ORFORDVILLE — The Parkview Vikings used an 11-0 run early in the second half to pull away from the Brodhead Cardinals and win 64-41 in nonconference boys basketball on Monday, Dec. 29.
Senior Aiden Crane led all scorers with 24 points and senior Oliver Friedrich added 18 points to lead Parkview. The Vikings held a 32-18 halftime lead and increased it to 38-23 with 12 minutes left in the game. That’s when junior Kase Hazeltine made a free throw, senior Corbin Williams buried a three, junior Louis Nath scored off a steal and senior Gage Burrrell made a free throw to increase Parkview’s lead to 45-23. Crane followed with a free throw line jumper and another basket to put Parkview in control at 49-23 with 9:09 left in the game.
Senior Sam Searls, senior Nolan Bump, and sophomore Logan Krupke each scored eight points to lead the Cardinals, who lost their sixth straight game to begin the season.
Brodhead coach Tommy Meier said his team struggled offensively, but found a bright spot in how the Cardinals played defensively. “I was happy with the defensive effort, holding them in the 50’s-ish until the end there. We can live with that. We’ve been playing a lot of zone this year. We played a lot of man tonight. That was a good defensive effort, we’ve just got to get better offensively,” remarked Meier.
Parkview improved to 7-1 overall with the win. The Vikings are scheduled to host Waterloo in a nonconference game on Saturday, Jan. 3. Brodhead (0-6, 0-4 Rock Valley-Rock Division) play a nonconference game on the road at St. Ambrose on Monday, Jan. 5.
McFarland 81, Monroe 65
McFARLAND — The Monroe Cheesemakers couldn’t find a way to slow down the McFarland Spartans and lost 81-65 in nonconference boys basketball on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
Senior Logan Taylor led Monroe with 19 points. Seniors Marcus Ott and Miles Versnik each had 11 points to pace the Cheesemakers.
The loss dropped the Cheesemakers record to 5-3. Monroe played the Darlington Redbirds in a nonconference game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Friday, Jan. 2.
Darlington 77, Cambridge 46
LODI — Three players scored in double figures to help the Darlington Redbirds stay undefeated in a 77-46 win over Cambridge in the semifinals of the Lodi Holiday Tournament.
Sophomore Ryder Fitzsimons led the Redbirds with 22 points, junior Zeke Zuberbuhler put up17 points, and junior Dante Glendenning pumped in 12 points as the Redbirds improved to 3-0.
Darlington met Lodi (4-1) in the tournament championship game on Tuesday, Dec. 30 and lost 64-54. Lodi led 29-20 at halftime. Lodi’s Theo Traeder led his team to victory with a 30-point effort, including going 14-for-15 from the free throw line.
Pecatonica 59, Dodgeland 56
JUNEAU — Junior Griffin Noll led all scorers with 24 points while junior Luke Leonard scored 14 points and junior Martin Anderson contributed 11 points as the Pecatonica Vikings held off the Dodgeland Trojans 59-56 in a nonconference game on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
It was a close game throughout as the Vikings led 26-24 at halftime. Four of the past five games for the Vikings have been decided by six points or less.
Pecatonica (6-2, 2-2 Six Rivers East) will host Barneveld in Six Rivers East Conference action on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Another boys basketball score from Tuesday, Dec. 30 included Black Hawk defeating Monticello 50-37 in a Six Rivers East Conference game.
