NSO Area Basketball Recap For Feb 25

Feb 26

Dwight Cadwell-NSO

NSO area basketball recap for Thursday, February 25

Girls Basketball

Esko 74 Proctor 27

The Esko Eskomos had three players in double figures Thursday night to lead them to their victory over the Rails in this Section 7AA contest. Savanna Trapp, Amanda Bergstedt, and Keely Deadrick were all in double figures for Esko. Aubrey Knox led Proctor with 9 points.

Floodwood 65 Carlton 51

Floodwood pulled away from a ten-point half time lead to shoot down the Bulldogs in this Polar League matchup in Carlton. Alissa Autio scored 20 for Floodwood in the win. Carlton’s vSarah Aili led all scorers with 23.

Providence Academy 49 Cloquet 34

The Lions broke open a contest that was close at halftime and outscored the Lumberjacks by 15 points in the second half to come away with a road win in Cloquet. The Lions shot a blistering 65% from the field in the second half for the win. Annabel Morrisroe led Cloquet with 13 points.

FDL 39 Wrenshall 31

Fond du Lac picked up their first win on the season with an eight point win at home Thursday night. Amber Fox led Fond du Lac with 18 points on the night. Natalie Peaney finished with 12 for the Wrens.

ML-WR 77 Pine City 62

Peggy Stephan scored 28 points with 24 coming in the second half as the Rebels picked up a big section win Thursday night. Maddy Adamczak finished with 18 and Natasha Dragicevich added 17 points in the win.

Boys Basketball

ML-WR 71 Aitkin 60

Caleb Koecher scored 16 points, while Taylor Mattison and Austin Jacobson each finished with 10 points in the
Rebels win over the Gobblers at home on senior night. The Rebels picked up a big section win with their victory.

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at dwight@northlandsportsonline.com