BAXTER-Tyler Ogren reached the 1,000 career-point milestone and finished with 22 points for the Lake Region Christian Hornets in a 70-54 non-conference win over Cambridge Christian Thursday.
Nick Christenson added 19 points and six steals for the Hornets and Nik Speliopolous grabbed 16 rebounds.
Cambridge 17 37-54
Lake Region 33 37-70
CAMBRIDGE CHRISTIAN
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Roble 22, Doble 2, Frye 2, Tschumper 9, Dietz 9, Martens 10.
LAKE REGION
Tommy Thompson , Carson Moore 4, Levi Jensen , Nick Christensen 19, Tyler Ogren 22, Eli Richter 5, Daniel Kientzle 4, Nik Speliopoulos 8, John Swanson 4, Nick Ranweiler , Jonas Boelter 4. FG 30-87 (35 percent), FT 8-12 (67 percent). 3-point 2-23 (9 percent). Conference: 9-3. Overall: 17-7.
C-I 90, Aitkin 44
AITKIN-Class 2A's fourth-ranked Crosby-Ironton Rangers, led by Jack Silgen's 24 points, made it 9-0 against Section 7-2A opponents with a 90-44 victory over the Aitkin Gobblers Thursday.
C-I drilled 12 of 17 shots (71 percent) from beyond the arc. Evan Edmundson hit five of seven threes and finished with 20 points and eight assists. Noah Gindorff had 17 points and 17 rebounds and Trey Jacobs also contributed 17 points.
Aitkin was led by DJ Haasken with 12 points and Hunter Moe added 10.
Crosby-Ironton 55 35-90
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Aitkin 20 24-44
CROSBY-IRONTON
Jack Silgen 24, Isaac Burley 3, Will Silgen 3, Evan Edmundson 20, Trey Jacobs 17, Jonathan Jacobson 2, Noah Gindorff 17, Kyle Skeim 2, Trey Stangel 2. FG 32-60 (53 percent), FT 14-17 (82 percent). 3-point 12-17 (71 percent). Overall: 20-1. Next: at Detroit Lakes 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
AITKIN
Wyatt Sanford 5, DJ Haasken 12, Jeb Sanford 2, Brady Taylor 2, David Curtiss 1, David Sanbeck 3, Hunter Moe 10, Dylan Gustin 2, Caleb Curtiss 5, Spencer Jacobs 2. FG 15-39 (38 percent). FT 7-8 (88 percent). 3-point: 7-19 (37 percent). Overall: 8-15. Next: hosts Ogilvie 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Perham 70, Little Falls 45
PERHAM-Dylan Lukasavitz's 14 points led Little Falls but the Flyers couldn't overcome the Perham Yellowjackets as they fell 70-45 in a non-conference game Thursday.
Austin Weisz and Joe Alholm each chipped in with 10 points for the Flyers.
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The Yellowjackets entered the game 19-2 overall and won for the ninth straight time.
Perham 38 32-70
Little Falls 24 21-45
PERHAM
Aaron Solberg 8, Reid Moser 14, Jenson Beachy 10, Martin Lafond 7, Josh Jeziorski 8, Ben Winkels 3, John LaFond 4, Seth Johnson 3, Logan Richter 4. FG 29-52 (56 percent), 3-point 12-24 (50 percent).
LITTLE FALLS
Austin Weisz 10, Joe Alholm 10, Dylan Lukasavitz 14, Tyler Schlattman 2, Michael Hanowski 5, Derek Poser 2, Logan Schuett 2. FG 16-47 (34 percent), FT 4-5 (80 percent). 3-point 9-26 (35 percent). Overall: 8-14. Next: at St. Cloud Cathedral.
Pillager 64, Menahga 46
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MENAHGA-Ryan Foehrenbacher registered 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Pillager Huskies in Thursday's 64-46 Park Region Conference victory over Menahga.
Ridge Hunstad added 19 points for Pillager, which has won five of its last six.
