Youth Basketball Roundup: March 2

By news@superiortelegram.com

March 03, 2011 at 10:11 AM

Seventh-grade boys

The Superior seventh-grade boys traveling basketball team finished its Great Northwest Basketball League season with a 24-0 record, winning the Ashland tournament this past weekend.

Superior opened with a 40-23 win over Rhinelander. Leading scorers were Brandon Myer with 17 points, and Brett Lozon with 12.

Superior then defeated Esko 45-24. Myer led again with 15 points, Lozon added 14, and Garrett Hobson added six.

Superior then knocked off Ashland 58-18. Lozon scored 15 points, followed by Shaun Petrovich with nine and Devin Borstad and Hobson with eight each.

In the championship game Superior defeated Lakeland 48-24. Petrovich led the way with 12 points, followed by Matt Larsen and Hobson with 10 each.

Other team members include: Grant Anderson, Evan Hughes and Terrell Wong. The team is coached by Jeff Anderson and assisted by Mike Butera.

Superior won all six league tournaments it entered this year. Others including Superior, Cloquet, Northwestern, Spooner and Minong.

Superior (29-3 overall) will play in its final tournament this weekend in Pine City.

Eighth-grade boys

The Superior eighth-grade boys traveling team finished the Greater Northwest Basketball League season Feb. 26 at the Baldwin-Woodville tournament, which featured the top teams from the GNBL.

Superior's first game was a 53-33 win over the highly-ranked Eau Claire Suns.

Defense led the way again as Superior defeated the Chippewa Cardinals 63-37.

The third game of the day was a 61-32 win over Altoona. The Spartans had 25-12 first-quarter lead and were able to put away the game in the second quarter by outscoring Altoona 20-5, to take a 45-17 halftime lead.

The championship game came down to No. 1-rated Superior against No. 2-rated Menomonie.

Superior jumped out to an early first-quarter lead of 23-15, but the Bucks came roaring back with a 21-4 second quarter to take a 36-27 lead. Superior used a patient third-quarter offensive attack to cut the lead to six, and continued to chip away in the fourth quarter. With three seconds remaining, the Spartans cut the gap to one point and then made 1-of-2 free throws to send the game into overtime.

Superior jumped out early in OT and never looked back to take the game and tournament title in a 57-53 win.

Superior finishes the season with an undefeated GNBL record and a three-year record of 74-2, which propelled it from a No. 28 ranking to the No. 1 ranking in a field of 151 teams.

Superior now travels to Rochester, Minn., this weekend for a tournament featuring the best Minnesota teams and then concludes the season March 26-27 in a Marshfield tournament featuring the best Wisconsin teams.

Members of Superior's team are: Austin Arnovich, Johnny Curphy, Connor Gray, Jeb Kimmes, Nic Mehlum, Devon Rivord, Nathan Sanders, McKenzie Schwarz, Jake Semborski, and Sam Urban. The team is coached by Jim Schwarz and assisted by Kyle Mehlum.

Solon Springs tourney

The Northern Lights I team of the Superior Basketball Association 7th-8th- grade league captured first place in the Solon Springs tournament.

Northern Lights drew the No. 1 seeded team from Great Lakes, which entered the tournament with a 12-0 record. Great Lakes had two previous victories over Northern Lights 1. This time, however, the boys from Northern Lights came out on top by a score of 38-33. Leading the way for NL 1 was Dustin Knutson with 14 points, followed by Dylan Knutson with nine, Christian Haberling eight, David Massoglia three, Brandon Adams and Nick Hesselgrave two each.

Jake Libal paced Great Lakes with 16 points. Collin Krysiak added seven, Dayton Gudowsi had four and Brandon Severin, Tim Meteraud, and Bryce Karlon had two each.

NL then defeated Solon Springs No. 2 38-36. Dustin Knutson led the way with 19 points, followed by Dylan Knutson, nine; Massoglia and Haberling, three each; and Hesselgrave and Alain Pierce, two each.

Solon Springs got 16 points from Logan Long and 14 from Ryan Anderson had 14.

In the title game NL defeated Bryant. In overtime Dylan Knutson was 4-for-4 from the line while brother, Dustin, was 1-for-1 plus a two-pointer for NL, which limited Bryant to just two points in the extra frame.

Dustin Knutson led the way with 14 points, Dylan Knutson had 10; Massoglia, eight; Haberling, three; and Brandon Adams, two.

For Bryant, Ean Fredericks took game-scoring honors with 21 points. Blake Sharpe added seven point, Austin Slaviero had two and Cole Edwards and Cole Defoe each made a free throw.

