Area Boys Basketball: Gindorff, Rangers overpower Golden Bears

CROSBY-Noah Gindorff led four Crosby-Ironton Rangers in double figures with 23 points in Tuesday's 81-41 non-conference win over the Eveleth-Gilbert Golden Bears.

Trey Jacobs contributed 16 points and Jack Silgen and Ben Jordan each finished with 13.

C-I shot 57 percent (35-of-61) from the field, including 5-of-10 from beyond the arc.

Eveleth-Gilbert 22 19 - 41

Crosby-Ironton 47 34 - 81

EVELETH-GILBERT

Nate Perkio , Joey Addy 6, Austin Erickson 3, Tyler Kemp 8, Sam Albrecht 2, Kyle Kvitek 12, Zach Rinne , Ryan Jandrey , Matt Krummi 8, Kyle Sickel 2, John Stanaway. FG 16-46 (35 percent), FT 3-6 (50 percent). 3-point 6-18 (33 percent).

CROSBY-IRONTON

Jack Silgen 13, Evan Edmundson 4, Jake Larson 6, Trey Jacobs 16, Nate Sova 2, Ben Jordan 13, Jonathan Jacobson 4, Noah Gindorff 23. FG 35-61 (57 percent), FT 6-11 (55 percent). 3-point 5-10 (50 percent). Overall: 4-2. Next: vs. Fond du Lac in Crosby-Ironton Invite 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Pequot Lakes 62, Milaca 47

MILACA-After trailing 31-30 at halftime, the Pequot Lakes Patriots gave up just 16 second-half points leading to a 62-47 non-conference win over Milaca Tuesday.

CJ Borleis and Gage Westlund each tallied 13 points, while Zach Sjoblad totaled 11.

Milaca 31 16 - 47

Pequot Lakes 30 32 - 62

MILACA

Samuel Berg 9, Peyton Rothanburg 1, Matthew Fransen 16, Jimmy Kragt 2, Jake Olson 1, Blake Kiel 5, Mitchell Garber 6, Dylan Ash 7.

PEQUOT LAKES

Hunter Larson 7, Nathan Traut 2, Josh Buell 7, CJ Borleis 13, Gage Westlund 13, Cody Huss 5, Andy Voges 4, Zach Sjoblad 11. Overall: 6-3. Next: hosts tournament Dec. 29.

Pillager 73, WHA 46

PILLAGER-Gage Kuehl racked up 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Pillager Huskies in Tuesday's 73-46 victory over Walker-Hackensack-Akeley in the championship game of the Fornshell Christmas Classic.

Ridge Hunstad tallied 15 points and Lee Quick added 14 points.

Kuehl and Hunstad were named for the all-tournament team.

W-H-A 18 28 - 46

Pillager 42 31 - 73

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY

Logan Gross 13, Bryan Sea 21, Kevin Smith 2, Phil Kangas 2, Brady Ginos 2, Jacob Wolfe 2, Beau Bergmann 2, Nathaniel Armstrong 2. FT 7-9 (78 percent).

PILLAGER

Chris Ramsey 7, Ridge Hunstad 15, Chase Johnson 2, Tanner Swenson 7, Gage Kuehl 16, Ryan Foehrenbacher 10, Lee Quick 14, Kaleb Smith 2. FT 14-17 (82 percent). Overall: 8-2. Next: hosts Verndale 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5.

Staples-Motley 46, LP-GE 34

STAPLES-Andrew Israelson scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Staples-Motley Cardinals to their fourth straight win-46-34 over the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder in a non-conference game Tuesday.

Gavin Smith added 13 points and John Lund 10 for the 6-3 Cardinals.

Long Prairie-GE 18 16 - 34

Staples-Motley 24 22 - 46

LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE

Cody Marcyes 6, Josh Connor 9, Luke Gustafson 13, John Towner 6. FT 1-5 (20 percent).

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Gavin Smith 13, Jack Fietek 4, Andrew Israelson 18, Trey Skeesick 1, John Lund 10. FT 9-18 (50 percent). Overall: 6-3. Next: vs. Hutchinson at Little Falls tournament 6 p.m. Dec. 29.

Wadena-Deer Creek 59, Park Rapids 43

WADENA-Alex Carlson tallied 14 points during the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines 59-43 non-conference win over the Park Rapids Panthers Tuesday.

Wyatt Fitzsimmons recorded 13 points.

Park Rapids 25 18 - 43

Wadena-Deer Creek 28 31 - 59

PARK RAPIDS

Isaac Kosel 2, Damion Hanke 2, Adam Herberg 5, Jason Haas 2, Connor Byer 2, Tristan Breitweser 13, Remington Hagan 8, Hunter Jewison 9. FG 16-64 (24 percent), FT 7-14 (50 percent). 3-point 4-23 (17 percent).

WADENA-DEER CREEK

Tanner Horn 5, Jack Goeden 7, Alex Carlson 14, Wyatt Fitzsimmons 13, Alex Redfield 6, Jonathan Pantages 2, Noah Ross 9, Dacotah Mittag 3. FG 17-43 (40 percent), FT 19-35 (54 percent). 3-point 6-16 (38 percent). Overall: 4-4. Next: hosts Sebeka 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5.

Swanville 54, Verndale 48

VERNDALE-Ethan Korfe led all scorers with 17 points and Max Schluttner collected 10 for the Verndale Pirates in a 54-48 non-conference loss to Swanville Tuesday.

Swanville 29 25 - 54

Verndale 25 23 - 48

SWANVILLE

Carter Loven 7, Travis Barthel 7, Samuel Mettler 14, Charlie Kurowski 1, Troy Evans 3, Lawrence Mettler 13, Bennett Primus 9. FG 15-45 (33 percent), FT 23-34 (68 percent). 3-point 3-8 (37 percent).

VERNDALE

Ethan Korfe 17, Mitchell Blaha 5, Kyle Schmitz 1, Luke Weniger 3, Mac Schluttner 10, Jordan Brownlow 6, Nathan Sabinash 6. FG 16-55 (29 percent), FT 13-20 (65 percent). 3-point 3-23 (13 percent). Overall: 4-4. Next: at Pequot Lakes tournament Dec. 29.