Class B roundup: Cards, Pirates win at Stutsman

Ellendale (2-1) used a nice team effort offensively to scoot past Midkota (0-5) by the final of 59-44 in consolation play of the Stutsman County Boys Basketball Tournament at the Jamestown Civic Center on Friday.

The Cardinals’ James Johnston (16 points), Chase Durheim (13), Adam White (12) and Shawn Hofer (10) all hit double figures in scoring and helped Ellendale convert 24 of 58 field goals for 41 percent in the ball game.

Ellendale outrebounded the Mustangs 46-28, led by Zach Dathe with 9 rebounds and White with 8. Midkota struggled to knock down shots, converting just 16 of 50 attempts for 32 percent.

The Mustangs were led by Austin Monson with 15 points and 8 rebounds. Christian Leininger also added 10 points for Midkota.

Ellendale will face Kidder County in today’s consolation championship game at 3:30 p.m. Midkota will get today’s final round started by facing Central Prairie in the seventh-place contest at 2 p.m.

Kidder Co. 56, Central Prairie 54

One team was bound to walk off the court with its first victory of the season in the second consolation game.

Kidder County (1-3) used an 8-2 run to break up a 48-48 tie with 4 minutes left in the fourth period against the Central Prairie Firebirds (0-4), and the Pirates would hang on from there to grab the two-point victory for win No. 1 on the season.

Central Prairie’s Alex Eissinger had the hot hand early, drilling three first-period 3-pointers to help the Firebirds to a 13-11 advantage after one. Eissinger hit four treys in all and led all scoring with 18 points.

Kidder County’s Walker Brandt hit a baseline jumper with 6 seconds left in the half to give the Pirates a 28-26 halftime lead. Ryan Sand and Zach Six paced the Pirates by scoring 11 points each. Sand also pulled down 12 rebounds in the game.

Stutsman County Boys Basketball Tournament

At Jamestown Civic Center

Friday’s consolation games

No. 4 Ellendale 59, No. 8 Midkota 44

Ellendale 16 31 48 59

Midkota 12 27 36 44

Ellendale — James Johnston 16, Chase Durheim 13, Adam White 12, Shawn Hofer 10, Zach Dathe 6, Joe Cegla 2. Totals: 24-58 FG, 7-12 FT, 46 rebounds (Dathe 9), 17 fouls, 15 assists (Hofer 5), 18 turnovers, 5 blocks (Dathe 2, White 2), 7 steals (Johnston 2, Hofer 2). Three-pointers: (4-9) Johnston 2, Hofer 1, Durheim 1.

Midkota — Austin Monson 15, Christian Leininger 10, Brandt Ronningen 9, Dalton Ehlers 6, Dakota Hoyt 2, Joseph Vollmer 2. Totals: 16-50 FG, 7-12 FT, 28 rebounds (Monson 8), 15 fouls (Hoyt), 13 assists (Monson 5), 17 turnovers, 2 blocks (Monson 2), 5 steals (Ehlers 2, Monson 2). Three-pointers: (5-16) Leininger 2, Ehlers 2, Ronningen 1.

Records: Ellendale 2-1; Midkota 0-5.

No. 6 Kidder County 56 vs. No. 7 Central Prairie 54

Kidder County 11 28 42 56

Central Prairie 13 26 40 54

Kidder County — Ryan Sand 11, Zach Six 11, Jordan Leier 10, Cole Scherbenske 9, Ben Steinolfson 7, Walker Brandt 4, Hunter Pfaff 2, Jayden Miller 2. Totals: 21-60 FG, 12-20 FT, 40 rebounds (Sand 12), 15 fouls, 12 assists (Sand 3, Steinolfson 3), 16 turnovers, 3 blocks (3 with 1), 14 steals (Brandt 4, Six 4). Three-pointers: (2-8) Steinolfson 1, Six 1.

Central Prairie — Alex Eissinger 18, Wyatt Staloch 12, Brett Williams 9, Avery Foerderer 5, Hunter Larson 4, Zach Meyer 4, Donavan Moser 2. Totals: 22-53 FG, 6-12 FT, 39 rebounds (Williams 9), 17 fouls, 17 assists (Larson 7), 20 turnovers, 9 blocks (Williams 3, Staloch 3), 8 steals (Eissinger 2, Larson 2). Three-pointers: (4-12) Eissinger 4.

