By Joanna Chadwick
Ummmmm. Have you seen how little of the season is left?
Yikes!
Postseason is around the corner. Finish strong, y’all!
Boys
Andale 57, Wellington 33
Andover Central 41, Andover 40 — Kobe Smith scored 17 to lead Andover Central and Skyler Clevenger had 12 in the win over Andover. Chris Harris led Andover with 19 points.
Attica 47, Norwich 42
Augusta 63, Winfield 37 — Augusta’s Kaden McDaniel had 14 points, Gavin Kiser 11, L. Ruddle 10 and E. Routh 10 in the win. Winfield’s Towels scored a team-high 16 points.
Bishop Carroll 60, West 52
Buhler 59, Circle 53
Caldwell 63, West Elk 46 — Maddex Moreno scored 22 points for West Elk.
Cheney 71, Garden Plain 23
Collegiate 46, Clearwater 43 — Collegiate’s Jack Duarte scored 21 points and Wesley Fair 14 in the win. Clearwater was led by Brett Gibbs’ 29 points.
Conway Springs 56, Belle Plaine 41 — Nash Johnson scored 21 and Isaac Winter had 20 for Conway Springs. Belle Plaine’s Ian Bible had 13 points for Belle Plaine.
Derby 72, Salina South 53 — Derby hit 6 of 10 threes in the first half and, after leading 13-11 after one, controlled the rest of the game. The Panthers hit 11 of 20 threes. Deshawne Titus hit 6 of 8 three-pointers to lead Derby to the win. Trent Parke made his first three-point attempts in the first half to finish with 12 points, and Kaeson Fisher-Brown scored 14 points, hitting 2 of 4 threes. Tejon McDaniel had 20 points for Salina South.
El Dorado 74, McPherson 59 — LJ Berkstresser scored 21 points, Barry Summers 18 and Connor Clausing 11 in the win.
Elkhart 65, Lakin 52 — C Cole had 30 points for Elkhart in the win. Servando Gonzalez led Lakin with 22 points.
Hanover 73, Doniphan West 31
Haven 61, Lyons 42 — Brant Sipe hit 10 of 14 shots and had 24 points, nine rebounds, seven steals for Haven. Dalton Schrag had 16 points, DJ Miller 10 points and six assists, while Braxton Miller and Zeke Kraft had four apiece. Stover had nine rebounds and 15 points to lead Lyons.
Heights 66, Wichita South 42 — Marcus Zeigler and TJ Williams scored 16 points apiece, and Chase Harris had 13. Zeigler also had five assists and Williams had four. South’s TJ Neal and Terrence Hutton each scored 10.
Hutchinson 65, Arkansas City 35
Hutchinson Central Christian 69, South Barber 52
Independent 42, Trinity Academy 27 — Joseph Recalde-Phillips scored 20 to lead Independent.
Inman 85, Marion 15 — Inman shot 61 percent from the field and was led by Eli Brunk (21 points, six rebounds), Zach Martisko (18 points, eight rebounds) and Tanner Heckel (14 points, six rebounds, eight steals).
Kapaun 65, East 43 — Henry Thengvall scored 18 points and Will Anciaux 16 in Kapaun’s win.
Larned 57, Halstead 47 — Creed led Halstead with 17.
Maize 65, Campus 58 — Maize was led by Kyle Grill’s 17, Jaden Gustafson with 14 and Avery Johnson 12. Zion Young hit five three-pointers and scored 20 to lead Campus. Aiden Sutter had 15 points, hitting four three-pointers, and Andrell Burton had 11.
Peabody-Burns 60, Centre 52 — Young scored 22 to lead Peabody-Burns.
Pratt 53, Hoisington 47
Rose Hill 72, Mulvane 61 — Adriel Smith scored 31 points to lead Rose Hill. Ian Comer scored 21 and Mason Ellis 20 for Mulvane.
Salina Central 66, Goddard 33 — Parker Kavanaugh and Micah Moore had 12 points apiece to lead Salina Central.
Sedan 61, Erie 40 — Dameion Hatten scored 24 points for Sedan.
