Wadena-Deer Creek cruises past C-I boys

WADENA -- Michael Grieme scored 25 points, including seven from behind the arc, to lead the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines to an 84-64 victory over the Crosby-Ironton Rangers in Mid-State Conference boys' basketball Thursday.

Kevin Kephart added 19 points for the Wolverines.

Crosby-Ironton 10 21 13 20 -- 64

Wadena-Deer Creek 17 18 26 23 -- 84

CROSBY-IRONTON (64)

Brett Dickie 7, Jon Jasman 14, Ryan Taggart 1, Tyler Scull 11, Tony Zontelli 8, Matt Brady 7, Ryan Kuschel 2, Parker Robinson 12, Luke Brady 2. Team totals: FG 24, FT 12-16 (75 percent). Conference -- 1-10. Overall -- 7-13.

WADENA-DEER CREEK (84)

Lucas Grothmann 7, Brett Hieb 13, Kevin Kephart 19, Michael Grieme 25, Tyler Pederson 1, Matt Cary 9, Mike Breid 3, Travis George 7. Team totals: FG 29, FT 15-18 (83 percent). Conference -- 4-6. Overall -- 8-11. Next game: vs. Pequot Lakes 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

3-point baskets -- WDC-Grieme 7, Kephart 2, Hieb, George; CI-Jasman 4.

Detroit Lakes 57, Staples-Motley 46

DETROIT LAKES -- The Staples-Motley Cardinals received 14 points from Chad Brever and 10 from Nick Doll in a 57-46 Mid-State Conference loss to Detroit Lakes Thursday.

Staples-Motley 10 16 13 7 -- 46

Detroit Lakes 12 19 11 15 -- 57

STAPLES-MOTLEY (46)

Nick Doll 10. Aaron Kelly 8, Landon Thompson 5, Chad Brever 14, Josh Smith 4, Josh Anderson 2, Beau Mertens 3. Team totals: FG 14, FT 6-9 (67 percent). Conference -- 8-2. Overall -- 10-9. Next game: at Bemidji 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

DETROIT LAKES (57)

Joe Skogmo 15, Rory Manke 7, Andrew Leithieser 16, Matt Anderson 7, Allan Savig 8, Matt Even 4. Team totals: FG 17, FT 19-26 (73 percent).

3-point baskets -- SM-Brever 4, Kelly 2, Thompson, Mertens; DL-Skogmo 3, Manke.

Red Lake 65, Pine River-Backus 63

PINE RIVER -- Ryan Laposky scored 28 points and Doug Hamilton contributed 14 in the Pine River-Backus Tigers 65-63 loss to the Red Lake Warriors Thursday.

Red Lake 14 19 18 14 -- 65

Pine River 15 14 19 15 -- 63

RED LAKE (65)

C. Roberts 2, C. Johnson 6, M. Graves 24, C. Goodwin 13, T. Green 4, D. Johnson 13, D. Jourdain 3. Team totals: FG 27 FT 8-13 (62 percent).

PINE RIVER-BACKUS (63)

Tucker Sheley 7, Doug Hamilton 14, Ryan Laposky 28, Kyle Edgeton 6, Cory Bradow 2, Logan Sasse 4, Tyler Johnson 2. Team totals: FG 27 FT 3-10 (30 percent). Overall --1-20. Next game: at Crosby-Ironton 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

3-point baskets --PR-B 6 (Laposky 5, Sheley) RL 3 (Graves 2, D. Johnson).

Pillager 51, Onamia 48

ONAMIA --Mark Gaalswyk scored 23 points and Ben Stoll chipped in 11 in a 51-48 non-conference victory over the Onamia Panthers Thursday.

Pillager 13 10 10 18 -- 51

Onamia 10 15 6 17 -- 48

PILLAGER (51)

Ben Stoll 11, Jason Eastman 1, Joe Kavanaugh 3, Mitch Steffen 2, Mark Gaalswyk 23, Eric Fornshell 2, Travis Dixon 9. Team totals: FG 18, FT 14-21 (67 percent). Conference --8-2. Overall --14-8.

