Lena Richards / Echo Journal Correspondent
PINE RIVER — Jared Hamilton scored 15 points to help the host Pine River-Backus Tigers to a 51-49 victory over the Blackduck Drakes in a Northland Conference boys’ basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Irvin Tulenchik tallied 14 points for the Tigers and Rian Struss added nine.
PR-B, 6-4 in the conference and 14-7 overall, was scheduled to host Walker-Hackensack-Akeley on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and then play at Red Lake on Friday, Feb. 24.
Basketball players beat Walker, Bemidji and Nevis
James Maine clocked in against Laporte and managed to score, much to the delight of the team and crowd
The team faced Pillager in the house of the Timberwolves
Participants can choose which athlete they want in the tank
Blackduck 19 30 – 49
Pine River-Backus 22 29 – 51
BLACKDUCK
Oli Stroeing 10, Brennan Kortuem 10, Dante Frank 14, Nicholas Swedberg 3, Kainen Arp 10.
PINE RIVER-BACKUS
Irvin Tulenchik 14, Jared Hamilton 15, Andrew Bueckers 7, Rian Struss 9, Carson Travis 6.
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