibarra 3 0-0 6, Gomez (1) 0-1 3, Totals 19 (7) 3-6 48

CENTRAL PLAINS (10-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Hekele 6 (1) 2-3 15, Crites 4 2-2 10, Siemsen (2) 1-2 7, Stiles (1) 2-2 5, Dody 1 1-2 3, Daniels 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (4) 8-11 42

ST. JOHN 51, LITTLE RIVER 44 (3RD)— St. John's Emmett Delp rescued the Tigers with a 17-point game and Juan Ibarra added 10 points for a 51-44 third-place victory over Little River in the Midwinter basketball Classic.

Tyson Konen led Little River with 16 points.

Little River 10 11 9 14 — 44

St. John 11 11 8 21 — 51

LITTLE RIVER (FG 3 FT TP)—Konen 7 (1) 1-3 16, Renken 0 2-2 2, Schubert 4 1-1 9, Baldetti 4 0-1 8, Ewertt 1 0-0 2, Janette 0 1-2 1, Garrison 3 0-0 6, Totals 19 (1) 5-9 44

ST. JOHN (FG 3 FT TP)—Delp 6 (1) 4-8 17, Ibarra 3 (1) 3-4 10, Mawhirter 1 8-10 10, Reyes 1 2-2 4, Vieux 1 1-2 3, Adame 0 5-8 5, Lozano 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 (2) 22-40 51

CIMARRON 45, LARNED 32 (5TH)— Cimarron's Tanner Hamilton scored 11 points as the Bluejays led 20-8 and coasted past Larned 45-32 for fifth place at the Midwinter Classic.

Larned's Andres Martinez scored 11 points and converted a pair of 3-pointers.

Cimarron 20 6 13 6 — 45

Larned 8 7 9 8 — 32

CIMARRON (FG 3 FT TP)—Kopper 4 0-0 8, Hamilton 4 (3) 0-1 11, Villa (1) 0-0 3, Wilson 2 (1) 0-0 5, Briggs 1 0-0 2, Ramirez 3 (1) 1-1 8, Sonday 4 0-1 8, Totals 19 (6) 1-3 45

LARNED (FG 3 FT TP)—Shaver (1) 2-2 5, Martin 3 0-2 6, Regan 2 2-4 6, Martinez 3 (2) 3-3 11, Greene 2 0-0 4, Totals 11 (3) 7-11 32

NICKERSON 60, INMAN 44 (7TH)— N6ickerson's Garrett Crossman scored 18 points and Alex King, last year's Midwinter Classic Most Valuable Player, added 14 points in the Panthers' 60-44 victory over Inman in the seventh-place game.

Inman's Kru Harris scored eight points.

Inman 7 15 11 11 — 44

Nickerson 11 24 10 15 — 60

NICKERSON (2-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Crossman 6 (3) 3-4 18, King 5 4-5 14, Walker 3 0-0 6, Yoder (1) 0-0 3, Peterson 2 2-4 6, Riley Linn 2 2-2 6, Brawner 3 (1) 0-3 7, Totals 22 (5) 11-18 60

INMAN (2-9) (FG 3 FT TP)—Harris 2 4-5 8, Martsko 0 2-2 2, Bigler 2 1-2 5, Brunk 2 (1) 0-0 5, Jerrick 0 1-2 1, Siedl 4 (1) 1-2 12, Martinez 1 0-2 2, Friesen 0 3-4 3, Wiens 3 0-1 6, Totals 21 (4) 12-19 44

ST. JOHN 45, INMAN 33 — St. John's Emmett Delp converted a pair of 3-pointers and scored 19 points to lead the Tigers past Inman 45-33 in Tuesday's Winter Jam tournament.

