ST. JOHN GIRLS 54, MACKSVILLE 38 — St. John's girls (14-9, 8-1 CPL) clinched second place in the Central Prairie League with a 54-38 victory over Macksville Friday.
St. John's fast-breaking Reagan Bonner scored 21 points and Lily Brummer netted 16 points with a pair of 3-pointers. The Tigers counted a 2-pointer when Macksville scored on the Tigers' basket.
Macksville's Ava Chadd scored 16 points and Daniela Reyes added 13 points, 11 after halftime.
The Tigers play Elkhart (6-14) Feb. 24 and Macksville (9-15, 5-4 CPL) meets La Crosse (13-9) Feb. 24 in the Spearville substate.
St. John 12 15 14 13 — 54
Macksville 6 6 8 18 — 38
ST. JOHN (14-9, 8-1)—Reagan Bonner 7 (1) 6-12 21, Brummer 4 (2) 6-10 16, Rockenbach (2) 0-0 6, Jalyn Fisher 2 2-4 6, Burgan 0 1-4 1, Peterson 1 0-2 2; (team basket) 2; Totals 17 (5) 15-32 54
MACKSVILLE (9-15, 5-4)— Ava Chadd 6 (2) 2-4 16, Reyes 4 5-6 13, Burr 0 2-2 2, Grace Chadd 2 0-0 4, Foster 1 1-2 3, Totals 13 (2) 10-12 38
1A DIV. 1 SPEARVILLE GIRLS (2-24)
1—South Gray 17-5; 8—at Meade 11-12 vs. 9—Kinsley 10-13; 4—at South Central 13-9 vs. 13—Ness City 2-19; 5—at St. John 14-9 vs. 12—Elkhart 6-14
2—Hodgeman County 17-6; 7—at Greeley County 13-10 vs. 10—Kiowa County 10-13; 3—Spearville 17-6; 6—at La Crosse 13-9 vs. 11—Macksville 9-15
ST. JOHN 66, MACKSVILLE 39 — St. John's boys clinched second place in the Central Prairie League with a 66-29 victory over Macksville Friday.
St. John's Emmett Delp scored 19 points. Easton Alpers added 10 points with a pair of treys as the Tigers converted 10 3-pointers. St. John (17-6, 8-1 CPL) plays Kinsley (8-15) in Monday's Spearville substate opener.
Macksville's Carlos Ibarra scored eight points. Gavin Rose grabbed 12 rebounds. Macksville (3-19) plays at South Gray (17-5) Monday.
St. John 22 25 15 4 — 66
Macksville 7 2 13 7 — 29
ST. JOHN (17-6, 8-1)—Delp 7 (3) 2-2 19; Easton Alpers 4 (2) 0-0 10; Reyes (2) 1-2 7; Braxton Alpers 1 0-2 2; Mawhirter 1 0-4 2; Juan Ibarra (2) 1-2 7; Newdigger 1 0-0 2; Juan Lozano 2 (1) 1-1 6; Julio Lozano 1 0-2 2; Riegel 1 0-0 2; Foote 2 2-2 6; Totals 24 (10) 7-16 66
MACKSVILLE (3-19, 1-8)—Carlos Ibarra 3-8 (2-5) 0-0 8, Franklin 2-9 (0-3) 2-4 6, Castaneda (1-2) 2-2 5, Rose 1-10 (0-3) 3-4 5, Layton Adams (1-2) 0-0 3, Nolan Adams 1-5 (0-2) 1-2 3, Espino 0-1 0-2 0, Rempel 0-1 0-0 0, Guerrero 0-3 (0-2) 1-2 1, Isaac Ibarra (0-1) 0-0 0; Totals 9-42 (4-20) 6-14 29
1A DIV. 1 SPEARVILLE BOYS (2-23)
SEMIFINALS (2-27)—1—Meade 19-3 vs. 8—at Hodgeman County 15-9; 4—at South Gray 18-5 vs. 5—at Kiowa County 18-6; FIRST ROUND—Hodgeman County 54, La Crosse 46; South Gray 94, Macksville 32; Kiowa County 70, Elkhart 50
SEMIFINALS (2-27)—2—Spearville 19-5 vs. 7—Greeley County 17-7; 3—South Central 17-4 vs. 6—at St. John 18-6; FIRST ROUND—Greeley County 65, Ness City 63; St. John 62, Kinsley 36
SOUTH GRAY 92 MACKSVILLE 32—South Gray rolled past the Macksville Mustangs 92-34 in the Spearville 1A substate.
Macksville 6 11 7 8 — 32
South Gray 28 27 27 12 — 92
MACKSVILLE (3-20)—Totals 32
ST. JOHN 62, KINSLEY 36—Emmett Delp threw down three slam dunks in a brilliant 30-point effort that sparked the Tigers past Kinsley 62-36 in the Spearville substate. Braxton Alpers added 12 points. The Tigers led 36-17 at halftime.
St. John (18-6) plays South Central (17-6) in the Spearville semifinals.
Kinsley's Joey Preito scored 15 points and Ty Clawson added 11 points.
Kinsley 6 11 13 6 — 36
St. John 24 12 21 5 — 62
KINSLEY (8-16)—Preito 6 3-5 15, Clawson 5 1-2 11, Zambrano (1) 0-0 3, Meza (1) 0-0 3, Stuckey 1 0-0 2, Berry 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 (2) 4-7 36
ST. JOHN (18-6)—Delp 11 (3) 5-6 30; Braxton Apers 4 4-7 12; Reyes 3 (2) 0-0 7; Easton Alpers 2 (1) 0-0 5; Mawhirter (1) 0-0 3; Julio Ibarra 1 0-0 2; Juan Lozano 1 0-0 2; Totals 23 (7) 9-13 62
