Boys basketball roundup: Willmar can't hold off Fergus Falls' rally
Jan. 20—FERGUS FALLS — The Willmar boys basketball team had an early lead, but couldn't hang on, falling 56-47 to the Fergus Falls Otters on Friday night.
Willmar led by as many as eight points in the first half and trailed 26-26 at halftime.
Henry Bethel led the Otters with 20 points and eight rebounds.
Blake Schoolmeester had 16 points, Khalid Muhumed added 15 points and five rebounds and Max Mobley contributed 11 points and four steals for the Cardinals.
Willmar has a 1-4 Central Lakes Conference record and is 6-7 overall. Fergus Falls is 3-4 in the CLC and 5-8 overall.
Willmar plays host to Sartell at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Big Red Gym.
Willmar (6-7) 25 22 — 47
Fergus Falls (5-8) 26 30 — 56
WILLMAR — Scoring: Blake Schoolmeester 16, Khalid Muhumed 15, Max Mobley 11, Sam Raitz 5 ... 3-point shots: Schoolmeester 2, Muhumed 1 ... Rebound leader: Muhumed 5 ... Assist leader: Jacob Streed 3, Raitz 3 ... Steal leader: Mobley 4 ... Block leader: none
FERGUS FALLS — Scoring: Henry Bethel 20, Levi King 10, Ryan Hirst 8, Micah Johnson 6, Hayden Knick 6, Joshua Sternberg 5 ... 3-point shots: Bethel 2, Knick 2, Johnson 1 ... Rebound leader: Bethel 8 ... Assist leader: Knick 1 ... Steal leader: three players with 1 ... Block leader: team 1
Eli Ehrke and Sawyer Kaczmarek each had 14 points and Joshua Fieche added 12 to lead Glencoe-Silver Lake past Litchfield in Glencoe.
Litchfield, which has lost three straight, is now 1-4 in the Wright County West and GSL is 2-1.
Alex Draeger led the dragons with 17 points. Jack McCann added 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists and Tyler Pennertz had 10 points for Litchfield..
Litchfield plays Watertown-Mayer at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Watertown.
Litchfield (4-9) 15 35 — 50
GSL (6-7) 21 38 — 59
LITCHFIELD — Scoring: Jack McCann 13, Blake Aller 3, Creighton Huhner 2, Tyler Pennertz 10, Alex Draeger 17, Alex Medina 3, Jacob Dietel 2 ... 3-point shots: McCann 1, Draeger 3, Medina 1 ... Rebound leader: McCann 8 ... Assist leader: McCann 4, Aller 4 ... Steal leader: Aller 1 ... Block leader: Aller 1, Pennertz 1
GSL — Scoring: Eli Ehrke 14, Joshua Fieche 12, Sawyer Kaczmarek 14, Ethan Sonju 9, Damion Schwartz 3, Logan Christensen 7 ... 3-point shots: Ehrke 1, Kaczmarek 2, Sonju 2, Schwartz 1, Christensen 1 ... Rebound leader: Christensen 7 ... Assist leader: Three with 2 ... Steal leader: Two with 1 ... Block leader: Ehrke 1
Senior guard Keegon Wicht had 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals to help lead Deason-Boyd to the victory over Yellow Medicine East at Dawson.
Drew Hjelmeland, a 6-foot-6 sophomore, added 12 points and 6-7 sophomore Brayson Boike added 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Senior guard Levi Olson added 11 points.
YME has lost five games in a row. Dawson-Boyd won its fourth straight game.
Dawson-Boyd is 4-1 in the Camden North. YME is 1-2 in the Camden South
Dawson-Boyd plays at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Canby. YME plays host to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at 7 p.m. Monday in Granite Falls.
