Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

OILERS DEFEAT ST. JOHN-HUDSON

ST.JOHN — The formerly second-ranked 2A Central Plains Oilers defeated the defending two-time 2A State champion Tigers of St. John Hudson 55-48.

Like all Oilers versus Tiger battles for the past four years, it was an exciting and top-notch game of basketball. Only the Tigers and 6A Derby have defeated Central Plains in the past three seasons.

The O-men ended the Tigers’ 63-game winning streak — a new state record just set after St. John-Hudson’s early season tournament victory.

The top-ranked defending two-time 2A State champion 2A Lady Oilers returned to their well-oiled-scoring-machine mode against the Lady Tigers in the devastating 46-15 win over St. John-Hudson.

St. John scored four points in the first half and didn’t get into double-digits until the fourth quarter. The Lady O’s simply scored at will.

ELLSWORTH — The Bearcats beat Minneapolis 50-31 in Ellsworth.

Results for the Lady ‘Cat game against the ninth-ranked 3A Lady Lions were unavailable at post time.

WILSON — The ninth-ranked 1A Division II Dragons of Wilson beat Palco 63-58 in overtime a. The Lady Dragons defeated Palco 51-34.

Read about these sporting events in the Dec. 24 edition of the I-R.