Warriors fall to Panthers 75-63 and other basketball scores

From the Bemidji Pioneer

RED LAKE – A slim 36-32 lead at halftime turned into a 75-63 win for Cass Lake-Bena over Red Lake Tuesday.

CLB’s Bill Brown led all scoring with 24 points and Byron Ninham wasn’t far behind with 23 points.

Daryl and Dallas Crowe led the Warriors with 18 and 17 points respectively.

Red Lake (0-2) hosts Norman County East Saturday at 3 p.m. while CLB (3-1) hosts Kelliher/Northome Friday.

Cass Lake-Bena 18 18 18 21 – 75

Red Lake 10 22 19 12 – 63

Cass Lake-Bena: Brady Fairbanks 6, Bill Brown 24, Anthony Robinson 6, Kevin Muller 14, Byron Ninham 23, David Chessmore 2.

Red Lake: Daryl Crowe 18, Robin Kelly 4, Ola Cobenais 8, Buster Graves 12, Tom Barrett 2, Dallas Crowe 17, Clayton Roberts 2.

Clearbrook-Gnvk 82,

Sacred Heart 48

CLEARBROOK – Clearbrook-Gonvick took a commanding 47-28 lead at halftime and then outscored East Grand Forks Sacred Heart 23-6 in the fourth quarter for a 82-48 win Tuesday.

Nine players scored for the Bears, who improved to 4-0 on the year, led by junior Scott Stebe and senior Jonny Berg with 16 points each.

Sophomore Clayton Johnson added 15 points in the win.

Tom Fontaine and Mike Phaneuf led the Eagles with 17 and 12 points respectively.

The Bears travel to Red Lake Falls Tuesday in their next start.

Sacred Heart 14 14 14 6 – 48

Clearbrook-Gonvick 26 21 12 23 – 82

Sacred Heart: Ben Pribula 7, Josh Kaiser 4, Alex Kuznia 1, Tom Fontaine 17, Mike Phaneuf 12, Andrew Marek 4, Ryley McMahon 2, Steve Altepeter 1.

Clearbrook-Gonvick: Scott Stebe 16, Chance Goudge 9, Patrick Skoe 2, Jonny Berg 16, Jason Bjerke 7, Mike Eck 5, Casey Crane 4, Nate Bahr 8, Clayton Johnson 15.

Laporte 71,

Blackduck 64

BLACKDUCK – The Day’s of Laporte lifted the Wildcats to a 71-64 win over Blackduck Tuesday.

Blackduck led 39-34 at halftime but was outscored 37-25 in the second half.

Senior Jamie Day scored 16 points while junior Tyler Day and senior Zach Day each poured in 15 points.

The Drakes’ Scott Geerdes took game honors with 22 points. Cody Townsend added 15 and Cody Gross chipped in 12 points.

Blackduck (0-3) hosts Littlefork-Big Falls Friday while Laporte hosts Hill City the same night.

Laporte 14 20 19 18 – 71

Blackduck 17 22 11 14 – 64

Laporte: Teddy Reimer 7, Tony Winter 8,Tyler Day 15, Jamie Day 16, Dan Winter 9, Zach Day 15.

Blackduck: Cody Gross 12, Scott Geerdes 22, Adam Beck 8, Cody Townsend 15, Danny Ferdig 5, Jordan Oelke 4.

Nevis 66,

Kelliher/Northome 63

KELLIHER – Nevis outlasted Kelliher/Northome in a closely contested game Tuesday 66-63.

Nevis held a slim 36-31 lead at halftime before holding off the Tigers.

Justin Gilge took scoring honors in the loss with 21 points for the Mustangs (1-1). Adam Nistler added 13 points.

Zach Halfmann led four players in double figures for the Tigers with 17 points. Danny Campbell, Willy Wicks and Brandon Bellomo added 15, 11 and 10 points respectively.

Kelliher/Northome is a Cass Lake-Bena Friday in their next start while Nevis (2-2) invades Cass Lake-Bena Monday for their next start.

Nevis 17 19 16 14 – 66

Kelliher/Northome 15 16 18 14 – 63

Nevis: Kent Trehus 8, Brandon Bellomo 10, Matt Lien 3, Willy Wicks 11, Ben Skinness 2, Danny Campbell 15, Zach Halfmann 17.

Kelliher/Northome: Justin Gigle 21, Adam Nistler 13, Jerrell Martin 8, Dustin Poxleitner 9, Aaron Jorgensen 7, Erik Skoe 5.

Nevis begins 1-2

The Nevis boys basketball team began the season 1-2 with an opening win over Blackduck and losses to Menahga and Pillager, all on the road.

The Tigers held on to defeat Blackduck 64-56 Nov. 30 despite being outscored 35-28 in the second half. Senior Zach Halfmann led the team with a game-high 24 points. Senior Kent Trehus added 10 points.