YME (4-7) 14 18 — 32
D-B (10-3) 22 41 — 63
YME — Scoring: Cody Dahlager 2, Archie LaRose 17, Drew Almich 5, Ricky Enney 2, Bryce Sneller 4, Owen Torvik 2 ... 3-point shots: LaRose 2, Almich 1 ... Rebound leader: Dahlager 5 ... Assist leader: Dahlager 1 ... Steal leader: LaRose 1, Andrew Flaten 1... Block leader: LaRose 1
D-B — Scoring: Keegon Wicht 15, Aiden Swenson 7, Gunner Liebl 2, Brayson Boike 10, Drew Hjelmeland 12, Levi Olson 11, Carter Bowen 6 ... 3-point shots: Wicht 1, Swenson 1, Hjelmeland 3 ... Rebound leaders: Boike 10, Wicht 5 ... Assist leader: Wicht 5 ... Steal leader: Wicht 4 ... Block leader: Boike 3
Lac qui Parle Valley snapped a seven-game losing streak with a dominating victory at Ortonville.
With the win, the Eagles improve to 3-3 in the Camden North.
LQPV next plays Minneota at 6 p.m. Monday in Minneota.
Montevideo won a close one at Morris/Chokio-Alberta, keeping its composure down the stretch after garnering a 41-32 halftime lead.
"Morris is a very good team, very athletic," Montevideo head coach Derek Webb said. "Our guys stayed composed. We played really solid defense. Morris went on a run and took a lead late, but we made some plays down the stretch and made some free throws.
"This is our eighth or ninth one- or two-possession game. When you take a couple of tough ones on the chin you learn how to close out a tough one. We're really starting to come together."
Montevideo is 3-4 in the West Central Conference.
Montevideo plays Yellow Medicine East at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Montevideo.
Montevideo (5-7) 41 27 — 68
Morris/CA (8-6) 32 31 — 63
MONTEVIDEO — Scoring: Mason Jerve 18, Cooper Dack 18, Gannon Reidinger 16, Carson Boike 7, Devin Ashling 5, Griffin Epema 4 ... 3-point shots: Jerve 2, Dack 2, Boike 1, Ashling 1 ... Rebound leader: Reidinger 14, Boike 7 ... Assist leaders: Dack 4, Reidinger 4, Boike 4 ... Steal leaders: Jerve 1, Dack 1, Boike 1, Epema 1 ... Block leaders: Reidinger 1, Ashling 1
MORRIS/CA — Scoring: Tyler Berlinger 15, Riley Asmus 22, Drew Huebner 8, Derek Waldbeser 3, Kyle Fehr 3, Drew Storck 12 ... 3-point shots: Berlinger 1, Asmus 4, Waldbeser 1, Fehr 1 ... Rebound leaders: Asmus 10, Huebner 7... Assist leaders: Berlinger 5, Huebner 3 ... Steal leader: Berlinger 7 ... Block leaders: Berlinger 1, Huebner 1, Storck 1
BOLD's win streak extended to five games after the Warriors got a West Central Conference win over West Central Area at Olivia.
Andrew Meyers paced BOLD with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Jack Gross added 19 points and eight assists. Ryan King chipped in with 12 points.
BOLD is 4-3 in the West Central. West Central is 6-2.
BOLD plays Mayer Lutheran at 7:15 p.m. Monday in Mayer.
West Central (11-3) 36 22 — 58
BOLD (7-5) 33 39 — 72
WEST CENTRAL — Stats not available
BOLD — Scoring: Zane Boen 4, Jack Gross 19, Andrew Meyers 27, Ryan King 12, Brayden Gass 5, Mathew Jacobs 1, William Penkert 4 ... 3-point shots: Gross 2 ... Rebound leader: Meyers 11 ... Assist leader: Gross 8 ... Steal leader: Boen 4 ... Block leader: Meyers 2
Benson secured its first West Central Conference win of the season after getting a road win over Minnewaska in Glenwood.
The Braves are now 1-5 in the West Central while the Lakers fall to 0-7.
Benson plays host to Sauk Centre at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Benson. Minnewaska plays host to BOLD at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Glenwood.
