AITKIN-Josh Lombard registered 21 points for the Staples-Motley Cardinals in a 64-57 Mid-State Conference win over the Aitkin Gobblers Thursday.
Brayden Losh put up 12 points and Derek Kennedy followed with 10 points for the Cardinals
DJ Haasken contributed 19 points to the Aitkin Gobblers.
Staples-Motley 27 37-64
Aitkin 28 29-57
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STAPLES-MOTLEY
Josh Lombard 21, Tristin Etzler 4, Derek Kennedy 10, Zach DeMars 2, Scout Strickland 3, Reid Busker 4, Brayden Losh 12, Griffin Webster 8. FT 5-6 (83 percent). Conference: 3-5. Overall: 6-11. Next: host Thief River Falls 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
AITKIN
Zak Peterson 8, DJ Haasken 19, David Curtiss 5, Garrett Westerlund Hunter Moe 10, Kade Hopperstad 2. FT 3-4 (75 percent). Conference: 2-6. Overall: 4-16. Next: vs. International Falls at Virginia Tournament 6 p.m. Friday.
Detroit Lakes 74, Little Falls 59
LITTLE FALLS-Joe Alholm recorded 22 points for Little Falls as the Flyers fell 74-59 to the Detroit Lakes Lakers in a non-conference game Thursday.
Noah Nordlie added 14 points for the Flyers.
Detroit Lakes 42 32-74
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Little Falls 28 31-59
DETROIT LAKES
FG 32-61 (27 percent), FT 5-14 (36 percent). 3-point 5-18 (28 percent).
LITTLE FALLS
Joe Alholm 22, Alex Gwost 9, Caleb Strack 14, Noah Nordlie 4, Dylan Lukasavitz 3, Anthony Vetter 3, Thomas Kunkel 4. FG 21-51 (41 percent), FT 7-11 (64 percent). 3-point 10-28 (36 percent). Overall: 5-13. Next: at Fergus Falls 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
B-H 50, Verndale 47
BERTHA-Luke Weniger tallied 20 points for the Verndale Pirates as they fell 50-47 to the Bertha-Hewitt Bears Thursday.
Owen Korfe added 15 points for the Pirates in the Park Region Conference game.
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Bertha-Hewitt 21 29-50
Verndale 26 21-47
BERTHA-HEWITT
Christian Baumgartner 8, Andrew Becker 7, Luke Follmer 16, Jordan Kirscht 2, Charles Bakken 7, Brett Jansen 11. FG 14-43 (32 percent), FT 21-28 (75 percent). 3-point 1-13 (7 percent).
VERNDALE
Brayden Vertina 2, Owen Korfe 15, Luke Weniger 20, Matt Steege 8, Carter Schmitz 2. FG 19-59 (32 percent), FT 1-6 (17 percent). 3-point 8-32 (25 percent). Conference: 4-6. Overall: 6-12. Next: at Henning 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Holdingford 74, Pierz 51
HOLDINGFORD-The Pierz Pioneers were defeated 74-51 by the Holdingford Huskers in a Central Minnesota Conference game Thursday.
