Wadena-Deer Creek girls overcome Staples-Motley

STAPLES -- The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines held the Staples-Motley Cardinals to only 13 second-half points and recorded a 49-30 victory in a Mid-State Conference girls' basketball game Friday.

Kerby Johnson led the Wolverines with 17 points and Marissa Browne added 15 for W-DC.

Wadena-Deer Creek 10 14 12 13 -- 49

Staples-Motley 7 10 4 9 -- 30

Wadena-Deer Creek (49)

Kate Friedrich 5, Kerby Johnson 17, Sara Kneisl 6, Marissa Browne 15, Christie Hanson 6. Team totals: FG 14, FT 19.

Staples-Motley (30)

Rachel Landecker 2, Rose Milless 4, Heather Gold 9, Emily Waldahl 2, Rachel Domier 4, Michelle Honek 6, Stephanie Rice 3. Team totals: FG 10, FT 10

Total fouls --S-M 29, W-DC 14. Fouled out --Landecker, Gold.

Pierz 63, Mora 28

MORA -- The Pierz Pioneers ran all over the Mora Mustangs 63-28 Friday night in a non-conference girls' basketball game.

The Pioneers were led by Shiela Stegora who finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 steals, and 4 blocks. Missy Girtz finished with 23 points and had three 3-pointers.

"We came out strong and played very aggressively on both offenses and defense," said Pierz coach Rick Sczublewski. "Missy had an excellent game for us, getting a career high of 23 points."

Pierz 21 15 18 9 -- 63

Mora 5 6 6 11 -- 28

PIERZ (63)

Missy Girtz 23, Allyson Kloss 15, Shiela Stegora 12, Melinda Janson 4, Emily Stumpf 4, Shelley Boser 3, Stacy Britz 2. Team totals: FG 26-58 (45 percent), FT 6-9 (67 percent). Overall -- P 3-1. Next game: Pierz hosts Rockford Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

MORA (28)

Motschenbacher 4, Hansen 3, J. Salmonson 2, Conway 2, K. Salmonson 2, Gauffin 2, Oslin 2, Schultz 2, Norby 1, Allreen 1, Stromberg 1. Team totals: FG 9-43 (21 percent), FT 10-20 (50 percent).

3-point baskets -- Missy Girtz 3, Shiela Stegora 1, Shelley Boser 1. Rebounds -- P 49 (Kloss 15), M 37. Turnovers -- P 22, M 29. Total fouls -- P 16, M 11. Assists -- P 21 (Stegora 7). Steals -- P 18 (Stegora 6). Blocks -- P 9 (Stegora 4).

Apollo 62, Little Falls 49

LITTLE FALLS -- St. Cloud Apollo defeated the Little Falls Flyers 62-49 in a Central Lakes Conference game Friday night.

Rachel Davich led the Flyers in scoring with 20 points, five assists, and eight rebounds.

Apollo 13 21 14 14--62

Little Falls 11 14 16 8--49

Apollo (62)

Tara Schloe 22, Tina Heitzman 9, Sherri Notsch 9, Jill Mark 8, Caitlin Brandenburg, Katie Bierschbach 8, Katie Steffes 2, Katie Proell 2. Team totals: FG 23, FT 14-27 (52 percent).

Little Falls (49)

Rachel Davich 20, Trista Schilling 9, Angie Kliber 8, Becky Anderson 6, Carrie Bryniarski 1, Ivy LeMieur 2, BreeAnn Laager 1, Maggie Neudecker 2. Team totals: FG 18, FT 12-22 (55 percent). Conference --1-1. Overall --2-1. Next game: Thursday at St. Cloud Tech.

3-point baskets --Schilling, Heitzman, Mark. Rebounds --LF 25 (Davich 8), SCA 32. Turnovers --LF 27, SCA 26. Total fouls --LF 21, SCA 18. Assists --LF 15 (Davich 5). Steals--LF 8 (Davich 3). Blocks --LF 9 (Davich 5).

