ST. JOHN GIRLS 61, ELKHART 36 — St. John's Lily Brummer enjoyed her best game with an 18-point outing and sparkplug Reagen Bonner added 18 points in a 61-36 substate basketball victory over Elkhart in the 1A Spearville substate.

The Tigers led 32-16 at halftime. St. John travels to South Central (14-9) Monday for a semifinal game.

Elkhart 9 7 6 14 — 36

St. John 14 18 21 8 — 61

ST. JOHN (15-9)—Reagan Bonner 7 (1) 3-4 18, Brummer 9 0-2 18, Rockenbach 3 (1) 0-2 7, Jalyn Fisher 2 0-0 4, Burgan 2 1-2 5, Peterson 3 (2) 1-2 9, Totals 26 (5) 5-12 61

LA CROSSE GIRLS 45, MACKSVILLE 26 — La Crosse's Madison Morgan scored 17 points and Theilenhaus added 10 points in a 45-26 substate victory over Macksville in the Spearville 1A substate. 

Macksville's Daniela Reyes scored 12 points and Ava Chadd added eight points. 

MACKSVILLE (9-16)—Reyes 3 (1) 5-6 12, Ava Chadd 3 2-4 8, Zoey Russell 0 1-2 1, Burr 1 0-0 2, Grace Chadd (1) 0-0 3; Totals 8 (2) 8-12 26

LA CROSSE (13-9)—Morgan 5-12 (3-8) 4-4 17, Thielenhaus 3-15 (2-6) 2-4 10, Hammeke 2-5 (2-3) 0-0 6, Kynli Shull 2-5 (0-1) 0-0 4, Marvin 2-8 (0-1) 0-2 4, Kortney Shull 0-0 2-3 2, Showalter 1-2 0-0 2, Dellett 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 15-48 (7-20) 8-13 45

1A DIV. 1 SPEARVILLE GIRLS

SPEARVILLE A (3-2)—1—at South Gray 17-4 vs. 8—at Meade 11-12; 4—at South Central 14-8 vs. 5—St. John 14-9, 2 p.m.; FIRST ROUND—Meade 50, Kinsley 16; South Central 67, Ness City 16; St. John 61, Elkhart 36

SPEARVILLE B (3-2)—2—at Hodgeman County 16-6 vs. 7—Greeley County 12-10; 3—at Spearville 16-6 vs. 6—La Crosse 13-9; FIRST ROUND Greeley Co. 54, Kiowa County 34; La Crosse 45, Macksville 26

SOUTH CENTRAL 38, ST. JOHN 29 — Coldwater South Central shut down St. John's transition game with a slow-paced game for a 38-29 semifinal victory in the 1A Spearville basketball substate.

St. John's Jace Reyes scored 10 points with a pair of 3-pointers. Emmett Delp scored nine points and opened with a slam dunk off a Reyes lob pass for an early 9-1 lead. 

South Central's Jack Herd, Dakota Thronesbery and 6-7 Eli Girk each scored nine points. After South Central led 28-27, Girk blocked three shots and the Tigers committed three late turnovers. South Central closed with a 10-2 scoring burst in the final three minutes.

St. John 7 4 11 7 — 29

South Central 1 10 13 14 — 29

ST. JOHN (18-7)—Reyes 4 (2) 0-0 10, Delp 3 3-3 9, Braxton Alpers 2 0-0 4, Easton Alpers (1) 0-0 3, Julio Lozano 1 0-0 2; Totals 11 (3) 4-5 29

SOUTH CENTRAL (18-4)—Girk 2 5-6 9; Thronesbery 2 5-7 9; Willems 4 (1) 0-0 9; Huck 3 0-0 6; Herd 2 0-0 4; Price 0 1-4 1; Totals 13 (1) 11-17 38

1A DIV. 1 SPEARVILLE BOYS

AT SPEARVILLE A (3-6)—1—Meade 20-3 vs. 5—Kiowa County 19-6, 6 p.m.; SEMIFINALS Meade, 55, Hodgeman County 46; Kiowa County 61, South Gray 53; FIRST ROUND—Hodgeman Co. 54, La Crosse 46; South Gray 94, Macksville 32; Kiowa County 64, Elkhart 29

AT SPEARVILLE B (3-6)—2—Spearville 20-5 vs. South Central 18-4, 7:30; SEMIFINALS—Spearville 58, Greeley County 33; South Central 38, St. John 29; FIRST ROUND—Greeley Co. 65, Ness City 63; St. John 62, Kinsley 36