NPL & TVC Split State-Line Basketball All-Star Games

The 9th Annual Twin Valley Conference (NE)/Northern Plains League (KS) State Line All-Star Basketball Games took place in Mankato on Saturday.  The games were split with the NPL Girls winning 46-37 and the TVC Boys picking up a 76-75 win.

In the girls game, the TVC led 9-4 after one quarter, but the NPL used a 12-5 second quarter to lead 20-14 at half.  Tied at 25 after three, the NPL outscored the TVC 21-12 in the 4th quarter for the win.  Trinity Lutters of Osborne scored all nine of her points in the final quarter.  Keeli Knobbe of Sylvan-Lucas scored a game high 16 points, while Toree Slavik from Thunder Ridge added 10 in the win.

Girls Scoring-NPL 46, TVc 37

NPL-Knobbe (Sylvan-Lucas) 16, Slavik (Thunder Ridge) 10, Lutters (Osborne) 9, Wiles (St. John's/Tipton) 3, Bergmann (Lakeside) 2, Church (Tescott) 2, Darnall (Southern Cloud) 2, Engling (Natoma) 2

TVC-Willis 10, Berglund 9, TenBensel 5, Garcia 3, Mazaur 3, Schmidt 3, Gegg 2, Seiber 2

In the boys game, it was a tight game throughout as the NPL led 43-40 at halftime and 57-56 after 3.  The TVC outscored the NPL 20-18 in the fourth for the one-point win.  Thunder Ridge post JaShawn Dodds led three players in double figures for the NPL with a game-high 26 points.  Longhorn players combined for 49 of the 75 poins for the NPL as Jace Randall added 12 and Dylan Bice scored 11.

Boys Scoring-TVC 76, NPL 75

NPL-Dodds (Thunder Ridge) 26, Randall (Thunder Ridge) 12, Bice (Thunder Ridge) 11, Bates (St. John's/Tipton) 7, Dohl (Sylvan-Lucas) 7, Hutson (Lakeside) 4, Reeves (Pike Valley) 3, Towner (St. John's/Tipton) 3, Cool (Southern Cloud) 2

TVC-Ockinga 18, Kucera 17, Nash 15, Bonifas 9, Rose 8, Basco 4, Ely 4