Ellendale, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The Oakes Tornadoes boys’ basketball team traveled to Ellendale Friday night to face the Cardinals in the 75th annual Cowbell Game, and the Cardinals withstood a furious comeback to hang on for a 58-53 win. The win gives Ellendale 43 Cowbell wins to the Tornadoes’ 32.
The game started out as a dogfight, with the lead changing several times in the first quarter until the Cardinals seized a 12-8 lead at the end of the quarter. Ellendale mainly kept control, even as the game stayed close, leading 29-24 at halftime before extending the lead through the third to head into the fourth quarter with a 46-34 lead.
Oakes, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The LaMoure-Litchville/Marion Loboes came roaring into Oakes after a big weekend win but left with their tails between their legs after getting handed a 64-46 loss to the Tornadoes Tuesday night.
The game was a back-and-forth affair through the first quarter, with the Tornadoes taking a 14-12 lead into the break. The lead only grew from there, however, as the Tornadoes led 31-22 at the half and led by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter.
The Tornadoes used the fast break and their athleticism advantage to get out and get easy baskets, with sophomore Joey Heim getting a pair of fast-break layups back-to-back in the first quarter. The Tornadoes kept the pace up until the last few minutes, when they stalled to run the clock.
Oakes, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The Oakes Tornadoes started out slow Monday night, leading 12-11 after the first quarter and 36-29 at halftime, only to blow the game wide open in the third quarter and cruise to a 92-62 victory over the Hankinson Pirates. The Tornadoes turned the ball over seven times in the first quarter, and they never seemed to find a rhythm until returning from the locker room after halftime.
With under two minutes remaining in the first half, Tornadoes head coach Rod Kramer pulled his starters out of the game and let a group of younger players finish the half along with senior Alex Muggli. Coach Kramer said that he went in the locker room ready to light a fire under his players, and they responded, outscoring the Pirates 37-17 in the third quarter.
OAKES, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Oakes outscored South Border 30-7 in the first quarter and never looked back on the way to a 75-29 win over the Mustangs on a Region 3 matchup Tuesday night in Oakes.
Steele Hansen outscored South Border in the first half 16-15 as the Tornadoes built a 54-15 lead at the break. Hansen finished with a game high 25 points. Ashton Biesterfeld added 17 points and Garrett Meehl chipped in 13.
Kaden Bader led the Mustangs with seven points. Set Wolf and Trevor Schmidt each had five.
Oakes improves to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in Region 3 games. South Border falls to 0-10 overall and 0-2 in the Region.