Sean Pitman | Williston Herald White Shield's Cletus Foote tries to knock the ball away from Stanley's Drew Nichols in their first round game of the District 15 boys basketball tournament at Stanley High School Friday. Foote was called for the foul as Stanley defeated the Warriors 75-49. The championship and region qualifying games will be played Monday starting at 4 p.m.
Watford City and Stanley will play for the top seed in the District at Stanley High School Monday. In the semifinals Saturday, No. 4 Watford City shocked No. 1 New Town 53-39, while No. 2 Stanley had to break away from No. 6 Mandaree in the final minute to win 68-58.
In loser-out games, No. 3 Parshall sent No. 7 White Shield home 78-50, while No. 4 North Shore-Plaza got a bye.
Watford City and Stanley will square off for the title at 7:30 p.m. Monday, after Mandaree and North Shore-Plaza play at 4 p.m., and Parshall and New Town play at 5:45p.m. in region qualifying games.
It was a bit of a wild first round on Friday as well. In the nightcap, Mandaree pulled off a 58-57 upset of Parshall in the final second, while North Shore-Plaza led Watford City for a half before falling 61-43.
Stanley didn't have as much to sweat over dumping White Shield 75-49, while New Town didn't sweat at all with a first-round bye.
Stanley 68, Mandaree 58
Mandaree pushed the Blue Jays the entire game as the teams traded late leads, but Stanley's Lance Hollinger got a key bucket and steal to push the Blue Jays up a bit forcing the Warriors to foul which helped Stanley pull away.
Hollinger paced Stanley with 25 points, while Layne Fluhrer added 12 and Kellen Leupp had 11.
Mandaree was led by Louden Smith's 29 game-high points, which included six three-pointers, three coming in the fourth quarter. Mychal Mann had 11 points and Kenny Smith added 10.
Mandaree 20 9 16 13 - 58
Stanley 17 15 15 21 - 68
Mandaree (58) - Louden Smith 29, Mychal Mann 11, Kenny Smith 10, Clancey Lone Fight 8.
Stanley (68) - Lance Hollinger 25, Layne Fluhrer 12, Kellen Leupp 11, Micah Johnson 6, John Job 6, Peter Kannianen 4, Kyle Nichols 4.
WC 53, NT 39
Watford City's defense set the tone early holding the Eagles to eight points in the first quarter, but the Wolves were only able to grab a 20-18 halftime lead. The defense stiffened in the third quarter holding New Town to just five points, while 6-7 center Tyler Wahus poured in 12 of the Wolves' 14 points to lead 34-23 going into the fourth.
New Town couldn't make a run even though the Wolves went to the line 18 times in the fourth quarter and made just nine.
Wahus led all scorers with 19 points, while Jayme Carson added 13 points, and Bo James and Kyle Rolfsrud each scored eight.
New Town was led by Maurice Morsette with 12 points, while Houston Kirkaldie scored 10 and Noble Dragswolf had six.
WC 7 13 14 19 - 53
NT 8 10 5 16 - 39
Watford City (53) - Tyler Wahus 19, Jayme Carson 13, Bo James 8, Kyle Rolfsrud 8, Jeff Evanson 3, Sheldon Wahlstrom 2.
New Town (39) - Maurice Morsette 12, Houston Kirkaldie 10, Noble Dragswolf 6, Waylon Hall 5, Drew Drosdal 4, Morgan Tveter 2.
Parshall 78, WS 50
White Shield stayed close early trailing just 13-8 after the first quarter, but the Braves began to pull away with a 24-12 second quarter. Another 24-12 run in the third put the game away for Parshall.
Jake Myrick scored 16 points to lead Parshall, while Neil Packineau scored 13, and Nathan Packineau and Carlisle Wells each scored 11.
White Shield was led by Isaiah Everett's game-high 23 points, including five threes, on a sore ankle. Gary Everett added 12 points and Steven Blacksmith had seven.
WS 8 12 12 18 - 50
Parshall 13 24 24 17 - 78
White Shield (50) - Isaiah Everett 23, Gary Everett 12, Steven Blacksmith 7, Brandon Birds Lying Down 5, Cletus Foote 2, Darren Meyers 1.
