Sean Pitman/Williston Herald Watford City's Tyler Wahus (54) goes up for a rebound against Trinity Christian's Jarek Hansen in their game at TCS gym Tuesday. Watford City came away with a 80-57 win.
In other Class B action, Tioga held off New Town 68-60, Stanley dumped North Shore-Plaza 71-38, Froid-Medicine Lake handled Westby-Grenora 66-44, Ray handled Powers Lake-Wildrose-Alamo 69-45, and Divide County tipped Trenton 53-49.
WC 80, TCS 57
Trinity Christian played a close first quarter trailing by just two, but quickly found themselves down by 14 in the second. McHale Maristuen buried a three and drove to the hoop to spark a rally to close within six.
However, the Wolves went inside to Tyler Wahus who helped Watford City build the lead back to 38-22 at halftime. The second half saw the Wolves stay out front, despite solid scoring by the Crusaders.
Wahus led all scorers with 34 points, followed by Bo James with 10 and Jeff Evanson with nine.
Trinity Christian was led by Maristuen and Micah Goldade with 16 points apiece.
WC 13 25 21 21 - 80
TCS 11 11 15 20 - 57
Watford City (80) - Tyler Wahus 34, Bo James 10, Jeff Evanson 9, Kyle Rolfsrud 8, Jayme Carson 7, Arlen Jacobson 4, Sheldon Wahlstrom 4, Jonny Moberg 2, Josh Fixen 2.
Trinity Christian (57) - McHale Maristuen 16, Micah Goldade 16, Jarek Hansen 6, Nate Norby 6, Paul Schmidt 4, Matthew Kvernum 4, Jens Aafedt 3, Jon Gilliland 2.
Tioga 68, NT 60
TIOGA - Tioga got off to a solid start to lead 32-24 at the break. The Pirates stretched the lead to 11 going into the fourth quarter, and when New Town rallied with 23 points in the fourth, Tioga was up to the challenge with 20 of its own to seal the win.
Tioga's Ryan Grubb led four players in double figures with 21 points, followed by Justin Vejtasa with 17, Jace Lalim with 12 and Evan Pederson with 10. Grubb hit four threes in the first quarter and had five for the game.
Maurice Morsette paced the Eagles with 28 points, while Waylon Hall added 13 and Drew Drosdal had eight.
NT 11 13 13 23 - 60
Tioga 16 16 16 20 - 68
New Town (60) - Maurice Morsette 28, Waylon Hall 13, Drew Drosdal 8, Morgan Tveter 5, Russell Dixon 3, Melvin Hale 3.
Tioga (68) - Ryan Grubb 21, Justin Vejtasa 17, Jace Lalim 12, Evan Pederson 10, Kevin Hove 3, Chris Longie 3, Cody Knudson 2.
Stanley 71, NS-P 38
STANLEY - The Blue Jays had little problem with the Wildcats running out to a 30-16 half and then blowing the game open with a 22-12 third quarter.
Kellen Leupp put up 17 points to lead Stanley, while Layne Fluhrer and Peter Kannianen each scored 10.
North Shore-Plaza was led by Jordan Johnson's 22 points, while Tyson Lynne added seven.
NS-P 6 10 12 10 - 38
Stanley 15 15 22 19 - 71
North Shore-Plaza (38) - Jordan Johnson 22, Tyson Lynne 7, Zach Brown 4, Jace Haddeland 2, Ronnie Lampert 2, Seth Larson 1.
Stanley (71) - Kellen Leupp 17, Layne Fluhrer 10, Peter Kannianen 10, Lance Hollinger 8, Drew Nichols 6, Micah Johnson 6, Jordan Leupp 4, John Job 4, Kyle Nichols 2, Nathan Schell 1.
F-ML 66, W-G 44
WESTBY, Mont. - The Rangers didn't have much answer for Froid's Jeff Lodahl who poured in a game-high 30 points.
Single digit first and last quarter also limited Westby-Grenora.
F-ML also saw Casey Schell score 10 points.
Westby-Grenora was led by Josh Ming with 15 points, followed by Shane Ryals with 10.
F-ML 15 19 15 17 - 66
W-G 8 12 15 9 - 44
Froid-Medicine Lake (66) - Jeff Lodahl 30, Casey Schell 10, Beau Ryder 7, Evan Lunde 5, David Radenberg 4, Dane Hancock 4, Andrew Johnson 4, Coltin Justice 2.
Westby-Grenora (44) - Josh Ming 15, Shane Ryals 10, Brad Evanson 8, Andrew Esterby 4, Alex Lagerquist 4, Chris Muse 3.
DC 53, Trenton 49
CROSBY - Trenton led 23-18 after one quarter, but the Maroons came back to tie the game at 29 at the break. The Maroons then went on a 17-7 third quarter and held off a late run by the Tigers.
Grant Windfaldet scored 19 points to pace the Maroons, while Derek Benter added 11 and Cody Roland scored eight.
Trenton was led by Nick Brunelle's 20 points, followed by Lucas Cayko with 16 and Stetson Lawrence with nine.
Trenton 23 6 7 13 - 49
DC 18 11 17 7 - 53
Trenton (49) - Nick Brunelle 20, Lucas Cayko 16, Stetson Lawrence 9, Art Vondall 2, Bobby Vondall 2.
Divide County (53) - Grant Windfaldet 19, Derek Benter 11, Cody Roland 8, Kenny Thomas 6, Levi Garbel 5, Ryan Wissbrod 4, Loren Johnson 4, Aaron Haggin 2, Devin Jacobson 2.
Ray 69, PL-W-A 45
POWERS LAKE - Ray jumped out to a 19-7 lead and a 21-10 second quarter put them in control. Matt Heier paced the Jays with 18 points, while Brandon Solem scored 13 and Jordan Vance added 12.
The Ranchers got 14 points from Logan Sevre, while Drew Cvancara and Adam Jensen each added seven.
Ray 19 21 10 19 - 69
PL-W-A 7 10 12 16 - 45
Ray (69) - Matt Heier 18, Brandon Solem 13, Jordan Vance 12, Catlin Bingeman 8, Clint Perdue 6, Jordan Viall 6, Todd Hodenfield 6.
Powers Lake-Wildrose-Alamo (45) - Logan Sevre 14, Drew Cvancara 7, Adam Jensen 7, Athony Dosch 4, Brett Zeltinger 4, Marcus Christensen 3, Nathaniel Edwards 3, Jacob Morgrel 3.
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