Joe Trouba had 12 of his game-high 16 points in the first half of Omaha Creighton Prep’s 71-56 win over Lincoln Southeast in the Class A third-place game at Lincoln Southwest.

Cole Martin had 13 points and Caleb Steffensmeier 12 for the Junior Jays, who finished the season 21-5. Cody Charlton topped Southeast (20-5) with 15 points.

• Daniel Jenkins had 15 points and Tommie Bardsley 14 in Beatrice’s 51-49 win over Ralston in Class B. Tony Grant led the Rams with 19 points.

• Minden used a 24-11 final quarter for a 65-59 win over Norfolk Catholic in C-1. Derek Kissinger scored eight of his 14 points in the final quarter and Pete Trausch scored half of his 14. Jarren Heng had 25 for the Knights.

• Johnson County’s Justin Kosmicki had a tourney-high 36 points, but the Thunderbirds lost 75-71 to pre-tourney No. 1 Axtell in C-2. Nic Robison led Axtell with 19 points.

• Max Renning’s 14 points led Emerson-Hubbard past Humphrey St. Francis 44-39 in D-1.

• Keifer Messersmith had six 3s and 29 points for Hayes Center, which beat Hay Springs for the second straight year in the third-place game in D-2. In the 71-66 loss, Hay Springs senior Lars Backward had 22 points, and he set the D-2 record with 12 3s during the tournament.

OMAHA CREIGHTON PREP 71, LINCOLN SE 56
Om. Creighton Prep (21-5)...........................20 18 19 14—71
Lincoln Southeast (20-5)........................12 15 15 14—56
• P: Joe Trouba 13, Eric Donald 3, Aiden Hook 3, Caleb Steffensmeier 12, Nick Davis 7, Cole Martin 13, Frank Mezzacappa 4, John Paul Franco 3, Stephen Sudyka 8, Jozef Jasnowski 2.
• SE: Derrius Vick 2, Cody Charlton 15, Grant Tesmer 2, Derek Shouse 5, Jaydee Jurgensen 13, Jeff Sheets 4, Tanner Morton 1, Eric Jackson 12, Scott Hagerbaumer 2.

BEATRICE 51, RALSTON 49
Beatrice (19-6).........................8 15 14 14—51
Ralston (18-10)....................11 15 8 15—49
• B: Trevor Menke 2, Blake Ruiz 3, Trey Bardsley 6, Tandon Dorn 3, Tommie Bardsley 14, Phil McClure 8, Daniel Jenkins 15.
• R: Grant Kay 6, Karon Crawford 6, Eric Hastings 2, Tony Grant 19, Blaise Lanoha 1, Brad Simpson 2, Dwight Smith 13.

MINDEN 65, NORFOLK CATHOLIC 59
Minden (20-5)..............................17 12 12 24­—65
Norfolk Catholic (23-4)..............19 16 13 11—59
• M: Max Anderson 8, Carson Blum 7, Ryan Bergstrom 11, Colby Emal 3, Dakota Christensen 4, Andrew Schwenka 2, Derek Kissinger 14, Christian Schwenka 2, Pete Trausch 14.
• NC: Austin Ketter 4, Ben Rowse 4, Jarren Heng 25, Ethan Brozek 9, Kelby Seyl 5, Tyler Habrock 2, Ben Uhing 6, Michael Steffensmeier 2, Dylan Pieper 2.

AXTELL 75, JOHNSON COUNTY 71
Axtell (24-2)...........................19 19 16 21—75
Johnson County (23-5)................22 12 15 22—71
• A: Blake Fahrenbruch 14, Spencer Fecht 5, Trevor Fecht 13, Weston Gustafson 8, James Clark 4, Bryce Runge 12, Nic Robison 19.
• JC: Justin Kosmicki 36, Nathan Kuhl 3, Vince Sherman 10, Cody Miller 5, Derek Kuhl 17.

EMERSON-HUBBARD 44, HUMPHREY SF 39
Emerson-Hubbard (22-7).......................14 6 15 9—44
Humphrey St. Francis (17-8).....................8 9 13 9—39
• EM: Scott Servine 6, Derick Lux 4, Max Renning 14, AJ Bormann 9, Austin Gutzmann 11.
• HSF: Blake Krings 6, Casey Wallin 4, Aaron Wieser 4, Matt Korus 9, Nick Krings 8, Trent Classen 7.

HAYES CENTER 71, HAY SPRINGS 66
Hayes Center (23-3).........................19 11 16 25—71
Hay Springs (24-3).......................12 18 6 30—66
• HC: Keifer Messersmith 29, Tyler Rehbein 8, Tyler Clifford 9, Brady Rosno 3, Alex Wach 11, Adam Lawson 11.
• HC: Tanner Lecher 3, Lars Backward 22, Heath Lee 6, Travis Kuhn 18, Wacey Schmid 4, Chris Cover 13.

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