From right, the Voyageurs’ Sam Stirgus (22) shoots in the lane where Rochester’s Ben Ratliff (32) sets up on defense in Friday night’s game in the RRCC gym.
On top, the Broncos’ Nick Hedtke controls Virginia’s Zach Newman in Monday’s wrestling meet at Virginia. Hedtke defeated Newman in a 6-0 decision.
Three wrestlers from International Falls combined to win six out of eight matches Monday at a meet at Virginia.
Broncos sophomore Nick Hedtke won both of his matches to improve to 6-0 on the season. Hedtke won a pair of decisions over Virginia’s Zach Newman, 6-0, and Cloquet’s Dylan Lower, 13-2.
Falls freshman Devin Lehmann wrestled in his first high school meet and won all three of his matches.
Broncos seventh-grader London Rasmussen also wrestled in three matches and went 1-2.
The Falls’ next meet will be Saturday in Frazee, where more than a dozen teams will be competing in a jamboree.
From right, the Voyageurs’ Sarina Phrathep (3) dribbles past Western Wisconsin’s Leticya Madrigal (23) in Saturday’s game in the RRCC gym.
From right, the Broncos’ Ben Humbert (44) works the ball inside while being double-teamed by Ely’s Michael Lah (31) and Braxton Casey (32) in Friday night’s game in the Falls High School gym.
The International Falls boys basketball team had three players score in double figures Friday night when the Broncos won at home over Ely, 70-48.
The Falls held a 20-point lead with just over 6 minutes left in the first half and took a 41-24 advantage into the locker room before outscoring the Timberwolves, 29-24, in the final 18 minutes.
“I think we took advantage of getting the ball down low,” said Broncos head coach Derek Dowty. “We hit a couple of (3-point shots), opened it up from the outside as well, then we can keep pounding it down low to the (big players), because I don’t think (the Timberwolves) had any size against us. We just kept going inside.”
Ben Humbert led the Falls in scoring with 19 points, followed by Jack Bartkowski with 12 and Clay Tomczak with 10.
In other boys basketball action Friday night, Littlefork Big-Falls lost at Blackduck, 55-47. Rylan Henrickson led the Vikings with 17 points.