Other team members for Bryant team coached by Russell Fredericks and Rob Schlicting are Andrew Erickson, Trevor Gomulak, Tate Schlicting, Jake Nindorf and Brandon Byrns.

Other members of the championship NL 1 team are Liam Johnson, Griffin Freeman, Ronnie Nguyen. They are coached by Casey and Jeff Mickelson

Next up for the SBA are the league playoffs in all four divisions. Games begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and conclude with games including the championships on Saturday, March 5. All games are at the Superior Middle school.

Spectacular Saturday Tournament

Solon Springs - Feb. 12

7th and 8th grade boys

Opening round

Solon Springs No. 1 42, Cooper 32

SS No. 1: Miles Wright, 13; Mason Parker, 10; Adam Vanderburge, 7; Ian Klinzing, 6; Brent Blaylock, 4; Parker Thomas, 2.

Cooper: Savion Burse, 12; Robert McClarey, 7; Josh Mentzel, 6; Nick Androsky, 4; Dean Rivord, 3.

Bryant 49, Cathedral 15

Bryant: Ean Fredericks, 13; Brandon Byrns, 8; Blake Sharpe, 6; Trevor Gomulak, 6; Cole DeFoe, 4; Andrew Erickson, 3; Cole Edwards, 3; Jace Nindorf, 2; Austin Slaverio, 2; Tate Schlichting, 2.

Cath.: Harrison Doane, 6; Austin Gross, 5; Jay Wojciechowski, 4.

Solon Springs No. 2 43,

Four Corners 36

SS 2: Ryan Anderson, 12; Logan Long, 11; Alex Stulen, 10; Caleb Hedberg, 6; Lucus Conner, 4.

FC: Clinton Damico, 21; Wyatt Austreng, 9; Dylan Lien, 4; Foster Stromgren, 2.

Northern Lights No. 1 38,

Great Lakes 30

NL 1: Dustin Knutson, 14; Dylan Knutson, 9; Christian Haberling, 8; David Massoglia, 3; Nick Hesselgrave, 2; Brandon Adams, 2.

GL: Jake Libal, 11; Collin Krysiak, 9; Logan Griffith, 4; Bryce Karlon, 2; Brenden Severin, 2; Tim Meteraud, 2.

Solon Springs No. 1 53,

Northern Lights No. 2 50

SS 1: Vanderburge, 24; Wright, 9; Parker, 9; Klinzing, 8; Blaylock, 3.

NL 2: Deshon Pleau, 14; Brody Keeler, 11; Lane Rowe, 10; Nick Reed, 8; Scott Bang, 7.

Semifinals

Bryant 60, Solon Springs No. 1 50

Bryant: Fredericks, 12; Gomulak, 12; Sharpe, 11; DeFoe, 8; Edwards, 7; Nindorf, 5; Slaverio, 3; Erickson, 2.

SS 1: Vanderburge, 31; Parker, 7; Wright, 6; Klinzing, 2; Blaylock, 2; Parker Thomas, 2.

Northern Lights No. 1 38,

Solon Springs No. 2 36

NL 1: Dustin Knutson, 17; Dylan Knutson, 11; Haberling, 3; Massoglia, 3; Hesselgrave, 2; Alan Pierce, 2.

SS 2: Anderson, 16; Long, 16; Stulen, 2; Hedberg, 2.

Championship

Northern Lights No. 1 37, Bryant 32

NL 1: Dustin Knutson, 14; Dylan Knutson, 10; Massoglia, 8; Haberling, 3; Adams, 2.

Bryant: Ean Fredericks, 23; Blake Sharpe, 3; Austin Slaverio, 2; Brandon Byrnes, 2; Cole DeFoe, 1; Cole Edwards, 1.

Consolation Games

Great Lakes 58, Four Corners 30

GL: Severin, 14; Karlon, 9; Libal, 8; Griffith, 8; Krysiak, 6; Chad Gondik, 5; Brandon Moe, 4; Dayton Gudowski, 4.

FC: Clinton Damico, 16; Wyatt Austreng, 9; Jason Breitzman, 4; Dylan Lien, 1.

Cooper 38, Cathedral 20

Cooper: Burse, 16; McClarey, 10; Mentzel, 6; Androsky, 2; Phillip McCotter, 2.

Cath.: Doane, 9; Robert Stodola, 4; Gross, 3; Wojciechowski, 2; Matthew Skalicky, 2.

