PINE RIVER — Brittany Kelley tallied 11 points and pulled down six rebounds to lead Pine River-Backus past previously undefeated Clearbrook-Gonvick by a score of 53-37 in Monday’s Northwoods Conference game.
The win pushed the Tigers streak to six as they sit atop the conference with a 6-0 record.
Megan Felthous added 14 points for the Tigers while Tatum Sheley scored 11 points. Autumn Ackerman notched nine points and led the team in rebounds with seven.
Clearbrook-Gonvick 22 15 — 37
Pine River-Backus 28 25 — 53
CLEARBROOK-GONVICK
Taylor Faldet 8, Brittany Wagner 3, Jessica Spray 6, Katie McIntosh 2, Angela Burgess 14, Madison Stenzel 4. FT 7-17 (41 percent).
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Kendra Brasel 2, Tatum Sheley 11, Megan Porta 2, Brittany Kelley 11, Megan Felthous 14, Journee Howard 4, Autumn Ackerman 9. FG 18-42 (43 percent), FT 17-21 (81 percent). 3-point 2-7 (29 percent). Conference: 7-0. Overall: 10-2. Next: at Nevis 7:30 p.m. Friday.
■ Browerville 59, Verndale 54
BROWERVILLE — Teresa Moenkedick scored a team-high 20 points and Shania Glenz added 15 points for the Verndale Pirates as they fell to the Browerville Tigers 59-54 in a non-conference game Monday.
Browerville 31 28 — 59
Verndale 25 29 — 54
BROWERVILLE
Quinn Kircher 2, Katelyn Middendorf 2, Paige Callahan 19, MaKenna Hegseth 9, Crystal Pearson 23, Kendra Buchta 4. FT 15-26 (57 percent).
VERNDALE
Teresa Moenkedick 20, Jordyn Glenz 9, Sarah Moenkedick 4, Krista Dailey 5, Christina Wright 1, Shania Glenz 15. FT 3-7 (73 percent). Overall: 7-5. Next: host Pillager 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
