Cards, Bearcats advance to title tilt

Both semifinals at the Region 4 tournament went down to the wire, but in the end Carrington and top-ranked North Star were able outlast their opponents to earn spots in the Region 4 championship.

The Cardinals barely edged out Four-Winds-Minnewaukan 62-61, while North Star narrowly outscored Warwick 86-85 in what was a shootout in Devils Lake.

Austin Johnson led four Carrington scorers in double digits with 17 and Scott Burnham followed with 15.

Jacob Hagler did the most scoring for North Star with 32, but teammate Daniel Grande was close behind with 29.

The championship will be decided on Thursday in Devils Lake.

Christian Ironroad led Four Winds-Minnewaukan with 25 points and Melvin Langstaff’s 32 topped Warwick’s list of scorers.

Region 4 Tournament

Carrington 62, Four Winds-Minnewaukan 61

FW-M 19 39 51 61

Carrington 11 28 49 62

FW-M — Christian Ironroad 25, Ryan Hill 10, Trayvon McKay 8, Jonathan Yankton 8, Chris Cook 6, Brody Cavanaugh 4. Totals: 27 FG, 7-10 FT.

Carrington — Austin Johnson 17, Scott Burnham 15, Taylor Skytland 13, Scott Engelhorn 10, Seth Abaurrea 7. Totals: 21 15-23 62.

North Star 86, Warwick 85

Warwick 26 46 67 85

North Star 18 47 66 86

Warwick — Melvin Langstaff 32, Kyle Ironhawk 29, Antoine Motley 13, Mitch Greene 6, Brandon Jackson 5. Totals: 31 FG 7-11, FT.

North Star — Jacob Hagler 32, Daniel Grande 29, Colton Braun 14, Josh Haugen 6, Alex Weston 3, Brooks Larson 2. Totals: 33 FG, 6-8 FT.

Region 1

The three ball led the way at the Region 1 semifinals with Oak Grove beating Kindred 70-63 behind 13 three-pointers and Central Cass outlasting Maple Valley 65-64 with the help of eight triples.

Alex Widmer hit four threes for Oak Grove to give him 18 points in the game and Jordan Funfar dropped three triples for 13 points.

Central Cass won a nail-biter over Maple Valley for the final spot in the Region 1 title tilt.

Matt Zimmerman hit five threes to give him 20 points in the game and Ellery Bresnahan put up 21 for the Squirrels with the help of two triples.

Maple Valley was led by Wade Steidl’s 22 and Kindred got most of its offense from Eric Bachmeier and Casey Reink, who finished with 18 and 17, points, respectively.

Oak Grove 70, Kindred 63

Oak Grove — Carter Kretchman 3, Tyler Berg 6, Mike Rustvang 9, Alex Widmer 18, Jordan Funfar 13, Tyler Christianson 10, Brad Conant 11. Totals: 21 FG, 15-22 FT, Three-pointers: 13 (Widmer 4, Funfar 3, Berg 2, Conant 2, Kretchman, Rustvang), 19 Fouls.

Kindred — Eric Bachmeier 18, Casey Reinke 17, Nick Milbrandt 5, Fletcher Andel 3, Joey Ness 8, Jack Plankers 12. Totals: 24 FG, 10-20 FT, Three-pointers: 5 (Bachmeier 3, Reinke, Andel), 19 Fouls.

Central Cass 65, Maple Valley 64

Central Cass — Matt Zimmerman 20, Ellery Bresnahan 21, Ben Sundquist 5, Michael Utt 4, Joey Ueland 13, Josh Roesler 2. Totals: 25 FG, 7-19 FT, Three-pointers: 8 (Zimmerman 5, Bresnahan 2, Sundquist), 15 Fouls.

Maple Valley — Dylan Lerud 3, Wade Steidl 22, Ethen Preston 14, Jordan Haseleu 12, James Richman 13. Totals: 26 FG, 7-10 FT, Three-pointers: 5 (Steidl 3, Lerud, Haseleu), 16 Fouls.

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