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PINE RIVER - Katie Wangberg scored a career-high 35 points to lead the Pine River-Backus Tigers to a 62-36 victory over Clearbrook-Gonvick in a Northwoods Conference game Friday.

"Defensively, we did a good job on them, holding them to 36 points as they've been scoring in the 70s a lot," said Tigers coach Randy Schwegel. "Katie had a great game. She was the beneficiary of a lot of passes from (Tatum) Sheley and Hannah Lemberg."

Sheley added 15 points and Wangberg had eight steals.

The Tigers were credited with two conference wins, upping their league mark to 10-0 while the "double loss" leaves Clearbrook-Gonvick 7-3. This system is in effect when teams play each other once instead of a home and away series.

Clearbrook-Gonvick 19 17 - 36

Pine River-Backus 29 33 - 62

CLEARBROOK-GONVICK

Jessica Spray 6, Katie McIntosh 2, Brooke Wraa 16, Whitney Rogstad 2, Breanne Wagner 7, Brooke Watkins 3. FG 13-44 (30 percent), FT 5-9 (56 percent), Three-point baskets: 5 (Wraa 4, Wagner).

PINE RIVER-BACKUS

Tatum Sheley 15, Hannah Lemberg 2, Katie Wangberg 35, Kendra Hamilton 4, Alexis Hansen 2, Autumn Ackerman 4. FG 29-62 (47 percent), FT 4-11 (36 percent), Conference: 10-0. Overall: 14-6. Next: host Kelliher-Northome 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Staples-Motley 68, Osakis 34

STAPLES - Nikki Pearson tallied 14 points as the Staples-Motley Cardinals rolled over the Osakis Silverstreaks 68-34 in non-conference action Friday.

Caitlin Robinson added 13 points and Ashley Lisson 12 for the Cardinals.

Osakis 14 20 - 34

Staples-Motley 39 29 - 68

OSAKIS

Taylor Kraemer 2, Sabrina Zimmel 2, Annalisa Savageau 7, Alicia Wagner 5, Mariah Backes 2, Danielle Chisholm 2, Calista Sadlemyer 2, Katie Didier 8, Becka Sadlemyer 2, Alyssa Timmerman 2. Three-point baskets: 1 (Wagner).

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Nikki Pearson 14, Kelly Pearson 1, Caitlin Robinson 13, Ashley Lisson 12, Abby Smith 4, Jasmine McGillvray 6, Kelsey Rice 2, Bobbie Jo Mathe 2, Mikayla Wing 8, Brooke Wolhowe 4, Jaelin Beachy 2. Three-point baskets: (Robinson 2, N. Pearson). Overall: 13-4. Next: at Little Falls 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Little Falls 59, Rocori 43

COLD SPRING - Whitney Weisz scored 23 points, pulled down 13 rebounds and added five assists for the Little Falls Flyers as they beat the Rocori Spartans 59-43 in Central Lakes Conference play Friday.

The win snapped the Flyers' four-game losing streak.

Little Falls 25 34- 59

Rocori 15 28- 43

LITTLE FALLS

Kaitlyn Emerson 2, Paige Beseman 8, Megan Voss 9, Makayla Jorgenson 2, Whitney Weisz 23, Annie Ploof 7, Courtney Messinger 8. FG (percent), FT (percent), Three-point baskets: 2 (Voss, Ploof ). Conference: 4-9. Overall: 6-12. Next: host Staples-Motley 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Bertha-Hewitt 70, Pillager 30

BERTHA - The Bertha-Hewitt Bears defeated the Pillager Huskies 70-30 in a Park Region Conference game Friday.

B-H leads PRC with a 9-1 mark and is 16-1 overall. The Bears are ranked fifth in Class 1A and have won five in a row.