basketball

Menahga jumped out to a 17-0 lead and coasted to a 62-19 victory over Browerville-Eagle Valley on Feb. 11 in a rescheduled game to remain undefeated against Section 5A girls basketball teams this season. Cierra Ahlf opened the game by hitting a 3-pointer before two baskets off rebounds...

Adam Tonsfeldt scored 32 points in leading Barnesville to a 70-46 Section 8AA win over the Park Rapids boys basketball team Feb. 9 at the Fargo Civic Center. Kellen Hinsz added 14 points for the Trojans, who improved to 4-4 against section teams and 11-5 overall. Gabe Bagstad scored...

Browerville-Eagle Valley closed the game with a 17-4 run to spark a 60-48 Section 5A win over the Menahga boys basketball team at Menahga on Feb. 11. A 3-pointer by Wade Berttunen and a layup by Jonah Howard gave Menahga a 5-0 lead before two layups by Howard, a layup by Zach Floyd...

Rylie Hirschey scored 20 points in leading Pine River-Backus to a 73-39 Northwoods Conference victory over the Nevis girls basketball team at Pine River on Feb. 12. Bailey Wynn added 12 points, Gabby Rainwater had a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Olivia Adkins also...

Eden Valley-Watkins used a 17-6 run to open the game and a 13-6 run to end the game to hand the Menahga girls basketball team its first loss of the season during the Winter Lakes Classic at Alexandria on Feb. 9. Both teams entered this game undefeated on the season and rated in the...

Through the first half of the first half, Nevis and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley were locked in a 21-21 tie in a Northwoods Conference girls basketball game at Walker. The host Wolves took control by following a 19-3 run to close the half with a 13-0 run early in the second half in an...

Back-to-back losses on the road dropped the Park Rapids girls basketball team out of first place in the Mid-State Conference standings. Aitkin hit clutch free throws down the stretch to seal a 59-49 win at Aitkin on Feb. 4 while Crosby-Ironton relied on balanced scoring to spark a...

Avenging two losses earlier in the season moved the Nevis boys basketball team up in the Northland Conference and Section 5A standings. The Tigers avenged a 54-52 overtime loss to Pine River-Backus on Dec. 20 with a 56-45 win at Nevis on Feb. 4 and avenged a 73-68 loss to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley...

A 19-4 run to start the game and a 19-1 run to end the first half propelled the Menahga girls basketball team to a 65-30 Park Region Conference victory at Verndale on Feb. 1. A 3-pointer by Cierra Ahlf, a layup by Megan Hendrickson, two layups by Tara Hendrickson, back-to-back 3-pointers...

Four players scored in double figures in leading the Nevis boys basketball team to an 89-51 Northland Conference victory at Laporte on Feb. 1.