Photo by Samantha Davis. Dawson-Boyd's Brayson Boike passes the ball to the perimeter after driving to the basket in the first half against Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in the Camden Conference championship Monday night in Tracy. Boike finished with 22 points and eight rebounds in the Blackjacks' 105-64 win.

TRACY — Building up a 28-point lead by halftime, the No. 3 Dawson-Boyd boys basketball team threepeated as Camden Conference champions. The Blackjacks defeated Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 105-64 Monday night for their 13th straight win.

“It’s definitely one of those goals we had coming into the season,” Dawson-Boyd head coach Cory Larson said. “This group has put in a good chunk of work, so it feels good when they get to hold up a trophy at the end of your regular season finale.”

Through its fast-paced offense and efficient perimeter shooting, Dawson-Boyd earned a 61-33 lead by halftime and didn’t allow TMB to go on any sort of comeback run. Six different Blackjacks made a 3 in the game.

For Dawson-Boyd, Drew Hjelmeland was a dominant force in all areas and finished with a game-high 30 points on 68% shooting and went 7 of 10 from the 3-point line. His 15 rebounds also were a game-high.

Brayson Boike added 22 points with eight rebounds, and Gunner Liebl also tallied 22 points on 76% field goal shooting.

“We got a number of kids that can shoot it. Everybody in our first six knocked down 3’s tonight,” Larson said. “If you’re going to shoot the ball well, you got to take open 3’s. That’s everybody buying into that one more [pass], being unselfish, being able to see guys and throw strikes. A good pass leads to a good shot.”

Trevor Smith and Alex Munson led TMB with 15 points each, while Griffin Zick followed with 14. Munson also finished with six assists and seven rebounds.

At the end of the first half, Zick had 11 points for the Panthers while Hjelmeland had 18.

The first few minutes were competitive, but it didn’t take long for the Blackjacks to put matters into their own hands and establish the tempo.

Overall, Dawson-Boyd shot 60% from the field and 51% from the 3-point line, making 14 of 27 attempts. TMB was limited to a 35% field goal shooting mark, and 23% from the perimeter.

“Obviously not the way we wanted to end on our court here with all the seniors we got, but they’re [Dawson-Boyd] just a really good team,” TMB head coach Ryan Kruse said. “They got rolling, and we didn’t do a good job of stopping what they did well … Still, some things that we did were good. We’ll learn from this and get ready for Saturday.”

Liebl got the night’s scoring started with a midrange jumper, and he had 11 of Dawson-Boyd’s first 20 points.

TMB switched between a zone and man-to-man defense, but it wasn’t enough to fluster the Blackjacks’ offensive stride.

Smith made a field goal followed by Munson drawing an offensive charge and drilling in a 3-pointer to start TMB’s scoring, to which Hjelmeland hit his first 3 of the night to tie the game up early 5-5.

The Blackjacks went on its run from there and never let up off the gas.

Hastad and Hjelmeland hit back-to-back 3’s to build a 35-17 advantage, and Boike followed that up with another 3, as his soon-to-be teammates from Southwest Minnesota State University jumped up and applauded the senior from the sideline.

Hjelmeland hit two more consecutive 3-pointers, and Boike found a cutting Beau Johnson to help give the Blackjacks a 30-point lead, 59-29, as the half was winding down.

“[We are] trying to use those guys [Boike and Hjelmeland] to really be as efficient as possible on the offensive end,” Larson said. “We got to be able to balance the interior and the exterior … I think certainly you get results like tonight when you shoot the ball really well from the outside, but you also got to control the paint throughout 36 minutes.”

Boike and Hjelmeland continue to pose a significant threat to opponents with their length, standing at 6-foot-8 and 6-foot-7. The two’s ability to crash the lane, beat their defenders on rebounding and comfortability from the arc make it tough to find answers to.

“When they [Boike and Hjelmeland] get around the rim, you have to have a lot of guys around them to make them kick it. But, then they kick it and someday hits a three and that’s probably worse sometimes,” Kruse said. “They just got too many good offensive players to try to stop.”

Boike and Hjelmeland quickly set the tone of the second half with two straight 3-pointers, and Dawson-Boyd kept control the rest of the way, and brought the game to running clock as Larson allowed his reserves some playing time.

Dawson-Boyd (23-3) enters the postseason with just three losses, coming from Dell Rapids St. Mary 78-72 on Jan. 18, by the hands of No. 1 Albany 74-53 on Dec. 28 and to No. 2 Cherry 70-64 on Dec. 7.

Now heading into the Section 3A Tournament, the Blackjacks received the North division’s first seed, earning a bye to the second round. They will play the winner of No. 8 MACCRAY and No. 9 YME on March 1 at Montevideo High School at 11 a.m.

Dawson-Boyd will be looking to avenge last year’s performance at the tournament. The Blackjacks were awarded the one-seed, but fell to Minneota in overtime in the quarterfinals 61-57.

“We have everybody coming back from a year ago, so the one thing I say is we are more mature. I think we are ready to handle it,” Larson said about heading into the playoffs. “I think last year, the pressure was on [us]. This year, we are not even thinking about that … We have to go out, play hard and play together.”

TMB (21-6) has been given the three-seed in the South’s division for the Section 3A Tournament, also earning a bye to the second round. It will play No. 6 Murray County Central on March 1 at 4 p.m.

The Panthers also will be looking to go on a deeper run, after being eliminated by MCC in last year’s second round with an 84-83 loss.

“That’s a really good team [MCC], and we saw how good they were earlier in the year,” Kruse said. “They’re going to be a tough team, and we’re going to have to play really well, and take away some of the things they do well in order to win the games.”