Inman 10 2 10 11 — 33

St. John 10 10 15 10 — 45

INMAN (2-7) (FG 3 FT TP)—Seidl 4 (1) 0-1 9, Bigler 4 (1) 0-0 9, Brunk 3 1-3 7, Wiens 2 1-6 5, Jerrick  1-2 3, Totals 14 (2) 3-13 33

ST. JOHN (8-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Delp 6 (2) 5-10 19, Adame 4 (1) 1-2 10, Reyes 3 1-3 7, Newdigger 3 0-0 6, Alpers (1) 0-0 3, Totals 17 (4) 7-15 45

LITTLE RIVER 45, LARNED 43 —Little River's Jaren Garrison converted the go-ahead 3-pointer for a 45-43 Midwinter Classic victory over Larned. Larned's Anthony Gonzalez hit a 3-pointer for a 41-37 lead, but Logan Renken and Garrison hit 3-pointers for a 44-43 lead.

Larned's Andres Martinez scored 11 points and Kylier Greene added 10 points.

Little River 13 12 12 8 — 45

Larned 5 14 17 7 — 43

LITTLE RIVER (8-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Renken (4) 0-0 12, Konen 3-4 12, Garrison 2 (1) 2-10 7, Baldetti 3 0-1 6, Raleigh 5, Schubert 3, Totals 15 (10) 5-15 45

LARNED (4-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Greene 4 2-2 10, Martinez 4 (3) 0-0 11, Gonzalez 3 (1) 0-0 7, Regan 1 2-2 4, Crosby 2 0-0 4, Shaver 2 0-0 4, Martin 1 1-2 3, Totals 17 (4) 5-6 43

MACKSVILLE 64, CIMARRON 57 — Macksville's triple threat featured Diego Esparza (20), Nolan Adams (17) and Hector Gomez (15) delivered a hard-fought 64-57 victory over Cimarron in the Midwinter Classic first round.

Adams grabbed 14 rebounds. Esparza dished out nine assists.

Cimarron 18 7 12 20 — 57

Macksville 6 22 21 15 — 64

CIMARRON (1-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Sonday 7 (1) 1-2 16, Trace Kopper 5 (3) 1-1 14, Wilson 5 (2) 0-0 12, Briggs 4 (1) 0-0 9, Ramirez 3 0-0 6, Totals 24 (7) 2-2 57

MACKSVILLE (9-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Esparza 8-16 (1-3) 3-4 20, Adams 8-12 1-1 17, Gomez 5-9 (3-6) 2-2 15, Grippin 3-8 0-0 6, Ibarra 3-6 (1-2) 0-1 6, Holguin 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 27-52 (4-13) 6-12 64

CENTRAL PLAINS 51, NICKERSON 35 — Central Plains Oiler Aiden Hekele scored 22 points and Camden Stiles converted four 3-pointers for 12 points in a 51-35 victory over Nickerson in the St. John Midwinter Classic.

Alex King led Nickerson (1-8) with eight points. The Panthers were plagued by turnovers and a lack of defensive rebounding.

Nickerson 8 11 4 12 — 35

Central Plains 14 18 10 9 — 51

NICKERSON (1-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—King 4 0-1 8, Crossman 2 (1) 2-2 7, Walker 3 (1) 0-0 7, Brawner 3 0-0 6, Peterson 2 1-4 5, Wood 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (2) 3-7 35 

CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Hekele 8 (1) 5-7 22, Stiles (4) 0-0 12, Crites 3 1-6 7, Siemsen 3 0-0 6, Stroede 1 0-0 2, Daniels 1 0-0 2, Totals 20 (5) 6-11 51

ST. JOHN MIDWINTER GIRLS—1ST—Little River 67, Inman 53; 3RD—Central Plains 45, St. John 38; 5TH—Cimarron 46, Larned 42; Macksville 49, Nickerson 38; SECOND ROUND—Little River 46, St. John 28; Inman 38, Central Plains 30; Cimaron 51, Macksville 28; Larned 67, Nickerson 13; FIRST ROUND Central Plains 39, Cimarron 25; Little River 79, Nickerson 16; Inman 70, Macksville 36; St. John 42, Larned 35; Larned 67, Nickerson 13; Little River 46, St. John 28

LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 67, INMAN 53 (1ST)—No. 1 ranked Little River roared to a 40-29 halftime lead and held off Inman 67-53 in Saturday's Midwinter Classic championship game.

