Cardinals grab first victory of season

STAPLES -- Michelle Honek scored 12 points and Stephanie Jares added 10 in a 65-25 Staples-Motley Cardinals victory over the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder in non-conference girls' basketball Tuesday.

Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 7 8 8 2 -- 25

Staples-Motley 12 14 22 17 -- 65

LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE

Dahl 2, Blommel 2, Miller 4, Mindeman 2, Erickson 2, Dierkhiesing 7, Delsing 6. Team totals: FG 9 (percent), FT 7-11 (63 percent). Conference -- 0-1. Overall -- 0-2.

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Jacque Peterson 4, Kendell Spar 6, Brittany Miller 2, Melissa Roberts 8, Liza Milless 8, Kim Mosack 8, Michelle Honek 12, Stephanie Jares 10, Chelsea Einerwold 2, Jessica Heldman 5. Team totals: FG 30, FT 3-9 (33 percent). Conference -- 0-1. Overall -- 1-1. Next game: at Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

3-point baskets -- S-M 2 (Milless 2).

Albany 69 Pierz 44

PIERZ -- Mel Waytashek recorded 18 points and six steals but the Pierz Pioneers couldn't stop the tandem of Joanne Noreen (19 points) and Kari Wolford (18 points) as the Albany Huskies defeated the Pierz Pioneers in non-conference girls' basketball Tuesday.

Becky Korf added nine points and six rebounds as Pierz lost its first game.

Albany 15 16 20 18 -- 69

Pierz 8 13 14 9 -- 44

ALBANY

Katie Andreasen 2, Kari Wolford 18, Kayla Korneck 2, Joanne Noreen 19, Dani Gill 10, Becca Groetsch 5, Sarah Korneck 6, Sarah Eisenschenk 7. Team totals: FG 23-54 (43 percent), FT 11-16 (69 percent). Overall -- 4-2.

PIERZ

Becky Korf 9, Emily Stumpf 4, Kristin Kapsner 2, Renee Korf 4, Nicole Boser 1, Mel Waytashek 18, Kayla Meyer 6. Team totals: FG 13-41 (32 percent), FT 14-22 (64 percent). Overall -- 2-1. Next game: at Royalton 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

3-point baskets -- A 4 (Wolford 2, Noreen 1, Gill 1); P-4 (Meyer 2, Waytashek 1, Korf 1).

Bertha-Hewitt 41,

Pillager 27

PILLAGER -- A 10-2 third quarter helped the Bertha-Hewitt Bears to a Park Region Conference girls' basketball victory over the Pillager Huskies Tuesday.

Katie Rasinski led Pillager with nine points and Tara Buckingham added eight.

Bertha-Hewitt 9 14 10 8 -- 41

Pillager 4 12 2 9 -- 27

BERTHA-HEWITT

Megan Roller 4, Jacqueline Harren 15, Kayla Finck 2, Megan Current 1, Courtney Stack 16, Ashley Kujawa 3. Team totals: FG 13, FT 13-26 (50 percent). Overall -- 2-1.

PILLAGER

Katie Rasinski 9, Megan Carlson 5, Whitney Hoheisel 5, Tara Buckingham 8 Team totals: FG 12, FT 0-1 (0 percent). Overall -- 1-2. Next game: at Henning 7:30 p.m. Friday.

3-point baskets -- B-H 2 (Stack 2); P 3 (Rasinski, Carlson, Hoheisel).

Park Christian 74,

Verndale 46

VERNDALE -- Despite Maria Moenkedick's 12 points and Kelly Stave's 11, the Verndale Pirates girls' basketball team fell to the Park Christian Falcons Tuesday.

Park Christian 21 17 25 11 -- 74

Verndale 13 14 11 8 -- 46

PARK CHRISTIAN

Labreena Jerger 1, Eden Olsgaard 27, Hannah Wexaey 7, Katie Olson 4, Abbey Pasolt 12, Rachel Berge 5, Stephanie Porter 20. Team totals: FG 26-45 (58 percent), FT 21-30 (70 percent). Overall --1-1.

VERNDALE

Bobbi Rogge 2, Cayla Collison 8, Kelly Stave 11, Chelsa Beaver 3, Maria Moenkedick 12, Julie Pankratz 4, Stacey Schoon 4, Kayla Hackler 2. Team totals: FG 18-45 (40 percent), FT 9-22 (41 percent). Conference -- 0-1. Overall -- 0-3. Next game: host Sebeka 7:30 p.m. Friday

3-point baskets -- V-1 (Stave); PC-1 (Olsgaard ).

Hermantown 50,

Crosby-Ironton 44

CROSBY-- Senior Kim Rosecrans had 18 points, but the Crosby-Ironton Ranger girls' basketball team fell to the Hermantown Hawks in non-conference action Tuesday.

Whitney Smetana pitched in nine points for the Rangers.

Hermantown 10 15 14 11 -- 50

Crosby-Ironton 12 9 9 14 -- 44

HERMANTOWN

Erin Eisenach 2, Maija Metsa 11, Anna Bjorlin 22, Sara Kelley 13, Blair Murphy 2. Team totals: FG 19-38 (50 percent), FT 6-12 (50 percent).

CROSBY-IRONTON

Kim Rosecrans 18, Whitney Smetana 9, Angie Gaviglio 2, Angel Adams 6, Maggie Sandberg 5, Chelsea Lundgren 4. Team totals: FG 18-43 (42 percent), FT 4-12 (33 percent). Overall -- 1-2. Next game: at Detroit Lakes 7:30 p.m. Friday

3-point baskets -- CI-4 (Rosecrans 2, Adams 1, Sandberg 1); H-6 (Metsa 3, Bjorlin 3 ).

Onamia 54, LRCS 34

ONAMIA -- Lindsey Green had 10 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks and Leah Green grabbed 12 rebounds in Lake Region Christian School's loss to Onamia Monday.

Lake Region 10 2 7 15 -- 34

Onamia 6 17 17 14 -- 54

Lake Region

Melissa Bradow 6, Samantha Monroe 5, Leah Green 2, Brittany Lee 2, Lindsey Green 10, Ashley Kientzle 7, Anna Kulju 2. Team totals: FG 14, FT 6-18 (percent). Overall -- 1-1. Next game: Friday vs. Chisago Lakes 5 p.m.

Onamia

Amy Thompson 14, Ashley Stott 13, Greta Sorvik 7, Casey Stott 4, Lisa Litke 3, Allie Hill 3, Becky Skiba 10. Team totals: FG 21, FT 6-9 (percent).

3-point baskets -- O (A. Stott 2, Sorvik). Rebounds -- LRCS 33 (Leah Green 12).