Boys basketball roundup: CMCS succumbs to Barnesville – West Central Tribune

WILLMAR – For more than 35 minutes, Central Minnesota Christian appeared to have victory within its grasp in the Bremer Bank Holiday Classic.

But high school boys basketball plays 36 minutes. And that last minute belonged to Barnesville.

Trailing 54-46 with 54 seconds left, the Trojans went on a 10-1 run to close out the game. A pair of free throws by Wyatt Suter with 15.1 seconds to go proved to be the difference in a 56-55 Barnesville victory in the big red gym at Willmar High School.

“Everything but one minute was great tonight,” Bluejays head coach Ted Taatjes said. “It’s hard, it’s hard to swallow. I told the kid that the season isn’t over or anything like that, but we have to start learning from those situations.”

CMCS junior Braelin Rime, 13, drives by a Barnesville defender in a game at the Bremer Bank Holiday Classic at Big Red Gym in Willmar.

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CMCS took an eight-point lead into the final minute on a layup by Braelin Rime. Barnesville’s Zachary Bredman drilled a fadeaway jumper, only for Rime to rebound and hit one of two free throws in his own end.

Bredman responded with a 3-pointer to make it 55-51 with 27 seconds left. On the inbounds pass, CMCS was called for a foul, giving the ball back to the Trojans. They answered with an Owen Riddle 3-pointer to make it a one-point game with 24 seconds left.

The Bluejays’ inbounds pass was deflected and ended up in Suter’s hands. He drew the foul in the paint, setting the stage for the game-winning free throws. Suter finished with a team-high 15 points.

Boosting the last play, the Bluejays couldn’t get the final down in time after a punt.

“We had a nice set where Bulthuis had to take a screen from Harrington for a nice open three up top,” Taatjes said. “They did a good job covering it. We hit the slide to Ryan and he got a little body and threw it and the rest is history. It’s hard when you don’t take a look at the end. We got what we wanted, but we didn’t execute it well. And that’s it.”

CMCS junior Ryan Harrington, right, posts Barnesville’s Wyatt Suter at the Bremer Bank Holiday Classic at Big Red Gym in Willmar.

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CMCS led 25-21 at halftime. They were led by a 25-point, 15-rebound effort from Ethan Bulthuis. The senior forward was 10 of 18 shooting, including 4 of 10 from 3-point range.

Junior forward Ryan Harrington added 14 points on 7-of-15 shooting. He also came up with nine rebounds (five offensive) against Barnesville’s stout group of post players led by Tate Inniger (14 points, 11 rebounds).

“(Harrington) worked a lot on his footwork this summer and what he may lack in athleticism, he makes up for with footwork and quality plays,” Taatjes said of Harrington, who is playing with an MCL injury. suffered decline from football. the season.

“He’s got some work to do to get to 100 percent, but he’s fighting and giving it everything he’s got.”

In the second day of the Bremer Holiday Classic on Friday, Barnesville takes on MACCRAY at 3:45 PM CMCS will try to bounce back at 2:00 PM against Redwood Valley.

CMCS head boys basketball coach Ted Taatjes talks to his players during a second half timeout against Barnesville in the Bremer Bank Holiday Classic at the Big Red gym in Willmar.

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Barnesville (2-0) 21 35-56
CMCS (4-2) 25 30 – 55
BARNESVILLE – Scoring: Zachary Bredman 7, Gannon Bolgrean 5, Owen Riddle 7, Carson Hagen 3, Ethan Larson 5, Tate Inniger 14, Wyatt Suter 15 … 3-point shots: Bredman 1, Bolgrean 1, Riddle 1, Larson 1, 1 , Suter 1 … Rebound leader: Inniger 11 … Assist leader: Bredman 4 … Steal leader: Bolgrean 2 … Block leader: none
CMCS – Scoring: Ethan Bulthuis 25, Drew Duininck 6, Kadin Dehmlow 6, Braelin Rime 4, Ryan Harrington 14 … 3-pointers: Bulthuis 4, Dehmlow 2 … Rebound leader: Bulthuis 15, Harrington 9 … Braly Mardencus assists: … Steal Driver: Rime 3 … Block Driver: Bulthuis 1

CMCS junior Kadin Dehmlow, top, drains a 3-pointer over Barnesville’s Carson Hagen at the Bremer Bank Holiday Classic at Big Red Gym in Willmar.

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Dassel-Cokato rallied from a late deficit to beat MACCRAY in a first-round game at the Bremer Bank Holiday Classic in Willmar.

