WATERTOWN – Great Plains Lutheran held off a late Britton-Hecla rally to secure a 50-46 non-conference boys’ basketball win Friday night.
Isaac Kjenstad led the Panthers with 10 points. Jarret Bauer added eight, and Holden Karli and Lucas Johnson each finished with seven.
Chaz Vietor led all scorers with 17 points for Britton-Hecla, which lost for just the second time in seven outings this season.
BRITTON-HECLA (5-2): Mitchell Burger 1 0-0 2, Benjamin Folkman 2 0-0 5, William Richter 2 0-0 5, Lofton Heer 1 0-0 2, Chaz Vietor 4 8-12 17, Nathan Folkman 0 1-2 1, Jaxon Zuehlke 4 0-0 8, Graham Fosness 1 4-11 6. Totals 15 13-25 46.
GREAT PLAINS LUTHERAN (3-2): Jarret Bauer 2 2-2 8, Isaac Kjenstad 2 4-5 10, Holden Karli 2 0-0 6, Ezra Schaffer 2 0-0 5, Jeremiah Martens 2 0-0 4, Caleb Kannas 2 0-0 4, Logan Bergan 1 0-0 2, Aiden Cameron 0 4-4 4, Lucas Johnson 3 1-2 7. Totals 16-46 11-13 50.
Britton-Hecla 7 15 25 46
Great Plains Lutheran 11 21 37 50
3-point field goals – B. Folkman, Richter, Vietor; Bauer 2, Kjenstad 2, Karli 2, Schaffer. Fouled out – Fosness. Total fouls – Britton-Hecla 15; Great Plains Lutheran 19. Rebounds – Great Plains Lutheran 27 (Karli 7). Turnovers – Great Plains Lutheran 15. Assists – Great Plains Lutheran 9 (Bauer 2, Karli 2, Kannas 2). Steals – Great Plains Lutheran 11 (Bauer 4, Kjenstad 3).
Herreid-Selby Area 58, Langford Area 47
HERREID-SELBY AREA (2-4): Tatum Quaschnick 2 2-4 8, Anders Mortenson 2 0-0 6, Adonnis Mills 1 2-2 4, Jared Weisbeck 4 1-4 13, Timothy Rueb 2 0-0 4, Porter Gregg 2 1-2 6, Xavier Ritter 6 5-8 17. Totals 19 11-20 58.
LANGFORD AREA (0-7): Grayson Hurley 0 2-2 2, Eli Samson 1 0-0 2, Dawson Vander Vorst 0 0-2 0, Kassen Keough 5 7-9 19, Case Reints 4 0-0 10, Conner Glines 1 0-0 2, Dylan Harmon 4 4-6 12. Totals 15 13-19 47.
Herreid-Selby Area 11 27 45 58
Langford Area 9 27 36 47
3-point field goals – Quaschnick 2, Mortenson 2, Weisbeck 4, Gregg; Keough 2, Reints 2. Fouled out – Glines. Total fouls – Herreid-Selby Area 14; Langford Area 17. Rebounds – Langford Area 26 (Reints 5, Harmon 5). Turnovers – Langford Area 17. Assists – Langford Area 13 (Keough 3, Harmon 3). Blocked shots – Langford Area 5 (Harmon 3). Steals – Langford Area 8 (Hurley 2, Reints 2, Harmon 2).
