Area Boys Basketball: Late Burley basket lifts Rangers

Isaac Burley registered 15 points and hit a two-pointer at the buzzer to bring C-I a home win.

Griffin Webster tallied 25 points and Josh Lombard added 23 points for the Cardinals.

S-M is on a four-game losing streak.

Staples-Motley 28 40—68

Crosby-Ironton 33 37—70

STAPLES-MOTLEY

Josh Lombard 23, Derek Kennedy 3, Brayden Losh 11, Max Giza 3, Griffin Webster 25, Chase Davis 3. FG 25-50 (50 percent), FT 8-13 (62 percent). 3-point 10-17 (59 percent). Conference: 1-2. Overall: 2-7. Next: hosts Park Rapids 7:15 p.m. Thursday.

CROSBY-IRONTON

Cayden Turk 12, Dakota Mitchell 9, Isaac Burley 15, Jonathan Jacobson 20, Kyle Skeim 14. FG 25-46 (54 percent), FT 12-16 (75 percent). 3-point 8-22 (36 percent). Conference: 2-2. Overall: 7-6. Next: at Detroit Lakes 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Lake Region 78, Prior Lake 50

BAXTER—Nick Christenson posted 22 points in the Lake Region Christian School Hornets' 78-50 victory over the Prior Lakes Eagles in a Minnesota Association of Christian Schools match-up Tuesday.

Tommy Thompson tallied 14 points to help the Hornets improve to 7-2 overall.

Lake Region 46 32—78

Prior Lake 23 27—50

LAKE REGION

Tommy Thompson 14, Trey Ogren 8, Carson Moore 5, Nick Christenson 22, Logan Backstrom 4, Phil lmdieke 7, Eli Richter 9, Daniel Kientzle 6, Aaron Jaehnert 2, Josiah McGaffey 2, Jonas Boelter 2. FG 29-69 (42 percent), FT 15-26 (58 percent). 3-point 5-14 (36 percent). Conference: 6-2. Overall: 7-2. Next: Lake Region at Prior Lake Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Pillager 63, Sebeka 60

PILLAGER—Josh Doss tallied 26 points and grabbed a defensive rebound at the end of the game to seal a 63-60 victory for the Pillager Huskies over the Sebeka Trojans in a Park Region Conference game Tuesday.

Doss finished with eight rebounds and eight steals and was joined in double figures by Spencer Schaefer with 11 points.

Sebeka 33 27—60

Pillager 28 35—63

SEBEKA

James Clark 22, Jack Lillquist 18, Kolby Kiser 3, Mason Dailey 3, Dawson Bullock 2, William Hannu 7, Ethan Simon 2, Tyce Lee 3. FT 17-23 (74 percent).

PILLAGER

Carson Vanvickle 8, Ty Swenson 4, Jack Bentson 2, Levi Nagel 7, Spencer Schaefer 11, Kaleb Smith 5, Joshua Doss 26. FG 22-70 (31 percent), FT 17-31 (55 percent). 3-point 0-6 (0 percent). Conference: 4-2. Overall: 7-6. Next: hosts Barnum 4 p.m. Saturday.

Pine River-Backus 65, Blackduck 59

PINE RIVER—Nick Ackerman tallied 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Pine River-Backus Tigers as they defeated the Blackduck Drakes 65-59 Tuesday.

Torry Hirschey added 16 points for the Tigers and Louis Bueckers 14 in the Northland Conference game.

Blackduck 18 41—59

Pine River-Backus 24 41—65

BLACKDUCK

Peyton Johnson 9, Dylan Moen 14, Shawn O'Brien 8, Mark Kingbird 12, Dayne Savich 5, Kobe Arp 10. FT 9-16 (56 percent).

PINE RIVER-BACKUS

Champ Howard 2, Chris Krecklau 3, Brady Raph 3, Torry Hirschey 16, Nick Ackerman 21, Louis Bueckers 14, Nathaniel Wosmek 6. FT 17-27 (63 percent). Conference: 4-2. Overall: 5-5. Next: hosts Menahga 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Wadena-Deer Creek 66, Menahga 58

MENAHGA—Ryan Anderson led a balanced Wolverine attack with 14 points as Wadena-Deer Creek beat Menahga 66-58 in Tuesday's Park Region Conference game.

