Lakers overcome 18-point deficit in win over YME
Prep girls basketball roundup Dec. 2, 2025
Photo by Samantha Davis: Lakeview guard Brooke Gunlogson dribbles down the court during a prep girls basketball game against Ortonville on Jan. 16 in Cottonwood. Gunlogson scored 18 points in the Lakers' come-from-behind win over Yellow Medicine East on Tuesday.
Lakeview 65, YME 55
COTTONWOOD — Facing an 18-point deficit with about 15 minutes to go, the Lakeview girls basketball team prevailed for a 65-55 comeback win over Yellow Medicine East Tuesday night in a Camden Conference game behind a trio of Lakers finishing in double-digit points.
YME held a 39-25 halftime lead and stayed within reach the entire night, but Lakeview’s comeback effort was ultimately too much to control.
Brook Gunlogson led the Lakers with 18 points behind a trio of 3-pointers, while Brynn Stensrud followed with 14 points and four steals. Addyson Jorgenson also shared a team-high four steals along with her six rebounds and 12 points. Lakeview finished with 12 steals on the night.
Anah Schmidt led the Lakers with 12 rebounds.
Lakeview (2-1) remains in Cottonwood on Thursday, hosting Renville County West (0-3) for a Camden Conference game at 7:30 p.m.
Stats for YME were not available at the time of publication.
Yellow Medicine East (1-2) plays the final of three consecutive road games on Thursday, taking on Canby (0-0) at 7:15 p.m.
MCC 71, RRC 19
SLAYTON — The Murray County Central girls basketball team’s 26 steals led the Rebels to a dominant 71-19 Red Rock Conference win Tuesday night over Red Rock Central. Ava Deacon led the way with nine steals along with her 11 points.
Four different Rebels scored in double-digits, led by Kat Miller’s 14 points. Reese Gilbertson and Calleigh Doeden finished with 13 and 12 points, respectively, in addition to Deacon.
Nearly everyone for MCC got a touch on defense, finishing also with a collective 37 rebounds. Blankenship led with 10 boards along with four steals.
Suttyn Schryvers also had a trio of steals on the night.
For the Falcons, Ally Linder led the way with 6 points, two rebounds and a steal. Celia Vogel had a team-high three steals, while RRC finished with eight overall.
Lillian Batalden finished with four rebounds.
Murray County Central (3-0) hits the road on Friday, traveling to Westbrook to take on the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers (2-1) in Red Rock Conference play at 7:15 p.m.
Red Rock Central (0-3) also continues its conference schedule on Friday, heading to Tyler to take on the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights (0-2) at 7:30 p.m.
Wabasso 58, GFW 56
WINTHROP — Kenley Guetter, Cassie Bliss and Ava Samyn led a balanced Rabbit scoring effort on Tuesday night, scoring 12 points apiece to give the Wabasso girls basketball team its first win of the season by a score of 58-56 against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop on Tuesday.
Bliss and Samyn were both adept at getting to the free-throw line, where Bliss shot 7 of 12 and Samyn shot 6 of 12. As a team, the Rabbits made 21 free throws in the game.
Eliza Morin and Sara Carlson each contributed 8 points for Wabasso, along with four assists and a pair of steals from Carlson.
Samyn and Bliss each grabbed six rebounds.
Wabasso (1-3) returns to its home court on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. to take on Lac qui Parle Valley (0-2) for a non-conference matchup in its next game.
No. 3 MACCRAY 69, Dawson-Boyd 40
CLARA CITY — Kylar Hjelmeland’s team-highs of 17 points and seven rebounds weren’t quite enough as the Dawson-Boyd girls basketball team had the tall task of tacking on No. 3 MACCRAY, and fell short 69-40 Tuesday night in a Camden Conference matchup.
The Blackjacks faced a 36-22 halftime deficit, and despite a handful of contributions, Dawson-Boyd couldn’t fully rally back.
MACCRAY out-shined Dawson-Boyd on the defensive end with 40 rebounds and 23 steals, and were powered by Brielle Janssen’s 33 point, 12-steal double-double.
Alyssa Swedzinski finished with 9 points and four rebounds, while Claire Stratmoen tallied another 7 points and three steals. Hjelmeland also had a trio of steals on the night.
Both teams played with solid protection of the ball, Dawson-Boyd committing eight turnovers to MACCRAY’s four.
Dawson-Boyd (1-1) heads to Kerkhoven to take on the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Fighting Saints (1-0) for a Camden North battle on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.





