Patriots cruise by Pirates

PEQUOT LAKES -- The Pequot Lakes Patriots girls' basketball team improved to 4-1 in the Park Region Conference and 11-5 overall with a 73-42 victory over the Verndale Pirates on Friday.

Julie Redebaugh paced the Patriots with 25 points, Flecia Foster added 24 and Teresa Parker 12.

"We had two really good days of practice on Wednesday and Thursday and came out and played an outstanding first half," said Pequot coach Bill Larson.

Raya Kern and Kayla White both finished with 11 points for Verndale.

Verndale 9 5 10 18 -- 42

Pequot Lakes 25 16 19 13 -- 73

VERNDALE (42)

Beth Rogge 6, Kayla White 11, Jenni Wilson 1, Melissa Stave 2, Steph Tomte 11, Raya Kern 11 Team totals: FG 14, FT 13-21 (62 percent). Overall -- 7-14.

PEQUOT LAKES (73)

Brittany Engen 3, Teresa Parker 12, Flecia Foster 24, Ashley Meschke 5, Julie Redebaugh 25, Kristi Meyers 4. Team totals: FG 31, FT 7-14 (50 percent). Conference -- 4-1. Overall -- 11-5. Next game: at Pierz 7:30 p.m. Monday.

3-point baskets -- PL 4 (Redebaugh 3, Meschke) V 1 (Rogge). Rebounds -- PL 33 (Parker 11, Engen 7) Turnovers -- PL 5. Total fouls -- PL 21, V 17. Assists -- PL 15 (Meschke 5, Foster 4). Steals -- PL 11 (Foster 6). Blocks -- PL 4 (Parker 3).

Pine River-Backus 61, Bertha-Hewitt 52

PINE RIVER -- The Pine River-Backus Tigers got off to a fast start and went on to post a 61-52 victory over the Bertha-Hewitt Bears in a Park Region Conference girls' basketball game Friday.

Chelsa Schwegel tossed in 18 points and had nine steals for PR-B and Brittany Nelson contributed 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists as the Tigers improved to 10-8 overall.

Bertha-Hewitt 8 10 19 15 -- 52

Pine River-Backus 19 5 18 19 -- 61

BERTHA-HEWITT (52)

J. Roller 6, J. Harren 8, J. Hagen 18, B. Shaw 5, K. Brasel 15 Team totals: FG 21, FT 8-19 (42 percent).

PINE RIVER-BACKUS (61)

Meg Tabaka 11, Brittany Nelson 15, Chelsa Schwegel 18, Leah Wangberg 9, Carollie Christensen 6, Erin Cusac 2. Team totals: FG 22, FT 14-24 (58 percent). Conference -- 4-2. Overall -- 10-8. Next game: host Aitkin 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

3-point baskets -- PR-B 3 (Nelson 3) B-H 2 (Harren, Shaw). Rebounds -- PR-B 25 (Nelson 8). Turnovers -- PR-B 10. Total fouls -- PR-B 19, B-H 20. Fouled out -- BH-Hagen. Assists -- PR-B 12 (Nelson 5). Steals -- PR-B 15 (Schwegel 9). Blocks -- PR-B 3.

Pillager 48, Sebeka 38

PILLAGER --The Pillager Huskies girls' basketball team picked up its first Park Region Conference win with a 48-38 triumph over the Sebeka Trojans Friday.

Kayla Bell led the Huskies offensively with 15 points and Melissa Roberts scored 11 points and Jessie VanVickle chipped in with 11 points and 16 rebounds.

Sebeka 8 4 9 17 -- 38

Pillager 11 12 4 21 -- 48

SEBEKA (38)

Abby Fleming 11, Kandace Schermerhorn 9, Laurel Heino 6, Colleen Olson 4, Jenna Puttonen 4, Anna Isaacson 4. Team totals: FG 16, FT 5-22 (23 percent).

PILLAGER (48)

Kayla Bell 15, Melissa Roberts 11, Jessie VanVickle 11, Katie Rasinski 7, Sarah Mulroy 2, Tara Buckingham 2. Team totals: FG 12, FT 24-32 (75 percent). Conference -- 1-5. Overall -- 6-14. Next game: host Isle 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

3-point baskets -- S 1 (Schermerhorn). Rebounds -- P 51 (VanVickle 16). Turnovers -- P 18. Total fouls -- P 22, S 24. Fouled out -- S-Schermerhorn, Puttonen; P-Buckingham. Assists -- P 3. Steals -- P 7. Blocks -- P 9 (VanVickle 3, Bell 3).

Kimball 78, Pierz 72

KIMBALL -- The Pierz Pioneers got edged out by the Kimball Cubs 78-72 in Central Minnesota Conference girls' basketball Friday.

Both Becky Korf and Allyson Kloss tallied double-doubles for the Pioneers. Korf finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds and Kloss added 15 points and 12 rebounds. Shiela Stegora added 18 points for Pierz.

"We played hard, but Kimball hit some key shots at critical times and held on to the win," said Pierz coach Rick Sczublewski.

Pierz 19 18 17 18 -- 72

Kimball 23 18 19 17 -- 78

Pierz (72)

Shiela Stegora 18, Becky Korf 18, Shelley Boser 3, Emily Stumpf 7, Allyson Kloss 15, Kari Block 3, Nicole Meyer 8. Team totals: FG 27-64 (42 percent), FT 10-19 (53 percent). Conference -- 6-5. Overall -- 13-7. Next game: vs. Pequot Lakes 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Kimball (78)

Jenny Kunkel 17, Lindsey Christensen 19, Melanie Narquardt 20, Kayleen Starcevic 3, Erin Montoyne 2, Tammy Kuechle 17. Team totals: FG 32-66 (48 percent), FT 7-13 (54 percent). Conference -- 10-1. Overall -- 17-1.

3-point baskets -- P 8 (Stegora 4, Boser 1, Meyer 1, Stumpf 1, Korf 1), K 7 (Christensen 3, Kuechle 3, Kunkel 1). Rebounds -- P 48 (Korf 12, Kloss 12, Stegora 8), K 33. Turnovers -- P 16, K 10. Total fouls -- P 14, K 16. Assists -- P 18 (Boser 6). Steals -- P 6. Blocks -- P 1.