WADENA - Matt Lepper scored 25 points and Donny Tabery added 23 for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines in Monday's 79-65 non-conference boys' basketball victory over the Crookston Pirates.
Tabery added seven assists and six steals and Lepper recorded seven rebounds to help W-DC improve to 9-3.
Scott Syverson drained two 3-pointers to finish with 12 points and Cory Asfeld and Zach Toedter each scored nine for W-DC.
Crookston 24 41 - 65
Wadena-Deer Creek 28 51 - 79
WADENA-DEER CREEK
Matt Lepper 25, Cory Asfeld 9, Zach Toedter 9, Donny Tabery 23, Scott Syverson 12, Issac Doll 2. Team totals: FG 29-69 (42 percent), FT 17-20 (85 percent), 3-point baskets: (Syverson 2, Asfeld 1, Lepper 1). Overall - 9-3. Next game: at Breckenridge 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
CROOKSTON
Matt Crawford 2, Seth Kalin 10, Shane Chapman 3, Matt Desrosier 2, Chris Follette 10, Sam Wolpert 22, Andrew Anderson 6, Baba Maiga 10. Team totals: FG 27-49 (55 percent), FT 8-13 (62 percent), 3-point baskets: (Chapman 1, Wolpert 1, Maiga 1). Overall - 4-9.
Laporte 67, Lake Region 51
LAPORTE - Eric Bolduc scored 12 points and Jacob Jensen added 11 points and six rebounds for the Lake Region Christian School Hornets in a 67-51 boys' basketball loss to Laporte Monday.
The defeat drops the Hornets to 6-6 on the season. Levi Skog added 10 points and Austin Ellstrom scored eight for Lake Region.
Laporte's Taylor Day led all scorers with 26 points.
Lake Region 22 29 - 51
Laporte 36 31 - 67
LAKE REGION
Austen Ellstrom 8, Ben Grotzke 7, Jacob Jensen 11, Josiah Kreutzfeldt 3, Levi Skog 10, Eric Bolduc 12. Team totals: FG 20, FT 7-13 (54 percent), 3-point baskets: (Bolduc 2, Kreutzfeldt 1). Overall - 6-6. Next game: at Chisago 6 p.m. Tuesday.
LAPORTE
Chace Reimer 6, Matt Christopherson 1, Evan Sconce 9, Kody Stone 2, Taylor Day 26, Jeston Nelson 2, Jordan Lemke 9, Kevin St. Pierre 12. Team totals: FG 28, FT 2-11 (18 percent), 3-point baskets: (Reimer 2, Sconce 3, St. Pierre 4). Overall - 2-11.
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