AITKIN-Judah Beard and Carson VanVickle knocked in 14 points for the Pillager Huskies as they defeated the Aitkin Gobblers 57-53 in a Section 7-2A matchup Friday, Jan. 25.
Garrett Westerlund tallied 16 points for the 2-11 Gobblers.
Pillager 25 48 9-57
Aitkin 19 48 5-53
PILLAGER
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Judah Beard 14, Luke Woidyla 2, Carson VanVickle 14, Jack Bentson 2, Eli Shingledecker 4, Spencer Schaefer 13, Dray Turner 5, AJ Gratke 3. FT 19-25 (76 percent). Overall: 10-5. Next: hosts Verndale 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29.
AITKIN
Joey Simonson 3, Garrett Westerlund 16, Nathan Hagestuen 2, Jacob Kukowski 6, Garrett Michaletz 10, Hunter Nissen 3, Kade Hopperstad 13. FT 12-20 (60 percent). Conference: 1-4. Overall: 2-10. Next: at Crosby-Ironton 7:15 p.m Tuesday, Jan. 29.
Lake Region 42, Westwood Baptist 39
ANKENY, Iowa-Josiah McGaffey led the Lake Region Christian Hornets with 11 points in a 42-39 win over Westwood Baptist to advance to the championship game in the Faith Tournament Friday, Jan. 25 at Ankeny, Iowa.
Logan Backstrom added eight points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets.
Westwood 16 10 5 8-39
Lake Region 14 9 9 10-42
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LAKE REGION
Logan Backstrom 8, Trey Ogren 6, Clayton Richter, Christian Tappe, Philip Imdieke, Eli Richter 5, Jordan Peterson, Jon Wiedell 5, Myles Peterson, Josiah McGaffey 11, Jake Borders, Jonas Boelter 7. FG 17-46 (37 percent), FT 3-16 (19 percent). 3-point 5-20 (25 percent). Next: v.s Maranatha Baptist Academy 3:45 p.m. in the Championship game Saturday, Jan. 26.
Pine River-Backus 86, Swanville 48
PINE RIVER-Brady Raph registered 33 points as the Pine River-Backus Tigers defeated the Swanville Bulldogs 86-48 Friday, Jan. 25.
Torry Hirshey contributed 16 points for the 13-3 Tigers.
Swanville 22 26-48
Pine River-Backus 49 37-86
SWANVILLE
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Austin Lemke 18, Jackson Thieschafer 10, Preston Kraker 5, Nicholas Mettler 10, Austin Allen 5. FG 18-53 (34 percent), FT 7-13 (53 percent). 3-point 5-25 (20 percent).
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Champ Howard 5, Louis Bueckers 8, Brady Raph 33, Torry Hirschey 18, Kyosuke Marcum 3, Evan Fenstermaker 5, Trevor Redding 2, Rian Struss 6, Clayton Borman 2, Nathaniel Wosmek 4. FG 34-68 (50 percent), FT 6-9 (66 percent). 3-point 12-25 (48 percent). Overall: 13-3. Next: at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7:15 Monday, Jan. 28.
Wadena-Deer Creek 75, Bertha-Hewitt 40
WADENA-Bereket Loer led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines in a 75-40 Park Region Conference victory over the Bertha-Hewitt Bears Friday, Jan. 25.
Dawson Lupkes added 14 points for W-DC while Payton Rondestvedt and Cooper Folkestad each contributed 10.
Bertha-Hewitt 22 18-40
Wadena-Deer Creek 41 34-75
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BERTHA-HEWITT
Chris Baumgartner 18, Jordan Kirscht 6, Daltyn Kvamme 3, Levi Bartels 3, Austin Bauch 5, Ethan Swanson 3, Rick Harig 2. FG 17-54 (31 percent), FT 4-10 (40 percent). 3-point 2-14 (14 percent).
WADENA-DEER CREEK
Bereket Loer 15, Lucas Hinojos 9, Dawson Lupkes 14, Cade Kapphahn 6, Tony Kreklau 4, Zach Shaw 2, Aiden Larson 5, Payton Rondestvedt 10, Cooper Folkestad 10. FG 28-62 (45 percent), FT 8-18 (44 percent). 3-point 11-25 (44 percent). Conference: 5-3. Overall: 6-10. Next: at Henning 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31.
LP-GE 83, Pierz 77
PIERZ-Brandon Stuckmayer was 5-for-7 from 3-point range and finished with 25 points for the Pierz Pioneers in an 83-77 non-conference loss to the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder Friday, Jan. 25.
John Prokott added 15 points and Michael Leidenfrost added 14 points for the 6-8 Pioneers.
LP-GE 45 38-83
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Pierz 47 30-77
PIERZ
Peter Schommer 6, Brandon Stuckmayer 25, Noah Cekalla 1, Jared Prokott 2, Michael Leidenfrost 14, Jonah Prokott 15, Nicholas Scholl 4. FG 29-64 (45 percent), FT 5-8 (62 percent). 3-point 14-38 (36 percent). Overall: 6-8. Next: at Eden Valley-Watkins 7:15 Tuesday, Jan. 29.
