SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sioux Falls Washington got out to an early lead an Marshall couldn’t find an answer. Washington defeated Marshall 54-22.

“We got down early and we were never able to recover,” Marshall coach Dan Westby said. “They had too many baskets in the paint and we didn’t do enough to stop them.”

Offense didn’t come easy for Marshall, either. Leading the team in scoring was Hannah Meier with just six points. Kaia Sueker and Paige Andries added five points apiece for the Tigers.

Marshall (2-4) returns to action next week in the Borch’s Holiday Classic at Southwest Minnesota State. Marshall will face Jordan on Tuesday and Mankato West on Wednesday.

Westby knows there’s work to do before those games.

“We need to get back into the gym and start handling things better,” Westby said. “Right now, we’re playing too fast and we’re not in control.”

Marshall    10 12 — 22

Washington    30 24 — 54

MARSHALL: Sueker 2 0-0 5, Schwartz 1 1-2 3, Estrada 1 0-0 3, Meier 2 2-2 6, Andries 2 1-2 5. TOTALS: 8 4-6 22.

3-POINTERS: 2 (Sueker 1, Estrada 1).

REBOUNDS: 18 (Sanow 5)

ASSISTS: 4 (Marks 2)

STEALS: 4 (Sueker 2)

BLOCKS: 2 (Schwartz 2)

FOULS: 10

TURNOVERS: 15

Lakeview 71,

YME 46

COTTONWOOD- The Yellow Medicine East Sting took on the Lakeview Lakers on Thursday night at Lakeview High School where the Sting fell to the Lakers 71-46. Impressive on the court for YME was Cole Richter and Nicky Lindstrom with ten points each while Nick Peterson had seven points on the night. YME totaled 17 turnovers and eight steals in Thursday night’s loss to the Lakers. Aiding Lakeview in their win was Darrien Wallin with 16 points followed closely by Jarod Goepferich and Coltan Varpness with 12 points each. Lakeview had 39 rebounds and 16 fouls in their victory over YME. Lakeview is next scheduled to play in the Redwood Valley Tournament on Thursday and has an overall record of 3-2 while YME is next scheduled to play Renville County West on January 3 and has an overall record of 1-5.

Yellow Medicine East        24 22 – 46

Lakeview                 28 43 – 71

YME (RECORDS): Richter (FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PTS) 6-14 0-0 10; Lindstrom, N 4-10 3-5 10; N. Peterson 3-18 2-2 7; E. Peterson 3-11 0-0 6; Christensen 2-7 1-2 5; Lindstrom, T 1-10 2-2 4. TOTALS: 21-75 (28%) 8-12 (66.6%) 46 PTS.

Lakeview (RECORDS): Wallin (FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PTS) 6-11 4-4 16; Goepferich 5-7 2-3 12; Varpness, C 7-11 0-0 12; Varpness, T 3-10 1-2 6; French 2-4 2-3 6; Loe 2-2 2-4 7. TOTALS: 33-60 (55%) 11-17 (64.7%) 71 PTS.

3-POINT FIELD GOALS: Lakeview 6-14 (C. Varpness 2-3, Loe 1-1); YME 4-14 (Richter 2-5, N. Lindstrom 1-2).

REBOUNDS: Lakeview 39 (Goepferich 10); YME 31 (Christensen, 6).

ASSISTS: Lakeview 17 (Goepferich 4, Loe 3); YME 2 (T. Lindstrom).

STEALS: Lakeview 13 (Wallin 7, Goepferich 4); YME 8 (N. Lindstrom, 2; N. Peterson, 2; T. Lindstrom, 2).

BLOCKS: Lakeview 3 (Goepferich); YME 0

FOULS: Lakeview 16; YME 16.

TURNOVERS: Lakeview 23; YME 17.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Dawson-Boyd 54, KMS 40

DAWSON — Dawson-Boyd defeated Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 54-40 on Thursday.

Bentley Boike led the Blackjacks with 16 points. Alex Swenson added six points and 10 rebounds in the win.

Braden Thompson added seven points for DB.

Dawson-Boyd (5-1, 4-0 Camden) travels to Milbank for a holiday tournament game on Thursday.

DAWSON-BOYD: Weber 1-6 0-1 2, Thompson 3-7 0-1 7, Franzky 1-3 0-0 3, Swenson 2-10 2-2 6, Boike 8-17 0-0 16, Husby 3-7 1-2 7, Horton 3-7 0-0 8, Stratmoen 2-5 1-1 5. TOTALS: 23-63 4-7 54.

3-POINTERS: 4-16 (Horton 2, Thompson 1, Franzky 1).

REBOUNDS: 35 (Swenson 13, Weber 8).

ASSISTS: 6 (Weber 2, Swenson 2, Husby 2).

STEALS: 7 (Weber 2, Thompson 2).

BLOCKS: 1 (Swenson 1).

FOULS: 14.

TURNOVERS: 13.

Minneota 65,

TMB 49

TRACY — Minneota defeated Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 65-49 on Thursday.

It was a back-and-forth contest between two of the area’s top players. TMB’s Spencer Smith led all scorers with 30 points and 10 rebounds while Thomas Hennen scored 28 points and seven rebounds for Minneota in the win.

Logan Sussner added 12 points for Minneota.

Minneota (3-2, 2-2 Camden) returns to action January 3 at Central Minnesota Christian while TMB (0-6, 0-4 Camden) will play on Thursday in the Windom holiday tournament.

