NYM receives 10th seed in sub section tournament

By Chad Koenen

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The New York Mills Eagles split a pair of games last week to finish the regular season with a record of 8-18 overall and 6-8 in the Park Region Conference. 

After falling to Rothsay on Tuesday night by a score of 75-47, the Eagles hit the road on Friday to take on the Laporte Wildcats in another non-conference match up. This time around the Eagles defeated Laporte by a score of 72-14 to finish their regular season on a high note.

NY Mills will now turn its attention to the sub section tournament where the Eagles received the 10th seed. They traveled to seventh seeded Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal, who is 12-14 on the season, on Monday night with the winner taking on second seeded Park Christian, who is currently 22-4 on Thursday in Moorhead. 

The winner of Thursday’s game will take on either fourth ranked and third seeded Henning, who is 23-3 on the season, or the winner of sixth seeded Underwood, who is 13-13 on the season or 11th seeded Battle Lake, who is 2-23 on the season, on Saturday afternoon in Perham. 

On the other side of the bracket, sixth ranked Ada-Borup West received the top seed with a record of 22-5 overall and will take on either eighth seeded Rothsay who enters the tournament with a record of 7-19 overall or ninth seeded Lake Park-Audubon who is 7-19 overall. Fourth seeded Hillcrest, who is 20-6 on the season, will host fifth seeded Frazee, who is 11-14 overall, in the quarterfinals. The two winners of those games will also play on Saturday in Perham. 

Tuesday

NY Mills was unable to get by an improving Rothsay Tigers team by a score of 75-47 on Tuesday night. The Eagles trailed 38-21 at halftime and the Tigers were able to nearly match their first half total in the second half, while NY Mills was not able to get their shots to fall down the stretch.

Three Eagles hit double figures in the loss with Kolston Lofgren leading the charge with 14 points, while Gage Brasel scored 11 and Jacob Thorsrud finished with 10 points. Cole Wilson scored five points, while Bergen Roder scored four points and Heath Hammond rounded out the scoring with three points. 

ROTHSAY 75, NEW YORK MILLS 47

NYM (47): Cole Wilson 2-8 0-0 5, Hunter Bosman 0-3 0-0 0, Gage Brasel 4-9 1-3 11, Bergen Roder 1-6 2-2 4, Eli Vaughan 0-0 0-0 0, Kolston Lofgren 5-11 1-2 14, Heath Hammond 0-3 3-4 3, Jacob Thorsrud 5-11 0-0 10, Sean Dresser 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-52 7-11 47.

R (75): Karson Jensen 4-10 3-3 12, Preston Curtis 7-10 0-0 17, Mason Heidecker 5-10 0-0 11, Nathan Kroeplin-Oien 2-5 0-0 4, Landon Messerschmidt 7-14 0-0 20, Trey Holland 1-3 0-0 3, Wesley Philips 1-6 1-2 3, Brennan Kort 0-2 0-0 0, Dawson Leabo 1-1 0-0 2, Ben Metzger 1-1 0-0 3, Kellan Simmer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 29-62 4-5 75.

Halftime: R 38, NYM 21. 3-pointers: R 13-26 (Jensen 1-4, Curtis 3-4, Heidecker 1-3, Kroeplin-Oien 0-1, Messerschmidt 6-10, Holland 1-3, Metzger 1-1), NYM 6-21 (Wilson 1-3 Bosman 0-1, Brasel 2-6, Roder 0-3, Lofgren 3-6, Hammond 0-2). Rebounds: R 31, NYM 38 (Thorsrud 14). Assists: R 17, NYM 8 (Lofgren 4). Steals: R 9, NYM 3 (Lofgren 2). Blocks: R 1, NYM 4 (Thorsrud 3). Turnovers: R 4, NYM 16. Fouls: R 14, NYM 9. Fouled out: none.

Friday

The NY Mills defense had by far its best performance of the season on Friday night as the Eagles surrendered just eight points in the first half, only to better that mark in the final 18 minutes as they held Laporte to just six points in the final 18 minutes of action. The result was a commanding 72-14 win on the road to give NY Mills its eight win of the season.

The Eagles took a 54-8 lead at halftime and dominated the Wildcats on the boards as NY Mills held a 53-12 advantage in rebounding. In fact, Jacob Thorsrud had nine rebounds to nearly match the entire Laporte team. The Eagles also forced 22 Laporte turnovers in the win.

The Eagles were led by a balanced scoring attack that included 14 points from Thorsrud, who also had nine rebounds, while Kolston Lofgren finished with 13 points on just 5-7 shooting and Gage Brasel finished with 12 points. Hunter Bosman scored seven points, while Cole Wilson and Jeremy Kopveiler chipped in with six points apiece, Eli Vaughn and Carson Thorsrud scored four points apiece and Bergen Roder, Blake Hiltner and Heath Hammond each scored two points in the win. 

NEW YORK MILLS 72, LAPORTE 14

NYM (72): Cole Wilson 3-5 0-2 6, Hunter Bosman 2-3 3-6 7, Gage Brasel 5-10 2-3 12, Bergen Roder 0-5 2-2 2, Eli Vaughan 1-7 2-2 4, Carson Thorsrud 2-5 0-0 4, Jeremy Kopveiler 3-3 0-0 6, Kolston Lofgren 5-7 0-0 13, Blake Hiltner 1-3 0-0 2, Heath Hammond 1-2 0-2 2, Jacob Thorsrud 5-5 4-6 14, Gannon Theisen 0-4 0-0 0, Chase Tibbetts 0-2 0-0 0, Sean Dresser 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 13-24 72.

L (14): Josiah S 0-2 0-0 0, Owen Backus 0-8 0-2 0, Garrett Johnson 0-4 0-0 0, Henry Weber 2-6 0-0 4, Brayden Smerud 0-5 2-4 2, Atticus Hartman 0-0 0-1 0, Keaton Smith 1-2 0-0 3, Ryder Kampfer 2-7 1-2 5, Damon Foresman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 5-34 3-9 14.

Halftime: NYM 54, L 8. 3-pointers: NYM 3-25 (Wilson 0-1, Brasel 0-2, Roder 0-4, Vaughan 0-6, Lofgren 3-3, Hiltner 0-2, Theisen 0-4,  Tibbetts 0-2, Dresser 0-2), L 1-8 (Backus 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Smerud 0-3, Smith 1-2). Rebounds: NYM 53 (Thorsrud 9), L 12. Assist: NYM 13 (Bosman 4), L 3. Steals: NYM 19 (Bosman 5), L 3. Blocks: NYM 3 (Thorsrud 3). Turnover: NYM 13, L 22. Fouls: NYM 14, L 20. Fouled out: L-Backus., Weber.