WADENA-Noah Ross and Dacotah Mittag each contributed 17 points for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines in a 64-57 Park Region Conference win over the Verndale Pirates Thursday.
The Wolverines connected on 12-of-18 3-pointers (66 percent) with Ross drilling 4-5 and Mittag 3-4.
W-DC's Bereket Loer and Ryan Anderson each added 11 points and Mittag grabbed 13 rebounds.
Mac Schluttner tallied 14 points for Verndale, which suffered its first conference loss.
Taylor Willis, Luke Weniger and Nathan Sabinash each added 11 points for the Pirates.
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Wadena-Deer Creek 30 34-64
Verndale 25 32-57
WADENA-DEER CREEK
Bereket Loer 12, Jonathan Pantages 7, Noah Ross 17, Ryan Anderson 11, Dacotah Mittag 17. FG 21-40 (52 percent), FT 11-21 (52 percent). 3-point 12-18 (66 percent). Conference: 3-3. Overall: 7-6. Next: at New York Mills 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
VERNDALE
Taylor Willis 11, Kyle Schmitz 5, Luke Weniger 11, Mac Schluttner 14, Jordan Brownlow 5, Nathan Sabinash 11. FG 24-62 (38 percent), FT 4-13 (30 percent). 3-point 7-28 (25 percent). Conference: 5-1. Overall: 8-5. Next: at Sebeka 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Crosby-Ironton 76, PR-Backus 38
CROSBY-Jack Silgen and Evan Edmundson each tallied 17 points to lead Class 2A's seventh-ranked Crosby-Ironton Rangers to a 76-38 non-conference win over Pine River-Backus Thursday.
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Trey Jacobs added 14 points for the unbeaten Rangers.
Nate Brasel and Nick Ackerman lead the Tigers with eight points each.
PR-Backus 15 23-38
Crosby-Ironton 56 20-76
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Brady Raph 6, Nick Ackerman 8, Jordan Onken 3, Kiel Struss 5, Travis Tschida 3, Nate Brasel 8, Joe Davidson 4, Nathaniel Wosmek 1. FG 15-38 (39 percent), FT 4-10 (40 percent). 3-point 4-16 (25 percent). Overall: 5-7. Next: at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
CROSBY-IRONTON
Jack Silgen 17, Kayden Turk 2, Sam Jordan 4, Will Silgen 3, Evan Edmundson 17, Trey Jacobs 14, Jonathan Jacobson 6, Noah Gindorff 9, Kyle Skeim 4. FG 32-54 (59 percent), FT 4-6 (67 percent). 3-point 8-19 (42 percent). Overall: 14-0. Next: at Pillager 7:15 p.m. Friday.
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Lake Region 77, First Baptist 49
BAXTER-Tyler Ogren recorded 23 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals to lead the Lake Region Hornets to a 77-49 Minnesota Association of Christian Schools victory Thursday over First Baptist.
Nick Christenson added 18 points and 17 rebounds for the Hornets, who improved to 10-1.
First Baptist 18 31-49
Lake Region 35 42-77
FIRST BAPTIST
Bressenbacher 6, Freshat 15, Hopperton 3, Ellies 9.
LAKE REGION
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Tommy Thompson 6, Carson Moore6 , Levi Jensen 3, Nick Christensen 18, Tyler Ogren 23, Eli Richter 2, Nik Speliopoulos 8, John Swanson 2, Jonas Boelter 9. FG 34-77 (44.2 percent), FT 1-9 (11.1 percent). 3-point 8-24 (33.3 percent). Conference: 9-1. Overall: 10-1. Next: host First Baptist 5 p.m. Monday.
Little Falls 61, Foley 56
FOLEY-Austin Weisz tallied 18 points and five assists and Joe Alholm scored 14 to lead the Little Falls Flyers to a 61-56 Granite Ridge Conference win Thursday over the Foley Falcons.
Dylan Lukasavitz added 12 points and four assists for the Flyers.
Foley 29 27-56
Little Falls 27 34-61
FOLEY
Tyler Evenson 13, Drew Beier 7, Preston Kopel 4, Jackson Sahlstrom 8, Tanner Brosh 16, Alex Foss 3, Ali Kourouma 5. FG 20-44 (45.5 percent), FT 12-20 (60percent). 3-point 4-15 (26.7 percent).
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LITTLE FALLS
Austin Weisz 18, Joe Alholm 14, Dylan Lukasavitz 12, Michael Hanowski 9, Justin Primus , Brett Zawatzke , Derek Poser 5, Austin Erdmann 3. FG 19-49 (38.8 percent), FT 9-11 (81.8 percent). 3-point 14-24 (58.3 percent). Next: at Holdingford 7:15 p.m. Monday.
Pillager 62, Bertha-Hewitt 42
BERTHA-Ridge Hunstad finished with 22 points and 10 steals to lead the Pillager Huskies to a 62-42 Park Region Conference win over the Bertha-Hewitt Bears Thursday.
Pillager's Tanner Swenson collected 13 points and Ryan Foehrenbacher added 11 points.
Bertha-Hewitt 25 17-42
Pillager 27 35-62
BERTHA-HEWITT
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Austin Mattson 13, William Harren 2, Luke Follmer 10, Adam Bauch 4, Jerry Lamb 2, Brett Jansen 7, Jackson Fore 4. FT 9-18 (50 percent).
PILLAGER
Braeden Wangsness 9, Ridge Hunstad 22, Damian Fink 3, Tanner Swenson 13, Levi Nagel 2, Spencer Schaefer 2, Ryan Foehrenbacher 11. FT 6-6 (100 percent). Conference: 4-2. Overall: 8-6. Next: host Crosby-Ironton 7:15 p.m. Friday.
Staples-Motley 100, Frazee 59
STAPLES-Gavin Smith posted 30 points for the Staples-Motley Cardinals in their 100-59 defeat of the Frazee Hornets Thursday.
S-M's Hunter Carlson added 20 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Trey Skeesick scored 15 points and Derek Kennedy registered 10 points.
Frazee 33 27-59
Staples-Motley 49 51-100
FRAZEE
Chris Hughes 17, Cole Fleisher 9, Dustin Parsons 14, Joby Geifer 2, Jonathon Hoffmann 6, Anthony Santos 4, Isaac Courneya 7. FT 3-8 (38 percent).
STAPLES-MOTLEY
Isaiah Ross-Bahn 5, Gavin Smith 30, Derek Kennedy 10, Reid Busker 3, Jack Fietek 8, Mason Rychner 3, Max Giza 6, Trey Skeesick 15, Hunter Carlson 20. FT 10-17 (59 percent). Overall: 7-6. Next: at Detroit Lakes 7:15 p.m. Friday.
