CENTRAL PLAINS 53, ELLSWORTH 39 — The Central Plains boys cruised past Ellsworth 53-39 to qualify for Saturday's Amos Morris basketball championship. The defending champions featured Brodie Crites (19), Camden Stiles (19) and Rylan Siemsen (13) in double figures. The Oilers face Beloit St. John's in Saturday's championship.

The Oilers led 51-27 after three quarters. Central Plains converted six 3-pointers to outscore Ellsworth 18-6. Ellsworth's Goss scored 18 points.

Central Plains 22 5 24 2 — 53

Ellsworth 11 7 9 12 — 39

CENTRAL PLAINS (FG/FT/3/TP)—Crites 8 3-5 19; Stiles 7 (5) 0-0 19; Siemsen 6 (1) 0-0 13; Dody 1 0-0 2; Totals 22 (6) 3-7 53

ELLSWORTH (FG/FT/3/TP)—Goss 6 (2) 4-4 18; Tilly 4 0-0 8; Tayor 2 0-1 4; McGowan 1 1-2 3; Davis 1 0-1 2; Barta 1 0-0 2; Totals 17 (2) 5-8 39

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