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PALCO —  The Lady Dragon bench was the key to their 46-40 win over  Northern Plains League rival Natoma (15-7) Friday in the 1A Division II sub-State tournament in Palco.

The Lady Dragons will play their arch-rivals, the Lady Mustangs of Sylvan-Lucas Unified at 6 p.m. Saturday in the championship match.

ST. JOHN — The top-ranked, undefeated and two-time defending champion 2A Lady Oilers of Central Plains crushed Pratt Skyline, 66-28, Thursday, in St. John.

The Lady O’s will play South Central at 6 p.m. Saturday in the championship match at St. John. The Lady Timberwolves are ranked eighth in the state by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.

BY Mark McCoy

The Ellsworth Bearcats defeated a young and talented Phillipsburg club, 58-57, Monday in an exciting first round game of the 3A Norton sub-State boys’ basketball tournament in Ellsworth. Down 13 points (48-35) at the 7:48 mark of the fourth quarter, Bearcats Remington Cravens and Jordan Base made 3-balls; Cravens sank three charity shots; Kaden Davis made two breakaway layups and senior Zak Jacobo added a jump shot to lift the ‘Cats to a 1-point deficit, 57-56 with just 35 second left in the game.

BY Mark mccoy

CLAFLIN — The undefeated, top-ranked and two-time defending champion 2A Lady Oilers defeated the Lady Eagles of Ellinwood, 78-17, Monday in the first round of the 2A St. John-Hudson sub- State basketball tournament in Claflin. The mighty Lady Oilers rolled to a cushy 26-2 lead by the end of the first quarter. Central Plains added 20 points and held the Lady Eagles to two in the second period to have a whopping 46-4 halftime lead.

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HAYS — The top-seeded Lady Monarchs of Thomas Moore Prep defeated the Lady Bearcats 63-17 in the first round of the 3A Norton sub-State basketball tournament in Hays.

The Lady ‘Cats gave up a lot of height and played with a lot of heart.

ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Bearcats came from behind to get a 58-57 win over Phillipsburg in the final seconds of the first round of the 3A Norton sub-State basketball tournament in Ellsworth.

The Panthers are a good team comprised of sophomores and freshmen and grabbed the lead in the first quarter, but the Bearcats battled back, gaining the momentum of the game in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter.

3A Norton Community sub-State basketball tournament

ELLSWORTH — The fourth-seeded Bearcats, with an 11-9 record will play fifth-seeded 9-10 Phillipsburg at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29 at the Bearcat Den in Ellsworth.

Ellsworth defeated the Panthers 58-57 in its second game of the season at the Amos Morris-George Stephens Basketball tournament in Lincoln. Norton, with a 17-3 record is ranked seventh by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and is the top seed.