Britton-Hecla faced three teams with winning records during the past week and came up short in all three contests, dropping decisions to Aberdeen Roncalli 53-19, Leola-Frederick 64-28, and Deuel 77-51.
The Braves took a 1-13 record into a contest with Sisseton last night Tuesday and are back in action on Monday at Webster in a doubleheader with the girls’ team (JV girls 4 p.m., JV boys, varsity girls, varsity boys to follow).
Roncalli 53 Britton-Hecla 19
Britton-Hecla ran into a hot-shooting Roncalli squad and the lid was on the basket for the Braves.
The Cavaliers scored 12 of its first 15 points from beyond the arc, grabbing a 19-1 lead at the first quarter break. Dawson Treeby hit the first field goal for the Braves at the 7:24 mark of the second quarter to cut the margin to 214 but Roncalli followed that with another trey that sparked a 9-0 run for a 30-4 lead with 2:58 left in the opening half.
Britton-Hecla cut the lead to 32-10 at intermission but Roncalli decided the issue by scoring the first 14 points of the third quarter to boost its lead to 46-10.
The Braves managed just five field goals in the game, three of those by Treeby, who led B-H with 10 points. Jaxon Zuehlke hit five of six free tosses for five points.
ABERDEEN RONCALLI: Maddox Miller 3 0-0 8, Caden Shelton 4 1-2 11, Jayden Munroe 3 0-0 7, Maddox May 1 1-2 3, Brody Weinmeister 2 0-0 5, Darwin Gambler 4 0-0 8, Zane Backous 2 0-2 5, Jackson Lewno 1 0-0 2, Parker Grieben 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 2-6 53.
BRITTON-HECLA: Dawson Treeby 3 2-2 10, William Schuller 0 0-2 0, Ashton Mills 1 0-0 2, Wyatt Tosse 1 00 2, Jaxon Zuehlke 0 5-6 5. Totals 5 7-10 19.
AR (8-4) 19 32 51 53 B-H (1-13) 1 10 15 19 3-point goals - Miller 2, Shelton 2, Munroe, Weinmeister, Backous; Treeby 2. Total fouls – AR 9, BH 6
Leola-Frederick 64 Britton-Hecla 28 Leola-Frederick grabbed a 15-point halftime lead and then put the game away by outscoring the Braves 12-2 in the third stanza.
Daniel Person led B-H with 12 points.
BRITTON-HECLA: BoDell Davidson 1 0-0 2, Dawson Treeby 1 0-4 2, Ashton Mills 2 2-2 7, Ty Fagerland 1 2-2 5, Daniel Person 5 1-2 12. Totals 10 5-10 28.
LEOLA-FREDERICK: Brayden Sumption 5 0-0 12, Stephen Achen 2 1-1 5, Noah Kippley 9 3-3 24, Samuel Vetter 2 0-0 4, Connor Spitzer 3 0-0 6, Winston Clark 1 1-2 4, Milo Sumption 2 2-2 6, Ethan Petrich 0 1-2 1, Erik Losure 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 8-10 64.
B-H (1-12 ) 6 22 24 28 L-F (8-4) 18 37 49 64 3-point goals - Fagerland, Mills, Person; Kippley 3, B. Sumption 2, Clark. Fouls – BH 12, LF 9.
Deuel 77 Britton-Hecla 51
Deuel led by just nine at intermission but outscored the Braves 36-19 over the final two quarters.
Ashton Mills led the local cagers with nine points.
BRITTON-HECLA: Ty Fagerland 2 1-1 5, Luke Storley 1 0-0 2, Landon Carlson 3 0-0 8, Isaiah Jackson 0 1-2 1, BoDell Davidson 3 0-0 7, Dawson Treeby 3 1-2 8, Will Schuller 1 0-0 2, Daniel Person 2 0-0 5, Jaxon Zuehlke 1 0-2 2, Ashton Mills 4 1-3 9. Totals 21-52 4-12 51.
DEUEL: Trey Maaland 8 2-2 22, Braydon Simon 8 1-2 17, Owen Quail 1 0-2 3, Gavin Benck 5 2-7 13, Carter Leddy 2 0-0 4, Ronnie Begalka 1 0-1 2. Totals 33-55 5-14 77.
B-H (1-11) 13 32 44 51 Deuel (8-2) 21 41 60 77 3-point goals - Carlson 2, Davidson, Treeby, Person; Maaland 4, Quail, Benck.
Dawson Treeby of Britton-Hecla put up a onehander against Aberdeen Roncalli in boys basketball play last week. The Braves travel to Webster Area for a doubleheader on Monday.