Minneota    29 36 — 65

TMB        19 30 — 49

MINNEOTA: Boerboom 3-9 0-2 7, Buysse 1-5 2-3 5, Fox 3-4 0-0 7, I. Hennen 1-4 1-2 3, J. Hennen 1-4 0-0 3, T. Hennen 12-19 0-0 28, Sussner 3-7 5-10 12. TOTALS: 24-53 8-17 65.

TRACY-MILROY-BALATON: Dolan 3-11 0-0 9, Landherr 3-8 0-1 8, Smith 10-22 7-7 30, Noyes 1-1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 17-48 7-8 49.

3-POINTERS: Minneota 9-21 (T. Hennen 4, Boerboom 1, Buysse 1, Fox 1, J. Hennen 1, Sussner 1); TMB 8-21 (Dolan 3, Smith 3, Landherr 2)

REBOUNDS: Minneota 34 (T. Hennen 7); TMB 27 (Smith 10).

ASSISTS: Minneota 13 (I. Hennen 3, Sussner 3); TMB 11 (Dolan 5).

STEALS: Minneota 11 (T. Hennen 5); TMB 0.

BLOCKS: Minneota 0; TMB 2 (Landherr 1, Smith 1).

FOULS: Minneota 9; TMB 12.

TURNOVERS: Minneota 12; TMB 12.

WWG 93,

Sleepy Eye 46

WESTBROOK — Westbrook-Walnut Grove used hot shooting to defeat Sleepy Eye 93-46 on Thursday.

The Chargers finished the game shooting 14 of 17 from 3-point range.

Anthony Ross led the Chargers with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Tyson Elzenga added 17 points in the win, including three 3-pointers.

WWG (5-2) returns to action on January 5 with a home game against Ellsworth.

Ellsworth    20 26 — 46

WWG    49 44 — 93

WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE: Kleven 2 0-0 6, Hang 1 0-1 3, Bunting 5 1-3 11, Elzenga 4 3 0-1 17, kuehl 2 1 7, n ross 1 3, deprez 4 8, quade 1 2 8, a ross 6 3 2-3 23, christians 1 2-2 4, freeburg 1 1-1 3. totals 24 13 6-12 18pf

3-POINTERS: 14 (Elzenga 3, Kleven 3, A. Ross 3, Quade 2 Kuehl 1, N. Ross 1, Hang 1)

REBOUNDS: 43 (Bunting 10, A. Ross 10)

ASSISTS: 25 (Elzenga 7, Quade 7)

STEALS: 13 (Quade 3)

BLOCKS: 8

FOULS: 18

TURNOVERS: 15

Red Rock 54,

MCC 38

LAMBERTON — Red Rock Central defeated Murray County Central 54-38 on Thursday.

Cole Bassett led MCC with 12 points and eight rebounds. He also recorded four steals in the loss.

Tyler Groves added 10 points and five rebounds for MCC.

Trevor Pederson scored a game-high 17 points for RRC.

MCC (3-3, 1-3 Red Rock) travels to Southwest Minnesota Christian on Jan. 5.

MCC    19 19 — 38

RRC    22 32 — 54

MURRAY COUNTY CENTRAL: Everson 1-7 0-0 3, B. Woldt 1-3 0-0 2, Bassett 5-19 0-0 12, Schreiber 1-4 0-0 3, Groves 5-9 0-0 10, Winter 1-4 0-1 2, M. Woldt 3-7 0-0 6. TOTALS: 17-55 0-1 (0%) 38.

3-POINTERS: 4-20 (Bassett 2, Everson 1, Schreiber 1).

REBOUNDS: 31 (M. Woldt 10).

ASSISTS: 6 (Everson 2, M. Woldt 2).

STEALS: 6 (Bassett 4, M. Woldt 2).

BLOCKS: 1 (Winter 1).

FOULS: 13.

TURNOVERS: 15.

WRESTLING

St. Peter 34,

TMB 28

NEW ULM – St. Peter defeated Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 34-28 on Thursday.

Trevor Eisfeld and Austin Buchholz got pins for TMB/WWG in the loss.

Derek Ellingson added a major decision win for the Panthers.

Full results are listed below.

TMB/WWG hosts United and Worthington in a triangular on Jan. 5.

St. Peter (STPE) 34.00 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton-Westbrook-Walnut-Grove (TMBW) 28.00

106: Kole Guth (STPE) over Ayden Horner (TMBW) (MD 9-1) 113: Levi Ellingson  (TMBW) over Cade Horner (STPE) (Dec 3-2) 120: Dereck Ellingson (TMBW) over Michael Connor (STPE) (MD 14-3) 126: Xavier Schugel (STPE) over Chance Dewitte (TMBW) (Dec 2-0) 132: Wyatt Gillette (STPE) over Tyler Vandendriessche (TMBW) (Fall 2:56) 138: Anthony Axford (TMBW) over Matthew Pettis (STPE) (TB-1 2-1) 145: Wareke Gillette (STPE) over Jake Byrne (TMBW) (Dec 8-4) 152: Trevor Eisfeld (TMBW) over Hayden Kurth (STPE) (Fall 5:21) 160: Sage Loredo – Hollon (STPE) over Austin Axford (TMBW) (Fall 4:33) 170: Eli Hunt (STPE) over Nash Mayer (TMBW) (Dec 8-5) 182: Jace Paplow (TMBW) over   (STPE) (For.) 195: Peter Hilligoss (STPE) over Tyler Timm (TMBW) (Dec 6-5) 220: Austin  Buchholz (TMBW) over Jacob Pehrson (STPE) (Fall 0:46) 285: Tony Putz (STPE) over Sam Bauer (TMBW) (Fall 0:26)