By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The New York Mills Eagles improved to 7-12 overall and 6-6 in the Park Region Conference with a pair of wins last week.

On Tuesday night the Eagles avenged an earlier 65-55 loss to Wadena-Deer Creek by upending the Wolverines 76-72 on the road as part of the Highway 10 Cup. The varsity win was the tiebreak for a day of basketball that started at the elementary levels in the afternoon and concluded with the varsity game at night. The school that won the most overall games from elementary to high school throughout the day received the cup for one year until the two teams square off against one another next year. 

The Eagles led the Wolverines by a score of 40-38 at halftime, before coming away with the 76-72 win.

Kolston Lofgren scored 18 points to lead the charge for the Eagles, while Jacob Thorsrud had a solid night from the field by going 8-10 shooting to finish with 17 points. Cole Wilson joined the pair in double figures with 15 points, while Gage Brasel scored 10 points, Hunter Bosman scored eight, Eli Vaughan scored six and Jeremy Kopveiler scored two points to round out the scoring. 

On Thursday night the Eagles fell to Pillager, who is currently in second place in the conference, by a score of 86-45.

After trailing 57-22 at halftime, the Eagles improved a bit on the offensive end of the court in the second half but were unable to overtake the Huskies.

NY Mills was led offensively by Bergen Roder who scored 13 points, while Hunter Bosman scored eight points, Jacob Thorsrud and Kolston Lofgren each scored seven points, Heath Hammond scored five points, Eli Vaughan scored three points and Blake Hiltner rounded out the scoring with two points. 

On Friday night the Eagles completed a season sweep over the Menahga Braves with a 73-72 win on the road. 

NY Mills got off to a fast start on Friday and led by a score of 37-28 at halftime. The Eagles were able to withstand a tough Brave comeback in the final 18 minutes of action thanks to a balanced scoring attack in which eight NY Mills players reached the scoring column.

NY Mills was led offensively by Bergen Roder who scored 20 points, including a perfect 2-2 from behind the 3-point line. Gage Brasel went 6-12 from the field to score 18 points, while Jacob Thorsrud scored 11 points and Kolston Lofgren finished with 10 points. Heath Hammond scored five points, Cole Wilson, Hunter Bosman and Jeremy Kopveiler each scored three points in the win. 

This week the Eagles will travel to Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal on Tuesday night, before hosting Park Christian on Thursday night. On Monday, Feb, 17 the Eagles will travel to Parkers Prairie for another non-conference game, before hosting fourth ranked Henning on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

NEW YORK MILLS 76, WADENA-DEER CREEK 72

NYM (76): Cole Wilson 7-14 0-0 15, Hunter Bosman 3-8 2-5 8, Gage Brasel 4-11 0-0 10, Bergen Roder 0-5 0-0 0, Eli Vaughan 2-3 0-0 6, Jeremy Kopveiler 0-0 2-2 2, Kolston Lofgren 5-11 7-10 18, Jacob Thorsrud 8-10 1-2 17. Totals 29-62 12-19 76.

WDC (72): Connor Dutke 5-11 0-0 11, Ben Kreklau 0-3 0-0 0, Raleigh Parker 3-8 3-4 12, Leo Petrowski 4-8 0-0 8, Kobe Snyder 13-27 4-5 33, Hunter Sweere 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Drange 0-1 0-0 0, Samuel Church 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 28-65 7-9 72.

Halftime: NYM 40, WDC 38. 3-pointers: NYM 6-13 (Wilson 1-1, Bosman 0-1, Brasel 2-4, Roder 0-1, Vaughan 2-3, Lofgren 1-3), WDC 9-26 (Dutke 1-5, Kreklau 0-1, Parker 3-6, Snyder 3-10, Church 2-4). Rebounds: NYM 36 (Thorsrud 9), WDC 35. Assists: NYM 9 (Bosman 4), WDC 11. Steals: NYM 10 (Lofgren 5), WDC 7. Blocks: NYM 2 (Thorsrud 2), WDC 4. Turnovers: NYM 9, WDC 12. Fouls: NYM 10, WDC 15. Fouled out: None.