Menahga 14 30-64
Pillager 30 34-46
MENAHGA
Damon Howard 15, Anthony Wurdock 4, Kirby Hrdlicka 8, Owen Anderson 4, Canton Matson 4, Jonah Howard 8, Tristan Aho 2. FT 8-12 (percent).
PILLAGER
Braeden Wangsness 2, Ridge Hunstad 19, Damian Fink 5, Tanner Swenson 8, Levi Nagel 2, Spencer Schaefer 2, Ryan Foehrenbacher 26. FT 8-9 (percent). Conference: 8-4. Overall: 14-9. Next: hosts Bertha-Hewitt 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Wadena-Deer Creek 75,
Pine River-Backus 71
WADENA-Dacotah Mittag drained 16 of 19 free throws and finished with 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines in a 75-71 non-conference win over the Pine River-Backus Tigers Thursday.
Bereket Loer added 14 points for W-DC while Jonathan Pantages and Noah Ross each added 10.
Pine River-Backus also had four players in double figures led by Nick Ackerman with 19, Torry Hirschey 15, Brady Raph 14 and Nate Brasel 11.
Wadena-Deer Creek 35 40-75
Pine River-Backus 31 40-71
WADENA-DEER CREEK
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Bereket Loer 14, Jonathan Pantages 10, Matt Goeden 2, Thomas Quincer 3, Lucas Doyle 4, Noah Ross 10, Ryan Anderson 6, Dacotah Mittag 26. FG 20-56 (35 percent), FT 29-40 (72 percent). 3-point 6-18 (33 percent). Overall: 11-10. Next: at Sebeka 5:45 p.m. Friday.
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Brady Raph 14, Torry Hirschey 15, Nick Ackerman 19, Kiel Struss 4, Nate Brasel 11, Joe Davidson 8. FG 25-67 (37 percent), FT 10-19 (52 percent). 3-point 11-39 (28 percent). Overall: 9-13. Next: hosts Swanville 7 p.m. Thursday.
Staples-Motley 65,
Long Prairie-GE 57
LONG PRAIRIE-Gavin Smith scored a game-high 28 points as the Staples-Motley Cardinals stopped a two-game losing streak with a 65-57 win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in a non-conference game Thursday.
Derek Kennedy also finished in double figures with 13 points for the Cardinals.
Long Prairie-GE 21 36-57
Staples-Motley 36 29-65
LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE
Brandon Fossland 12, Gabe Abraham 6, Nathan Ruda 13, Chris Ogle 9, Ian Langford 3, John Towner 9. FT 7-10 (70 percent).
STAPLES-MOTLEY
Josh Lombard 8, Gavin Smith 28, Derek Kennedy 13, Jack Fietek 6, Max Giza 2, Trey Skeesick 7, Hunter Carlson 2. FT 14-21 (67 percent). Overall: 10-10. Next: hosts Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Verndale 65,
New York Mills 30
NEW YORK MILLS-Mac Schluttner hit for 13 points while Kyle Schmitz followed with 11 as the Verndale Pirates rolled past New York Mills 65-30 in a Park Region Conference game Thursday.
The Pirates improved to 11-1 in conference play and with the win earned a share of the conference title with the chance to win it outright.
New York Mills 13 17-30
Verndale 33 32-65
NEW YORK MILLS
Skylar Mursu 4, Ethan Hendrickx 5, Brady Bauck 8, Anthony Arno 3, Paul Hendrickx 4, Nic Kangas 4, Jonas Baune 2. FG 12-39 (30 percent), FT 2-10 (20 percent). 3-point 4-15 (26 percent).
VERNDALE
Taylor Willis 5, Kyle Schmitz 11, Luke Weniger 7, Mac Schluttner 13, Jordan Brownlow 9, Nathan Sabinash 5, Andrew Barrett 2, Dan Deppa 2, Tyler Willis 9, Carter Schmitz 2. FG 29-56 (51 percent), FT 3-9 (33 percent). 3-point 4-19 (21 percent). Conference: 11-1. Overall: 15-6. Next: hosts Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.