Otters stop Apollo 60-42

Daily Journal

Published Saturday, January 26, 2008

Dave Rund’s Fergus Falls Otters cooled down a hot St. Cloud Apollo club Friday night with a 60-42 victory.

The state-ranked Otters improved to 13-4 as they warmed up for a trip to Detroit Lakes Tuesday. The Eagles, who had won six of the seven entering Friday’s contest, fell to 11-7.

The key to beating Apollo was the job the Otters did on their scoring ace, Andrea Hagberg.

Hagberg entered the contest needing just 35 points to become Apollo’s all-time leading basketball scorer. She contributed a respectable 10 points in the first half but was held to just a pair in the second. As a team, the Eagles shot a cool 35 percent.

“We did a better job of identifying where she was in the second half,” said Rund.

Brooke Dunsmoor ended up leading the Eagles with 15 points.

Hannah Draxten had 23 points and nine rebounds to leading the Otters in both departments, Amanda Lewis netted 18 points and Erin Morstad kicked in with 12, The Otters connected on 27 of their 53 floor shots.

The Otter JV team won 47-27 with Mariah Monke scoring 10. The Otter freshmen won 35-21 behind Kelly Hohman’s 11 points.

The Otters were ousted from playoff action last year by Detroit Lakes but defeated the Lakers decisively, 46-26, in a Dec. 15 meeting in Fergus Falls.

The Lakers are 10-6 after losing a 67-64 decision Friday to Crosby-Ironton.

ST. CLOUD APOLLO (42)

A. Hagberg 12, B. Orionzi 7,

B. Dunsmoor 15, H. Asfeld 2, H. Dunsmoor 2, C. Lynch 4. Totals: 15/1 9-13 42

FERGUS FALLS (60)

S. Erickson 2, S. Wellendorf 1, N. Clouse 2, E. Morstad 12, A. Lewis 18, H. Draxten 23, B. Rengel 2. Totals: 24/3 3-7 60

St. Cloud Apollo 20 22 — 42

Fergus Falls 32 28 — 60

Fouls: Apollo 9, FF 13

Ashby 90, Henning 45

ASHBY — Alisha Sethre led all scoring with 26 points as the Arrows doubled Henning’s score in a non-conference tilt. Emily and Amanda Johnson combined for 29 points as Megan Sterns contributed with 10. Megan Gullickson scored 12 points and grabbed 10 boards for the double-double.

Kim Miller led the Hornets offensive effort with 15 points.

Ashby came down with 45 rebounds on the night and turned the ball over only nine times.

Ashby was up 57-25 at the half. They shot 56 percent from the field as well.

The Arrows are currently 11-4 overall and 6-2 in the LEC as the host Hillcrest Thursday night.

HENNING (45)

K. Miller 15, B. Joerger 2, S. Houselog 2, L .Trosdahl 6, C. Schwartz 7, W. Anderson 3, A. Haugdahl 4, S. Ellenson 6. Totals: 11/3 14-26 45

ASHBY (90)

E. Johnson 13, A. Sethre 26, A. Johnson 16, K. Falk 2, D. Martinson 1, J. Kent 2, M. Gullickson 12, M. Sterns, A. Moe 4, K. Hanson 1, S. Quernemoen 4. Totals: 31/5 13-20 90

Henning 25 20 — 45

Ashby 57 33 — 90

Fouls: Henning 16, Ashby 21

Fouled out: Martinson, Johnson (Ashby)

Perham 85, Breckenridge 43

PERHAM — Elisa Moenkedick led the way for the Yellowjackets with 23 points and six boards as they blew past the Cowgirls.

Steph Miller and Tara Sailer contributed to Perham’s score by combining for 24 points.

Stacey Abel led the Cowgirls in scoring with 10 points.

Perham played good clean ball committing only 13 fouls and six turnovers in the contest.

The Yellowjackets went into the half-time break with a 25 point lead shooting 63 percent from the field.

The battle under the basket was won by Perham with 30 boards as they collected 30 assists also.

Perham will pack up and head out to take on DGF Thursday.

BRECKENRIDGE (43)

J. Banken 10, S. Abel 10, M. Vold 9, W. Conzemius 2, L. Wulfkunte 4, J. Reiff 8. Totals: 17/1 8-14 43

PERHAM (85)

T. Sailer 10, B. Peloquin 2, M. Lindberg 9, S. Miller 14, S. Wieczorek 3, E. Lindberg 2, R. Pfeffer 7, T. Schroeer 6, S. Formanek 9, E. Moenkedick 23. Totals: 29/7 6-9 85

Breck 22 21 — 43

Perham 47 38 — 85

Fouls: Breckenridge 9, Perham 13

West Central Area 50, Lake Park-Audubon 40

BARRETT — Liza Torgerson almost nabbed a triple-double as the Lady Knights took down the Raiders.

Torgerson had 11 points, 10 boards and seven steals. Taylor Brekke was close behind with 14 points, nine boards and five steals.

Dawnelle Askelson scored 15 points and grabbed 16 boards for the Raiders while Ashley Tinglestad dished out 10 assists.

The two clubs combined for 54 turnovers in the game. WCA hauled in 48 rebounds in the contest.

The Lady Knights improve to 14-4 overall and 10-2 in the Heart O’ Lakes Conference. They will travel to Frazee Thursday night to take on the Hornets.

LAKE PARK-AUDUBON (40)

D. Askelson 15, A. Tinglestad 5, A. Knudsvig 5, C. McIntire 4, S. Giese 4, E. Erickson 4, T. Hall 3. Totals: 15/3 1-5 40

WEST CENTRAL AREA (50)

T. Brekke 14, L. Torgerson 11, D. Ronhovde 7, L. Huebner 4, E. Juergens 4, A. Werk 4, A. Nelson K. Lacey 3. Totals: 16/4 6-14 50

LPA 15 25 — 40

WCA 24 26 — 50

Fouls: LPA 16, WCA 14