CROSBY — Carsen Turk scored 18 points and Jordan Oehrlein finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds as the Crosby-Ironton Rangers rallied from a 14-point deficit to defeat the Aitkin Gobblers 61-59 Friday, Dec. 13.

Dakota Mitchell added 10 points for the 3-0 Rangers.

Hunter Nissen led the Gobblers with 27 points and Manni Ukutegbe scored 12.

Crosby-Ironton 32 29 -- 61

Aitkin 37 22 -- 59

CROSBY-IRONTON

Cayden Turk 5, Dakota Mitchell 10, Carsen Turk 18, Gabe Kramer 6, Colten Turk 5, Jordan Oehrlein 17. FG 21-57 (37%), FT 14-25 (56%). 3-point 5-23 (22 %). Conference: 1-0. Overall: 3-0. Next: at Two Harbors 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.

AITKIN

Mannie Ukutegbe 12, Hunter Nissen 27, Jaelend Williams 3, Owen Hagen 10, Kade Hopperstad 7. FG 22-44 (50%), FT 8-11 (72%). 3-point 7-16 (44 %). Conference: 0-1. Overall: 1-3. Next: hosts Park Rapids 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Staples-Motley 52, Park Rapids 47

STAPLES — Staples-Motley’s Max Strickland posted 15 points for the Cardinals as they defeated the Park Rapids Panthers 52-47 in a Mid-State Conference game Friday, Dec. 13.

Park Rapids 24 23 -- 47

Staples-Motley 26 26 -- 52

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Max Strickland 15, Lyle Brownell 2, Isaiah Schultz 7, Adam Oberlander 5, Izaiah DeMars 8, Isaac Christopherson 6, Ben Olander 2, Issac Kronenberg 7. Overall: 2-1. Next: hosts Detroit Lakes 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Wadena-Deer Creek 64, Bertha-Hewitt 39

WADENA — Cooper Folkestad tallied 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines past Bertha-Hewitt 64-39 in a Park Region Conference game Friday, Dec. 13.

Lucas Hinojos added 15 points and Payton Rondestvedt tallied 13 for WDC.

Bertha-Hewitt 17 22 -- 39

Wadena-Deer Creek 37 27 -- 64

BERTHA-HEWITT

Aden Rach 4, Kole Weishalla 6, Luke Sakry 2, Landan Adams 10, Levi Bartels 2, Ethan Wachlin 3, Austin Bauch 10, Derik Kimber 2. FG 17-47 (36%), FT 3-10 (30%). 3-point 2-11 (18%).

WADENA-DEER CREEK

Bereket Loer 7, Lucas Hinojos 15, Tony Kreklau 6, Blake Vittetoe 2, Aiden Larson 3, Payton Rondestvedt 13, Zach Shaw 2, Cooper Folkestad 16. FG 24-62 (38%), FT 9-20 (45%). 3-point 7-29 (24%). Conference: 1-1. Overall: 3-1. Next: at Breckenridge 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Lake Region wins 2

BAXTER — Logan Backstrom tallied 15 points for the Lake Region Christian Hornets as they defeated Woodcrest 68-42 in a Minnesota Association of Christian Schools game Friday, Dec. 13.

Josiah McGaffey added 14 points and Trey Ogren recorded 13.

Jake Borders led the way with 15 points in the Hornets 62-43 win over Heritage in the evening game.

McGaffey added 11 points and Backstrom 10 in the night cap.

Woodcrest 16 26 -- 42

Lake Region 40 28 -- 68

LAKE REGION

Logan Backstrom 15, Trey Ogren 13, Simon Wagner 2, Austin Jacobus 2, Phil Imdieke 10, Hayden Neubert, Jon Wiedell 2, Josiah McGaffey 14, Jake Borders 10. FG 27-62 (44%), FT 9-12 (75%). 3-point 5-12 (42%).

Heritage 21 22 -- 43

Lake Region 38 24 -- 62

LAKE REGION

Logan Backstrom 10, Trey Ogren 7, Simon Wagner 2, Thomas Eberly 4, Austin Jacobus 2, Phil Imdieke 4, Joe Wiedell 3, Jon Wiedell 4, Josiah McGaffey 11, Jake Borders 15. FG 28-60 (47%), FT 4-7 (57%). 3-point 2-13 (16%).

Verndale 45, Laporte 23

LAPORTE — Dilan Orlando led Verndale with eight points as the Pirates picked up their first win of the season, 45-23 over the Laporte Wildcats in a non-conference game Friday, Dec. 13.

Laporte 9 14 -- 23

Verndale 26 19 -- 45

LAPORTE

C. Richardson 4, Gibson Smith 4, Chris McDougall 12, Justin Clyde 1, Ethan Moss 2. FT 7-19 (37%).

VERNDALE

Zak Olsson 4, Ben Brownlow 6, Dilan Orlando 8, Zach Brownlow 6, Josh Johnson 5, Brandon Greenwaldt 2, Hunter Umland 5, Jacob Ismil 5, Caden Elbert 4. FT 8-12 (67%). Overall: 1-3. Next: hosts Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Pierz 64, Royalton 41

ROYALTON — Pierz’s Peter Schommer hit 1,000 career points as he posted 21 for the Pioneers as they defeated the Royalton Royals 64-51 Friday, Dec. 13.

Jonah Prokott added 12 points for Pierz in the non-conference game.