Mike Granlund
For the Telegram
The Northwestern High School boys basketball team put three players in double figures and defeated the Barron Bears 51-38 Thursday in Maple.
Senior guard Kade Bartelt led the Tigers with 15 points, with Greg Ruhman and Brody Payton added 13 and 11, respectively.
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The Tigers (10-8) are in third place in the Heart O’ North Conference with a record of 8-3 and are 10-8 overall. They played a non-conference game at Cameron and go to unbeaten Bloomer Friday.
Barron 19 19 -- 38
Northwestern 25 26 -- 51
Barron -- Mitchell Farnell 9, Warren Williams 13, Jordan Nevin 11, Carter LaLiberty 1, Garet Lettner 4. Totals: 14 6-10 38.
3-point goals - Nevin 3, Farnell.
Northwestern - Kade Bartelt 15, Greg Ruhman 13, Brody Payton 11, Jake Brill 5, Andrew Klobucher 5, Gervase Thompson 2. Totals: 19 9-14 51.
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Girls basketball
The Tigers lost to the Bloomer LadyHawks 55-30 Friday in Maple.
The game was closer than the final indicated as Bloomer lead 27-20 at half and the Tigers pulled to within 29-27 early in the second half.
But after that it was all Bloomer.
Mac Correll led Northwestern with nine points, all on 3-pointers.
Bloomer improves to 15-3 overall and 11-1 in the HON.
Northwestern (12-7, 8-4) travels to Cumberland Thursday and Grantsburg Saturday.
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Bloomer 27 28 - 55
Northwestern 20 10 - 30
Bloomer - Chloe Swartz 4, Sierra Reine 11, Shaina Zwiefelhofer 3, Justyne Burgess 6, Elle Kramschuster 2, Sidney Kostner 9, Rilee Luzinski 5, Emma Seibel 8, Isabella Jenneman 7. Totals 22 10-11 55.
3-point goals - Zwiefelhofer, Kostner, Seibel 2.
Northwestern - Tory Anderson 2, Mackenzie Correll 9, Karsyn Jones 5, Katie Lundeen 7, Kasha Hughlett 3, Kennedy Nelson 4. Totals 10 6-10 30.
3-point goals - Correll 3, Jones.