PILLAGER 86, NEW YORK MILLS 45

NYM (45): Hunter Bosman 3-6 2-4 8, Bergen Roder 5-14 1-2 13, Eli Vaughan 1-2 0-0 3, Jeremy Kopveiler 0-0 0-0 0, Kolston Lofgren 2-12 1-2 7, Blake Hiltner 1-2 0-0 2, Heath Hammond 2-3 0-2 5, Jacob Thorsrud 3-6 1-1 7, Sean Dresser 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 5-11 45.

P (86): Elliot Imdieke 2-4 1-1 6, Grant Grimsley 1-2 0-0 2, Aaron Peterson 4-6 0-0 11, Riley Kramer 0-1 0-0 0, Christian Hooge 8-12 0-0 17, Andrew Brown 2-6 0-0 5, Alex Brandt 4-6 0-0 10, Andrew Parrish 0-3 0-0 0, Frank Brown 0-3 0-0 0, Gabe Parrish 6-12 0-0 15, Kaden Imdieke 5-6 0-0 12, Kayden Kempa 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas Niggeler 12 0-0 2, Earl Brown 1-7 0-0 2, Justin Anderson 2-4 0-1 4. Totals 36-74 1-2 86.

Halftime: P 57, NYM 22. 3-pointers: NYM 6-22 (Bosman 0-1, Roder 2-7, Vaughan 1-2, Lofgren 2-8, Hammond 1-1, Dresser 0-3), P 13-35 (E. Imdieke 1-2, Grimsley 0-1, Peterson 3-5, Kramer 0-1, Hooge 1-3, Brown 1-4, Brandt 2-4, A. Parrish 0-3, Brown 0-1, G. Parrish 3-6, K. Imdieke 2-3, Niggeler 0-1, Anderson 0-1). Rebounds: NYM 24 (Hammond 7), P 52. Assists: NYM 9 (Bosman 4), P 25. Steals: NYM 4 (Four with 1), P 11. Blocks: NYM 3 (Thorsrud 3), P 1. Turnovers: NYM 17, P 7. Fouls: NYM 9, P 14. Fouled out: none.

NEW YORK MILLS 73, MENAHGA 72

NYM (73): Cole Wilson 1-9 1-4 3, Hunter Bosman 1-2 1-3 3, Gage Brasel 6-12 3-8 18, Bergen Roder 8-15 2-2 20, Eli Vaughan 0-1 0-0 0, Jeremy Kopveiler 1-1 1-2 3, Kolston Lofgren 4-15 0-1 10, Heath Hammond 2-3 1-1 5, Jacob Thorsrud 5-11 1-1 11. Totals 28-67 10-22 73.

M (72): Liam Day 5-10 1-7 11, Chance Berttunen 9-17 1-2 24, Jonas Lusti 4-13 0-1 9, Garrett Tolkkinen 3-6 0-0 7, Carder Jettmann 7-15 2-2 18, Roman Howard 0-5 0-0 0, Gavin Schreiber 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell Weaver 0-1 0-0 0, Wyatt Skoog 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 29-69 4-12 72.

Halftime: NYM 37, M 28. 3-pointers: NYM 7-26 (Bosman 0-1, Brasel 3-6, Roder 2-8, Vaughan 0-1, Lofgren 2-10), M 10-29 (Day 0-1, Berttunen 5-12, Lusti 1-3, Tolkkinen 1-3, Jettmann 2-6, Howard 0-1, Weaver 0-1, Skoog 1-2). Rebounds: NYM 44 (Thorsrud 8), M 42. Assists: NYM 11 (Brasel 3, Roder 3), M 16. Steals: NYM 9 (Thorsrud 3), M 7. Blocks: NYM 4 (Thorsrud 3), M 8. Turnovers: NYM 15, M 18. Fouls: NYM 12, M 20. Fouled out: none.