Wrens Retain The Jug

Photos by; Marianne Pierson & Myrissa Laitinen

Tyler Peterson-NSO

It was a night with the gym jam packed full of roaring fans anxiously awaiting the rivalry game that has been around for ages, however the night would favor one team over the other as the Wrenshall Wrens would grab the 62-26 victory over the Bulldogs.

The game was fast paced from the start with Wrenshall grabbing the early 9-3 lead. Turnovers would plague the Bulldogs throughout the game, but especially early on as the Wrens would take advantage of them and grab the 20-9 lead. Wrenshalls Aaron Adkins would catch on fire in the 1st half of the game, hitting 4 consecutive three pointers to give the Wrens a large 41-17 lead at halftime.

The second half would start where it left off, with the Wrens rallying off 12 unanswered points increasing their lead to 53-17. The Bulldogs would be on a 15 minute scoring drought until Cade Pierson knocked down a three to end the Wrenshall run. The Bulldogs would get on a little run of their own, scoring 7 straight points but Wrenshall would continue their run and grab the 62-26 win.

Leading the way to The Jug for the Wrens would be Aaron Adkins who had a game high of 19 points. Also in double digits for the Wrens was Jared Kittel putting in 15 and Jessie Ellerbe adding 10. Rounding it out in the victory was Andrew Frank punching in 6 points, Marcus Virgina with 4, Jonathan Powers had 3, Dustin Shelton and Luke Vine each scored 2 points and Justin Dougherty rounded it out with 1.

In the loss for the Bulldogs, Cade Pierson would have a team high 8 points, Dominic Bennett added 6, Adam Ermatinger would have 4, Waylon Lekander added 3 points, Eric Soderstrom would punch in 3, and Nick Lee would round it out with 2 points.

With the victory for the Wrenshall Wrens, they improve to 6-1 on the season and will be back in action when they play the South Ridge Panthers (4-1) at home on Tuesday, December 17th. The Bulldogs fall to 0-4 on the year and will square off with the Lakeview Christian Lions (0-4) at UWS on Tuesday, December 17th.

The Wrens and Bulldogs will renew their rivalry on Tuesday, January 7th in Carlton.

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com