Detroit Lakes 46,

Crosby-Ironton 32

Crosby -- The Crosby-Ironton Rangers dropped their third game in a row Friday night when they lost a Mid-State Conference contest to the Detroit Lakes Lakers 46-32.

Kati Galovich led the Rangers with 12 points and Kim Rosecrans finished with eight points and five steals. C-I had a difficult night shooting from the floor, converting only 28 percent of its shots.

Detroit Lakes 14 10 11 11 -- 46

Crosby-Ironton 6 9 8 9 -- 32

DETROIT LAKES (46)

Jenny Fern 15, Becky Schons 12, Kris Omberg 7, Carrie Brodsko 4, Angie Thielen 4, Lacey Pratt 2, Katie Erickson 2. Team totals: FG 20-45 (44 percent), FT 6-11 (54 percent).

CROSBY-IRONTON (32)

Kati Galovich 12, Kim Rosecrans 8, Heather Santi 6, Erika Ogard 6. Team totals: FG 13-45 (28 percent), FT 6-14 (42 percent). Conference -- C, 0-1 . Overall -- C, 0-4 . Next game: Crosby-Ironton hosts Park Rapids Friday 7:30 p.m.

3-point baskets -- Carrie Brodsko 1, Kris Omberg 1. Rebounds -- C 21, D 27. Turnovers -- C 21, D 23. Total fouls -- C 11, D 17. Assists -- C 3, D 10. Steals -- C 5 (Rosecrans 3), D 12. Blocks -- C 3, D 4.

Proctor 47,

Pine River-Backus 40

PROCTOR -- The Proctor Rails held the Pine River-Backus Tigers to five points in the second quarter and recorded a 47-40 non-conference triumph Friday. Sarah Laposky of PR-B led all scorers with 28 points.

Pine River-Backus 12 5 10 13 -- 40

Proctor 10 13 10 14 -- 47

PINE RIVER-BACKUS (40)

Sarah Laposky 28, Whitney Rollins 2, Brooke Rollins 4, Meg Tabaka 2, Brittany Nelson 4 Team totals: FG 15, FT 9-10 (90 percent).

PROCTOR (47)

Amanda Belcher 2, Alexa Carroll 13, Alicia Cleary 2, Kristina Higgins 13, Jamie Paulson 2, Becky Ruthenbeck 5, Jessie Stenberg 10 Team totals: FG 17, FT 12-17 (71 percent).

3-point baskets --Laposky, Stenberg.

Pequot Lakes 54,

Eveleth-Gilbert 26

EVELETH -- The Pequot Lakes Patriots limited the Eveleth-Gilbert Bears to 10 points in the first half and cruised to a 54-26 non-conference victory Friday.

Julie Redebaugh scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Patriots. Teammate Megan Arns scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds for Pequot Lakes.

Pequot Lakes 10 19 8 17 --54

Evelleth-Gilbert 7 3 10 6 -- 26

PEQUOT LAKES (54)

Joan Ebnet 13, Megan Arns 11, Teressa Parker 5, Flecia Foster 6, Ashley Meschke 1, Jaime Schmidt 4, Julie Redebaugh 14 Team totals: FG 23, FT 8-11 (73 percent). Overall --3-1 . Next game: Tuesday at Deer River 7:30 p.m.

EVELETH-GILBERT (26)

M. Fahey 4, A. Carlbrom 4, A. Klink 2, L. Motley 4, L. Ward 4, M. Perko 8 Team totals: FG 9, FT 10-13 (77 percent).

3-point baskets --Arns, Redebaugh, Motley . Rebounds --PL 38 (Redebaugh 11, Arns 5, Foster 5) . Turnovers --PL 12 . Total fouls --PL 11, E-G 15 . Fouled out --none . Assists --PL 8 . Steals --PL 14 . Blocks --PL 10(Parker 5) .