ELLINWOOD 79, KINSLEY 39 — Ellinwood all-stater Landon Simpson scored 50 points to break Brit Dutton's 48-point school record in a 79-39 Central Prairie League basketball victory over Kinsley. Simpson converted two free throws to break Dutton's record in 2021.

Simpson's school-record 11 3-pointers broke the previous school record shared by Brett Detter (2007) and Mike Drees (1994). Layton Wirtz added 14 points, The Eagles converted 17 3-pointers to outscore Kinsley 51-3 from long range.

Kinsley's Johnathan Meza scored 15 points.

Kinsley 7 13 13 6— 39

Ellinwood 32 16 25 6 — 79

KINSLEY (2-15, 1-6) (FG 3 FT TP)—Jonathan Meza 6 3-5 15, Anthony Meza 5 0-0 10, Prieto 2 0-0 4, Zambrano 0 1-2 1, Stuckey 1 2-2 4, Lancaster (1) 0-0 3, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 (1) 6-8 39

ELLINWOOD (10-8, 4-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Simpson 16 (11) 7-8 50, Wirtz 5 (4) 0-0 14, Campbell Coleman 1 1-2 3, Heinz (1) 0-0 3, Brack (1) 0-0 3, Hosman 2 0-0 4, Zook 1 0-0 2, Totals 27 (17) 8-10 79

ELLINWOOD GIRLS 59, KINSLEY 24 — The No. 8 state-ranked Ellinwood girls coasted past Kinsley 59-24 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game.

Ellinwood (16-2, 7-1 CPL) featured Brynn Widener (14), Julia Schlessiger (12) and Alyvia Batchman (10) in double figures. The Eagles converted 10 3-pointers to outscore Kinsley 30-0 from long range.

Kinsley 6 2 8 8— 24

Ellinwood 19 14 25 1 — 59

KINSLEY (3-14, 1-5)—Kirkwood 5 1-2 11, Holguin 5 0-0 10, Rice 1 1-2 3, Totals 11 2-4 24 

ELLINWOOD (16-2, 7-1)—Brynn Widener 4 (3) 3-4 14, Schlessiger 5 2-2 12, Batchman (4) 2 0-0 10, Jacobs (3) 0-0 9, Maxwell 3 (2) 0-0 8, Ritchie 2 1-4 5, Bryant 0 1-2 1, Totals 21 (10) 7-12 59

HOISINGTON GIRLS 63, NICKERSON 40 — Hoisington's Marley Bittel (19) and Kelsi Maier (17) tallied career high scoring totals as the Cardinals downed Nickerson 63-40 in Friday's Central Kansas League basketball game.

The Cardinals (6-11, 1-4 CKL) outscored the Panthers 27-7 after Nickerson rallied within 36-33 in the third quarter. Adaylee Morrell led Nickerson with 20 points.

Nickerson  14 13 9 4 — 40

Hoisington 18 17 9 19 — 63

NICKERSON (1-17, 0-6)—Morrell 20, Nisly 12, Groth 6, Powell 2

HOISINGTON (6-11, 1-4)—Bittel 19, Maier 17, Hanzlick 7, Lutters 7, Crawford 5, Walker 2, Wilkens 2, Tarlton 2

HOISINGTON 61, NICKERSON 35 — Hot-shooting Mason Martin scored 17 points and Rhen Galla tallied 16 points to spark Hoisington past Nickerson 60-35 in Friday's Central Kansas League basketball showdown.

Nickerson (2-16, 0-6 CKL) was paced by Riley Brawner with 15 points. The Cardinals' defense held Nickerson point guard Garrett Crossman to seven points.

Nickerson  6 8 9 12 — 35 

Hoisington 16 19 10 16 — 61

NICKERSON (2-16, 0-6)—Brawner 15, Crossman 7, King 5, Walker 2, Riley Linn 3, Smith 3

HOISINGTON (9-8, 2-3)—Mason Martin 17, Galla 16, Thompson 10, Russell 7, Tarlton 4, Ingram 2, Merlau 2, Carson Mason 2, Crawford 1

LARNED GIRLS 38, PRATT 31 — Larned's defense slowed down Pratt in a hard-fought 38-31 Central Kansas League victory played at Pratt's historic Frogdome. Jadyn Crosby scored 12 points and Taeten Reynolds added nine points. 

