Boys basketball: Litchfield douses Fire
LITCHFIELD — Litchfield built a huge first-half lead and it was a good thing for the Dragons, who saw Holy Family Catholic whittle away at the margin in the second half before falling to Litch 67-59 in a Wright County Conference game Friday.
The Dragons, who improved to 8-3 overall and 2-1 in the WCC, led 13-0 before the Fire scored its first basket seven minutes into the game. Litchfield stretch its lead to 24-2 with 6-1/2 minutes to play in the opening half.
But the Fire scored 41 second-half points to nearly dig out of the deep hole.
Zach Whitchurch led the Dragons with 16 and he also had 3 steals. Riley Pater scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds while Zach Kinny had 8 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds.
Litchfield 67, HF Catholic 59
Holy Family (2-2 6-8)...........18 41 — 59
Litchfield (2-1 8-3) ...............37 30 — 67
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC – 22-50 FG (4-14 3-pt); 11-13 FT; 19 rebounds; 17 fouls … Scoring: Joe Sperr 5, Joe Hanel 17, Colton Stenerson 15, Brent Hentges 17, Jimmy Curran 3, Justin Dahl 2 … 3-point shots: Stenerson 3, Hentges 1 … Rebound leaders: Stenerson 5 … Assist leaders: Hentges 3 … Steal leaders: Hanel 4
LITCHFIELD – 24-49 FG (8-14 3-pt); 9-13 FT; 23 rebounds; 14 fouls … Scoring: Zach Whitchurch 16, Dylan Koll 8, Cameron Sundmark 9, Zach Kinny 8, Eric Madsen 2, Alex Hendricks 6, Andrew Schneider 3, Riley Pater 15 … 3-point shots: Whitchurch 3 Koll 1 Sundmark 3, Hendricks 1 … Rebound leaders: Pater 8, Kinny 7 … Assist leaders: Kinny 12 … Steal leaders: Whitchurch 3
