By Mark Nesbitt
mnesbitt@
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BLANCHARDVILLE - The Black Hawk boys basketball team was picked by many coaches as the preseason favorite to win the Six Rivers East. Just don't tell Pecatonica junior Colton Schraepfer that after he scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Vikings to a 66-56 win over the Warriors Friday.
Pecatonica (3-1, 2-0 Six Rivers East) jumped out to a 29-20 lead at the half and held off the Warriors in the second half. Vikings senior Evan Prust added 12 points and junior Jaden Hendrickson chipped in 9 points and hit two of the team's five 3-pointers. It marks the second straight loss for Black Hawk, which falls to 0-2 in conference.
"It's a good start no doubt about that," Pecatonica coach Matt Fink said. "I think the biggest thing is the timing. We played Black Hawk at the right time. They have only played two games and were coming off a long playoff run in football. They will come back and be better. We are fortunate. Happy and excited at the same time."
Black Hawk senior Michael Flanagan scored a team-high 14 points, senior C.J. Leuzinger had 11 and junior teammate Conner Meyer chipped in 10 points.
Monticello 49, Albany 31
MONTICELLO - Sophomore Reece Rufer and senior Jon Errthum dominated in the post combing for 28 points to lead the Ponies (1-3, 1-0) to a Six Rivers East Conference win over Albany (1-1) Friday.
Rufer scored a game-high 20 points and junior Jeffery Ace added 13 points. Errthum chipped in 8 points. The Ponies raced out to a 29-12 lead at the half.
"We were playing through the post and getting the ball inside," Monticello coach Mark Olson said. "I think Reece and Jon worked well inside together. When they got doubled they did a good job of kicking it outside to our shooters."
Albany junior Josh Dahl scored a team-high 12 points and junior Jamison Stauffacher added 8 points.
Juda 64, Argyle 54
JUDA - Keagen Haffele scored 17 points and Cole Fortney added 15 as the Panthers got points from 11 different players in a win over Argyle Thursday.
Juda led 34-38 at halftime, but the Orioles took a 44-42 lead in the second half.
"Right after they took that lead we went on an 8-0 run and never looked back," Juda coach Kurt Mansfield said.
Trent Anderson had 9 points and Jace Morris added 7 for Juda (2-3, 1-4). Argyle was led in scoring by Brent Ritschard (21) and Gavin Johnson (17).
In other action, Darlington knocked off Mineral Point in a showdown 56-53. With the win, Darlington improves to 4-0, 1-0 SWAL.
mnesbitt@
themonroetimes.com
BLANCHARDVILLE - The Black Hawk boys basketball team was picked by many coaches as the preseason favorite to win the Six Rivers East. Just don't tell Pecatonica junior Colton Schraepfer that after he scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Vikings to a 66-56 win over the Warriors Friday.
Pecatonica (3-1, 2-0 Six Rivers East) jumped out to a 29-20 lead at the half and held off the Warriors in the second half. Vikings senior Evan Prust added 12 points and junior Jaden Hendrickson chipped in 9 points and hit two of the team's five 3-pointers. It marks the second straight loss for Black Hawk, which falls to 0-2 in conference.
"It's a good start no doubt about that," Pecatonica coach Matt Fink said. "I think the biggest thing is the timing. We played Black Hawk at the right time. They have only played two games and were coming off a long playoff run in football. They will come back and be better. We are fortunate. Happy and excited at the same time."
Black Hawk senior Michael Flanagan scored a team-high 14 points, senior C.J. Leuzinger had 11 and junior teammate Conner Meyer chipped in 10 points.
Monticello 49, Albany 31
MONTICELLO - Sophomore Reece Rufer and senior Jon Errthum dominated in the post combing for 28 points to lead the Ponies (1-3, 1-0) to a Six Rivers East Conference win over Albany (1-1) Friday.
Rufer scored a game-high 20 points and junior Jeffery Ace added 13 points. Errthum chipped in 8 points. The Ponies raced out to a 29-12 lead at the half.
"We were playing through the post and getting the ball inside," Monticello coach Mark Olson said. "I think Reece and Jon worked well inside together. When they got doubled they did a good job of kicking it outside to our shooters."
Albany junior Josh Dahl scored a team-high 12 points and junior Jamison Stauffacher added 8 points.
Juda 64, Argyle 54
JUDA - Keagen Haffele scored 17 points and Cole Fortney added 15 as the Panthers got points from 11 different players in a win over Argyle Thursday.
Juda led 34-38 at halftime, but the Orioles took a 44-42 lead in the second half.
"Right after they took that lead we went on an 8-0 run and never looked back," Juda coach Kurt Mansfield said.
Trent Anderson had 9 points and Jace Morris added 7 for Juda (2-3, 1-4). Argyle was led in scoring by Brent Ritschard (21) and Gavin Johnson (17).
In other action, Darlington knocked off Mineral Point in a showdown 56-53. With the win, Darlington improves to 4-0, 1-0 SWAL.
