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N.D. (NewsDakota.com)——-The South Border Mustangs and defending champion Ellendale Cardinals both advanced to the semifinals with convincing first round wins. South Border defeated Midkota 74-48 and Ellendale knocked off M-P-B 68-34.

South Border 74     Midkota 48

Hunter Pinke played only 2 minutes in the third quarter but led all scorers with 26 points and also added game high 8rebounds and 5 assists. South Border scored 56 first half points including 34 in the second quarter to build a 34 point halftime lead at 56-22. Matt Rueb 16 points and Tristan Lippert 13 points aided the South Border victory. Midkota was led in scoring by Laine Hoyt with 19 points and Chance Wells added 11 points and 7 rebounds.

Ellendale 68     Medina-Pingree-Buchanon 34

The Ellendale Cardinals outscored M-P-B 37-12 in the first half and advanced to the semifinals versus South Border with a convincing 34 point win 68-34. The Cardinals were led by Brennen Vance with 12 points and Logan Schumacher added 10 points and a game high 7 rebounds off the bench to aid the win. Travis Greer led the Thunder with 9 points.

Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier 63 Kidder County 41

The EKM Rebels picked up their second win this year against Kidder County, improve to 6-0 and move into Friday’s semifinal round.  Senior Connor Entzi led all scorers with 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Rebels.  Freshman Isaac Huber came in off the bench and  ended with 13 points and four steals.  KC drops to 1-5, Brighton Fallgatter had a team high 18 points.

Carrington 58 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter 50 OT

In the first and only upset of the day according to seed, number three Carrington defeats number two NGS in an overtime thriller.  At one point, Carrington led by as many as 13 points, but the Imperials scored 17 points in the fourth quarter compared to just nine from Carrington to take the lead for the first time.  

The Cards were down by three points near the end of the fourth quarter, Freshman Payton Smith would launch a three pointer to try and tie the game and would miss, but was fouled by NGS.  So with 1.8 seconds left, Smith would shoot three free throws.  He missed the first free-throw, hit the second one to pull within two, then missed the third but the ball was tipped right back to Smith on the rebound and he put up another shot and made it at the buzzer.  But the shot didn’t go in without drama, the ball hit the front of the rim, hit the backboard and rolled around and then fell in.  In OT, Carrington outscored NGS 14-6 to secure the victory.  The Cards are now 5-1, the Imperials drop to 1-4.  Leading the way for Carrington was Junior Bryce Edland with 18 points and 12 rebounds.  Junior Bryce Fettig led the way for NGS with 17 points and 10 boards. 

FRIDAYS SCHEDULE:

3pm – Midkota vs. Medina/Pingree/Buchanan

430pm – Kidder County vs. Napoleon/GS

6pm – South Border vs. Ellendale (semifinal)

730pm – Carrington vs. Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier (semifinal)

All games on TED FM 98.3, starting about 15 minutes before each schedule start time for the pregame.