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Feb. 8 Class 2A Boys Basketball polls unchanged

4 (4) Pelican Rapids (17-3)
5 (5) Perham (16-2)

February 09, 2012

Boys Basketball: Yellowjackets outlast Lakers in defensive struggle

PERHAM—Detroit Lakes and the #5-2A Perham Yellowjackets nearly played to a stalemate in a defensive battle Saturday evening. Perham survived a last second Laker shot holding on for a 36-34 victory.

By Robert Williams , February 07, 2012

Girls Basketball: Late Karvonen layup sinks Lakers

PERHAM — A back and forth basketball game came down to the final seconds and Perham’s Lexy Karvonen put herself all alone under the basket and made a lay-up with two seconds remaining to give Perham its fourth victory in five games 61-59 over Detroit Lakes.

By Robert Williams , February 07, 2012

Boys Basketball: Eagles drop two; Snelgrove within reach of 1,000

Rebuilding years can be difficult, as it has been in New York Mills, as the boys basketball team dropped games to Bertha-Hewitt and Henning to lower their record to 0-10 in the Park Region Conference and 1-16 overall. The road gets even more difficult next Thursday, Feb. 9 as the Eagles travel to #6-1A Ulen-Hitterdal.

By Robert Williams , February 03, 2012

Boys Basketball: Jackets escape Cowboy upset

PERHAM — Any talk of a sleeper team in the Heart O’ Lakes Conference capable of upsetting either Perham or Pelican Rapids has centered on the strong play of Barnesville (4-4, 11-7). The Trojans narrowly lost to Pelican Rapids on the road by seven points in late January. Either of the top teams in the HOL can have a close game on any given night and for the Yellowjackets, that game was at home versus Breckenridge Thursday night, when Perham snuck out of their home gym with a four-point victory over the Cowboys, 54-50.

By Robert Williams , February 03, 2012

Boys Basketball: Class 2A poll - Feb. 1

Braham remains at #1. St. Peter moves from #3 to #2. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, the team Perham beat in the state semifinals last year, moves up to #3. Perham drops from #2 to #5. Pelican jumps two spots after defeating Perham to #4.

February 03, 2012

Girls Basketball: Jackets on a roll, defeat Pelican Rapids for third straight ‘W’

PERHAM—The Yellowjackets girls basketball team won their third straight game and sent arch rival Pelican Rapids to only their fifth defeat of the season with a convincing Heart O’ Lakes Conference victory, 65-52, Tuesday evening.

By Robert Williams , February 02, 2012

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February 02, 2012

NY Mills 1979 girls basketball team mentioned with MSHSL State Bests

New York Mills (25-1), 1979

By Robert Williams , February 01, 2012

Pelican Rapids comeback knocks off #2 Perham (VIDEO)

PELICAN RAPIDS—Despite trailing for much of the second half, the #6-ranked Class 2A Pelican Rapids Vikings stormed back late in the game, as Perham’s shooting went cold, for a 51-48 Heart O’ Lakes Conference victory.

By Robert Williams , January 27, 2012

Girls Basketball: Yellowjackets cruise over Park Rapids

PERHAM — With a tough stretch of games coming up, the Perham girls basketball team (6-10) has been playing .500 basketball winning four of their last eight, including their past two, after a 75-40 blowout victory at home over Park Rapids (1-15) Thursday night.

By Robert Williams , January 27, 2012

New York Mills Hoop Shoot Winners

January 26, 2012

Girls Basketball: Henning controls second half in victory over NY Mills

The New York Mills girls basketball team (2-6, 2-13) got up early and held onto a lead until the waning minutes of the first half when the Henning Hornets (6-1, 9-5) created chaos and turnovers breaking open a close game and cruising to a 58-35 Park Region Conference victory.

By Robert Williams , January 26, 2012

Girls Basketball: Yellowjackets defeat Hornets handily 65-47

The Perham girls basketball (2-4, 5-10) entered Tuesday night’s Heart O’ Lakes Conference game with Frazee (2-3, 7-9) in a three-way tie at the bottom of the standings but jumped ahead of Barnesville and Breckenridge by one-half game with a 65-47 victory.

By Robert Williams , January 26, 2012

Boys Basketball: Sebeka 75, New York Mills 68

Despite a hot shooting night from all over the court and Adam Snelgrove pouring in 34 points, the Sebeka Trojans (3-11) held on to defeat New York Mills (1-13) by a score of 75-68 Monday evening.

By Forum staff reports , January 24, 2012