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Mid-Continent Continued from Page 30 Her sister, senior Maeson, tallied 9.2 points and 5.4 rebounds. A big change came on defense. Bremerman used Fort Hays’ defense her first season. Last year, she changed the look. Instead of denying the ball, Plainville played off the ball and help side often, which allowed the Cardinals to read more and collect steals. “We play well together,” Aubree, a second team all-league pick, said. “A lot of us have been playing together for a really long time.” Plainville boys The Plainville boys have been a solid program with coach Chris Drees, formerly a TMP graduate, Monarch assistant and Palco head coach. Plainville went 14-8, 6-3 on an experienced team that returned its entire roster last winter. This year, the Cardinals return senior Hayden Gillum, who averaged 9.1 points and 5.6 rebounds. Sophomore Jared Casey could have a breakout year after he tallied 7.5 points and 2.9 rebounds.
Ellis boys Ellis, with coach Brandon Maska, graduated Easton Smith, who averaged 20 points and seven rebounds a contest. The Railers (15-9, 4-5 MCL) return senior forward Ryan Herl and senior guard Joseph Eck. Ellis girls The Railer girls, led by Perry Mick, finished 7-14, 2-7. Senior forward Kaylyn Foster, a key contributor even as a freshman, will lead the team, after second team allleague honors. Senior Cassie Waldschmidt is a four-year starter at point guard. Foster suffered injury in volleyball this fall and was in a boot at the start of October. Hill City girls Hill City, paced by four-year starting point guard Conner Keith, finished 17-7, 7-2 in league. Keith averaged 17.2 points, and, like Hamilton has already cleared 1,000 career points. She has a school mark 285 steals and has led HC to three straight state tournaments. Senior Carrie Kennedy collected honorable mention all-conference with 5.9 points and 9.3 rebounds. Senior
Lauren Jones averaged 10.5 points. All of HC’s points came from non-seniors. Hill City boys HC boys coach Keith Riley, on the bench for the Ringnecks since the ‘60s, paced his team to an 11-11 record, 5-4 in league. He graduated point guard Zech Wilson (20 points, 13 rebounds). Senior Garrett Handley led with 8.4 points and 3.7 rebounds. Smith Center girls and boys Smith Center girls, traditionally a strong program with coach Nick Linn, slipped to 7-16. Sophomore Bree Freiling was the team’s top player with honorable mention all-MCL. The Redmen finished 7-15, while senior Brett Meyer collected 13.5 points and 10.3 rebounds a game. WaKeeney-Trego WaKeeney-Trego, which had three freshmen as its top four scorers, went 5-15 with one league win. Sophomore Adell Riedel
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