Area Boys Basketball: Hooge hops on top of Pillager's all-time list

VERNDALE — Christian Hooge scored 38 points, becoming Pillager’s all-time leading scorer in the Huskies 74-61 Park Region Conference victory over the Verndale Pirates Friday, Feb. 7. Hooge added 14 rebounds and Kaden Imdieke scored 14 points.

ADVERTISEMENT Carter White led Verndale with 22 points, followed by Shawn Schmitz's 14. BERTHA — Kobe Snyder sank 25 points to reach 1,000 for his career and lead the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines to a 61-42 Park Region Conference victory over the Bertha-Hewitt Bears Friday, Feb. 7.



Synder becomes the 16th WDC player to reach the scoring milestone. WDC’s Samuel Church scored 10 and Leo Petrowski added eight. ADVERTISEMENT PIERZ — Nathan Cekalla recorded 14 points and Nicholas Virnigh followed with 13 as the Pierz Pioneers outlasted the Pequot Lakes Patriots 65-63 in a Granite Ridge Conference and Section 7-2A matchup Friday, Feb.

7. Pierz’s William Stangl scored 10 and Jack Prokott added nine. Tollef Birkeland’s 15 points paced the Patriots.

Rock Holubar added 13 followed by eight points from Mason Lundgren and Gus Bolz-Andolshek. LOCATION — Fourteen second-half points by Isaac Asmus lifted the Aitkin Gobblers to a 71-61 Great River Conference victory over the Pine City Dragons Friday, Feb. 7.

Asmus finished with 23 total points. The Gobblers scored just 19 in the first half before hitting for 52 in the second half. Noah Moss scored 15 points and Isaiah Baker and Caleb Smith tallied 11.

ADVERTISEMENT CROSBY — Jacob English scored 12 points and Kyle Spencer tallied 10 for the Crosby-Ironton Rangers in a 74-40 Great River Conference loss to the Mora Mustangs Friday, Feb. 7. OSAKIS — Prescott Romaine scored 11 points and Zach Schultz added 10 for the Little Falls Flyers in a 60-46 non-conference loss to the Osakis Silverstreaks Friday, Feb.

7. PINE RIVER — Tate Norman scored 22 points to lead the Pine River-Backus Tigers in an 83-69 Northland Conference loss to Kelliher/Northome Friday, Feb. 7.

PRB’s Koal Oberfell recorded 19 points and Isaiah Aulie added 17. ADVERTISEMENT BARNESVILLE — Eli Rutten finished with 21 points to lead the Staples-Motley Cardinals in a 67-47 Heart O’Lakes Conference loss to the Barnesville Trojans Friday, Feb. 7.

S-M’s Peyton Jares, Noah Larson and Avandre Brandt added six points..