Bereket Loer and Jonathan Pantages each contributed 12 points for WDC and Noah Ross finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds.

Menahga 26 32—58

Wadena-Deer Creek 34 32—66

MENAHGA

Charlie Hodge 9, Tristan Aho 20, Zach Floyd 11, Jonah Howard 3, Grant Tolkkinen 8, Anthony Wurdock 3, Wade Berttunen 1, Owen Anderson 3. FG 20-66 (30 percent), FT 7-16 (43 percent). 3-point 11-31 (35 percent).

WADENA-DEER CREEK

Bereket Loer 12, Jonathan Pantages 12, Matt Goeden 5, Hunter Hawkins 5, Lucas Doyle 4, Noah Ross 11, Ryan Anderson 14, Henry Fitzsimmons 3. FG 23-58 (39 percent), FT 11-25 (44 percent). 3-point 9-19 (47 percent). Conference: 3-1. Overall: 5-6. Next: Hosts Sebeka 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

ML-WR 68, Aitkin 53

AITKIN—DJ Haasken tossed in 22 points for the Aitkin Gobblers who lost their fifth-straight game, 68-53 to the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels in a Section 7-2A matchup Tuesday.

ML-WR 31 37—68

Aitkin 30 23—53

MOOSE LAKE-WILLOW RIVER

Thomas Gulso 6, Avery Kosloski 6, Adam Dragicevich 22, Ryan Barrett 5, Logan Orvedahl 5, Brady Watrin 14. FT 14-26 (54 percent).

AITKIN

DJ Haasken 22, Garrett Westerlund 5, David Curtiss 5, Hunter Moe 11, Jake Kukowski 3, Kade Hopperstad 4, Kyle Cluff 3. FT 12-16 (75 percent). 3-point 9. Overall: 3-7. Next: hosts Pequot Lakes 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Cathedral 83, Pequot Lakes 54

PEQUOT LAKES—Tyler Manley tossed in 18 points and Chase Larson added 10 for the Pequot Lakes Patriots in an 83-54 non-conference loss to st. Cloud Cathedral Tuesday.

The Quality Results Formula had Pequot ranked No. 3 in Class 2A, while Cathedral was 10th. The Crusaders finished third in last year's Class 2A state tournament.

Sam Schneider drilled six 3-pointers and led Cathedral with 22 points.

Cathedral 36 47—83

Pequot Lakes 26 28—54

ST. CLOUD CATHEDRAL

Andrew Weisser 2, Jackson Jangula 2, Will Kranz 7, Nick Schaefer 12, Mitchell Plombon 10, Sam Schneider 22, Isaiah Anderson 4, Michael Schaefer 22, Jacob Stolzenberg 2. FT 10-12 (percent). 3-point 10.

PEQUOT LAKES

Austin Young 4, Chase Larson 10, Dylin Ackerman 8, Sean Ryan 2, Sam Scheuss 3, Jordan Schommer 7, Tyler Manley 18, Zach Senst 2. FT 16-25 (percent). 3-point 2. Overall: 8-2. Next: at Aitkin 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Henning 56, Verndale 45

VERNDALE—Owen Korfe tallied 19 points for the Verndale Pirates in a 56-45 Park Region Conference loss to the Henning Hornets Tuesday.

Henning 33 23—56

Verndale 26 19—45

HENNING

Lee Bjorkland 1, Parker Fraki 5, Blake Wallevand 6, Isaac Fisher 7, Sam Fisher 26, Dylan Trana 3, Adam Lange 8. FG 21-50 (42 percent), FT 12-17 (71 percent). 3-point 2-10 (20 percent).

VERNDALE

Brayden Vertina 5, Owen Korfe 19, Tate Bounds 6, Luke Weniger 7, Casey Holman 2, Carter Schmitz 6. FG 18-52 (35 percent), FT 3-11 (27 percent). 3-point 6-21 (29 percent). Conference: 2-2. Overall: 3-6. Next: at New York Mills 7:30 p.m. Friday.