Little River featured Arika Feldman (16), Evie Look (15), Havana Olander (13) and Avery Lafferty (12) in double figures.

Inman's Suttyn Harris (13) and Morgan Froese (12) led the Teutons.

Little River 19 21 15 12 — 67

Inman 18 11 11 13 — 53

LITTLE RIVER (12-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Feldman 5 (2) 4-5 16, Look 6 (3) 0-0 15, Olander 6 1-7 13, Lafferty 5 2-2 12, Raleigh 3 (1) 1-2 8, Strecker 0 3-4 3, Totals 67

INMAN (9-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Morgan Froese 6 0-0 12, Suttyn Harris 5 3-8 13, Nichols 2 4-5 8, Taylor Froese 2 0-0 4, Eddy 3 1-2 7, Thimmesch 3 (1) 2-2 9, Totals 21 (1) 10-17 53

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 45, ST. JOHN 38 (3RD)—Marilyn Soeken scored 17 points and Aevyn Siemsen added 13 points for a 45-38 third-place Midwinter Classic basketball victory over rival St. John.

Tiger Reagan Bonner scored 17 points with a trio of 3-pointers. Lydia Reed added nine points.

Central Plains 14 10 18 3 — 45

St. John 16 5 9 8 — 38

CENTRAL PLAINS (FG 3 FT TP)—Soeken 6 (2) 3-4 17, Aevy Siemsen 4 (3) 2-3 13, Hurley 3 (2) 0-0 8, Green (1) 0-0 3, Lamatsch (1) 0-0 3, Strouse 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 (9) 6-9 45

ST. JOHN (FG 3 FT TP)—Bonner 7 (3) 0-0 17, Reed 4 1-4 9, Meyer 3 (1) 0-0 7, Bright 1 1-2 3, Brummer 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 (4) 2-10 38

CIMARRON GIRLS 46, LARNED 42 (5TH)— Cimarron's Teagan Eskam scored 13 points and Burkhart added 10 points as the Bluehays outscored Larned 20-5 on free throws for a 46-42 fifth-place win in the Midwinter Classic.

Larned's Karey Lemuz scored 14 points.

Cimarron 5 11 13 17 — 46

Larned 5 8 13 16 — 42 

CIMARRON (FG 3 FT TP)—Eskam 3 7-10 13, Burkhart 4 (1) 1-2 10, Fugitt 2 (1) 4-6 9, Frink (2) 2-3 8, Jantz 0 2-4 2, Sonday 0 4-8 4, Totals 11 (4) 20-28 46

LARNED (FG 3 FT TP)—Lemuz 7 0-1 14, Brooke Simmons 4 (2) 2-2 12, Wachs (1) 0-0 3, Reynolds 1 0-2 2, Sleder 3 1-2 7, Crosby 1 2-2 4, Totals 17 (3) 5-9 42

MACKSVILLE 49, NICKERSON 38 (7TH)— Macksville's Darieva Reyes scored 13 points to spark the Mustangs past Nickerson 49-38 in Saturday's Midwinter Classic seventh-place game.

Nickerson's Adaylee Morrell scored 14 points and Jayli Groth added 12 points. 

Macksville 9 16 13 11 — 49

Nickerson 15 1=7 6 10 — 38

MACKSVILLE (FG 3 FT TP)—Reyes 5 3-7 13, Butler 2 3-4 7, Garcia 3 (1) 0-0 7, Ava Chadd 4 0-0 8, Keenan (1) 1-2 4, Heidy Ortiz (1) 0-0 3, Sebes 3 (1) 0-0 7, Totals 19 (4) 7-13 49

NICKERSON (FG 3 FT TP)—Morrell 6 (2) 0-0 14, Groth 4 (2) 2-4 12, Bennett 1 0-0 2, Martinez 1 0-0 2, Nisly 3 0-1 6, Powell 1 0-2 2, Totals 16 (4) 2-7 38

LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 46, ST. JOHN —  No. 1 ranked Little River's defense down St. John's girls 46-28 in Friday's Midwinter Classic semifinal. Arika Feldman scored 16 points and Saelyn Raleigh added 10 points.