A slow start plagued Nevis in their 69-51 loss to Pillager Dec. 2. The Tigers fell behind by 10 points early on but matched the Huskies in the second half being outscored just 35-33. Halfmann again led the team with 13 points and junior Matt Lien added 10.

The Tigers spotted Menahga 19 points in the first quarter and lost 92-61 Dec. 3. Junior Danny Campbell came off the bench to score 24 points while Halfmann hit 17 and Trehus 13 in the loss.

Nevis played at Kelliher/Northome Tuesday and travels to Cass Lake-Bena Monday in their next start.

Nevis 14 22 13 15 – 64

Blackduck 13 8 15 20 – 56

Nevis: Kent Trehus 10, Brandon Bellomo 6, Matt Lien 6, Willy Wicks 9, Taylor Schroeder 0, Ben Skinness 0, Danny Campbell 9, Zach Halfmann 24, Patrick Dennis 0.

Blackduck: Josh Arhart 1, Cody Gross 17, Adam Beck 9, Dan Ferdig 5, Jordan Oelke 5, Scott Geerdes 11, Cody Townsend 8, Matt VanGrinsvin 0.

Nevis 10 8 13 20 – 51

Pillager 18 16 14 21 – 69

Nevis: Trehus 0, Bellomo 6, Lien 10, Wicks 6, Schroeder 3, Campbell 4, Anthony Prendez 6, Halfmann 13, Dennis 3.

PIllager: Joe Stoll 26, Travis Dixon 9, Luke Ringler 2, Dominic Squires 4, Rollie Graalswyk 4, Joe Kavanaugh 24, Jake Rosenthal 0.

Nevis 6 18 15 22 – 61

Menahga 25 24 24 19 – 92

Nevis: Trehus 13, Bellomo 0, Lien 3, Wicks 2, Schroeder 2, Brian Kriens 0, Campbell 24, Halfmann 17, Dennis 0.

Menahga: Ben Davis 6, Brad Lusti 26, Mitch Knosalla 2, Nick Lenzen 3, Kyle Dormanen 4, Andrew Skoog 12, Zach Milz 19, Brandon Roiko 14, Andrew Peterson 6.

Girls Basketball

Cass Lake-Bena 43,

Bagley 35

BAGLEY – The Cass Lake-Bena girls basketball team never trailed, winning 43-35 over Bagley Tuesday to hand Bagley their first loss of the year while improving to a perfect 5-0 on the year.

Kristina Salscheider led the Panthers’ balanced attack with 12 points. Cara Donnell hit 11 and Amber Schaaf added 10 points.

Lindsay Gray led the Flyers with 12 points.

CLB hosts Blackduck Thursday while Bagley (4-1) travels to Crookston the same night.

Cass Lake-Bena 14 10 12 7 – 43

Bagley 7 9 8 11 – 35

Cass Lake-Bena: Cara Donnell 11, Kristina Salcheider 12, Ashleigh Trosen 4, Tahnee Haas 6, Amber Schaaf 10.

Bagley: Krista Vorderbruggen 6, Kelsey Vorderbruggen 3, Chelsea Gray 3, Kylie Christensen 8, Devin Trefz 3, Lindsay Gray 12.

Laporte 54,

Blackduck 34

BLACKDUCK – Laporte outscored Blackduck 13-5 in the second quarter and went on to win 54-34 Tuesday to climb over the .500 mark at 3-2 on the season.

Senior Michelle Bessler led way with a game-high 17 points in the win. Senior Heather White added 15 for the Wildcats.

Blackduck junior Jamie Exner was the lone Drake in double figures with 16 points. Exner and senior Kelly Carlson each grabbed six rebounds and Carlson had four steals. Senior Jenna McKean led the team with eight assists.

Blackduck (2-2) travels to Cass Lake-Bena Thursday and Laporte is at Pine River-Backus the same night.

Laporte 11 13 11 19 – 54

Blackduck 9 5 8 11 – 34

Laporte: Michelle Bessler 17, Amie Heagerty 7, Heather White 15, Stephanie Smith 4, Megan Zubke 6, Danica Molacek 2, Keila White 1, Christy Nelson 2.

Blackduck: Jamie Greiger 3, Amber Michalek 2, Jamie Exner 16, Kelly Carlson 5, Jenna McKean 6, Kelsey Carlson 2.

Nevis 52,

Kelliher/Northome 18

KELLIHER – Sophomore Anne Rittgers scored 14 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Nevis girls basketball team to a 52-18 win over Kelliher/Northome Monday.

Junior Ali Hesse also hit double figures for the Tigers with 14 points. Hesse was one rebound shy of a double-double with nine.

Senior Jane DeCrans dished out seven assists and junior Jill Wizik had three steals.

Senior Jenna Neft led the Mustangs with five points.

Kelliher/Northome 6 0 6 6 – 18

Nevis 17 12 8 15 – 52