Warriors land first win of year with 61-52 triumph against Laporte

From the Bemidji Pioneer

RED LAKE – Junior Robin Kelly led four players in double figures with 14 points as Red Lake downed Laporte 61-52 on Tuesday night.

Red Lake trailed 24-20 at halftime but outscored the Wildcats 43-28 in the second half.

Senior Daryl Crowe hit 13, senior Clayton Roberts scored 11 and junior Dallas Crowe added 10 points for the Warriors who picked up their first win of the season (1-3).

Senior Jamie Day, junior Dan Winter and sophomore Teddy Reimer all poured in 12 points for Laporte (1-4).

Laporte hosts Pillager Thursday while Red Lake is at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Friday.

Laporte 10 14 10 18 – 52

Red Lake 14 6 18 25 – 61

Red Lake: Daryl Crowe 13, Robin Kelly 14, Ola Cobenais 4, Buster Graves 8, Dallas Crowe 10, Avery White 1, Clayton Roberts 11.

Laporte: Teddy Reimer 12, Tony Winter 6, Aaron Reimer 1, Tyler Day 2, Jamie Day 12, Dan Winter 12, Zach Day 7.

Girls Basketball

Cass Lake-Bena 63,

Clearbrook-Gnvk 37

CASS LAKE – Seniors Cara Donnell and Kristina Salscheider both topped the 20-point mark to pace Cass Lake-Bena to a 63-37 win over Clearbrook-Gonvick Tuesday in a battle of two area teams.

The Panthers are a perfect 7-0 on the season.

Salscheider took scoring honors with 22 points but Donnell wasn’t far behind hitting 21.

Katie Anderson led the Bears with 14 points and Heidi Kjolhaug chipped in 13.

CLB takes part in the Fosston Holiday Tournament Friday and Saturday while C-G (1-5) hosts Mahnomen Thursday.

Clearbrook-Gonvick 14 7 10 6 – 37

Cass Lake-Bena 18 13 13 19 – 63

Clearbrook-Gonvick: Katie Anderson 14, Heidi Kjolhaug 13, Claire Rydeen 8, Shanea Amundson 2.

Cass Lake-Bena: Cara Donnell 21, Kristina Salscheider 22, Ashleigh Trosen 9, Amber Schaaf 7, Tahnee Haas 4.

Fosston 73,

Mahnomen 19

FOSSTON – A 45-6 lead at halftime led to a 73-19 win for the Fosston girls basketball team Tuesday over Mahnomen.

Nine of the ten players on the Fosston roster scored with Shelly Francis leading the way with a game-high 16 points.

Kristi Lucken hit 14, Kelly Landsverk scored 12 and Kayla Bagaason netted 11 in the win.

Only three players scored for Mahnomen. Heather Hanson led with 10 points.

Next for Fosston (6-0) is this Friday and Saturday when they host the Fosston Holiday Tournament.

Mahnomen 2 4 4 9 – 19

Fosston 25 20 11 17 – 73

Mahnomen: Heather Hanson 10, Jen Vipond 7, Tricia Bisek 2, Jana Schaumburg 0, Alison LaVoy 0, Katie McCollum 0, Monica Sorenson 0, Katie Almann 0, Eryca Holmrik 0.

Fosston: Jen Johnson 2, Kristi Lucken 14, Cassie Bagaason 0, Shelly Francis 16, Angie Curfman 4, Kelly Landsverk 12, Kayla Bagaason 11, Carin Sundbom 3, Trista McGlynn 6, Anna Roed 5.

Laporte 75,

Sebeka 45

LAPORTE – Senior Heather White exploded for 23 points to give Laporte a 75-45 win over Sebeka Tuesday.

Senior Michelle Bessler added 17 points and junior Megan Zubke ended with 13 points for the Wildcats (5-2).

Becca Kilbourne led Sebeka with 13 points.

Laporte travels to Hill City Thursday in their next start.

Sebeka 9 9 17 10 – 45

Laporte 19 25 19 12 – 75

Sebeka: Becca Kilbourne 13, Lindsey Olson 6, Megan Olson 3, Kelsey Corbin 5, Heather Martini 10, Emily Brockpahler 2, Stacey Richter 6.

Laporte: Michelle Bessler 17, Amie Heagerty 8, Heather White 23, Stephanie Smith 6, Megan Zubke 13, Danica Molacek 2, Keila White 6.

Nevis 61,

Hill City 40

Nevis senior Jane DeCrans dished out a school-record 12 assists in the Tigers’ 61-40 win over Hill City Monday.

Junior Ali Hesse ended with a double-double scoring 16 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Freshman Gretta Hjelseth led Nevis with 17 points. Sophomore Anne Rittgers also hit double figures with 12 points.

Nevis (4-2) hosts Pillager Friday in their next start.

Hill City 8 8 10 14 – 40

Nevis 14 16 10 21 – 61

Laporte 67,

Pine River-Backus 35

PINE RIVER – Michelle Bessler scored a game-high 23 points to lead Laporte over Pine River-Backus in a late game Thursday.

Amie Heagerty, Heather White and Megan Zubke all finished with nine points.

Laporte 19 15 21 8 – 67

Pine River-Backus 6 6 10 13 – 35

Pine River-Backus: Taylor Sheley 6, Chelsea Dabill 11, April Hulke 10, Naomi Anderson 3, Kayla Anderson 5.

Laporte: Michelle Bessler 17, Amie Heagerty 8, Heather White 23, Stephanie Smith 6, Megan Zubke 13, Danica Molacek 2, Keila White 6.