Northern Lights No. 2 65, Cooper 64

NL No. 2: Pleau, 34; Rowe, 16; Reed, 9; Keeler, 4; Tyler Scruggs, 2.

Cooper: Burse, 24; McClarey, 13; Mentzel, 11; Dean Rivord, 6; Androsky, 4; McCotter, 4; Dylan Sanda, 2.

SBA action

Regular-season action continued in the SBA with girls and boys games at the SMS gym.

Saturday, Feb. 19

5th & 6th Grade Girls

Cathedral 30, Cooper 6

Cath.: Ellie Leadstrom, 9; Maggie Brown, 7; Payton Glonek, 4; Nicole Presuhn, 4; Hannah Kolanczyk, 2; Desiree Jensen, 2; Ashley Welsh, 2.

Cooper: Destiny Kerr, 4; Lily Rhea, 2.

Bryant 40, Solon Springs 18

Bryant: Lauren Sickler, 17; Carly Thatcher, 9; Alayna Fender, 7; Emma Roden, 3; Maya Callaway, 2; Kallie Kimmes, 2.

SS: Taylor Blaylock, 8; Daisy White, 6; Hallie Kline, 4.

Four Corners 27,

Great Lakes/Northern Lights 11

FC: Felicity Byrd, 6; Kaylea Holt, 5; Allyssa Bjerklien, 4; Sophie Kintop, 4; Whitney Whevila, 4; Kallie Biwer, 2; Julia Calusine, 2.

GL/NL: Creede McClellan, 5; Madison Massoglia, 2; Katie Lundgren, 2; Katelyn Wiitala, 2.

7th & 8th Grade Girls

Duluth No. 2 30, Bryant/Cooper 25

Duluth No. 2: Hannah Anderson, 14; Lydia Swanson, 6; Lucy Mischler-Philbin, 4; Charlotte McKee, 4; Jade Core, 2.

B/C: Miranda Oja, 9; McKenzy Cich, 4; Kathleen Boyd, 4; Mikayla Berry, 2; Hailey Andrews, 2; Autumn Bass, 2; Leah Beck, 2.

Solon Springs 38, Duluth No. 1 28

SS: Alison Smith, 14; Brianna Larson, 6; Caitlin Armstrong, 6; Anna Fleming-Plys, 4; Phoenix Thomas, 4; Anna-Redina Jondreau, 2; Brenna Krenz, 2; Makaela Portwood, 2.

Duluth No. 1: Kaylee Metcalf, 11; Kourtney Palmi, 8; Jordyn Nelson, 5; Eva Reinertsen, 4.

Duluth No. 1 34,

Great Lakes/Northern Lights 8

Duluth No. 1: Metcalf, 8; Palmi, 8; Nelson, 8; Reinertsen, 6; Sarina Williams, 4.

GL/NL: Britta Bergstrom, 4; Patriot Stark, 2; Danielle Blank, 2

Cathedral/Four Corners 52,

Great Lakes/Northern Lights 8

Cath./FC: Lily Kline, 12; Elizabeth Kolanczyk, 10; Gabby Gidley, 8; Bailey Biwer, 6; Julie Snyder, 6; Emma Geitner, 4; Kylee Jensen, 4; Nicole Sorenson, 2.

GL/NL: Erynn Hierl, 4; Gianna Brokaw, 2; Stark, 2.

Solon Springs 54, Duluth No. 2 8

SS: Fleming-Plys, 14; Smith, 13; Thomas, 8; Larson, 6; Lindsey Sickler, 4; Armstrong, 4; Anna-Redina Jondreau, 3; Karly Sutherland, 2.

Duluth No. 2: Emma Spooner, 6; Rachael Carl, 2.

Final Standings

5th & 6th Grade Girls

Cathedral 12-0

Bryant 8-4

Four Corners 8-4

Cooper 6-6

N. Lights/Great Lakes 2-10

Solon Springs 0-12

7th & 8th Grade Girls:

Cathedral/Four Corners 12-0

Solon Springs 10-2

Duluth No. 1 7-5

Duluth No. 2 5-7

Great Lakes/No. Lights 2-10

Bryant/Cooper 0-12

Playoffs

Saturday, Feb. 26

At Superior Middle School

(Results will be printed this week)

5th & 6th Grade Girls

Cooper vs. N. Lights/Great Lakes

Four Corners vs. Solon Springs

Cathedral vs. 8 a.m. winner

Bryant vs. 9:05 a.m. winner

7th & 8th Grade Girls

Duluth No. 2 vs. Great Lakes/N. Lights

Duluth No. 1 vs. Bryant/Cooper

Cathedral/Four Corners vs. 10:10 winner

Solon Springs vs. 11:15 a.m. winner

Playoffs continue Saturday, March 5

The Superior Basketball Association

Saturday Feb. 19

5th & 6th Grade Boys

Four Corners 36, Cooper 32

FC: Corey Sanders, 22; Kevin Buchanan, 14

Cooper: Cole Ward, 10; Dylan Fletcher, 9; Robert Rhea, 9; Kaleb Zentkowski, 2; Matthew Buerger, 1; Reed Rhenstrand, 1.

