HOISINGTON — A statewide snowstorm Saturday may have temporarily postponed the Ellsworth Bearcat boys’ game against Pratt. However, Monday’s rematch saw the Bearcats and the Greenbacks once again going toe-to-toe, with Pratt coming out on top 62-52 in the third place game at the Winter Jam Tournament in Hoisington Scoring for the Bearcats were Will Cravens with 29 points, Lane Rolfs with 9 points, Riley Stone and Cooper McGowan each with 5 points and Cade Gwinner with 4 points.

In the first round of the tournament Jan. 17, the Bearcats defeated the Cimarron Bluejays 57-35.

Leading scorers for Ellsworth were Stone with 22 points, Cravens with 18, Rolfs with 7, Layton Leiker with 6 and McGowan and Isaac Lindsley both with 2.

On Jan. 20, the Bearcats lost a hardfought double overtime game against the Hoisington Cardinals, 47-39.

Cravens led the scoring for the Bearcts with 17 points, followed by Leiker with 9, and McGowan and Lindsley each with 2 points.