Bombers Soar Past Panthers

Photos by: Carley Cadwell

Dwight Cadwell-NSO

Newman hits for 33 in Bombers Win

Culver- Brandon Newman hit for 33 points Monday night as the Barnum Bombers knocked off the South Ridge Panthers 73-35 Monday night at South Ridge High School.

In a battle of two 6-1 teams and both teams coming in with identical 6-1 records it looked like it was going to be a battle till the end, but it was the Bombers hot shooting along with foul trouble and poor shooting by the Panthers and this game was decided early on Monday night.

Colton Peterson, Dominic Janke, and Kody Karppinen all spent time on the Panther bench with 3 fouls in the first half with Peterson spending almost 16 minutes on the bench which took a key player away from South Ridge.

With the poor shooting, fouls, and turnovers the Bombers exposed their openings and took full advantage as Barnum blew out to a 43-21 lead at halftime behind 16 first half points by Newman.

Newman continued to roll in the second half adding 17 more points to give him a total of 33 on the night. While no other Bomber hit double figures Monday night they did have a balanced scoring attack as Mitchell Weller and Tory Slater each adding 8 points for Barnum.

Zach Carlson scored 7 points for the Bombers, Chase Peterson added 6 points while Dacotah Haley finished with 4, and it was Nathan Jelinek and Tanner Fuglestad each with 2 points, while Hunter Fetters finished with 1 point on the night.

The Panthers Bill Redding was South Ridge’s top scorer Monday night as he had 12 points in the loss, Kody Karppinen finished with 9 while Dominic Janke, Drew Janke, and Colton Peterson all finishing with 4 points, Zach Johnson added 2 points to round out the Panthers scoring on the night.

The Bombers improve to 7-1 on the season and they will host Luck, Wisconsin next Tuesday night at Barnum High School. The Panthers fall to 6-2 and they will host Northwoods next Tuesday night in Culver.

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at Dwight@northlandsportsonline.com