Parshall (78) - Jake Myrick 16, Neil Packineau 13, Nathan Packineau 11, Carlisle Wells 11, Weston Smith 8, Rudy Young Bird 6, Adam Trulson 5, Jon Lee 4, Tyler Kellar 4.
Mandaree 58, Parshall 57
Mandaree was the team that wouldn't go away. The Warriors erased an early 12-4 deficit in the first quarter to tie the game at 21 in the second. Parshall managed to keep a one-point halftime lead and then pushed it to 14 in the third quarter.
However, Mandaree came right back to cut the lead to five early in the fourth. The teams traded buckets and with 28 seconds left, Parshall's Neil Packineau hit two free throws to help the Braves to a three-point advantage.
However, Lane Standish got a jumper to fall to cut the lead to one, and with time running out the Warriors got the ball back and Louden Smith tipped in his own miss from six feet for the game-winner.
Michal Mann kept the Warriors on track with his consistent scoring throughout the game to lead Mandaree with 20 points. Kenny Smith chipped in 12 points and Clancey Lone Fight added 10. Louden Smith finished with nine.
Packineau topped the Braves scoring with 25 points, going 10-12 at the free throw line. Nathan Packineau added 12 points and Adam Trulson scored seven.
Mandaree 15 14 10 19 - 58
Parshall 19 11 18 9 - 57
Mandaree (58) - Mychal Mann 20, Kenny Smith 12, Clancey Lone Fight 10, Louden Smith 9, Lane Standish 5, Tony Moran 2.
Parshall (57) - Neil Packineau 25, Nathan Packineau 12, Adam Trulson 7, Tyler Kellar 6, Rudy Young Bird 5, Jake Myrick 2.
Stanley 75, WS 49
Even when a team is overmatched, hard work is still appreciated. Although the Warriors were outplayed 51-21 in the first half, they kept working hard.
The appreciation culminated when 5-2 freshman Wesley Howlingwolf launched a three-pointer that found nothing but net midway through the fourth quarter, with the game out of reach.
Fans from both teams gave the little seventh-grade guard a standing ovation.
Stanley ran out to a 24-6 lead in the first quarter, and 27 points in the second pretty much put the game on ice.
White Shield finished with a 21-point fourth quarter to ease the pain of the loss a bit.
Stanley was led by Layne Fluhrer with 14 points, while Micah Johnson scored 13, Lance Hollinger 12 and John Job 11.
White Shield's Isaiah Everett led all scorers with 27 points, including three threes and was 6-6 from the charity stripe. Steven Blacksmith scored 15 points.
WS 6 15 7 21 - 49
Stanley 24 27 10 14 - 75
White Shield (49) - Isaiah Everett 27, Steven Blacksmith 15, Wesley Howlingwolf 3, Gary Everett 2, Cletus Foote 2.
Stanley (75) - Layne Fluhrer 14, Micah Johnson 13, Lance Hollinger 12, John Job 11, Drew Nichols 6, Kellen Leupp 5, Jordan Leupp 4, Peter Kannianen 4, Kyle Nichols 4, Nathan Schell 2.
WC 61, NS-P 43
The Wildcats had a strong second quarter as Jace Haddeland hit a pair of threes to help North Shore-Plaza to a 27-23 halftime lead.
However, Watford City made a defensive stand in the third for a 16-6 run to take control and rode the momentum with a 22 point fourth quarter to put the game away.
Tyler Wahus scored 10 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter to pace the Wolves. Kyle Rolfsrud added 13 points and Jayme Carson scored 10.
Haddeland was the lone Wildcat in double figures with 14 points, including four threes. Greg Petrick added nine points and Jordan Johnson scored six.
NS-P 10 17 6 10 - 43
WC 13 10 16 22 - 61
North Shore-Plaza (43) - Jace Haddeland 14, Greg Petrick 9, Jordan Johnson 6, Tyson Lynne 5, Seth Larson 5, Zach Brown 4.
Watford City (61) - Tyler Wahus 26, Kyle Rolfsrud 13, Jayme Carson 10, Ryan Thompson 4, John Moberg 4, Kenny Liebel 2, Sheldon Wahlstrom 2.
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