Independent file photo: Lakeview's Anah Schmidt goes up for a shot against Central Minnesota Christian last season on Feb. 25, 2025.

Lakeview 79, RCW 43

COTTONWOOD — Anah Schmidt’s 13-point, 11-rebound double-double, along with three other players scoring in double figures, powered the Lakeview girls basketball team to a big 79-43 win over Renville County West Thursday night.

Lakeview set the tone early with a 39-18 halftime lead, and kept its foot on the gas the rest of the way. The Lakers were strong on the defensive end of the floor with a collective 42 rebounds, 28 of which were defensive, along with 10 steals.

Overall, Lakeview shot 40% from the field and had a strong presence at the perimeter, making 10 of 19 3-pointers.

Emma Brusven led the team with 19 points on 6-for-9 shooting, along with five rebounds.

Brynn Stensrud added 17 points and shot a perfect 3-for-3 at the arc, along with her four rebounds and two steals. Jovie Benson also tallied 11 points behind a trio of 3s. Addyson Jorgenson was strong on the glass with six rebounds, along with her 9 points.

Lakeview moves to 3-1 to start the season, marking three straight wins, and will next hit the road to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (2-1) on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Minneota 68, TMB 43

MINNEOTA — Jaylyn Coequyt’s 17 points, 16 rebounds and four steals led the Minneota girls basketball team to a 68-43 win over Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Thursday evening on the road. The Vikings’ defense was ultimately too much for the Panthers to overcome with 48 rebounds and 25 steals.

TMB was limited to just 28 rebounds and nine steals on the night, but were hot from the perimeter with 10 3-pointers. Minneota made just four from the 3-point line.

Autum Anderson followed Coequyt with 11 points and had a team-high five steals, while Eden Meagher and Ava Rost each contributed another 10 points. Sarah Gruenes led Minneota going 2-for-4 at the perimeter, finishing with 7 points and two steals.

Jayla Jerzak and Rost also had another four steals each, while Libby Sussner had another three.

For the Panthers, Gretchen Lanoue led the way with 13 points and six rebounds. Alli Dolan and Braelynn Kirk each had another 9 points, while Allie Adams and Lauren Knakmuhs had seven boards apiece.

Overall, Minneota shot 32.9% from the field, 25% from 3 and 80% from the free throw line, while TMB shot 25-34.5-41.7% clips.

This was TMB’s first loss of the season, moving to 2-1, and will next look to get back in the win column when it stays on the road for its final of a three-game road trip to Westbrook-Walnut Grove (2-1) on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Minneota (2-0) will look to make it three-straight when it goes on its first road game to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (0-2) on Monday at 7 p.m.

KMS 70, Dawson-Boyd 50

KERKHOVEN — Alivia Estling’s 19-point, 13-rebound double-double wasn’t able to generate enough momentum to propel the Dawson-Boyd girls basketball team to victory on Thursday as the Blackjacks fell 70-50 to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in Camden Conference play.

Estling shot 7 of 14 from the field and 5 of 8 from the free-throw line in the loss. Her three offensive rebounds also trailed only Kylar Hjelmeland’s five, with Hjelmeland tying Allison Swedzinski for second on the team with six total rebounds.

Schreuer led the Blackjacks defensively with three steals and three deflections in the game.

Hjelmeland knocked down a pair of 3-point attempts to finish with 14 points.

Dawson-Boyd falls to 1-2 with the loss and returns to action on Tuesday for a road Camden Conference matchup against Ortonville (0-2) at 7:15 p.m.

YME 68, Canby 45

CANBY — Yellow Medicine East picked up a 68-45 win over Canby in Camden Conference play on Thursday, bringing the Sting back up to .500 on the season.

The Sting now sit at 2-2 on the year and host Minneota (2-0) in Granite Falls on Tuesday at 7 p.m. while Canby falls 0-2 and goes on the road to take on Renville County Central at the same time.