PREP BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: RL-B picks up first win

EDGERTON — In a high-scoring Red Rock Conference contest, it was the Round Lake-Brewster Raiders picking up their first win of the season by stretching a nine-point halftime lead into a 20-point victory over the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen by a final score of 95-75 Friday night.

Jake Walker led the Raiders, which had five players score in double figures, with a game-high 39 points.

RL-B (1-12, 1-6) also had Darrin Schmitz with 15 points and Cole Bosma with 13 points, while Brady Meyer and Kyle Wendland each chipped in with 11 points.

Isaac Heard led Edgerton (1-9, 1-7) with 29 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, while Wade Gunnink had 13 points and 10 boards and Johnny Menning scored 12 points.

The Raiders travel to Ellsworth Thursday, while the Flying Dutchmen go to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Monday.

RL-B 41 54 — 95

Edgerton 32 43 — 75

Ellsworth 72,

W-WG 32

ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Panthers snapped a five-game losing streak with a big Red Rock Conference win over the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers Friday night.

The Panthers welcomed Casey Schilling back to the lineup following a wrist injury that had sidelined the senior forward since the start of the new year and the hosts were greeted with a stellar performance as Schilling had a double-double of 25 points and 19 rebounds, while also compiling seven assists, seven steals and five blocks.

Ellsworth (9-6, 3-4), which hosts Round Lake-Brewster Thursday, also received 20 points, three steals and three assists from Dalton Huisman.

Taylor Lindaman led Westbrook-Walnut Grove (1-11, 0-7) with 10 points.

The Chargers host Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Tuesday.

W-WG 15 17 — 32

Ellsworth 44 28 — 72

Fulda 55, SSC 47

OKABENA — The Fulda Raiders used a tenacious full-court defense in the second half of Friday night’s Red Rock Conference game at Southwest Star Concept to turn a 10-point halftime deficit into an eight-point road win.

Matt Appel (nine rebounds) and Aaron Tiesler (11 rebounds) each scored 12 points to lead the Raiders, while Max Dibble added 10 points and Clarke Hein and Mic Holinka each dished out four assists.

The Quasars, which led by a 35-26 margin early in the second half, struggled to get into their offense in the second half and saw their lead evaporate as Fulda grabbed a 36-35 lead with a 10-point run with 12 minutes to play, capped off by an Appel 3-point shot.

Andrew Kramer led SSC (7-5, 3-4) with 19 points followed by Jameson Collin (eight rebounds) with 12 points.

Luke Henkels chipped in six points, six rebounds and four steals for the Quasars, who travel to Windom Monday to play Mountain Lake Christian at the BARC Auditorium.

Fulda (11-4, 6-1) hosts Murray County Central Thursday.

Fulda 20 35 — 55

SSC 30 17 — 47

SWC 82, ML/B-O 62

MOUNTAIN LAKE — The Southwest Christian Eagles claimed the outright lead in the Red Rock Conference with a 20-point road win against the Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin Wolverines.

Four players scored in double figures for the Eagles led by Dominic Nibbelink’s 20 points, followed by Zach Huisken with 17, Andrew Top with 16 and Keeran Sampson with 14.

Beau Herrig paced the Wolverines with 23 points and 10 rebounds, while Cody Penner scored 18 points.

SWC (10-1, 7-0) hosts Russell-Tyler-Ruthton today, while ML/B-O (12-2, 6-1) hosts Red Rock Central Thursday.

SWC 45 37 — 82

ML/B-O 27 35 — 62

Adrian 76, MCC 68

SLAYTON — Kyle Kilgore posted a double-double of 31 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Adrian Dragons past the Murray County Central Rebels in a Red Rock Conference clash.

Kody Henning added 17 points for a Dragons’ squad that shot 59 percent from the field and made 17 of 26 free throws, while Taylor Recker scored 10 points and Nick Reyne and Brandon Weidert each scored nine points.

The Rebels, who trailed by 18 at the half and clawed back in the second half, were led by Trent Carlson’s 21 points and nine rebounds, while Chris Halbur totaled 15 points and seven rebounds, Nate Wieneke added 11 points and seven assists and Sam Beech scored eight points.

MCC (6-5, 4-3), which shot 45 percent from the field and made five out of eight free throws, travels to Fulda Thursday.

Adrian (6-7, 4-3) hosts Luverne Monday.

Adrian 39 37 — 76

MCC 21 47 — 68

RRC 64, H-BC 49

LAMBERTON — The Red Rock Central Falcons boys’ basketball team completed a boy-girl doubleheader sweep of Hills-Beaver Creek by limiting the Patriots to seven first-half points in a “Coaches vs. Cancer” event hosted by the Falcons.

Henry Rogotzke led RRC (6-6, 5-2) with a 26 point, 14 rebound and seven block effort, while Jeff DeCock added 19 points and five assists and Daniel Maras tallied a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.

H-BC (4-9, 3-5), which outscored the hosts by 12 points in the second half, received 17 points from Dylan Gehrke and 10 points from Jeff Sandbulte.

The Falcons host Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Monday, while the Patriots travel to Central Lyon Monday.

H-BC 7 42 — 49

RRC 30 34 — 64

T-M-B 63, K-M-S 56

KERKHOVEN — Parker Lanoue had 22 points, five assists and two steals as the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Panthers edged Kerkoven-Murdock-Sunburg in a Camden Conference clash.

T-M-B (7-6, 6-2) also received 14 points, four assists and two steals from Taylor Hoffbeck and 10 points from Jacob Orren.

Brian Fultz led the Panthers with 11 rebounds and also blocked two shots, while Jordan Lanoue grabbed two steals and Matt LaVoy swatted away two shots.

The Fighting Saints had three players with double-digit scores — Jacob Zvorak (17), Jonah Johnson (16) and Austen Bowman (13).

T-M-B travels to Westbrook-Walnut Grove Tuesday.

T-M-B 38 25 — 63

K-M-S 33 23 — 56

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