MINNEAPOLIS – The Litchfield boys’ basketball team had a rare thrill on Saturday, playing at Target Center, home of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
Litchfield defeated Zumbrota-Mazeppa 36-28, getting 14 points and 10 rebounds from Beau Weseloh in the victory.
The Dragons were leading 21-11 at halftime.
Kayden Rodrick scored 13 points to lead the Cougars.
The Dragons are back in the West Division of the Wright County Conference with a game against Annandale at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Litchfield. The Cardinals are 6-2.
Litchfield (5-6) 21 15 – 36
Zumbrota-Mazeppa (2-8) 11 17 – 28
LITCHFIELD – Score: Logan King 5, Tanner Kohls 2, Alex Draeger 4, Beau Weseloh 14, Blake Go 5, Dom Dietel 6… 3 point shots: Draeger 1, Go 1… Leader in rebound: Weseloh 10… Leader in assists: King and Dietel 3… Flying leader: King 2… Block leader: Dietel 1.
ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA – Score: Caden Mercer 2, Kayden Rodrick 13, Hayden Burdick 3, Zane Angerman 5, Carter Christopherson 3, Drew Christopherson 2… 3 point shots: Rodrick 2, Burdick 1, Angerman 2, C. Christopherson 1, D Christopherson 1… Leader of the rebound: Rodrick 10… Leader of the assistance: Hunter Streit 2… Leader of the flight: Rodrick and Preston Ohm 1… Leader of the block: Angerman 1
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City opened it in the second half to beat St. Paul Washington Technology Magnet School in a non-conference game at St. Paul.
6-foot-3 senior winger Alex Kokenge led the Falcons with 30 points. Junior winger Thor Goerish added 13 points to the CCGA.
Jonny Santiago had 19 points to lead the Eagles.
ACGC (3-6) 48 50 – 98
Saint-Paul Washington (1-7) 40 32 – 72
ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY – Score: Hunter Powers 6, Sam Rouser 4, Jacob Gratz 4, Landon Blom 2, Thor Goerish 13, Alex Kokenge 30 … 3 point shots: Kyler Pickle 1, Denton 5, Goerish 1.
ST. PAUL WASHINGTON – Score: Jonny Santiago 19, Chris Birdsong 16, Bilal Kadir 4, Ty’Quan Allen 17, Reggie Dumas 5 … 3 point shots: Santiago 4, Birdsong 1, Kadir 3.
Micah Schaap had 22 pints and Carter Van Hulzen added 18 to lead Southwest Minnesota Christian to victory over Dawson-Boyd in Dawson City.
Keegon Wicht had 15 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals for Dawson-Boyd. Brayson Boike added 12 points and two steals for the Blackjacks.
SWMC (7-2) 28 48 – 76
Dawson-Boyd (8-3) 31 23 – 54
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN – Scores: Jacob Uilk 6, Ethan Sas 2, Cody Van’t Hof 4, Aidan Schaap 2, Dawson Rieck 5, Micah Schaap 22, Cole Walhof 13, Carter Van Hulzen 18, Bennett Talsma, Owen Vogel 2… 3 -shots at the tip: Uilk 2, Rieck 1, Van Hulzen 1… Leader of the rebound: M. Schaap… Leader of the assistance: Rieck 1… Leader of the flight: M. Schaap … Leader of the block: Van Hulzen 2
DAWSON-BOYD – Scorers: Keegon Wicht 15, Aiden Swenson 6, Braxton Hahn 8, Caleb Torke 9, Brayson Boike 12, Collin Swedzinski 4… 3-point shots: Wicht 3, Torke 1, Boike 1… Rebound leader: Wicht 9 … Head of assistance: Wicht 3… Head of flight: Wicht, Swenson, Hahn, Torke, Boike 2… Head of unit: Wicht 1.
The Lakeview Lakers improved to 11-1 with the victory at Benson.
The Braves fell to 2-8. They play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.
Case Mulder led four double-digit Bluejays as Central Minnesota Christian beat Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart at Hector.
Mulder, a senior guard, had 23 points. Caleb Vander Beek added 14 and Ethan Bulthuis and Ben Van Eps each recorded with 12 for CMCS.
CMCS (9-2) 36 27 – 63
BLHS (3-5) 21 19 – 40
CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN – Scorers: Ethan Bulthuis 12, Case Mulder 23, Drew Duininck 2, Ben Van Eps 12, Caleb Vander Beek 14… 3 point shots: Bulthuis 2, Mulder 3, Van Eps 2… Rebound leader: Duininck 6… Assist leader: Van Eps 4… Fly chef: Mulder, Brayden Marcus, Vander Beek 2… Block manager: Vander Beek 1
BUFFALO LAKE-HECTOR-STEWART – Statistics not available
Ryan King scored 31 points and took 17 rebounds in BOLD’s out-of-conference victory over Renville County West at Renville.
Max Marks had 16 points and Cole Visser added 11 for the Warriors.
Tyler Froland led the Jaguars with 20 pints, eight rebounds and two steals. Jaise Miller had 17 points and Adam Scrhupp had seven points and five assists for RCW.
BOLD (7-2) 30 38 – 68
RCW (2-7) 32 29 – 61
BOLD – Brands: Hunter Borer 5, Jack Gross 3, Ryan King 31, Ethan Sullivan 2, Cole Visser 11, Max Marks 16… 3 point shots: Screw 3… Leader rebound: King 17… Leader assist: Gross 5… Leader fly : Gross 3 … Block leader: Gross, King, Visser 1.
RENVILLE COUNTY WEST – Scorers: Adam Schrupp 7, Ryan Schrupp 8, AJ Gasca 3, Jaise Miller 17, Tyler Froland 20, Jaden Serbus 6… 3 point shots: Miller 5… Leader rebound: Froland 8… Leader assistant: A. Schrupp 5… Chief flight: A. Schrupp, R. Schrupp, Froland 2… Block manager: Serbus 3.
