By Joanna Chadwick
There’s semifinals games across much of the state tonight.
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Boys
Abilene 75, Liberal 48
Andale 55, Haven 46 — Wyatt Spexarth had 15 points, hitting 3 of 6 threes, and Winter 13 in Andale’s win. Bruce added 11 rebounds. Brant Sipe led Haven with 13 points, six rebounds and three blocks, and DJ Miller had 10 points. Treyton Yoder added four steals.
Andover 62, Salina Central 58 — Eli Shetlar had 24 points and BJ Redic 21 in Andover’s win. Nolan Puckett scored 19 points to lead Salina CXentral, Ethan Waters had 13 and Sid Duplessis had 12.
Blue Valley 70, North 42 — Michael Bailey Jr. led all North with 24 points, while Elijah Wormly had six rebounds and Jack Hopping had five. Jacob Wassall added five blocks and four steals. Blue Valley’s Aidan Shaw had 25 points.
Blue Valley Northwest 55, Hutchinson 35
Caldwell 45, Sedan 44
Campus 50, Dodge City 48 — Andrell Burton with 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting and eight rebounds to lead Campus in the win. Zion Young added 10 points.
Cedar-Vale Dexter 37, South Haven 23
Chaparral 75, Arkansas City 57
Cheney 63, Rose Hill 50
Circle 45, Clearwater 30
Clay Center 56, Eureka 20
Derby 60, Bishop Carroll 44 — Derby held on to win after giving up a 29-11 halftime lead. Carroll got within 37-36 at the 6:55 mark of the fourth quarter and then within 45-42 with 2:24 to go. Derby Jameer Clemons converted 1 of 2 free throws and then a three-point play in the final 39 seconds to seal the win. Clemons scored 18 points to lead Derby, hitting 7 of 11 shots and getting three steals, six rebounds. Teammate Trent Parke had 12 points and seven rebounds. Carroll’s Walt Gray had 21 points, and John Hauserman had eight rebounds.
Eisenhower 54, Manhattan 45 — Owen Rush scored 11 points and Caleb Conyers had 10 in the win. Cade Friend added 10 rebounds.
Flinthills 75, Central-Burden 59
Fredonia 61, Douglass 50
Hays 49, Beloit 34
Hesston 54, Remington 25
Heights 60, Maize 56 — Marcus Zeigler had 21 points and Chase Harris 16 to lead Heights. Harris added five assists and five steals, TJ Williams 10 points and seven assists. Kyle Grill and Avery Johnson both scored 13 points for Maize and Jaden Gustafson had 12 points and seven rebounds.
Hillsboro 64, Holcomb 40 — Brekyn Ratzlaff hit 8 of 13 shots for 26 points, including 3 of 5 from three-point range, to lead Hillsboro to the win. Grayson Ratzlaff had 15 points and six rebounds. Duncan Duel added five assists.
Hugoton 44, Sterling 33
KC Harmon 61, Augusta 46
Kapaun 68, Trinity Academy 33 — Henry Thengvall scored 21 points to lead Kapaun, and Dominic Shibley had 11.
Lawrence Free State 60, McPherson 50 2OT — Free State was 7 of 25 from the free-throw line through the first overtime, but in the final overtime period, hit 6 of 10. McPherson’s Seth Madron scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds and five steals, while Cory Muehler had 11 points. Mason Miller added 11 rebounds. Jordan Brown led Free State with 32 points, hitting 7 of 13 three-pointers. He scored six points in the second overtime. Cooper Jackson scored 11, Mozae Downing and Jailen Thompson each had eight rebounds. Downing added five assists and Jackson had five steals.
Maize South 68, BV West 57
Northwest 66, Highland Park 60 — Northwest’s Kee’on Hutton scored 18 points, Kevin Brown 15 and Geremiah Moore 10, while Tasean Williams hit three threes and had 13 points as the Grizzlies beat Highland Park.
Norwich 47, Attica 38
Olathe East 69, East 54 — Michael Brown scored 10 to lead East.
Pratt 52, Ellsworth 31 — Pratt was led by Aiden Crow, who had 17 points, Jair Johnson, who had 14 and Karter Hoeme’s 11.
Riley County 40, Republic County 22
St. James 70, Topeka Seaman 63 — Seaman trailed 43-27 at the half, but took a one-point lead with 2:30 to go. St. James scored the nine of the final 11 points in the victory and was led by Brian Hawthorne’s 18 points. Sam Samerhalder added 16 points, Finn Burritt 15 and Garrett Lynch had 14 rebounds. Seaman was led by Ty Henry and Aron Davis, who each had 18 points.
SM South 53, Andover Central 49 — Kobe Smith scored 18 points to lead Andover Central and Skyler Clevenger had 13.
Southeast 68, Newton 56
SE-Saline 76, Kingman 54
Valley Center 70, Coffeyville 45 — Valley Center was led by Kade Wilson, who had 15 points, Davin Schmelzle with 13, Dale Petrie 11, Noah Simmons 11, Sam Bass 11.
Wellington 66, Belle Plaine 53
West Elk 66, Oxford 58 — Wesley Young scored 28 points and had 13 rebounds, and Maddex Moreno scored 21.
Wichita South 54, Buhler 38
Girls
Abilene 54, West 31
Andover 37, Liberal 31
Beloit 52, Chanute 31
Bluestem 53, Home School 33
Clay Center 37, Remington 20 —
Clearwater 47, Mulvane 16 — Clearwater outscored Mulvane 29-2 in the second half. Carli Carlson scored 14 points and Brooke Berlin had 12.
Derby 58, Maize 23
East 50, Willard 37
Eureka 45, Hesston 43 — Ashley Singhateh scored 19 to lead Eureka, while Hesston was led by Katie Kueker’s 11 points and Anna Humphreys’ 10.
Hillsboro 43, Riley County 27 — Savannah Shahan had 15 point and seven rebounds in Hillsboro’s win. Zaylee Werth added 11 points.
Holcomb 69, Republic County 25
Hugoton 58, Scott City 29 — Mikyn Hamlin scored 25 points and had 13 rebounds, while Gianna Vos had 17 in the win.
Marion 46, Solomon 13
Pratt 33, Ellsworth 23
Salina Central 63, Concordia 17
Salina South 41, Buhler 21
Smoky Valley 41, Kingman 35
southeast 36, Wichita South 31
Sterling 69, SE-Saline 67 OT — Sterling trailed by 12 before taking its first lead in overtime.