Little River held the Tigers to 12 field goals. Mia Meyer scored seven points and Lydia Reed and Jayln Fisher chipped in six apiece.

Little River 8 13 17 8 — 46

St. John 4 9 6 9 — 28

LITTLE RIVER (11-0)—Feldman 4 (2) 6-6 16, Raleigh 4 (1) 1-4 10, Look 3 0-0 6, Olander 3 0-0 6, Strecker 1 1-2 3, Lafferty 1 1-2 3, Wright 1 0-0 2, Totals 46

ST. JOHN (10-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Meyer 3 (1) 0-0 7, Reed 3 0-2 6, Jayln Fisher (2) 0-0 6, Bright 1 1-5 3, Rockenbach 1 0-0 2, Brummer 2 0-0 4, Totals 12 (3) 1-7 28

LARNED GIRLS 67, NICKERSON 13 — Larned's Jadyn Crosby scored 20 points and Lauren Sleder added 16 points as the Indians roared past Nickerson 67-13 to qualify for the Midwinter Classic fifth-place game.

Nickerson's Adaylee Morrell scored six points.

Nickerson 2 2 3 6  —  13

Larned 23 21 12 11 — 67

NICKERSON (1-9) (FG 3 FT TP)—Morrell 2 (1) 1-1 6, Groth 1 0-5 2, Martinez 0 0-2 0, Powell 1 1-2 3, Nisly 1 0-4 2, Totals 5 (1) 2-14 13

LARNED (6-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Crosby 7 (4) 2-2 20, Sleder 6 (3) 1-2 16, Brooke Simmons 5 (2) 1-2 13, Reynolds 2 4-4 8, Wachs 1 1-3 3, Lemuz 2 2-4 6, Townsend 0 1-2 1, Totals 23 (9) 12-19 67

INMAN GIRLS 70, MACKSVILLE 26 —Inman's Suttyn Harris scored 16 points to lead three Teutons in double figures in a 70-26 Mid Winter Classic victory over Macksville. Macksville's Morgan Sebes scored eight points.

Macksville 5 8 8 5 — 26

Inman 26 18 20 6 — 70

MACKSVILLE (4-7) (FG 3 FT TP)—Sebes 3 (2) 0-2 8, Reyes 2 1-6 5, Ava Chadd 2 3-4 7, Garcia (2) 0-0 6, Totals 9 (4) 4-14 26

INMAN (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Harris 7 (2) 0-0 16, Thimmesch 5 0-0 10, Morgan Froese 5 0-0 10, Nichols 3 0-0 6, Tatro 2 0-0 4, Totals Parsons 2 2-4 6, Taylor Froese 3 0-4 6, Eddy 2 4-6 8, Schrag 1 2-2 4, Totals 30 (2) 8-18 70

ST. JOHN GIRLS 42, LARNED 35 — St. John converted 18 of 26 free throws to edge past Larned 42-35 in Tuesday's Midwinter Classic.

Lydia Reed led the Tigers with 12 points and outstanding interior defense. Reagan Bonner scored 11 points and hustling defense.

Larned's Kassidy Wachs scored nine points and Karley Lemuz and Jadyn Crosby each added eight points.

Larned 7 5 9 14 — 35

St. John 4 12 15 11 — 42

LARNED (5-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Wachs 3 (1) 2-3 9, Lemuz 3 2-4 8, Crosby 1 6-8 8, Brooke Simmons 2 (1) 1-2 6, Sleder 1 0-0 2, Reynolds 1 0-0 2, Totals 11-34 (2) 11-17 35

ST. JOHN (10-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Reed 5 2-3 12, Bonner 4 3-5 11, Bright 1 5-8 7, Meyer 2 2-4 6, Brummer 0 3-4 3, Jayln Fischer 0 3-4 3, Totals 12-29 18-28 42

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 39, CIMARRON 25 —Marilyn Soeken scored 13 points and Grace Lamatsch added 12 points as the Central Plains Oilers downed Cimarron 39-25 in the Midwinter Classic first round.

