Mitchell Owlboy and Shandy Brown both scored six points in the opening period to help set the tone as Warwick scored the lone upset of the first day of the District 7 tournament Saturday at the Devils Lake Sports Center.
Owlboy and Brown both finished in double figures as the Warriors moved into Monday’s semifinal round with a 57-46 win over the Raiders. Warwick will face New Rockford-Sheyenne in one semifinal game, while Carrington and Wells County will tip off in the first semifinal, which is scheduled to get under way at approximately 6 p.m. at the Sports Center.
Carrington had little trouble in taking care of Maddock 74-21 in Saturday’s opening game of the tournament, whilc Wells County got past Harvey 51-39 to also advance.
New Rockford-Sheyenne used a 32-20 first half and went on to defeat Midkota 70-44 in Saturday’s other quarterfinal round game.
The tandem of Owlboy and Brown combined for 12 points for Warwick as the Warriors built an 18-9 lead after the first eight minutes of the game.
L-A-E cut into that deficit in the second quarter, but still trailed 29-21 at halftime and were never able to fully recover over the final two periods of play.
Warwick outscored the Raiders 28-25 in the second half to secure the win.
Brown led the Warriors with 13 points, while Owlboy finished with 12 points of his own. Melvin Langstaff also finished in double figures with 10 points.
Four other Warwick players figured into the scoring for the Warriors.
Logan Erickson led all scorers with 17 points, including 10 points in the second half.
Seth Kuchar was the only other L-A-E player to reach double figures. He finished with 11 points.
Warwick 18 11 12 16 – 57
L-A-E 9 12 8 17 – 46
Warwick (57): Shandy Brown 13, Mitchell Owlboy 12, Melvin Langstaff 10, Kyle Ironhawk 9, Aldan Black 8, Rock Baer 3, Colton Littleghost 2.
L-A-E (46): Logan Erickson 17, Seth Kuchar 11, Cole Haugland 8, Jordan Kuchar 4, Jacob Haman 4, Shane Wall 2.
New Rockford-Sheyenne 70,
Midkota 44
Four different players cracked the scoring column for New Rockford-Sheyenne in the first quarter as the Rockets ran to a 15-6 advantage and went on to defeat Midkota 70-44.
The Rockets led 32-20 at halftime and extended that advantage to 54-29 after three quarters by outscoring the Mustangs 22-9 in the third period.
Brett Allmaras and Stephen Guler combined to nearly match Midkota’s offensive output. Allmaras led all scorers in the game with 22 points, while Guler finished right behind with 21 points of his own.
Alex Miller and Dalton Ehlers led the Mustangs with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
