The Northwood High School boys basketball team suffered a pair of losses last week, falling to Drummond Thursday, 61-50, and state-ranked Clayton Jan. 20, 58-33.
Northwood now holds an overall record of 5-5 and is 4-3 in the Central Lakeland Conference.
"This one was a close game until Drummond caught fire in the third quarter," said Paul Vaara, head coach of the Evergreens. "Drummond's inside scoring from Paul Walters and Brian Best was too much; they scored 17 points each."
Both teams scored 13 points in the opening quarter, and Drummond took a 26-23 lead after the first half. In the third quarter, the Evergreens fell behind as Drummond held a 21-13 scoring advantage.
The Evergreens matched Drummond's scoring again in the fourth quarter but couldn't narrow the gap and lost 61-50.
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Northwood was led by Gerrod Richard with 14 points, Joe Martin with 12 and Reese Stariha with 11 points.
Clayton, ranked No. 13 among Wisconsin Division 4 teams, was too much for the Evergreens Jan. 20. Vaara said Clayton dominated the game from start to finish as Northwood fell 58-33.
Brian Albano scored seven points for the Evergreens and Joe Martin added six.
Eagle girls win
The Solon Springs High School girls basketball team picked up a 61-40 win over South Shore Monday night at Solon Springs.
The Eagle girls were evenly matched with South Shore through the first half, leading by just two points at halftime, 28-26. Solon Springs furthered its lead to 43-36 in the third quarter behind seven points from Rachel Hanley, but South Shore remained within striking distance.
In the fourth quarter, the Eagles held South Shore to just one field goal and four points overall while scoring 18 of their own to claim the 61-40 victory.
Hanley hit three 3-pointers in the game and led Solon Springs in scoring with 24 points. Lorin Larson and Salann Gilbert both added 13 points. Chanae Barrett had seven points and Alex Sickler and Chanda Deming scored two points each.
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Taylore Orgren made a trio of 3-pointers to lead South Shore with 13 points. Lindsey Olson and Jayme Ellison also finished in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Eagle boys fall
The Solon Springs boy's basketball team couldn't overcome a 20 point third quarter by Mellen as the Eagles fell to the Granitediggers 62-59 in Solon Springs on Tuesday night.
The Eagles were led in scoring by Ryne Slivensky with 18 points and Tyler Luebbe chipping in 17. The duo was 9 for 9 at the free throw line.
The Eagles are at Mercer on Thursday with the game starting at 7:30 p.m.
