The CCHS boys’ basketball team traveled to Silver Bay on Friday, November 30 to open their season against a familiar North Shore rival, coming away with a hard-fought win.
Leading the team in scoring was senior forward Will Ramberg, who netted 25 points. Senior guard Pete Sutton scored 13, Daunte Deschampe had 11, Ray Gordon 10, Jordan Porter 10, and Adam Dorr 5.
Weston Monson, 23, and Mason Ollman, 22, led the Mariners in scoring.
“Overall it was a good game,” said first-year head coach Colin Everson. “It feels great to start the season with a win, but also it was great to see how the team played through some adversity. We got off to a slow start, but the team figured it out. We started to move the ball of offense, communicate on defense and rebound better.
“A stat that I’m very proud of is after that in the first 15 defensive possessions we gave up six offensive rebounds and then for the rest of the game we only gave up one offensive rebound.
“I am very excited to see how we can continue to grow and gel as a team. This was a good test for us to look at where we are at and what we can continue to improve on,” Everson said.
Vikings lose to the Lions
The Vikings had the lead for much of the game, but couldn’t quite hold off the Lakeview Christian Academy Lions in an away game played Monday, Dec. 3.
At the half, the Vikings led 47-38, but they were held to 30 second-half points while giving up 45 and losing by the final score of 83-77.
Four Vikings were in double figures.
Sweet shooting guard Ray Gordon, a junior, put in 22 points to lead the Vikings. Seniors Pete Sutton 19, and Will Ramberg 14, and sophomore
Jordan Porter 10 points all scored in double figures. Also scoring for the Vikings were Adam Dorr, 5; Daunte Deschampe, 5; and Keegan Morrison, who had 2 points.
Gordon made five three-point shots, while Dorr and Sutton each had two and Deschampe made one 3-point shot.
Lakeview Christian Academy was led by Spicer Johnson 25, Brandon BarBee 24, and Jacob Easty 18.
Next up, the Vikings face the Two Harbors Agates in Two Harbors on Friday, Dec. 7, then travel to Carlton on Dec. 10 to play the Bulldogs before getting their first home game of the season on Friday, Dec. 14 against Moose Lake/ Willow River.
The game will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Pam Taylor Gymnasium. Come out and cheer for your Vikings!
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