The Climax-Fisher Knights boys basketball team’s season came to an end on Monday as they were defeated by the Northern Freeze by a score of 82-39 in Karlstad in a Section 8A play-in game.
FIRST HALF –
The Freeze made sure to start with a bang, feeding Avynn Ryba early, and the 6’5 center proved to be a near unstoppable force for the Knights, especially when he was working in tandem with Alex Bray, who is 6’3. Both players dominated the post, and Bray made two 3-pointers early to give the Freeze an Early 12-5 lead. At 17-7, Climax-Fisher called a timeout hoping to reset, but the Freeze took advantage of the break and continued to push. Trig Anderson hit a 3-pointer off the bench to spark an 8-0 run out of the timeout to put the Freeze up 18. After Tyler Evitts cut the lead down to 14, The Freeze exploded again, and ended up finishing the half on a 21-6 run. Their defense was stifling and they outrebounded the Knights by nearly double, and that allowed them to take a 48-19 lead into the intermission.
SECOND HALF –
As the second half started, the Knights began play without Tyler Evitts, who picked up his third foul, and then a technical foul, putting him at 4 fouls before the first half came to an end. As a result, the Freeze had a drastic height advantage, and continued to take advantage of it with layups and drive-and-kick plays. At 68-28, the Freeze began emptying their bench, and the Knights chose to put Evitts back in, but he committed a charging foul and fouled out with 12:27 remaining in the game. That eliminated any and all hope that the Knights had remaining, and the Freeze continued to pull away. Both teams got every member of their varsity roster into the game, with the Freeze compiling 30 of their 82 points from the bench. All in all, the Freeze outscored the Knights 34-20 in the second half and cruised to an 82-39 win.
Climax-Fisher’s season ends with a record of 3-23. Northern Freeze improves to 12-14 and will take on Fertile-Beltrami on Thursday.
| 1st | 2nd | Final | |
| Northern Freeze | 48 | 34 | 82 |
| Climax-Fisher | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| For Climax-Fisher | Points |
| Ty Torrence | 8 |
| Tyler Evitts | 8 |
| Gabe Wentzel | 7 |
| Ti Davis | 5 |
| Branson Solheim | 4 |
| Lucas Reitmeier | 2 |
| Tristen Schwartz | 2 |
| Sawyer Erickson | 1 |
| For Northern Freeze | Points |
| Arynn Ryba | 20 |
| Alex Bray | 18 |
| Nick Lund | 11 |
| Blair Moen | 11 |
| Trig Anderson | 5 |
| Isaak Anderson | 5 |
| Wyatt Klopp | 4 |
| Brandon Schenkey | 2 |
| Sawyer Torgerson | 2 |
| Charlie Martin | 2 |
| Brecken Bring | 2 |
