Boys basketball
Sacred Heart 62,
Badger-G-MR 58
GREENBUSH, Minn. - Devin Evavold scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead East Grand Forks Sacred Heart to a win over Badger-Greenbush-Middle River on Thursday.
Sacred Heart trailed at halftime 29-27, but thanks to a pair of back-to-back 3-pointers from Riley Wavra the Eagles got on the right track to start the second half.
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Brenden Bethke added 15 points for the Eagles.
“We shot the ball really well and played good team defense,” said Sacred Heart coach Destry Sterkel. “Riley Wavra really stepped up for us today hitting those back-to-back threes coming off the bench. That was the game changer.”
Girls basketball
GF Red River 69,
Fargo North 18
Grand Forks Red River held visiting Fargo North to 18 points to win an Eastern Dakota Conference matchup at home on Thursday.
Red River allowed just four points in the second half. The Roughriders were led by Alexis Robson, who scored a game-high 21 points. Allison Hillebrand and Hannah Arason also hit double figures in scoring with 15 and 10 points, respectively.
“I think defensively we played a complete game,” said Red River Kent Ripplinger. “It was a good defensive effort and we did a good job of moving the ball around and being unselfish offensively.”
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The Riders host West Fargo Sheyenne at 7:30 tonight.
EGF Senior High 56,
Red Lake Falls 40
A balanced offense lifted East Grand Forks Senior High over Red Lake Falls at home on Thursday.
Senior High had 10 players scoring, with Dani Filipi leading the way. Filipi scored a team-high 10 points, while Brooke Filipi and Rylee Skyberg scored nine and eight points, respectively.
“We played hard and got after it from the start,” said Senior High coach Jay Frydenlund. “We played 10 girls and got good production on both ends of the floor from all 10.”
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Women’s tennis: Minnesota State Moorhead junior Jessamy Jones, of East Grand Forks, has been named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference player of the week, the league announced Thursday. Competing at No. 1 singles, Jones beat Concordia’s Brittany Glatt 6-0, 6-0 on Friday, followed with a 6-3-6-4 win over Mary’s Sarah Janes on Saturday. Jones also had two doubles wins.
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- Herald staff reports
