Lions, Clippers to meet for title

Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock and Strasburg-Zeeland will meet for the District 6 tournament title tonight in Napoleon.

The top-seeded Lions held off Kidder County, while the Clippers edged by South Border in semifinal action on Monday night.

The Lions trailed Kidder County 26-23 at halftime, but won the second half 31-14. Ryan Schneider led Linton-HMB in scoring with 17 points. Jonathon Purintun added 11 and Brooks Flyberg 10.

Cole Scherbenske was the leading scorer for the Pirates with 16 while Ben Steinolfson added 11.

Strasburg-Zeeland outscored South Border 30-17 in the second half to rally out of a 35-25 halftime deficit.

Five Clippers scored nine points or more with Brody Nieuwsma’s 16 leading the way.

Michael Jacobson turned in another stellar night for the Mustangs with a tournament-high 26 points. South Border meets Napoleon in a region-qualifier tonight. The other qualifier pits Kidder County against Central Prairie.

District 6 Tournament

At Napoleon

Semifinals

Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock 54, Kidder County 50

Kidder County 10 26 33 50

Linton-HMB 9 23 39 54

Kidder County — Ryan Sand 9, Ben Steinolfson 11, Jordan Leier 8, Walker Brandt 4, Zach Six 2, Cole Scherbenske 16. Totals: 22 FG, 6-10 FT, 17 Fouls.

Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock — Andrew Small 3, Jonathon Purintun 11, Tyler Humann 5, Brooks Flyberg 10, Mason Ryckman 8, Ryan Schneider 17. Totals: 14 FG, Three-pointers: Small, Purintun, Humann, Flyberg, 14-23 FT, 12 Fouls.

Strasburg-Zeeland 55, South Border 52

South Border 15 35 46 52

Strasburg-Zeeland 7 25 39 55

South Border — Michael Rueb 9, Daniel Sayler 4, Adam Jacobson 4, Ross Knoll 4, Michael Jacobson 26, Hunter Pinke 5. Totals: 16 FG, Three-pointers: M.Jacobson 3, 11-12 FT, 17 Fouls.

Strasburg-Zeeland — Cole Nieuwsma 9, Kyle Nieuwsma 9, Nic Kramer 3, Brody Nieuwsma 16, Mason Kramer 9, Scotti Scherr 9. Totals: 16 FG, Three-pointers: Scherr 3, K.Nieuwsma 2, Kramer, 5-13 FT, 16 Fouls.

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