Prep boys basketball: Four players put BOLD over Minnewaska

Jan. 7—BIRD ISLAND — Four players, led by Max Marks, reached double figures for the BOLD boys basketball team in a 66-57 victory over Minnewaska Thursday at BOLD Elementary School.

Marks had 20 points for the Warriors on 5 of 9 shooting. He was also 9 of 9 from the free-throw line.

Ryan King had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Jack Gross added 12 points, four steals and a pair of blocks, and Ethan Sullivan came through with 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the victory.

BOLD is now 2-1 in the West Central Conference while Minnewaska is 0-2.

The Warriors play Renville County West at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Renville. The Lakers are host to Melrose at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Glenwood.

West Central

BOLD 66,

Minnewaska 57

Minnewaska (1-7) 27 30 — 57

BOLD (5-2) 31 35 — 66

MINNEWASKA — Stats not available

BOLD — Scoring: Hunter Borer 3, Jack Gross 12, Ryan King 17, Ethan Sullivan 10, Cole Visser 4, Max Marks 20 ... 3-point shots: Borer 1, Sullivan 2, Visser 1, Marks 1 ... Rebound leader: King 10, Sullivan 7 ... Assist leader: Sullivan 5 ... Steal leader: Gross 4 ... Block leader: Gross 2

Morris/CA 79,

Benson 36

Tyler Berlinger had 15 points, Jackson Loge 14 and Thomas Tiernan 12 in Morris/Chokio-Alberta's victory over Benson at Morris.

Morris/CA led 47-10 at halftime.

Benson plays Lakeview at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Benson.

Benson (2-7) 10 26 — 36

Morris/CA (10-0) 47 32 — 79

BENSON — Stats not available

MORRIS/CA — Scoring: Durgin Decker 7, Tyler Berlinger 15, Cole Wente 6, Brandon Jergenson 6, Thomas Tiernan 12, Jackson Loge 14, Trey Hunt 2, Toby Gonnerman 6, Sam Kleinwolterink 4, Kyle Fehr 3, Evan Oberg 2, Jack Tollfeson 2 ... 3-point shots: Jergenson 1, Tiernan 3, Loge 2, Gonnerman 1, Kleinwolterink 1, Fehr 1 ... Rebound leaders: Loge 6, Drew Storck 4 ... Assist leader: Loge 3 ... Steal leader: Berlinger 4 ... Block leader: Loge 2

Central Minnesota

BBE 68,

ACGC 56

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa jumped to 2-1 in the Central Minnesota Conference with a home win against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City.

Kaden Pieper was the top scorer for the Jaguars with 25 points. He also grabbed nine rebounds. Gannon Walsh chipped in with 13 points.

BBE plays New London-Spicer at 7:15 p.m. Friday in Brooten. ACGC plays at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul Washington.

ACGC (2-6) 26 31 — 56

BBE (7-2) 37 31 — 68

ACGC — No stats available

BBE — Scoring: Kaden Pieper 25, Will Van Beck 7, Tanner Shelton 8, Gannon Walsh 13, Easton Hagen 6, Luke Dingmann 1, Gavin Kampsen 6, Ben Thonvold 2 ... 3-point shots: Pieper 2, Walsh 3 ... Rebound leader: Pieper 9, Shelton 7 ... Assist leader: Van Beck 3 ... Steal leader: Walsh 4 ... Block leader: None

Paynesville 66,

Kimball 39

Paynesville won its Central Minnesota Conference opener, beating host Kimball.

Gus Johnson paced the Bulldogs with 16 points and seven rebounds. Grayson Fuchs added 14 points, followed by 12 from Eli Nelson and 11 from Chase Bayer.

Paynesville is host to Yellow Medicine East at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Paynesville (6-5) 28 38 — 66

Kimball (5-6) 20 19 — 39

PAYNESVILLE — Scoring: Izaak Schultz 3, Brayden Pung 5, Eli Nelson 12, Gus Johnson 16, Grayson Fuchs 14, Chase Bayer 11, Bennett Evans 3, Blayke Pung 2 ... 3-point shots: n/a ... Rebound leader: Johnson 7 ... Assist leader: n/'a ... Steal leader: Evans 5 ... Block leader: Evans 4

KIMBALL — Scoring: Owen Mortenson 3, Jamison Tubridy 6, Gabe Becker 7, Lucas Jansky 10, Skylor Gruba 7, Jed Spaulding 4 ... 3-point shots: n/a ... Rebound leader: Spaulding 13 ... Assist leader: n/a ... Steal leader: n/a ... Block leader: n/a

Camden

CMCS 87,

MACCRAY 42

Central Minnesota Christian remains unbeaten in the Camden Conference after a convincing win over MACCRAY in Prinsburg.

The Bluejays remain atop the Camden North at 4-0. The Wolverines are 2-3.

CMCS' Case Mulder led all scorers with 27 points, hitting four 3-pointers in the victory. Ethan Bulthuis (15), Caleb Vander Beek (14), Brayden Marcus (12) and Ben Van Eps (11) all finished in double figures.

Isaac Post led MACCRAY with 13 points, followed by 12 from Gavin Husman and 10 from Jordan Warne.

CMCS plays at 1 p.m. Saturday against Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart in Hector. MACCRAY plays at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Canby.

