Titans fall to Ellendale, give Loboes scare in loss

Doubleheaders were the in-thing for the Griggs/Midkota Titan basketball teams, and Griggs County Central High School was the venue for all four games played January 13 and 17 opposite District 5 opponents Ellendale and LaMoure/Litchville-Marion.

The unbeaten Cardinal boys stayed that way with a 58-37 win over the Titans, but G-M used every ounce of their fighting spirit four nights later to nearly pull off an upset over the Loboes, ultimately going down to defeat, 48-44.

Brady Haugen scored 13 points and Latrell Rainey 10 in the loss to EHS, and James Woodstead returned to the G-M lineup following injury to score seven.

Anton Geller's 20 points led Ellendale, who also benefited from a 15-point, three trey game from Riley Thorpe.

Statistics from the game with L-L-M were not available at press time.

G-M's girls team, try as they might, couldn't quite sneak into the win column with a 44-42 loss to Ellendale. They also dropped a 57-36 contest to the Loboes, and now sit at 0-4 in the district and 0-12 overall.

Boxscores and stats from those two games were also not available.

District 5 Boys' Basketball

Ellendale 58, Griggs/Midkota 37

at Cooperstown

Ellen. 14 15 17 12 58

G-M 7 19 3 8 37

Griggs/Midkota: Brady Haugen 13, Latrell Rainey 10, James Woodstead 7, Eli Larson 2, Will Spickler 2, Wyatt Spickler 2, Carter Spitzer 1. Totals: 15 FG, 3-5 FT, 9 fouls. Three-pointers: Haugen 3, Woodstead.

Ellendale: Anton Geller 20, Riley Thorpe 15, Jack Bommersbach 8, Mason Molan 7, Haven Greenley 4, Theo Thurber 4. Totals: 25 FG, 5-7 FT, 11 fouls. Three-pointers: Thorpe 3.

LaMoure/Litchville-Marion 48,

Griggs/Midkota 44

at Cooperstown

L-L-M 13 13 13 9 48

G-M 12 10 14 8 44

Statistics not available.

District 5 Girls' Basketball

Ellendale 44, Griggs/Midkota 42

at Cooperstown

Boxscore not available.

LaMoure/Litchville-Marion 57, Griggs/Midkota 36

at Cooperstown

Boxscore not available.