Records: Kidder County 1-3; Central Prairie 0-4.

Girls NR-Sheyenne 56, Rolette-Wolford 50

New Rockford-Sheyenne used a 16-point effort from Ashley Ystaas and received 14 from Rachel Hermanson in a 56-50 overtime win over Rolette-Wolford.

Lexi Weber added 10 for the Rockets, who outscored 11-5 in the extra period.

Rolette-Wolford’s Kenady Martinson had a team-high 13 points.

NR-S 56, Rolette-Wolford 50

Rolette-Wolford 14 25 33 45 50

NR-S 15 21 31 45 56

Rolette-Wolford — Kenady Martinson 13, Lexi Whittmayer 13, Rae Beaver 11, Alyssa Graber 5, Katie Henry 4, Callie Brorby 2, Brittany Tumey 2.

New Rockford-Sheyenne — Ashley Ystaas 16, Rachel Hermanson 14, Lexi Weber 10, Renelle Allmaras 8, Lacey Grann 6, Katie Thompson 2.

Stras.-Zeel. 50, P-B-K 41

Jennifer Wikenheiser led a balanced Strasburg-Zeeland attack with 10 points in a 50-41 win over Pingree-Buchanan-Kensal.

The Rebels led 13-6 after the first quarter, but were outscored 44-28 the rest of the way. Morgan Thomas topped the Rebels with 13 points. Amanda Beckley added 12.

Linton Shootout

Strasburg-Zeeland 50, Pingree-Buchanan-Kensal 41

Strasburg-Zeeland 6 24 40 50

Pingree-Buchanan-Kensal 13 21 30 41

Strasburg-Zeeland — Madelyn Kramer 2, Suzanne Ternes 7, Courtney Bubach 9, Ali Wolf 9, Brooke Scherr 4, Kara Weigle 2, Jennifer Wikenheiser 10, Brittany Moser 7. Totals: 15 FG, Three-pointers: Ternes, Bubach, Moser, 11-17 FT, 11 Fouls.

Pingree-Buchanan-Kensal — Shantel Albrecht 4, Jenna Van Ray 2, Amanda Beckley 12, Jordan Thomas 5, Callie Neys 5, Morgan Thomas 13. Totals: 16 FG, Three-pointers: Thomas 2, 3-6 FT, 15 Fouls.

Kidder County 47, Washburn 25

Morgan Rohrich pumped in 20 points to lead Kidder County over Washburn.

Sadie Rohrich added 12 points for the Pirates, who led 19-6 after one quarter and never looked back.

Kidder County 47, Washburn 25

Washburn 6 12 17 25

Kidder County 19 26 40 47

Washburn — Carly Freeman 4, Mandy Schell 7, Heidi Scheutz 5, Kenady Hansen 2, Kennedy Retterath 7. Totals: 9 FG, Three-pointers: Schell, 4-7 FT, 15 Fouls.

Kidder County — Morgan Rohrich 20, Sadie Rohrich 12, Jordan Mayer 3, Rebecca Schmidt 4, Mary Nicholson 8. Totals: 14 FG, Three-pointers: Rohrich 3, 10-15 FT, 14 Fouls.

SW-Munich 67, FW-Minn. 33

Bobbi Bertsch finished with 20 points and Miranda Darling added 17 in Starkweather-Munich’s 67-33 win over Four Winds-Minnewaukan.

FW-M was led by Dawn Black’s 12 points.

Starkweather-Munich 67, Four Winds-Minnewaukan 33

SM 13 28 51 67

FWM 15 25 32 33

Starkweather-Munich —Bobbi Bertsch 20, Miranda Darling 17, Brenna Hoeppner 7, Kaisa Morstad 9, Abbie Bertsch 4, Kaylee Anderson 8, Erica Kitch 2. Totals 25 14-32 67.

Four Winds-Minnewaukan — Dawn Black 12, Ilana Greybear 8, Bethany Yankton 7, Demrae Ami 4, Cathy Ann Santos 1, Hillary Black 1. Totals 13 4-20 33.

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