Britton-Hecla split a pair of contests in the past week, stopping Waverly-South Shore 61-44 on Monday but falling to third-ranked Clark-Willow Lake 64-29 last week Tuesday in boys’ basketball play.
The Braves took a 12-6 record into a game with fourth-ranked Hamlin last night Tuesday in boys basketball play. Coach Troy Knecht’s crew will wrap up regular season action in a twin bill with the girls’ squad at Groton Area on Friday. Region 1A tournament play begins on Monday, March 2.
Britton-Hecla 61
Waverly-South Shore 44
Britton-Hecla used a 21-point third quarter to boost an 11-point halftime lead to 21 after three periods to take charge against Waverly-South Shore.
Chaz Vietor led a balanced Braves’ attack with 17 points, Jaxon Zuehlke added 14, Ben Folkman 11, and Will Richter 10.
BRITTON-HECLA: Mitch Burger 2 0-0 4, Ben Folkman 4 0-0 11, Will Richter 3 1-2 10, Chaz Vietor 5 7-13 17, Jaxon Zuehlke 5 4-9 14, Nathan Folkman 2 1-3 5. Totals 21 13-27 61.
WAVERLY-SOUTH SHORE: Martin Mickelson 1 0-0 2, Haiden Gilmour 4 1-2 9, Kyle Kneeland 0 12-13 12, Austin Hovitek 3 0-0 7, Spencer Ries 4 0-0 10, Case Hulscher 1 0-0 3, Dru Wientjes 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 14-18 44.
BH (12-6) 19 29 50 61
WSS (3-14) 9 18 29 44
3-point goals – B. Folkman 3, Richter 3; Hovitek, Ries 2, Hulscher. Fouled out – Hovitek. Total fouls – BH 14, WSS 23.
Clark-Willow Lake 64
Britton-Hecla 29
Britton-Hecla trailed third-ranked Clark-Willow Lake by just 12 points at halftime but the Cyclones outscored the Braves 36-13 in the final two periods.
Will Richter led B-H with 10 points.
“We hung in there for the first half and I thought really challenged them on defense, but ultimately they destroyed us on the boards and made it hard for us to score,” noted Knecht. “They’ve got a tremendous amount of length and athletic ability. Plus they’ve got some really good ballplayers. I was happy with our effort, but games like this make you realize that we still have work to do if we want to be a top program in the region.”
BRITTON-HECLA: William Richter 3 1-2 10, Chaz Vietor 2 0-0 6, Jaxon Zuehlke 2 0-2 4, Lofton Heer 1 0-0 2, Nathan Folkman 1 1-2 4, Drew Heitmann 1 1-2 3. Totals 10 3-8 29.
CLARK-WILLOW LAKE: Emmerson Larson 2 0-0 6, Chris Bevers 3 0-0 6, Jakob Steen 2 1-2 5, Bo Begeman 5 1-1 11, Sully Felberg 12 7-8 32, Ky Vandersnick 1 0-0 2, Miles Olson 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 9-11 64.
BH (11-6) 10 16 23 29
CWL (15-2) 18 28 49 64
3-point goals – Richter 3, Vietor 2, Folkman; Larson 2, Felberg. Total fouls – BH 10, CWL 10.
