The Kittson County Central Bearcats won the opening tip and Morgan Turn scored on a layup and they never looked back on their way to a 79-37 victory over the Climax-Fisher Knights in a Section 8A matchup in a game played in Climax. “It was a tough game,” said Knight Coach Adrianna Rooney. “We had way too many turnovers and that really hurt us tonight.”
FIRST HALF –
KCC started the game forcing the Knights into three straight turnovers and started on a 10-0 run with four points apiece from Turn and Cheyanne Scalese, and a basket from Ella Olson in the paint. Climax-Fisher finally got on the board when Trinity Erickson scored with a nice move in the post to bring her team within a 10-2 deficit with 15:41 left in the half. The teams battled back-and-forth for about three minutes and KCC led 18-8. KCC answered with a 14-2 run to take a 32-10 lead with 5:47 remaining in the half. The Bearcats continued to control play as they took a 49-18 lead into halftime. “It was a tough first half,” said Coach Rooney. “Trinity Erickson picking up three fouls early and having her on the bench really hurt us too.”
SECOND HALF –
It was a better start to the second half for Climax-Fisher as KCC scored, but Ava Larson responded with a basket and Ella Paulsrud added a free throw to get within a 51-21 deficit a little over two minutes into the half. After a KCC basket, Halle Reitmeier scored. KCC scored four points before the Knight’s Erickson scored with a nice move in the paint and Reitmeier added another basket to get within a 57-28 deficit with 12:25 left in the game. “It was nice to see the girls come out and play better in the second half,” said Coach Rooney. “They kept playing hard, but we couldn’t keep it going.” KCC went on an 11-3 run and with 9:25 remaining they led 68-31 and that forced running time a few seconds later. KCC held on the rest of the way as they won 79-37. “It was a tough game,” said Coach Rooney. “I am just looking forward to playing again tomorrow and putting this one behind us.”
Climax-Fisher drops to 1-4 on the year. KCC improves to 1-3 on the season.
J.V. – Climax-Fisher won 31-27
| 1st | 2nd | Final | |
| KCC | 49 | 30 | 79 |
| Climax-Fisher | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| For Climax-Fisher | Points |
| Halle Reitmeier | 13 |
| Ella Paulsrud | 7 |
| Ava Larson | 6 |
| Trinity Erickson | 5 |
| Danika Motl | 4 |
| Lucy Paulsrud | 2 |
| For KCC | Points |
| Ella Olson | 27 |
| Aidra Johnson | 18 |
| Morgan Turn | 13 |
| Cheyanne Scalese | 13 |
| Jenna Davis | 2 |
| Emma Sjostrand | 2 |
| Annika Johnson | 2 |
| Ellen Hillman | 2 |
