Friday night's basketball game at Claflin pitting St. John against Central Plains certainly wasn't for the faint of heart.
My mouth drools with the prospect of the St. John Lady Tigers playing heads-up basketball against the Celtics
In their first game since the Mid-Winter Classic the St. John Tigers posted a 59-23 win over Western Plains on Tuesday.
The Tigers breezed past Ransom's Western Plains
The 11-1 St. John-Hudson Tigers lost their first game of the season Saturday night at Pratt's Tournament of Champions, the Lady Tigers taking second place after losing to the Pratt Greenbacks 40-29 in a closely fought battle of defenses, pitting the top ranked 1A (Div.1) Tigers against the 6th ranked in 4A Greenbacks.
High school girls basketball wound up to its final day of tournament competition.
Defense wins games, or at least it was that way Pratt's TOC.
The Macksville Mustangs suffered a second loss to the Pratt Greenbacks after losing in the second round of the Mid-Winter Classic with a 64-39 defeat on the Greenback’s home court, Tuesday.
St. John's Tigers basketball team won their first round game in Pratt's Tournament of Champions
Eleven participants competed in the annual Knights of Columbus free-throw contest at St. John high school.
There's some great girls basketball match-ups coming up this week, starting with Berean Academy's basketball tournament featuring some of the top teams in the state - the undefeated and 3rd ranked in IIA Berean Academy warriors, the 4th ranked in IA (Div. II) Hutchinson Central Christian Celtics and Wichita's “Word of Life” Fire - all three playing in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Not forgetting to mention about the SPAA-IAA tournament in Dodge, featuring the undefeated, #1 ranked in 1A (Div. II) Ingalls Bulldogs pitted against the 4th ranked in 1A (Div I) South Central Timberwolves and the 7th ranked in 1A (Div I) Spearville Lancers.
("If" both teams win their first game in sub-state, the St. John Tigers will be playing South Central for the championship in Coldwater with the winner moving on to State.)
Oh yes, and if you're a St. John Lady Tigers fan (or even if you're not), if you want to see some great basketball, don't forget about Pratt's Tournament of Champions starting this Thursday afternoon.
The new bleachers in the St. John High gymnasium got a good capacity test from stomping feet and cheering fans as it was standing room only for the final game of the St. John Lions Club Mid-Winter Classic with Pratt defeating Medicine Lodge 55-54
The Macksville Mustangs advanced to the next level of the Mid-Winter Classic defeating Central Plains, 70-55, Thursday.
Basketball fans clad in a rainbow of colors supporting their high school teams rolled into St. John Tuesday for the first in four days of high-caliber basketball action as the 44th Annual St. John Lions Club’s Mid-Winter Classic kicked off.
Game updates for Thursday
The 6-3 St. John Tigers fell in the opening round of the Mid-Winter Classic losing 73-62 to 3-6 Nickerson.
The Tigers head into the Mid-Winter Classic posting a nice, 67-41, win over the Larned Indians – another tournament team – in Friday’s final game before the Classic.
Tigers head into first game of Mid-Winter Classic, tonight. Game time 6:30. Watch for after game updates on all the Mid-Winter action.
The St. John-Hudson girls junior varsity basketball team came away as “Tournament Champions” in Pratt-Skyline's 2012 JV Tournament, easily defeating the Cheney Cardinals 49-21 on Saturday after earlier victories against the Hutchinson Trinity Celtics on Saturday, Jan. 7 and the Ellinwood Eagles last Monday.
The St. John fifth and sixth Grade Girls’ After Prom Parents tournament team finished with a 4-2 record over the weekend.
The third and fourth grade boys placed First, along with the fifth and sixth grade boys.
Send us your photos from the St. John Booster Club's annual Prom Parents Tournament. Send them to sjnewseditor@embarqmail.com. We will put them online and maybe some in print. Please send by Jan. 20.
The St. John Tiger girls and boys came away with wins over the Larned Indians, Friday with the girls winning 53-14, and the boys going 67-41 in the double-header victory
