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Oilers' Soeken plays in KBCA basketball game
Marilyn Soeken
St. John Tiger Marilyn Soeken - photo by Courtesy photo Dick Smith

SALINA — Twin Valley League all-staters — Hanover's Anna Jueneman and Centralia's Oen Deters led the Blue past the Gold 70-61 in Saturday's KBCA All-Star Basketball Game.  Jueneman scored 12 points. Deters scored 10 points with four steals.

Jueneman led Hanover to three straight Class 1A Division 2 state basketball titles and two state volleyball championships. She captured three 400 meters and two 200 meter state titles. Centralia captured the 2025 Division 1 state basketball title.

Wellington's Val Norwood scored 16 points to lead the Gold. She was named KBCA Miss Kansas Basketball. Wellington edged SM Miege 53-48 in the 4A state championship game.

 Central Plains Oiler Marilyn Soeken contributed six points and three assists for the Gold. Andover’s Aliyah Green, Arkansas City’s Saliyah Henderson-Johnson and Hoxie’s Emily Bainter each scored seven points.

Blue 14 14 22 20 — 70

Gold 14 20 19 8  — 61

BLUE (FG 3 FT TP) — Jueneman 3-5 (1-1) 5-8 12, O’Brien 3-10 (1-2) 3-3 10, Deters 3-7 (2-4) 2-2 10, Harris 2-4 0-0 4, Ramsey 1-2 0-0 2, Lambert (1-3) 0-0 3, Jacobs 1-6 (0-2) 0-0 2, Krafels 1-4 (0-1) 0-0 2, Farmer 3-7 (2-4) 1-2 9, Martin 2-5 (1-2) 2-2 7, Heim 3-8 1-2 7, Johnson 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 24-65 (8-19) 14-21 70.

GOLD (FG 3 FT TP) — Soeken 2-7 (1-4) 1-2 6, Norwood 7-14 (2-4) 0-0 16, Green 3-10 1-2 7, Henderson-Johnson 3-9 (1-4) 0-0 7, Bainter (1-1) 2-4 2-2 7, Jones 1-3 (0-2) 0-0 2, Butler 1-3 (0-1) 0-0 2, Zeka 2-11 (0-5) 0-0 4, Hadley 2-5 (0-1) 0-0 4, Phillips 2-5 (0-2) 0-0 4, Barton 1-5 (0-3) 0-0 2, Winfrey 0-2 (0-1) 0-0 0. Totals 26-78 (5-29) 4-6 61.
 Rebounds—Blue 43 (Heim 8), Gold 49 (Henderson-Johnson 7). Assists —Blue 11 (Jueneman 2, Farmer 2, Martin 2, Heim 2), Gold 7 (Soeken 3).