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Norton Ellis

Bluejays

Railroaders

The Ellis (KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Norton (KS) by a score of 35-28.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Norton	11	9	7	8	35
Ellis	6	11	2	9	28

Final score provided by S. KSHSAA.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ellis (24-25)

Norton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	35	13	42	31	39
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	2	1	8	13	13
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	4	2	9	22	22
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	15	5	11	45	64
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	9	3	6	50	75
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	1	0	5	0	0
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	4	2	3	67	67

Ellis

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	28	9	31	29	34
0	Trenton Schartz (Fr)	4	0	1	0	0
2	Chance Jimenez (Sr)	3	1	4	25	38
3	Jaren Frickey (Jr)	12	4	4	100	125
4	Gavyn Wildeman (Sr)	2	1	5	20	20
10	C. Noble-Heit (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
13	Ben Byers (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	A. Aschenbrenner (So)	3	1	7	14	14
25	Toby Honas (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0

Norton

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	35	7	18	39	2	10	20	6	24	25
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	17
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	15	4	7	57	1	6	17	1	4	25
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	9	3	6	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	5	0
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	67

Ellis

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	28	3	15	20	7	14	50	6	16	38
0	Trenton Schartz (Fr)	4	0	1	0	4	4	100	0	0	0
2	Chance Jimenez (Sr)	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jaren Frickey (Jr)	12	2	2	100	2	2	100	2	2	100
4	Gavyn Wildeman (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
10	C. Noble-Heit (Sr)	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	5	40
13	Ben Byers (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	A. Aschenbrenner (So)	3	0	4	0	1	4	25	1	3	33
25	Toby Honas (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0

Norton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	35	8	19	27	12	8	8	12
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	2	1	2	3	3	1	3	3
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	4	2	6	8	5	2	2	3
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	15	1	4	5	1	2	0	1
4	Dominic Vahling (Jr)	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	Ashton Kats (So)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	1	2	5	7	1	1	2	3
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	4	2	0	2	1	2	1	1

Ellis

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	28	4	20	24	7	2	1	10	15
0	Trenton Schartz (Fr)	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
2	Chance Jimenez (Sr)	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1
3	Jaren Frickey (Jr)	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
4	Gavyn Wildeman (Sr)	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2
10	C. Noble-Heit (Sr)	4	2	5	7	0	0	1	0	3
11	Baylor Born (So)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Ben Byers (Jr)	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	1
23	A. Aschenbrenner (So)	3	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	4
24	Carson Schartz (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
25	Toby Honas (Sr)	0	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	0

Norton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.50	1.00	0.67	1	10
1	Tyce Melvin (Sr)	1.00	0.33	0.33	0	4
2	Eli Jones (Sr)	2.50	1.00	0.67	0	2
3	Rylen Murray (Jr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0	2
10	Ashton Kats (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
14	Tyler Backman (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.33	0	0
35	Tyler Stewart (Sr)	1.00	2.00	2.00	1	2

Ellis

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.70	0.20	0.13	0.07	1	10
2	Chance Jimenez (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
3	Jaren Frickey (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
4	Gavyn Wildeman (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
10	C. Noble-Heit (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0	3
13	Ben Byers (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
23	A. Aschenbrenner (So)	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	4
24	Carson Schartz (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
25	Toby Honas (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

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Ellis' stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Kansas High School Basketball - Norton nudges Ellis

January 31, 2025: Ellis, KS 67637

The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Norton Bluejays (Norton, KS) and the host Ellis Railroaders (Ellis, KS), observed Norton's basketball team edge Ellis by a score of 35-28.

The Bluejays (10-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Colby (Colby, KS). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 8-5 record. In their last challenge, Colby edged Ulysses (Ulysses, KS), 63-51, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Railroaders encounter the Russell Broncos (Russell, KS) in a Mid-Continent challenge, on Monday, February 3. Ellis will attempt to improve on its 6-8 season record. The Broncos come into the challenge with a 7-6 record after their 61-46 non-league win over Smoky Valley (Lindsborg, KS).

Norton @ Ellis Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 31, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Ellis (KS) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Norton (KS) by a score of 35-28.

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Rankings & Records

Norton (24-25)

KS	Class
84	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-6	9-1	9-3	5-3	2-0	.727	.900	1,146	1,101

Ellis (24-25)

KS	Class
230	31

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-13	3-7	4-4	3-7	2-2	.409	.300	1,085	1,045

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Norton	13.2	13.9	12.1	13.4	-	-	52.1
Ellis	11.2	14.3	7.7	10.5	6.0	8.0	49.3

Team Stat Comparison

Norton		Ellis
52.1	Points Per Game	49.4
23.9	Rebounds Per Game	27.3
9.8	Assists Per Game	10.9
7.5	Steals Per Game	9.3
0.9	Blocks Per Game	0.9

Team Leaders

Norton		Ellis	National Avg.
#2 Eli Jones17.7	Points Per Game	#3 Jaren Frickey11.5	4.9
#2 Eli Jones7.3	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Caleb Noble-Heit6.2	2.6
#1 Tyce Melvin2.8	Assists Per Game	#23 Aiden Aschenbrenner3.8	1.0
#2 Eli Jones2.5	Steals Per Game	#23 Aiden Aschenbrenner3.1	0.8
#14 Tyler Backman0.4	Blocks Per Game	#10 Caleb Noble-Heit0.5	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Norton	11-1		Ellis	4-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Norton	Hoxie	(W) 50-41	1/20/25	Ellis	Hoxie	(L) 54-52
				2/17/25	Hoxie	Ellis	(L) 63-60
12/20/24	Russell	Norton	(W) 62-44	2/3/25	Ellis	Russell	(L) 51-48
1/14/25	Norton	Oakley	(W) 63-44	1/23/25	Oakley	Ellis	(L) 48-46
				2/14/25	Oakley	Ellis	(L) 56-52
1/17/25	Phillipsburg	Norton	(W) 59-50	12/17/24	Ellis	Phillipsburg	(W) 50-47
				1/25/25	Phillipsburg	Ellis	(W) 56-47
1/20/25	Thomas More Prep-Marian	Norton	(W) 48-40	1/16/25	Ellis	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(L) 56-45
2/21/25	Norton	Thomas More Prep-Marian	(L) 56-46
1/24/25	Norton	Trego	(W) 57-46	2/7/25	Trego	Ellis	(W) 57-48
2/20/25	Trego	Norton	(W) 55-40
1/25/25	Plainville	Norton	(W) 58-52	2/20/25	Ellis	Plainville	(L) 67-61
2/7/25	Plainville	Norton	(W) 68-56
2/10/25	Hill City	Norton	(W) 61-30	12/6/24	Hill City	Ellis	(W) 51-41
2/14/25	Smith Center	Norton	(W) 60-48	1/10/25	Smith Center	Ellis	(L) 57-45

Record Breakdown

Norton (24-25)		Ellis (24-25)
16-6	Overall	9-13
9-1	League	4-9
2-2	Non-League	3-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-1	Common Opponent	4-8
9-3	Home	4-4
5-3	Away	3-7
2-0	Neutral	2-2
1-1	Playoff	1-1
14-6	In-State	9-13
2-0	Out-of-State	0-0