BELOIT ST. JOHN'S 42, OTIS-BISON 30 — Jake Hoopingarner led Otis-Bison with 13 points and a quality floor game in a 42-30 substate semifinal loss to Beloit St. John's. The Cougars converted 6 of 27 3-pointers.
The Cougars used a 7-2 run for 27-17 score when the Blujays scored on 1 of 12 tries. Louis McVey converted a pair of 3-pointers and Hoopingarner hit a trey for a 40-30 score.
Ed Horinek (13) and Gabriel Roderick (11) led the Blujays.
Blujays led 25-10 at halftime keyed by 12 of 25 shooting. The Blujays converted 4 of 29 first-half shots, 2 of 18 from 3-point range.
Otis-Bison 5 5 7 13 — 30
Beloit St. John's 17 8 8 9 — 42
OTIS-BISON (6-16)—Hoopingarner 5-10 0-0 13, Polly 0-8 0-0 0, Morrison 1-12 0-4 3, Maier 1-1 0-0 2, Alloway 0-2 0-0 0, McVey 2-4 2-4 8, Kelson Juno 2-7 0-0 2, Eston Juno 0-5 0-0 0, Totals 11-49 2-8 30.
BELOIT ST. JOHNS (12-7)—Niewald 1-3 0-0 2, Horinek 5-11 1-2 18, Larocque 0-2 0-0 0, Roderick 5-8 1-2 11, Gates 2-9 0-0 4, Stewart 3-12 0-0 6, Winkler 2-6 0-0 4, Allen 1-1 0-2 2, Schroeder 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 19-53 2-6 42 .
3-pointers—OB 6-27 (Hoopingarner 3-6, McVey 2-4, Morrison 1-8, K. Juno 0-1, E. Juno 0-3, Alloway 0-2, Polly 0-3); BSJ 2-10 (Horinek 2-5, Niewald 0-1, Roderick 0-1, Gates 0-3).
VICTORIA 65, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 28 — Victoria rolled past Pawnee Heights 65-28 in the semifinals of the Stafford 1A Division basketball substate. The Knights (12-10) outscored the Tigers in all four quarters.
Pawnee Heights' Davin Hamby and Reed Stedje each scored eight points. Victoria's Seth Schwien (17), Landon Schmidtberger (15) and William Scherrer (12) scored in double figures.
Pawnee Heights 8 5 3 12 — 28
Victoria 15 19 14 17 — 65
PAWNEE HEIGHTS (4-18)—Hamby 3 1-2 8, Hammeke 1 0-0 2, Enabit 1 0-0 2, Stedje 3 0-0 8, Carlson 2 2-2 6, Torres 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 3-4 28.
VICTORIA (12-10)—Schwien 7-10 2-5 17, Landon Schmidtberger 6-15 0-0 15, William Scherrer 5-13 0-3 12, Pickering 1-4 0-0 3, Nowak 1-2 0-2 3, Weston Scherrer 2-3 0-0 4, VonLintel 2-7 0-0 4, Huser 1-1 0-0 2, Sander 0-1 0-0 0, Miller 1-1 0-0 2, Schmidtberger 1-3 0-0 3, Totals 27-60 2-10 65.
3-pointers—PH 3 (Stedje 2, Hamby 1); V 9-24 (Landon Schmidtberger 3-7, William Scherrer 2-7, Schmidtberger 1-2, Schwien 1-1, Pickering 1-4, Nowak 1-2, Weston Scherer 0-1).
1A DIV. 2 STAFFORD—3-2—Beloit St. John’s 12-7 vs. Victoria 12-10; Beloit St. John’s 42, Otis-Bison 30; Victoria 65, Pawnee Heights 28; Otis-Bison 53, Stafford 44; Victoria 73, Chase 7; Pawnee Heights 63, Tescott 51
