Miller leads unbeaten Little Falls boys past Tech

LITTLE FALLS -- Nate Miller scored 34 points to help the Little Falls Flyers remain unbeaten with an 82-63 triumph over the previously undefeated St. Cloud Tech Tigers in Central Lakes Conference boys' basketball Friday.

Tony Golden added nine points, all on three-point baskets, and Mark Kasella contributed eight points for the Flyers.

St. Cloud Tech 9 18 19 17 -- 63

Little Falls 21 25 17 19 -- 82

ST. CLOUD TECH (63)

Hoffman 1, Klein 2, Kaczor 18, Bjorklund 8, Ferber 19, Berg 8, Isberner 6, Adams 1. Team totals: FG 25 FT 7-15 (47 percent). Conference --2-1. Overall --3-1.

LITTLE FALLS (82)

Mark Hartwig 6, Nate Miller 34, Chris Bell 2, Blake Smith 3, Kendall Feia 5, John Larson 3, Noah Czech 5, Mark Kasella 8, Matt Martin 7, Tony Golden 9. Team totals: FG 26, FT 20-34 (60 percent). Conference --3-0. Overall --4-0. Next game: Owatonna Tourney vs. Osceola (WI) Wednesday 6 p.m.

3-point baskets --LF-10 (Miller 4, Golden 3, Feia, Czech, Hartwig), SCT-6 (Kaczor 4, Bjorklund, Berg). Total fouls --LF 13, SCT 27.

Staples-Motley 67,

Detroit Lakes 60

STAPLES -- The Staples-Motley Cardinals, ranked seventh in Class AA, jumped out to an eight-point lead after one quarter and went on to post a 67-60 victory over the Detroit Lakes Lakers in Mid-State Conference action Friday night.

S-M point guard Jeff Brever led all scorers with 26 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cardinals who improved to 5-0 overall.

Detroit Lakes 16 13 16 15 -- 60

Staples-Motley 24 12 19 12 --67

DETROIT LAKES (60)

Reed Manke 5, Rory Manke 7, Chris Foltz 6, Andrew Leitheiser 16, Allan Savig 12, Matt Olson 14. Team totals: FG 21-47 (45 percent), FT 15-21 (71 percent).

STAPLES-MOTLEY (67)

Adam Barnett 7, Kyle Bendson 2, Jace Thompson 9, Andy Schock 3, Brad Moore 6, Jeff Brever 26, Dan Lund 6, Josh Winter 6, Mike Brenna 2. Team totals: FG 24-52 (46 percent), FT 17-25 (68 percent). Conference -- 2-0. Overall --5-0. Next game: vs. Rochester John Marshall in Rochester Rotary Invitational 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

3-point baskets --SM-2 (Schock, Brever), DL-3 (Leitheiser 2, R. Manke). Rebounds --S-M 22 (Brever 10) DL 23. Total fouls --S-M 19, DL 14. Fouled out -- SM-Reed Manke.

Pierz 63, Holdingford 54

HOLDINGFORD -- Mark Kimman scored 25 points to lead the Pierz Pioneers to a 63-54 over the Holdingford Huskers in a Central-Minnesota Conference boys' basketball game Friday night.

Adam Tschida scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and collected four steals for the Pioneers.

Pierz 12 18 17 16 -- 63

Holdingford 10 18 15 11 -- 54

PIERZ (63)

Dan Saehr 8, Chris Zilka 6, Adam Tschida 10, Mark Kimman 25, Dave Kurtz 9, John Kahl 5. Team totals: FG 22-54 (41 percent), FT 15-20 (75 percent). Conference --1-0. Overall -- 4-1. Next game: Pierz at Crosby-Ironton Holiday Classic vs. Deer River 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

HOLDINGFORD (54)

Gary Meier 15, Adam Klein 16, Jim Muehlbauer 6, Scott Posch 4, Noah Klug 3, Brandon Stoermann 4, Adam Hlebain 6. Team totals: FG 23-53 (43 percent), FT 5-6 (83 percent). Conference -- 1-1. Overall -- 2-4.

3-point baskets -- P-4 (Dave Kurtz 3, Saehr 1), H-3 (Klein 2, Meier 1). Rebounds -- P 28 (Tschida 8), H 24. Turnovers -- P 15, H 17. Total fouls -- P 12, H 21. Fouled out -- H-Muelbauer. Assists -- P 15 (Zilka 6). Steals -- P 14 (Tschida 4). Blocks -- P 4.