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The Badger boys were back on the court this past weekend. After a long holiday break, the Badgers loaded up Friday and travelled to Heart Butte to take on the Warriors.

The JV started the evening off right with a great team effort. The young Badgers scored 63 points and the team had 21 assists enroute to a 63-35 victory. The team had its best rebounding effort of the season pulling in 61 boards.

Trent Lane led the Badger scoring with 18 and added 13 rebounds. Lane Ethridge hit two 3 pointers and finished with 15 points. Drake Lange's shot has been hot in practice and that translated to his best shooting night of the season; he sank 3 triples and finished with 9 points. Peyton Hauk had his usual all around performance scoring 6, adding 8 rebounds, along with 5 assists. Josh Creveling followed suit scoring 7 of his own, dishing 6 assists and had a season high 13 rebounds. Conner Mann added 11 rebounds, scored 4 and had 3 steals to lead the Badger press.

The win puts the JV at 5-1 on the season.

Next up, the Varsity had their shot at the defending 10C Champion Warriors. The Badgers played a great game with awesome energy. The result was the best team win of the season as the Badgers dominated the contest and came out with a 72-45 victory.

Brent Ethridge finished with a double-double, scoring 22 and pulling in 13 rebounds. Gavin Gilham had 15 rebounds, 4 assists and added 9 points. Tyler Lane drilled three 3 pointers and finished with 15 points and 9 rebounds. Caiden Sekuterski had a good all-around game scoring 9, grabbing 6 rebounds while adding 6 assists and 3 steals. Kaden Jorgenson hit 4 three-point shots and finished with 13 points and 8 rebounds.

Saturday night the Badgers were back home, and the Varsity took on Dutton Brady. The Diamondbacks were able to keep things close for most of the 1st half but eventually our boys pulled away and finished with another dominant win. The final score saw the Badgers victorious 73 - 40.

Caiden Sekuterski

Tyler Lane nearly had a triple double. He finished with 16 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds. Gavin Gilham also got into double figures in two categories. He scored 18 and added 10 boards. Brent Ethridge scored 13 and Caiden Sekuterski hit two 3 pointers and added 11. Kaden Jorgenson scored 5 points, had 6 rebounds and added 7 assists. Ian Mckamey came off the bench and added 4 points with a couple nice drives and Lane Ethridge made two shots from deep to finish with 6 points as well.

The wins move the Badger Varsity record to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play. The Badgers conference record has us in 1st place currently and the only unbeaten team remaining in 10C.

This week will be busy for the boys. The JV faces off against Belt on Monday, January 8th. The following night the boys will load up and travel to Simms for a pair of games against the Tigers. Friday, January 12th we will travel to Valier and then head to Power on Saturday to take on the Pirates.

Captions: #1107 - Caiden Sekuterski passes to Brent Ethridge, #1102 - Brent Ethridge, #1091 - Caiden Sekuterski