Oakes reaches title games

Oakes will be playing for a pair of championships tonight at the Dakota Holiday Tournament in Ellendale.

The Tornadoes boys and girls both advanced to the title game with semifinal victories on Saturday at Ray Ulmer Fieldhouse on the campus of Trinity Bible College.

In the girls’ tournament, Oakes cruised past Barnes County North 58-35 and Leola-Frederick, S.D., edged host Ellendale 41-38 in overtime.

In the boys’ tournament, Oakes posted a big 73-45 win over Barnes County North and Ellendale cruised to a 69-47 win over Leola-Frederick.

Katie Brademeyer scored 22 points to lead the Oakes girls. Mak Sell added 12 and Michelle Warren 10.

Leah Hook led the Bison with 12.

Ellendale erased a five-point deficit to start the fourth quarter and forced overtime, but Leola-Frederick outscored the Cardinals 11-8 in the extra session to advance.

Chelsy Podoll led L-F with 15. Kiley Fuller had a game-high 21 for the Cardinals in the loss.

Zach Roberts powered the Tornadoes to the title game with a 27-point performance. Two other Oakes players reached double figures — Jason Hagen had 17 and Sam Vanorny added 10.

Kyle Heinze had 14 points for the Bison.

Ellendale jumped out to a 13-point first-quarter lead in beating Leola-Frederick.

Tanner White’s 21 paced four Cards in double figures. Nolan Hamar added 19 and Tyler Reisenauer and Ty Bommersbach each chipped in with 10 for Ellendale.

Wyatt Sumption led L-F with 16.

BCN takes on Ellendale in the girls’ third-place game today at 3:30 p.m., followed by the boys’ third-place game featuring BCN and Leola-Frederick at 5 p.m.

The Oakes/Leola-Frederick girls’ title game is set to tip off at 6:30 p.m., prior to the boys’ title game with Oakes taking on Ellendale at 8 p.m.

Dakota Holiday Tournament

Dec. 27, 29 at Ellendale

Girls

First round

Oakes 58, Barnes County North 55

Barnes County North 7 11 22 35

Oakes 12 32 46 58

Barnes County North: Allison Windish 8, Lauren McMillan 4, Leah Hook 12, Cassandra Kunze 2, Janae Kramlich 9. Totals: 10 FG, 12-16 FT, 14 fouls. Three-pointers: Hook 2.

Oakes: Michelle Warren 10, Katie Brademeyer 22, Bobbi Jo Chesley 2, Mak Sell 12, Jenna Erlandson 8, Nicole Warren 4. Totals: 26 FG, 4-120 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointers: Erlandson 2.

Leola-Frederick, S.D. 41, Ellendale 38 (OT)

Leola-Frederick 8 14 24 30 41

Ellendale 3 12 19 30 38

Leola-Frederick: Megan Hoffman 9, Angela Goodell 9, Caylee Hartel 4, Chelsy Podoll 15, Sara Mack 4. Totals: 16 FT, 9-14 FT, 16 fouls.

Ellendale: Kiley Fuller 21, Meg Martin 7, Kelsey Moritz 3, Kinsey Holm 1, Ashley Haman 6. Totals: 14 FG, 5-9 FT, 13 fouls. Three-pointers: Fuller 5.

Boys

First round

Oakes 73, Barnes County North 45

Barnes County North 9 19 36 45

Oakes 19 36 50 73

Barnes County North: Kyle Heinze 14, Tanner Hovland 2, Jordan Undem 11, Justin Magee 8, Tyler McFadgen 6, Andrew Wolff 2, Justin Undem 2. Totals: 17 FG, 9-16 FT, 10 fouls. Three-pointers: Heinze 4, McFadgen 2, Undem 2.

Oakes: Zach Roberts 27, Adam Ladwig 4, Ray Stenson 3, Jason Hagen 18, Sam Vanorny 10, Parker Zimmer 5, Alex Breitbach 4, Justin Cunningham 3. Totals: 32 FG, 5-7 FT, 19 fouls. Three-pointers: Roberts, Hagen Breitbach 2, Cunningham.

Ellendale 69, Leola-Frederick, S.D. 47

Ellendale 23 42 57 69

Leola-Frederick 10 23 33 47

Ellendale: Mike Redlin 7, Tanner White 21, Tyler Reisenauer 10, Ty Bommersbach 10, Nolan Hamar 19, Kyle Laabs 2. Totals: 29 FG, 6-17 FT, 16 fouls. Three-pointers: Reisenauer 2, Bommersbach 2, Redlin.

Leola-Frederick: Wyatt Sumption 16, Tyler Sumption 8, Cole Trubenbach 8, Matt Haas 2, Jack Daly 9, Taylor Christianson 2, Derek Baroroleau 2. Totals: 22 FG, 2-9 FT, 18 fouls. Three-pointer: W.Sumption.

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