NEW ULM -- Making 25-of-29 free throws and outrebounding New Ulm 29-16 Friday night, the Worthington Trojans boys' basketball team earned an 81-61 victory over the Eagles.
Mike Vorwald (17 points, six assists) drilled three early 3-pointers to help the Trojans build a quick 10-point lead. Worthington gradually kept extending its lead after that.
Joel Olson (23 points, seven rebounds) and Quentin Dudley (18 points) did the job down low for the Trojans.
"Those two guys each played a great game," Trojans' head coach Ron Vorwald said. "They did a nice job of finishing, defending and rebounding."
Adou Omot scored 12 points for the Trojans.
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Worthington (9-10) visits Fairmont Tuesday as part of a girl-boy doubleheader starting at 6 p.m.
Worthington 42 39 -- 81
New Ulm 31 30 -- 61
Worthington (3FG-2FG-FT-TP): Vorwald 4-0-5-17, Meinders 0-0-2-2, Omot 0-4-4-12, Knutson 0-2-0-4, Dudley 0-6-6-18, King 0-0-3-3, Ahrens 0-1-0-2, Olson 0-9-5-23. Totals: 4-22-25-81.
New Ulm (3FG-2FG-FT-TP): Geistfeld 0-2-1-5, S. Hawkins 0-3-0-6, Boddy 0-4-1-9, D. Hawkins 3-1-0-11, Suess 1-0-2-5, VanRoekel 2-1-3-11, Bourgault 0-1-0-2, Babel 0-2-0-4, Rykus 0-1-0-2, Wieneke 0-3-0-6. Totals: 6-18-7-61.
JCC 71,
Redwood Valley 68
JACKSON -- Leading from start to finish and getting 20 points apiece from Scott Benson and Nathan Brandt, the Jackson County Central Huskies upset eighth-ranked (Class AA) Redwood Valley.
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Brandt hit six 3-pointers, while Benson (five assists) drilled four from beyond the arc for JCC, which led 34-21 at halftime.
Derek Kazemba had 11 points and six rebounds, while Pat Garvin had seven points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Huskies (4-7, 9-10).
Justin Schmit and Brock Bisaillon each grabbed eight rebounds for JCC.
Aaron Marks and Tyler Pendleton scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, for the Cardinals (8-2, 17-2).
JCC hosts Blue Earth Tuesday.
Redwood 21 47 -- 68
JCC 34 37 -- 71
Luverne 66, Windom 42
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WINDOM -- Andrew DeBoer scored 19 points to spark the Luverne Cardinals past the Windom Eagles.
Weston Sawtelle and Derek Boeve scored 13 and 11 respective points for the Cardinals (7-3, 15-5).
Michael Johnson scored 19 points to lead Windom, while Eric VandeHoef charted 11 points and 10 boards.
Luverne visits Marshall next Friday, while Windom (0-10, 7-13) hosts Redwood Valley the same night.
Luverne 27 39 -- 66
Windom 22 20 -- 42
SSC 90, Martin Luther 46
OKABENA -- James Granstra and James Anderson each scored 18 points to lead the No. 8 Southwest Star Concept Quasars past Martin Luther.
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Trevor Leopold and Lloyd Kalfs added 13 and 12 points, respectively, while Ben Scheevel posted seven points and seven assists for SSC (15-4).
Kevin Tonn scored 14 points to lead Martin Luther (0-19).
SSC hosts Westbrook-Walnut Grove Tuesday.
Martin Luther 18 28 -- 46
SSC 48 42 -- 90
MCC 79, T-M-B 72
TRACY -- Paul Counter and Cole Hegstad each scored 21 points for the Rebels, who got all of their scoring from the starting five.
Derik Johnson followed with 14 points, Brian Everson had 13 and Spencer Grimmius scored 10 for MCC.
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David Schmidt led the Panthers with 14 points. Anthony Dolan had 11 points, and both Ryan Kaup and Drew Nelson scored 10.
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (11-9) hosts W-WG Thursday.
MCC 35 44 -- 79
T-M-B 25 47 -- 72
Iowa
H-LP 60, G-T 31
LAKE PARK, Iowa -- Nate Brueggeman knocked down six 3-pointers on his way to 20 points, leading Harris-Lake Park past Graettinger-Terril.
Ryan Rowe charted 18 points and six rebounds, and Travis Nissen handed out seven assists for the Wolves (13-3, 14-6), who clinched the Cornbelt Conference West championship.
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H-LP hosts Sibley-Ocheyedan Tuesday.
G-T 7 4 6 14 -- 31
H-LP 17 18 16 9 -- 60