MACCRAY (5-8) 21 21 — 42

CMCS (8-2) 51 36 — 87

MACCRAY — Scoring: Isaac Post 13, Gavin Husman 12, Dreyer Homan 2, Brooks Asche 7, Jordan Warne 10 ... 3-point shots: Post 1, Husman 1, Asche 1 ... Rebound leader: Asche 8, Warne 7 ... Assist leader: Isaac Strommer 5 ... Steal leader: Post 4 ... Block leader: Strommer 1, Asche 1

CMCS — Scoring: Ethan Bulthuis 15, Case Mulder 27, Drew Duininck 3, Kadin Dehmlow 5, Brayden Marcus 12, Ben Van Eps 11, Caleb Vander Beek 14 ... 3-point shots: Bulthuis 3, Mulder 4, Duininck 1, Dehmlow 1, Marcus 4, Van Eps 1 ... Rebound leader: Van Eps 8, Vander Beek 7 ... Assist leader: Marcus 3 ... Steal leader: Bulthuis 3 ... Block leader: None

Dawson-Boyd 70,

KMS 59

Keegon Wicht had 24 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals in Dawson-Boyd's victory over Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg at Dawson.

The Blackjacks made 10 3-pointers. KMS had six, all made by Jared Cortez, who led the Fighting Saints with 20 points.

"They just shot from 3-point land a lot better," KMS head coach Matt Fragodt said. "They're tough to defend. So once they get hot, they are really hot."

Dawson-Boyd is 4-1 in the Camden North coming into the game. KMS is 1-4.

Dawson-Boyd plays Southwest Minnesota Christian at 2:15 p.m. Saturday in Dawson. KMS plays host to Benson at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Kerkhoven.

KMS (4-7) 24 35 — 59

Dawson-Boyd (8-2) 30 40 — 70

KMS — Scoring: Jacob Gareis 2, Isaac Rudningen 5, DeAndre Holloway 4, Jared Cortez 20, Gavin Thorson 2, Drew Johnson 8, Hunter Kallstrom 6, Gage Thorson 10 ... 3-point shots: Cortez 6 ... Rebound leader: Johnson 7 ... Assist leader: Rudningen 9 ... Steal leader: Johnson 5 ... Block leader: Holloway 2

DAWSON-BOYD — Scoring: Keegon Wicht 24, Aiden Swenson 9, Braxton Hahn 8, Brayson Boike 14, Collin Swedzinski 2, Levi Olson 11, Carter Bowen 2 ... 3-point shots: Wicht 5, Hahn 1, Boike 2, Olson 2 ... Rebound leader: Wicht 8 ... Assist leader: Wicht 6 ... Steal leader: Wicht 3 ... Block leader: Boike 3

LQPV 67,

RCW 39

Landon Schirm had 18 points, six steals and five assists for Lac qui Parle Valley in a home win over Renville County West in Madison.

The Eagles had four players in double figures. Hunter Conn had 13 points while Kaiden Allpress and Kaden Molden each had 11.

For the Jaguars, Tyler Froland had nine points and six rebounds and Jaden Serbus added nine points, 14 rebounds and three blocks.

LQPV is 3-2 in the Camden North. RCW is 0-4 in the division.

LQPV is host to Wheaton/Herman-Norcross at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Madison. RCW plays BOLD at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Renville.

RCW (2-6) 21 18 — 39

LQPV (5-5) 31 36 — 67

RENVILLE COUNTY WEST — Scoring: Adam Schrupp 6, AJ Gasca 4, Jonah Nauman 2, Jaise Miller 6, Tyler Froland 9, Hunter Bruns 2, Luki Hale 1, Jaden Serbus 9 ... 3-point shots: Schrupp 2, Froland 2 ... Rebound leaders: Serbus 14, Miller 7, Froland 6 ... Assist leaders: Schrupp 3, Miller 3 ... Steal leader: Six players with 1 ... Block leader: Serbus 3

LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY — Scoring: William Giese 5, Landon Schirm 18, TJ Mitchell 2, Kaiden Allpress 11, Hunter Conn 13, Blake Wollschlager 4, Kaden Molden 11, Hayden Kranz 3 ... 3-point shots: Giese 1, Schirm 1, Allpress 1, Molden 3, Kranz 1 ... Rebound leader: Allpress 7 ... Assist leader: Schirm 5 ... Steal leader: Schirm 6, Allpress 6 ... Block leader: n/a

YME 68, Canby 65

Nikson Knapper hit a buzzer-beater to clinch Yellow Medicine East's victory over Canby at Granite Falls.

Knapper, a 6-foot-2 senior guard, finished with 17 points and four assists for the Sting. Landon Anderson had 11 points and Bryce Sneller, a 6-5 junior, had 10 points and 11 rebounds for YME.

Senior guard Ty Stoks had 23 points, 10 rebounds and four assists for the Lancers.

Canby is 0-4 in the Camden South. YME is 1-4 in the division.

YME plays at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Paynesville.

Canby (1-9) 37 28 — 65

YME (2-7) 34 34 — 68

CANBY — Scoring: Michael Tol 3, Ty Stoks 23, Dylan Houseman 13, Trevor Gray 9, Zach Ourada 4, Kolton Duis 12, Presley Viessman 2, Nathan Prokop 2 ... 3-point shots: Stoks 5, Housman 2, Gray 1, Ourada 1, Duis 2 ... Rebound leader: Stoks 10 ... Assist leader: Stoks 4 ... Steal leaders: Houseman 1, Ourada 1 ... Block leader: Devos 1

YME — Scoring: Nikson Knapper 17, Cody Dahlager 2, Isaac Jimenez 4, Archie LaRose 12, Ean Clarke 6, Landon Anderson 11, Bryce Sneller 10, Owen Torvick 6 ... 3-point shots: Knapper 4, Anderson 1, Torvick 1 ... Rebound leader: Sneller 11, Dahlager 6 ... Assist leader: Knapper 4, Dahlager 3, Sneller 3 ... Steal leader: LaRose 6, Jimenez 4 ... Block leader: Dahlager 2