Taegan Eskam led Cimarron with 14 points.

Cimarron 7 7 6 5 — 25

Central Plains 2 14 14 9 — 39

CIMARRON (2-8) (FG 3 FT TP)—Taegan Eskam 6 (1) 1-1 14, Burkhart 1 0-0 2, Fugitt 2 0-0 4, White 0 0-2 0, Sonday 0 2-4 2, , Frink (1) 0-0 3, Totals 10 (2) 3-7 25

CENTRAL PLAINS (9-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Soeken 3 (1) 6-8 13, Lamatsch 3 (2) 4-5 12, Aevyn Siemsen (2) 0-0 6, Strouse 3 1-4 7, Izzy Hurley 0 1-4 1, Totals 11 (5) 12-21 39

LITTLE RIVER GIRLS 79, NICKERSON 16 — Little River's Arika Feldman scored 29 points with Evie Look (14), Adelynne Strecker (13) and Avery Lafferty (14) scoring in double figures for the No. 1 ranked 1A Redskins.

Skylar Lamas hit a pair of 3-pointers for six points.

Nickerson 2 9 3 2  — 16

Little River 24 31 18 6 — 79

NICKERSON (1-8)—Lamas (2) 0-0 6, Powell 2 0-0 4, Morrell 1 0-0 2, Martinez 0 2-2 2, Bennett 1 0-0 2, Nisly 0 0-2 0, Totals 5 2-4 16

LITTLE RIVER (9-0)—Feldman 9 (6) 5-6 29, Look 6 (1) 1-1 14, Strecker 5 (3) 0-0 13, Lafferty 6 2-2 14, Crottinger 2 0-0 4, Raleigh (1) 0-0 3, Wright 1 0-0 2, Totals 30 (11) 8-9 79

CENTRAL PLAINS 52, LITTLE RIVER 30 — Central Plains featured the triple threat of Brodie Crites (17), Camden Stiles (15) and Aiden Hekele (13) to down Little River 52-30 in Friday's Midwinter Classic semifinal.

B Baldetti led Little River with 10 points. 

Little River 5 7 3 15  — 30

Central Plains 11 8 15 18 — 52

LITTLE RIVER (8-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Baldetti 4 2-3 10, Konen 3 (2) 0-0 8, Raleigh 2 (1) 0-0 5, Renken (1) 0-0 3, Garrison 1 0-0 2, Schubert 0 2-2 2, Totals 11 (4) 4-5 30

CENTRAL PLAINS (10-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Crites 7 (1) 3-7 18, Stiles (5) 0-0 15, Hekele 4 (1) 4-6 13, Dody 1 0-0 2, Siemsen 0 1-2 1, Rogers 0 2-2 2, Daniels 0 1-4 1, Totals 17 (7) 12-21 52

LARNED 37, NICKERSON 33 — Larned's Deacon Martin delivered two steals for the tying and go-ahead 3-point play to spark the Indians past Nickerson 37-33 for the third consecutive time to advance to Saturday's Midwinter Classic fifth-place game. Martin stole the basketball on back-to-back plays from Rashawn Walker, scored and passed to Tristan Regan for the game-deciding 3-point play for a 34-31 lead. Alex King's basket drew the Panthers within 34-33, but he missed the tying free throw.

Carson Shaver scored 10 points and Tristan Regan added nine points.

Nickerson's Rashawn Walker scored seven points.

Nickerson 6 10 9 8 — 33

Larned  4 11 10 12 — 37

NICKERSON (1-9) (FG 3 FT TP)—Walker 3 1-1 7, Brawner 3 0-0 6, Crossman 3 0-0 6, King 2 1-3 5, Riley Linn 2 0-0 4, Yoder 2 (1) 0-0 5, Totals 15 (1) 2-4 33

LARNED (5-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Shaver 4 (1) 1-2 10, Regan 4 1-3 9, Greene 2 0-4 4, Martinez 1 2-2 4, Martin 3 0-0 6, Gonzalez (1) 0-0 3, Crosby 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 (2) 5-13 37