Month: March 2025

The Stephen-Argyle Storm boys basketball team started strong with an 8-1 scoring run, which set the tone for their 84-52 win over the Red Lake Warriors.

FIRST HALF –
The Storm started off strong, using buckets from Raydon Woiniarawicz and Blaine Smith to go on an 8-1 run. The Warriors lone point came from the free throw line, as the offense struggled to find space. The Warriors clawed back a few points, but Stephen-Argyle got rolling again with another scoring run sparked by a Jake Carlson layup. The Storm would score six of the next eight to make it 20-5 with about 11 minutes left in the half. The Warriors would start to heat up offensively after a few Stephen-Argyle turnovers, but the Storm had continual answers. The Warriors went on a 13-0 run to make it 30-21, with around 5 minutes left in the half, but Caden Pagnac started to dominate in the paint. Pagnac and Darby Bennit both found scoring chances to help the Storm go up 42-26 with just under 90 seconds remaining in the half. The Warriors added a couple more points at the line, but still faced a huge halftime deficit of 44-30.

SECOND HALF –
It was back and forth to start the second half, with Pagnac and Shay Setterholm making shots to push the Storm up 52-37. Blaine Smith, Owen Widner, and a Carlson slam set the Storm up on a 9-2 run over the first 10 minutes of the half. Caden Pagnac found the rim again with 8 minutes left to put the Storm up 63-39. The Warriors answered back with a 6-1 run to make it 64-44 with about seven minutes remaining. Fouls started to pile on for Red Lake, as Pagnac and Anders Thompson were able to push the Storm lead to 71-46 at the charity stripe with 4:30 remaining in the game. Both teams turned to the reserves around the 3 minute mark, as Stephen-Argyle coasted to an 84-52 win.

Stephen-Argyle is now 17-11 and will face Red Lake County in the Section 8A Semifinals Wednesday night. Red Lake finishes the season with a 12-14 record.

Shay Setterholm

Raydon Woiniarawicz

Owen Widner

Darby Bennit

Caden Pagnac

Blaine Smith

Anders Thompson

Storm Huddle

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The #9 Red Lake County boy’s basketball team once again were granted an opportunity to showcase their dominance, and they did just that by beating the Fosston Greyhounds 75-47 at the Ralph Englestad Arena in Thief River Falls in the Section 8A Quarterfinals.

FIRST HALF –
As the first half started, both teams seemed to just be trying to get a rhythm and flow within the game, as nobody scored for the first two minutes of the contest. However, it’s impossible to hold the Rebels down forever, and that was put on display by Connor Duden, as he scored the first 8 points for the Rebels, leading them to an 8-1 start. That lead would balloon very quickly, as the Fosston offense could not get anything going. The Rebels turned defense into offense, and a 3-point barrage began from Duden, Will Gieseke and Ben Gullingsrud, and that all mounted into a 25-6 lead for the Rebels, which forced 2 quick Greyhound timeouts. The Fisston offense started to make something happen towards the end of the first half, as Mitchell Mulry hit shots and Kolten Gray made some fantastic passes, but the lead ended up growing to 22, as the Rebels took a 41-19 lead into the halftime break.

SECOND HALF –
The second half saw more of the same as the first, where Red Lake County continued to push the narrative throughout the half. After Fosston opened the second half off on a 6-2 run, Will Gieseke became the face of the offense for the Rebels in the second half. Gieseke was scoring from everywhere; 3-pointers, baseline jumpers, layups in all forms and free throws. Once Fosston began to double team Gieseke, the drive-and-kick offense came in full force, kicking the ball out to Duden and Peterson for open 3-pointers. Overall, Fosston did not have an answer for the Rebel offense. Running time struck with just over 7:30 remaining in the contest, and the Rebels were able to cruise to a 75-47 victory to move on in the tournament.

Red Lake County

Ben Gullinsrud

Wil Gieseke

Team Huddle

Ethan Majeres

Connor Duden

Will Gieseke

Connor Duden

Owen Chervestad

Gunnar Halverson

Owen Chervestad

Ben Gullinsrud

Wil Gieseke

Team Huddle

Ethan Majeres

Connor Duden

Will Gieseke

Connor Duden

Owen Chervestad

Gunnar Halverson

Owen Chervestad

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The Sacred Heart Eagle Girls’ Basketball team will play the Kelliher/Northome Mustangs in the Section 8A Girls’ Basketball Championship on Friday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the Ralph Englestad Arena in Thief River Falls.
Sacred Heart is 23-6 on the year after a 67-51 victory over the Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds on Tuesday. Kellher/Northome is 26-3 on the year after a 66-46 victory over Warren-Alvarado-Oslo on Tuesday. Sacred Heart is looking at making its second trip to the state tournament (2016), and Kelliher/Northome is looking to make its first ever state tournament appearance.
The game will be broadcast on KROX Radio and KROX TV. You can watch the game by clicking below.

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