Gabe Aamot had 20 points, Jackson Schrupp scored 16 and Nikolas Keith added 12 for the Chargers, who were tied 31-31 at halftime.

Isaac Post had 22 points and seven rebounds and Matt Wadsworth had 12 points and four assists for the Wolverines.

MACCRAY plays Barnesville at 3:45 pm Friday in Willmar. Dassel-Cokato plays Lac qui Parle Valley at 5:30 pm at the Big Red gym.

MACCRAY (5-2) 31 27-58
Dassel-Cokato (4-0) 31 39-70
MACCRAY – Scoring: Isaac Post 22, Matt Wadsworth 12, Nathan Wieberdink 8, Jordan Warne 7, Willie Miller 5, Sawyer Janssen 4 … 3-point shooting: Post 3, Wadsworth 3, Miller 1 … Rebound leader: Post 7 … Assist leader : Wadsworth 4 … Steal Lead: Wieberdink 3 … Block Lead: Janssen 3
DASSEL-COKATO – Scoring: Jayce Olthoff 6, Gabe Aamot 20, Kasen Warner 6, Nikolas Keith 12, Caleb Smock 7, Tobias Colline 3, Jackson Schrupp 16 … 3-point shots: Aamot 3, Warner 2, Skeith 12, Colline 1 … Rebound Leader: n/a … Assist Leader: n/a … Steal Leader: n/a … Block Leader: n/a

BBE 79, Mountain Iron-Buhl 60

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa used a big first half to cruise past Mount Iron-Buhl in the Granite City Classic played in St. Louis. cloud Tech.

Kaden Pieper had 32 points, nine rebounds and two steals to lead the Jaguars. Luke Dingmann added 22 points and 15 rebounds.

BBE plays Cass Lake-Bena at 2:15 p.m. Friday in St. Louis. Cloud Apollo.

Mount Iron-Buhl (3-4) 23 37 — 60
BBE (3-0) 51 28-79
MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL – Notes: Braylen Keith 2, TJ Duchamp 2, Asher Zubich 14, Mason Clines 6, Josh Holmes 26, Nik Jesch 4, Chris King 2, Micaden Clines 2, Alex Schneider 2 … 3-point shooting: Zubich , Holmes 6 … Rebound Leader: Holmes 6 … Assistant Leader: n/a … Steal Leader: Zubich 2, Mi. Clines 2 … Block leader: Holmes 2
BBE – Scoring: Kaden Pieper 32, Hayden Sobiech 7, Kaden DeRoo 2, Matt Walz 4, Luke Illies 4, Luke Dingmann 22, Brady Schwinghammer 2, Jamison Reed 6 … 3-pointers: Pieper 1, Sobiech 1, Sobiech 1, Rebound leader: Dingmann 15, Pieper 9 … Assistant leader: Dingmann 6 … Steal leader: Pieper 2 … Block leader: none

Litcfield improved to 2-0 in the Crusader Christmas Classic with a win over Moose Lake-Willow River at Cathedral St. Cloud.

The Dragons (3-2) beat the Spectrum 69-61 on Wednesday.

ML-WR fell to 5-4.

In other tournament games, Melrose defeated Spectrum 62-44 and Cathedral defeated Concordia Academy 85-84.

Friday’s schedule at Cathedral has Litchfield playing Concordia Academy at 3:45 p.m. Melrose vs. Moose Lake-Willow River at 12:30 p.m. and Spectrum playing Cathedral at 7 p.m.

Morris/CA 56, Proctor 27

Tyler Berlinger had 14 points and six rebounds and Drew Huebner added 13 points and two assists as Morris/Chokio-Alberta defeated Proctor Rails.

Morris/CA lost to Worthington 52-51 in the first round of the tournament on Wednesday.

Morris/CA (3-4) 32 24 — 56
Proctor (3-6) 15 12 – 27
MORRIS/CA – Scoring: Tyler Berlinger 14, Riley Asmus 10, Drew Huebner 13, Derek Waldbeser 3, Charlie Hanson 3, Kyle Fehr 2, Drew Storck 10, Matthew Giese 1 … 3-pointers: Berlinger 1, Asmusck 1, S 1 … Rebound Leaders: Berlinger 6, Asmus 7, Fehr 6 … Assist Leaders: Owen Anderson 2, Asmus 2, Huebner 2 … Steal Leaders: Asmus 2, Jack Tollefson 2 … Block Leader: Daniel Travis 2
PROCTOR – Statistics not available