The Circle High School boys basketball team remained undefeated with a 37-34 win at Wellington Friday night, moving the T-Birds to 3-0 in AVCTL Division IV and 6-0 overall.
Circle outscored Wellington 15-5 in the fourth quarter, including six points by Jordan Phillips, who finished with eight to lead the T-Birds.
The Circle girls picked up their first league win at Wellington, winning 47-38 to move to 1-2 in the league and 4-2 overall. Kyrstie Ehm led Circle in scoring with a game-high 18 points. Circle hosts Kingman Tuesday night.
The Bluestem girls evened their record at 4-4 with a 60-50 win at Wichita Trinity. Bluestem outscored Trinity in the third quarter, 26-7. Demi Metcalf led the Lady Lions with 17 points, Rachel Servis had 11 and Jessica Cox added 10.
The Bluestem boys fell to 2-6 on the season after losing at Wichita Trinity, 68-28. Cory Hildreth led the Lions with 11 points. Bluestem will host Garden Plain Tuesday night.
The Remington girls slipped to 4-3 with a 66-59 home loss to Inman. Shelbie Beougher led Remington with 17 points while Katie Regier added 13. The Remington boys also lost to Inman, 52-48, despite a career-high 29 points from Jake Green. Remington plays at Sedgwick Tuesday night.
The Flinthills girls and boys both fell to 0-6 after losing to Burlingame. The Mustang boys lost, 64-48. The Mustangs got 20 points from Garrett Breech and 14 from Preston Hefton. The Lady Mustangs lost by a final count of 56-26. Hope Harsh led Flinthills with 11 points. The Mustangs play at Olpe Tuesday night.
The Berean Academy boys and girls turned in a sweep at Ell-Saline. The Warrior boys drubbed the host Cardinals, 45-16. Ten different players scored for Berean, led by Thad Holmes with 10 points. The Berean girls improved to 6-2 with a 61-45 win. Berean got 19 points from Janelle Rust and 11 from Kayla Eilert. Berean will play at Inman Tuesday night.
Varsity Boys
Circle 12 4 6 15—37
Wellington 14 8 7 5—34
Circle—Tracy 7, Kirkpatrick 6, Harstine 2, Shepherd 4, Gardinier 5, Phillips 8, Siemens 5. FG 14 (1), FT 8-17.
Wellington—Whaley 4, Carroll 3, Woodbridge 6, Ricke 9, Rains 2, Hefley 10. FG 15 (2), FT 2-8.
Bluestem 6 7 7 8—28
W. Trinity 15 29 18 6—68
Bluestem—Z. Muckenthaler 6, Da. Semisch 4, LaClef 5, Hildreth 11, Hodges 2. FG 10 (2), FT 6-10.
Trinity—Billings 6, S. Kempin 2, B. Kempin 13, Henderson 7, Netherton 5, Mi. Swank 5, Ma. Swank 10, Kessinger 9, Burns 10, Mann 1. FG 25 (5), FT 13-27.
Inman 5 18 10 19—52
Remington 14 15 6 13—48
Inman—Friesen 9, Goering 6, Martin 13, Ropp 2, Tonn 20, Kroeker 2. FG 19 (4), FT 10-16.
Remington—Glover 5, Green 29, Jacobs 9, Cherryholmes 2, Kitterman 1, Schunn 2. FG 11 (5), FT 21-29.
Burlingame 10 14 22 18—62
Flinthills 5 16 10 17—48
Burlingame—Lang 16, Droege 21, Masters 5, Smart 6, Kline 4, B. Vandevord 7, D. Vandevord 5. FG 23 (3), FT 15-28.
Flinthills—Garrett Breech 20, Trent Stands 3, Andrew Cope 3, Preston Hefton 14, Nathan Vogts 6, Christopher Sjogren 2. FG 17 (1), FT 13-27.
Berean 16 16 11 2—45
Ell-Saline 4 2 4 6—16
