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Groton’s Lane Tietz puts up a three-point shot during Tuesday night’s game in Warner. Tietz nailed nine three-point field goals on the way to a school record 47 points in a win over Clark-Willow Lake on Friday night. Photo by John Davis taken 1/2/2024

GROTON – Lane Tietz poured in a school record 47 points to power Groton to an 84-20 Northeast Conference boys’ basketball win over Clark-Willow Lake Friday night.

Tietz, who made 9 of 15 3-pointers, broke the previous record of 41 points. He also dished out five assists and collected 10 steals in the victory.

Jacob Zak contributed 13 points for the Tigers, who improved to 5-2 on the season.

CLARK-WILLOW LAKE (3-3): Emmerson Larson 1 1-2 3, Bo Begeman 1 0-0 2, Aaron Zemlicka 1 0-0 2, Jack Helkenn 2 0-0 5, Griffin Musser 1 1-2 3, Jakob Steen 1 1-4 3, Cayden Binger 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 3-8 20.

GROTON (5-2): Jacob Zak 6 0-0 13, Lane Tietz 17 4-5 47, Ryder Johnson 3 1-1 8, Keegan Tracy 2 1-1 5, Colby Dunker 2 1-2 5, Turner Thompson 1 0-0 3, J.D. Schwan 1 0-0 3. Totals 32 7-9 84.

Clark-Willow Lake 4 14 15 20

Groton 22 48 72 84

3-point field goals – Helkenn; Tietz (9), Zak, Johnson, Thompson, Schwan. Total fouls – Clark-Willow Lake 11; Groton 13. Rebounds – Groton 23 (Zak 6). Turnovers – Groton 6. Assists – Groton 15 (Tietz 5). Steals – Groton 21 (Tietz 10).

Faulkton 59, Hitchcock-Tulare 38

HITCHCOCK-TULARE (3-3): Patrick Maynard 3 1-6 7, Erik Salmen 4 3-5 12, Blaze Binger 1 0-0 2, Jackson Maynard 7 2-5 16, Devin Enander 0 1-2 1. Totals 15 7-18 38.

FAULKTON (5-2): Gian DiMaria 3 1-3 8, Spencer Melius 1 0-0 2, Charlie Dieter 3 1-4 7, Layne Cotton 14 5-8 36, Trey Machtemes 1 0-0 2, Carter Hall 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 7-15 59.

Hitchcock-Tulare 12 22 28 38

Faulkton 19 35 55 59

3-point field goals – Salmen; Cotton (3), DiMaria. Total fouls – Hitchcock-Tulare 16; Faulkton 14. Rebounds – Hitchcock-Tulare 33 (J. Maynard 8); Faulkton 43 (Cotton 14). Turnovers – Hitchcock-Tulare 21; Faulkton 6. Assists – Hitchcock-Tulare 3 (Brendan Nowell 2); Faulkton 5 (Cotton 2). Steals – Hitchcock-Tulare 2 (Nowell, P. Maynard); Faulkton 15 (Cotton 4).

Herreid-Selby Area 53, Langford Area 51

HERREID-SELBY AREA (2-5): Cole Zabel 1 5-6 7, Mason Vetter 4 0-0 14, Xavier Ritter 2 2-2 6, Wayde Grage 4 2-2 10, Trevor Gill 7 2-7 16. Totals 19 11-17 53.

LANGFORD AREA (0-10): Jacob Samson 4 4-4 16, Rennan Bruns 3 0-0 9, Kalen Godel 6 4-6 19, Caleb Mertz 2 1-3 5, Dylan Harmon 1 0-0 2, Ryder Smith 0 0-2 0. Totals 16 9-18 51.

Herreid-Selby Area 22 28 41 53

Langford Area 8 25 43 51

3-point field goals – Vetter (4); Samson (4), Bruns (3), Godel (3). Total fouls – Herreid-Selby Area 16; Langford Area 18. Rebounds – Langford Area 24 (Godel 7). Turnovers – Langford Area 8. Assists – Langford Area 10 (Bruns 4). Steals – Langford Area 10 (Godel 6).

Warner 68, North Central 36

WARNER (4-3): Hunter Cramer 9 3-5 21, Drew Bakeberg 2 2-3 6, Zach Evans 3 1-1 7, Gavin Lane 2 1-2 7, Brodey Sauerwein 7 3-4 18, Jesiah Baum 2 0-0 4, Jaxon Moore 2 1-1 5. Totals 27 11-16 68.

NORTH CENTRAL (0-4): Raynor Sprague 3 3-4 10, Cole Beitelspacher 2 0-0 5, Dawson Walz 2 1-2 5, Tim Rucker 1 0-3 2, Kobe Wherry 1 0-0 3, Zane Haar 0 2-2 2, Jade Jacobs 1 1-2 3, Cooper Oxner 2 0-0 6. Totals 12 7-13 36.

Warner 17 41 53 68

North Central 12 20 30 36

3-point field goals – Lane (2), Sauerwein; Oxner (2), Wherry, C. Beitelspacher, Sprague. Total fouls – Warner 16; North Central 22.

Great Plains Lutheran 57, Britton-Hecla 19

Britton-Hecla stats not reported

GREAT PLAINS LUTHERAN (4-0): Brody Scharlemann 1 0-0 2, Thad Kratz 1 0-0 3, Hayden Karli 2 0-0 5, Micah Holien 1 0-0 3, Alex Heil 5 0-0 11, Landon Czerwan 1 0-0 2, Martin Krenz 1 2-2 4, Austin Rubendall 4 9-11 17, Myles York 5 0-0 10. Totals 21 11-13 57.

Britton-Hecla 9 9 16 19

Great Plains Lutheran 12 28 47 57

3-point field goals – Kratz, Karli, Holien, Heil. Total fouls – Great Plains Lutheran 15. Rebounds – Great Plains Lutheran 32 (Heil 6, York 6). Turnovers – Great Plains Lutheran 8. Assists – Great Plains Lutheran 8 (Heil 3). Steals – Great Plains Lutheran 15 (Karli 4, Krenz 4).

Waubay-Summit 48, Elkton-Lake Benton 42

ELKTON-LAKE BENTON (1-4): Eliot Erickson 3 4-7 11, Colt Beck 7 1-1 17, Carson Griffith 3 1-3 7, Tanner Drietz 2 0-0 4, Blake DeVries 1 11 3. Totals 16 7-13 42.

WAUBAY-SUMMIT (5-3): Jackson Wohlleber 9 5-7 27, Camden Neilan 4 0-0 10, Jared Purdy 1 2- 2 4, Traveion Neilan 1 1-1 3, Dylan Rumpza 0 2-4 2, Tigh Gaikowski 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 10-14 48.

Elkton-Lake Benton 8 20 29 42

Waubay-Summit 9 19 33 48

3-point field goals – Wohlleber (4), C. Neilan (2). Total fouls – Elkton-Lake Benton 19; Waubay-Summit 14. Rebounds – Elkton-Lake Benton 30; Waubay-Summit 26 (Purdy 7). Turnovers – Elkton-Lake Benton 12; Waubay-Summit 12. Assists – Elkton-Lake Benton 4; Waubay-Summit 9 (Wohlleber 3, Rumpza 3). Steals – Elkton-Lake Benton 7; Waubay-Summit 6 (Wohlleber 3, Purdy 3).

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