Great Lakes 39, Bryant No. 2 24

GL: Aaron Winters, 15; Aaron Hanson, 8; Michael LaJoie, 8; Zach Tharge, 4; JT Fernandez, 2; Jeremy Flaherty, 2.

Bryant No. 2: Austin Yabandith, 9; Travis Sharpe, 4; Dylan Theraldson, 4; Kobe Kmecik, 3; Stephen Gee, 2; Sam Heskin, 2.

Bryant No. 1 27, Solon Springs 19

Bryant No. 1: Ethan Buhr, 14; Dominic D'Auria, 4; Alex Nikstad, 4; Chase Elder, 3; Nick Sommers, 2.

SS: Zach Rajala, 6; Chase Latvala, 6; Braden Hunter, 5; Tom Androsky, 2.

Northern Lights 24, Cathedral 12

NL: Cyle Jones, 11; Keith Montgomery, 6; Jesse Sneiderwent, 5; Austin McClure, 2.

Cath.: Bill Manion, 4; Eddie O'Brien, 4; Brady Heytens, 2; Bruce Brown, 2.

7th & 8th Grade Boys

Bryant 43, Solon Springs No. 1 28

Bryant: Ean Fredericks, 14; Cole DeFoe, 7; Blake Sharpe, 7; Jace Nindorf, 5; Andrew Erickson, 4; Brandon Byrns, 4; Austin Slaverio, 2.

SS 1: Adam Vanderburge, 15; Miles Wright, 6; Ian Klinzing, 5; Mason Parker, 2.

Solon Springs No. 2 52,

Solon Springs No. 1 46

SS 2: Logan Long, 21; Ryan Anderson, 18; Caleb Hedberg, 11; Alex Stulen, 2.

SS 1: Mason Parker, 18; Vanderburge, 15; Klinzing, 6; Wright, 5; Brent Blaylock, 2.

Cooper 49, Solon Springs No. 2 30

Cooper: Robert McClarey, 11; Dean Rivord, 10; Josh Mentzel, 8; Savion Burse, 8; Tyler Lehikoinen, 4; Dylan Sanda, 4; Nick Androsky, 2; Phillip McCotter, 2.

SS 2: Long, 12; Anderson, 7; Lucius Conner, 5; Hedberg, 3; Stulen, 3.

Northern Lights No. 2 36, Cooper 25

NL 2: Brody Keeler, 19; Deshon Pleau, 6; Nick Reed, 6; Lane Rowe, 5.

Cooper: Savion Burse, 7; Josh Mentzel, 6; Dean Rivord, 5; Dylan Sanda, 4; Nick Androsky, 2; Robert McClarey, 1.

Great Lakes 53, Four Corners 8

GL: Logan Griffith, 14; Collin Krysiak, 13; Bryce Karlon, 8; Jake Libal, 5; Brandon Moe, 4; Chad Gondik, 3; Brenden Severin, 2; Tim Meteraud, 2; Dayton Gudowski, 2.

FC: Guss Johnson, 2; Jason Brietzmen, 2; John Engberg, 2; Foster Stromgren, 2.

Northern Lights No. 1 44,

Cathedral 21

NL 1: Dylan Knutson, 8; Christian Haberling, 8; Nick Hesselgrave, 7; Dustin Knutson, 6; Brandon Adams, 6; David Massoglia, 4; Liam Johnson, 2; Ronnie Nguyen, 2; Griffin Freeman, 1.

Cath.: Desmond Cree, 11; Robert Stodola, 4; Jay Wojciechowski, 4; Domonic Borrelli, 2.

Final Standings

5th & 6th Grade Boys

Great Lakes 12-0

Bryant No. 2 9-3

Cooper 6-6

Solon Springs 6-6

Northern Lights 5-7

Four Corners 4-8

Bryant No. 1 4-8

Cathedral 1-11

7th & 8th Grade Boys