Larned 9 10 7 12 — 38

Pratt 5 6 8 12 — 31

LARNED (9-8, 2-3)—Crosby 12, Reynolds 9, Brooke Simmons 7, Sleder 5, Lemuz 4, Wachs 1

PRATT (10-7, 3-3)—Hamm 10, Thibault 9, Hope Hughes 7, Sowers 1, Schmidt 2, McGuire 2

PRATT 64, LARNED 28 — Pratt's 6-foot-6 Arley Morrell was big man on campus with 19 points and Caleb Strong kicked in 17 points as the Greenbacks pulled away for a 64-28 Central Kansas League basketball victory.

Larned 7 7 10 4 — 28

Pratt 19 6 28 11 — 64

LARNED (6-11, 1-4)—Deacon Martin 9, Greene 7, Regan 5, Gonzalez 4, Shaver 2

PRATT (12-5, 4-2)—Morrell 19, Caleb Strong 17, Titus, McAtee, Pore, Schmidt, Barker, Schmidt, Craft, Demuth, Lara 2, Kollyn Strong 2

VICTORIA 58, ST. JOHN 42 — Central Prairie League co-leader Victoria downed St. John 58-42 in Friday's basketball game.

St. John 1 1 1 1 — 42

Victoria  1 1 1 1 — 58

ST. JOHN (12-7, 5-3)—Reyes, Easton Alpers, Ibarra, Vieux, Adame, Mawhirter, Easton Alpers, Emmett Delp, Julio Lozano, Totals 42

VICTORIA (10-6, 6-1)—Nick Sander, Schumacher, Schulte, Wesley Sander, Griffin, Miller, Brody Nowak, Scherrer, Dinkel, Schmidtberger, Broc Nowak, Huser, Totals 58

ST. JOHN GIRLS 60, VICTORIA 29 — Central Prairie League leader St. John's girls rolled past Victoria 60-29 in Friday's basketball game. The Tigers won last year's CPL title.

St. John 1 1 1 1 — 60

Victoria  1 1 1 1 — 29

ST. JOHN (14-5, 7-1)—Mia Meyer, Averi Fisher, Gracia, Rockenbach, Jayln Fisher, Bright, Brummer, Reed, Reagan Bonner, Totals 60

VICTORIA (9-7, 5-2)—Rodger, Myah Younger, Cidnee Werth, Dinkel, Calli Werth, Sramel, Grace Younger, Rachel Kuhn, Schmidtberger, Kaylee Kihn, VonLintel, Windholz, Totals 29

CENTRAL PLAINS GIRLS 52, LA CROSSE 42 — Central Plains' Marilyn Soeken scored 22 points and Aevyn Siemsen added 21 clutch points as the Oilers held off pesky La Crosse 52-42 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game. The Oilers outscored the Leopards 11-4 in the fourth quarter.

The Oilers (14-3, 6-1) remain tied for first place with St. John and Ellinwood in the loss column.

La Crosse 7 9 22 4  — 42

Central Plains 13 12 14 11 — 52

LA CROSSE (12-6, 5-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Molly Showalter 3 (2) 2-4 10, Werth 3 0-0 6, Thielenhaus 3 (1) 1-2 8, Madison Morgan 4 (3) 5-8 16, Marvin 1 0-0 2, Totals 14 (6) 8-14 42

CENTRAL PLAINS (14-3, 6-1)—Soeken 7 (1) 7-8 22, Aevyn Siemsen 8 (2) 3-3 21, Strouse 2 0-0 4, Lamatsch (1) 0-0 3, Green 0 1-2 1, Griffin 0 1-2 1, Totals 18 (4) 12-17 52

CENTRAL PLAINS 50, LA CROSSE 20 — The Central Plains boys stayed tied for first place with a 50-20 Central Prairie League basketball victory over La Crosse.

La Crosse 1 1 1 1  — 20

Central Plains  1 1 1 1 — 50

LA CROSSE (9-9, 3-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Ruth, Baalmann, Doornbos, Spreier, Lee Holopirek, Skillett, Castaneda, Morgan, Cade Holopirek, Kendall, Reese Morgan, Grumbein, Totals

CENTRAL PLAINS (14-3, 6-1)—Stiles, Daniels, Totals

MACKSVILLE 73, BUCKLIN 61 — Macksville's Diego Esparza converted 12 of 36 field goals and scored 29 points with 10 rebounds and four steals to lead the Mustangs past Bucklin 73-61 in Friday's non-league basketball game.

Nolan Adams scored a career high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Hector Gomez added 12 points. Kendall Grippin had four steals.