New London-Spicer broke a three-game losing streak with the victory at Redwood Falls, getting 23 points and 12 rebounds from Grant Paffrath.
Brycen Christesen added 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots for the Wildcats, who play Morris/Chokio-Alberta at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Morris.
Aedan Andresen added 15 points for NLS.
Senior guard Elijah Larsen and sophomore guard Lukas Means each had 17 points for the Cardinals.
NLS (6-4) 26 47 — 73
Redwood Valley (7-8) 27 40 — 67
NLS — Scoring: Grant Paffrath 23, Brycen Christensen 18, Aedan Andresen 15, Mason Delzer 8, Gabe Rohman 6, Kenneth Schmiesing 2, Nixon Harrier 1 ... 3-point shots: Christensen 4, Paffrath 2, Andresen 1, Rohman 1 ... Rebound leaders: Paffrath 12, Christensen 11 ... Assist leader: four players with 1 ... Steal leader: Andresen 3 ... Block leader: Christensen 6
REDWOOD VALLEY — Scoring: Elijah Larsen 17, Lukas Means 17, Elway Berg 15, Brandon Lang 6, Oliver Smith 4, Cohen Frank 3, Tyson Irlbeck 3, Laiten Goodthunder 2 ... 3-point shots: Means 5, Berg 3, Frank 1, Lang 1, Larsen 1 ... Rebound leader: Lang 12 ... Assist leader: three players with 1 ... Steal leader: three players with 1 ... Block leader: three players with 1
Behind Kaden Pieper and Brady Schwinghammer, the Jaguars improved their win streak to seven with a dominating victory at Ashby.
Pieper led BBE with 23 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Schwinghammer had 22 points and made a team-best six 3-pointers.
BBE takes on Paynesville at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in Paynesville.
BBE (10-2) 35 39 — 74
Ashby (3-7) 19 26 — 45
BBE — Scoring: Kaden Pieper 23, Hayden Sobiech 3, Tanner Shelton 7, Kaden DeRoo 4, Luke Dingmann 11, Brady Schwinghammer 22, Jordan Herickhoff 4 ... 3-point shots: Pieper 1, Shelton 1, Schwinghammer 6 ... Rebound leader: Pieper 9 ... Assist leader: Dingmann 6 ... Steal leader: Pieper 4 ... Block leader: Dingmann 2
ASHBY — Scoring: Brodie Ecker 6, Kellen Dahlen 16, Richard Johnson 7, Bradee Christianson 10, Jake Norby 3, Levi Bogenrief 3 ... 3-point shots: Dahlen 4, Johnson 1, Bogenrief 1 ... Rebound leader: Dahlen 5 ... Assist leader: Norby 2 ... Steal leader: Christianson 3 ... Block leader: Christianson 1
Jonathan Reid had 15 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and four steals as Community Christian School cruised to the victory over St. Cloud Christian at the Central Minnesota Youth for Christ gymnasium in St. Cloud.
Gavin Mulder chipped in with 14 points and 11 rebounds and Ben Reinertson had 14 points and three steals for the Eagles. Will Chapin added 10 points, six assists and four steals for CCS.
The Eagles travel to Osceola, Wisconsin, to play Valley Christian on Monday night.
CCS (11-1) 36 30 — 66
St. Cloud Christian 15 18 — 33
CCS — Scoring: Jonathan Reid 15, Gavin Mulder 14, Ben Reinertson 14, Will Chapin 10, Mark Arnold 8, Andrew Borstad 5 ... 3-point shots: Reid 1, Borstad 1 ... Rebound leaders: Reid 10, Mulder 11 ... Assist leaders: Chapin 6, Reid 5, Arnold 5 ... Steal leaders: Reid 4, Chapin 4, Reinertson 3, Arnold 3 ... Block leaders: Reid 1, Mulder 1, Chapin 1
ST. CLOUD CHRISTIAN — Stats not available