Sedgwick 49, Ell-Saline 28
Smoky Valley 73, Nickerson 45
Southeast 65, Northwest 59 — Asa Barnes led Southeast with 18 points and Keaton Williams had 15 for Southeast in the win. Tasean Williams and Kee’on Hutton each scored 12 for Northwest and Kevin Brown had 11.
SE-Saline 62, Minneapolis 22
Valley Center 70, Eisenhower 62 — Noah Simmons scored 25 points, Davin Schmelzle 16 and Dale Petrie 12 in the Valley Center win.McCartney scored 15 to lead Eisenhower, Rush had 13 and Friend 12.
Wamego 47, Abilene 42
Girls
Andover Central 61, Andover 46
Bishop Carroll 69, West 26
Cheney 49, Garden Plain 24 — Campbell Hague scored 17 points and Brynn McCormick 13, Leah Durr 11 in the win over Garden Plain. McCormick also went over 1,000 points for her career.
Circle 37, Buhler 24
Clearwater 62, Collegiate 32 — Carli Carlson scored a game-high 26 points and also had eight assists in the win for Clearwater. Elizabeth Tjaden had 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists, while Brooke Berlin had 15 points and six rebounds.
Derby 53, Salina South 27
East 54, Kapaun 52 — Asia Dawson had 19 points, 15 in the second half, in East’s win. Lizzie Romer scored 23 points, hitting three three-pointers, and Sophia Gimino had 13 points.
Eisenhower 37, Valley Center 34 — Valley Center’s Anna Eldridge scored 16 points and Halle Brittain 12.
Ell-Saline 47, Sedgwick 19
Eureka 52, Bluestem 31
Halstead 44, Larned 38 — D. Schutte scored 14 to lead Halstead and S. Hozrichter had 11.
Hanover 52, Doniphan West 45
Haven 58, Lyons 36 — Sienna DeFrain scored 17 points and BrieAnn Brawner had 12 in Haven’s victory. Reese Roper added four assists and seven steals, while Brawner also had five assists.
Hesston 49, Hillsboro 38
Hoisington 40, Pratt 33
Hugoton 57, Syracuse 27 — Gianna Vos scored 18, Mikyn Hamlin 13 and Summya Adigun 10 in the win.
Hutchinson 55, Arkansas City 14
Inman 50, Marion 45 — Maci Neufeld scored 18 points and had seven steals to lead Inman, Hannah Martisko had 13 points, nine rebounds and Kadence Welch had 13 rebounds. Marion was led by Grace Hett, who had 17 points.
Kingman 60, Chaparral 31
Maize 50, Campus 34 — Maize’s Brynn Smith scored 12 points to lead Maize. Campus’ Tya Tindall and S. Hendricksen each had 12 points.
Maize South 47, Newton 19
McPherson 61, El Dorado 17
Mulvane 45, Rose Hill 22 — Kamryn Nolan had 10 points and Karlie Kanaga 13 points to lead Mulvane.
Nickerson 69, Smoky Valley 61 — Ava Jones returned in a big way, scoring 26 points as teammate Josie McLean had 17. A. Hazelwood scored 24 and A. Rose had 19 for Smoky Valley.
Salina Central 58, Goddard 40 — Aubrie Kierscht finished with 20 points to lead Salina Central, Mykayla Cunningham had 13 and Tyler Vidricksen 11.
Sedan 59, Erie 39 — Sedan’s Cummings scored 18 and Landrea Sears had 17.
Southeast 50, Northwest 22
SE-Saline 42, Minneapolis 33
Wamego 53, Abilene 41
Wellington 46, Andale 34 — Freshman Britt Zeka hit five three-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points in the win over Andale.
West Elk 67, Caldwell 15 — Molly McClendon scored 19 points for West Elk.
Winfield 53, Augusta 46
Thursday’s scores
Boys
Independent 66, Medicine Lodge 51 — Joseph Recalde -Phillips scored 18 to lead Independent, and Javon Beadles had 15.
Girls
Goessel 37, Wichita Defenders 26