Bucklin 22 16 15 8 — 61

Macksville 27 14 15 17 — 73

BUCKLIN (9-11)—Tilley, Kahne Cook, Preston Yancey, Maddox Yancey, Kolson Cook, Garrison, Feikert, Goracke, Evans, Alvarado, Totals

MACKSVILLE (14-4) (FG 3 FT TP)—Esparza 12-36 (2-7) 0-0 29, Gomez 3-12 (2-5) 0-0 12, Grippin 1-8 (0-2) 0-0 2, Ibarra 0-1 2-2 2, Adams 10-15 4-4 24, Guevara 2-4 (0-1) 0-0 4, Burr (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 28-77 (4-16) 13-16 73

BUCKLIN GIRLS 50, MACKSVILLE 32 — Bucklin's Kirk and Evans each scored 16 points to boost the Red Aces past Macksville 50-32 in Friday's non-league basketball game. 

Bucklin 1 1 1 1 — 50

Macksville 1 1 1 1 — 32

BUCKLIN (15-3)—Clare Bowman, Stout, Pena, Isabel Bowman, Pinkey, Hays, Evans 16, Durler 16, Kirk, Stein, Hoffman, Totals

MACKSVILLE (8-9)—Isabela Ortiz, Laney Butler, Garcia, Reyes, Ava Chadd, Keenan, Heidy Ortiz, Grace Chadd, Sebes, Totals

OTIS-BISON 65, NESS CITY 51 — Otis-Bison point guard Jake Hoopingarner busted loose for 17 points and super sub Kolten Cory scored a career 13 points as the Cougars downed Ness city 65-51 in a key Central Prairie League basketball game.

Ness City 11 12 13 15 — 51

Otis-Bison 16 12 19 18 — 65

NESS CITY (8-11, 3-4)—Harley (4) 0-0 12, Durham 3 2-2 8, Gall 5 (2) 1-2 13, Woods 0 2-2 2, Parsons 4 (2) 0-2 10, Stenzel 1 0-0 2, McDonald 2 0-0 4, McDonald, Brenner, Totals

OTIS-BISON (8-10, 4-3)—Hoopingarner 7 (1) 2-4 17, Alloway 5 1-1 11, Ochs-Lohrey 1 1-2 3, Maier 2 0-0 4, Cory 6 1-2 13, McVey (3) 2-4 11, Cortez 3 0-0 6, Totals 27 (4) 7-13 65

OTIS-BISON 47, NESS CITY 33 — Briana Croisant scored 17 points and Allie Smith added 11 points as Otis-Bison's girls downed Ness City 47-33 in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball game. The rare game featured zero 3-point field goals.

Ness City's Ashlyn Tillitson scored 18 points.

Ness City 6 9 11 7 — 33

Otis-Bison 14 9 10 14 — 47

NESS CITY (5-12, 2-5)—Ashlyn Tillitson 7 4-7 18, Tavarez 2 2-4 6, Buller 1 1-2 3, Schwindt 1 0-0 2, Fuchs 2 0-2 4, Totals 13 7-15 33

OTIS-BISON (5-12, 3-4)—Mitchell 4 0-0 8, Holman 1 0-0 2, Schwindt 3 0-0 6, Richmeier 1 0-0 2, Allie Smith 5 1-2 11, Grace Smith 2 0-0 4, Croisant 7 0-0 14, Totals 23 1-2 47

MINNEOLA 54, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 43  —

Minneola 1 1 1 1 — 54

Pawnee Heights 1 1 1 1 — 43

MINNEOLA (7-10)—

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-18)—

PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS 58, MINNEOLA 38 — Pawnee Heights Tiger Abby Hands scored 23 points and Addyson Pelton added 17 points as the Tigers continue a late-season momentum with a 58-38 Southern Plains Iroquois League basketball victory. Hands converted a trio of 3-pointers.

Minneola 9 14 7 18 — 38

Pawnee Heights 15 12 15 16 — 58

MINNEOLA (5-12)—Shelor 8 (1) 0-0 17, Granados 2 6-9 10, Swonger (3) 0-0 9, Temaat 1 0-0 2, Evans 0 0-2 0, Totals 14 (4) 6-11 38

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (4-14)—Abby Hands 8 (3) 4-7 23, Pelton 6 5-7 17, Hammeke 3 (2) 1-2 9, Cissell 3 0-0 9, Thomas 0 0-2 0, Totals 20 (5) 10-18 58