ONAMIA (48)

Brian Bolin 14, Alex Kunesh 5, John Stenback 8, Tony Mitchell 5, Roy Garbow 1, Jason Zytkovicz 15. Team totals: FG 17, FT 11-19 (58 percent). Overall --4-15 .

3-point baskets --P 1 (Dixon) O 3 (Bolin, Kunesh, Zytkovicz). Fouled out --Stoll, Fornshell, Dixon, Kunesh.

Greenway 66, Pequot Lakes 54

GREENWAY -- Cody Nelson and Luke Schramm each tossed in 19 points for the Pequot Lakes Patriots in a 66-54 non-conference loss to the Greenway Raiders Thursday.

Pequot Lakes 14 17 11 12 -- 54

Greenway 20 11 17 18 -- 66

pequot lakes (54)

Andrew Christensen 8, Cody Nelson 19, Jeff McCulloch 6, Chad Foster 2, Luke Schramm 19. Team totals: FG 22, FT 1-3 (33 percent). Overall -- 13-6. Next game: at Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

greenway (66)

Josh Hassell 7, Pete Hussman 8, Mario Scialli 2, Seth Erickson 30, Justin Sobania 9, Jace Sloan 10. Team totals: FG 23, FT 13-19 (68 percent).

3-point baskets --PL 9 (Nelson 5, Christensen 2, McCulloch 2) G 7 (Erickson 4, Sloan 2, Hassell)

Bertha-Hewitt 56, Verndale 39

BERTHA -- The Bertha-Hewitt Bears outscored the Verndale Pirates 33-17 in the first half and posted a 56-39 triumph in Park Region Conference action Thursday.

Cory Umland led Verndale with 12 points. Isaac Johnson was also in double figures with 11 for the Pirates.

Verndale 7 10 12 10 -- 39

Bertha-Hewitt 19 14 10 13 -- 56

VERNDALE (39)

Wyatt Carr 7, Eric Bramer 2, Isaac Johnson 11, Andy Bramer 3, Jason Kneisl 4, Cory Umland 12. Team totals: FG 15, FT 7-9 (78 percent). Conference --4-6. Overall --9-10. Next game: vs. Henning 8 p.m. Tuesday.

BERTHA-HEWITT (56)

Darren Kuhnke 17, Kyle Zirbes 13, Derek Ashbaugh 15, Nick Grewe 6, Joey Wiese 3, Matt Hartung 2 Team totals: FG 23, (percent), FT 4-4 (100 percent). Conference --8-2. Overall --13-6.

3-point baskets --V 2 (Carr, A. Bramer) B-H 6 (Kuhnke 3, Zirbes 3).

Swanville 74, Lake Region Christian 43

SWANVILLE -- The Swanville Swans ran their overall record to 17-2 with a 74-43 non-conference win over the Lake Region Christian Hornets Thursday.

Brandon Courts was the only Hornet in double figures with 23 points.

Lake Region Christian 7 12 9 15 -- 43

Swanville 17 23 14 20 -- 74

LAKE REGION CHRISTIAN (43)

Tim Ranweiler 5, Aaron Kampa 3, Jesse Schuety 6, Mark Englund 2, Adam Miller 2, Ben Mowers 2, Brandon Courts 23. Team totals: FG 13, FT 13-23 (57 percent). Overall --8-9. Next game: vs. Pillager 7:30 p.m. Friday.

SWANVILLE (74)

John Defoe 11, Kyle Johnson 3, Brandon Defoe 3, Brandon Moore 2, Alex Grell 12, Dylan Pittman 9, Tyler Thieschafer 8, Matt Theisen 12, Ray Sutton 10, Ben Schmiesing 4 Team totals: FG 31, FT 3-7 (43 percent). Conference -- 8-1. Overall --17-2.

3-point baskets --LRC 4 (Courts 4) S 9 (Pittman 3, Thieschafer 2, J. Defoe 2, B. Defoe, Grell).