PINE RIVER — Pine River-Backus’ Rylie Hirschey recorded 30 points, including five 3-pointers, for the No. 3 seeded Tigers as they defeated the No. 6 Verndale Pirate 71-54 in the Section 5-1A Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 27.

Olivia Adkins added 18 points for the Tigers.

Tess Jones recorded 21 points to lead the Pirates, who finish the season 9-17 overall.

Verndale 25 29 -- 54

Pine River-Backus 37 34 -- 71

VERNDALE

Keara Kern 2, Madison Schmitz 8, Joelle Bounds 9, Tess Jones 21, Reagen Ludovissie 7, Melissa Hammer 7. FT 5-7 (71%). Overall: 9-17.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS

Sidney Lodge 5, Olivia Adkins 18, Jamie Johnson 4, Rylie Hirschey 30, Emma Barchus 6, Ramsey Tulenchik 8. FT 15-22 (68%). 3-point 10. Overall: 17-10. Next: vs. No. 2 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in Section 5-1A Semifinals at Wadena 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29.

Pierz 70, Spectrum 39

PIERZ — Pierz’s Emily Sadlovsky tallied 20 points for the No. 7 Pioneers as they beat the No. 10 Spectrum Sting 70-39 in the opening round of the Section 6-2A playoffs Thursday, Feb. 27.

Kylie Waytashek added 17 points for the Pioneers and Amaya Rocheleau recorded six points and six steals.

Spectrum 15 24 -- 39

Pierz 30 40 -- 70

PIERZ

Madison Gall, Emily Herold 2, Amaya Rocheleau 6, Kiara Olesch 7, Katie Leidenfrost, Emily Dehler 2, Courtney Strohmeier 3, Alissa Girtz, Anna Taylor 4, Emily Sadlovsky 20, Emma Melby, Erika Dickmann, Mariah Olesch 9, Kylie Waytashek 17. FG 8-11 (72%), FT 15-21 (71%). 3-point 5-10 (50%). Overall: 17-10. Next: vs. No. 2 Sauk Centre in Section 6-2A Quarterfinals at St. Cloud State University 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29.

Lake Region 34, Chisago 16

PLYMOUTH — Tori Plemel scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the No. 2 seeded Lake Region Christian Hornets in their 34-16 win against No. 7 Chisago in the Minnesota Association of Christian Schools State Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 27.

Isabel Anderson finished with five points and 11 rebounds, while Lydia Neubert tallied nine points and seven steals.

Chisago 9 7 -- 16

Lake Region 19 15 -- 34

CHISAGO

Anna Cave 6, Emily Brink 2, Becca Cave 6, Sanna Anderson 2.

LAKE REGION

Lydia Neubert 9, Grace Borders 2, Tori Plemel 11, Nikole Thorson 4, Halle Wagner 2, Isabel Anderson 5, Amber Neubert 1. FG 14-60 (23%), FT 6-16 (38%). 3-point 0-7 (0%). Overall: 15-4. Next: plays No. 3 Heritage 3 p.m.at Fourth Baptist Friday, Feb. 28.

Alexandria 57, Little Falls 18

ALEXANDRIA — No. 8 seeded Little Falls saw its season come to an end with a 57-18 loss to top-seeded Alexandria Thursday, Feb. 29, in the Section 8-3A Quarterfinals.

Little Falls finishes the season 4-23.

Fergus Falls 63, Wadena-Deer Creek 42

FERGUS FALLS — Top-seeded Fergus Falls Otters improved to 23-4 with a 63-42 victory over the No. 8 seeded Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Section 8-2A opening round.

W-DC finishes the season 15-13.