Cass Lake wins Section 8A East with 63-38 win over Win-E-Mac

East Sub-Section 8A Championship (at TRF) – Win-E-Mac 38 vs. Cass Lake-Bena 63

The Cass Lake-Bena Panthers outscored the Win-E-Mac Patriots 36-13 in the second half to pull away for the win and the East Sub-Section 8A championship.

The Panthers will face the Ada-Borup Cougars on Friday, March 16th in Thief RIver Falls (7:00 pm on 106.5 FM) for the Section 8A championship and a berth in the State Tournament.

Cass Lake-Bena led 27-25 at halftime but used a 16-2 run in the second half to help lead them to the victory.

The two teams had met once during the regular season with Cass Lake-Bena winning at Win-E-Mac 81-64 on December 12th.

Arnold Kingbird led Cass Lake-Bena with 15 points as the Panthers won their 15th straight game and improved to 28-1 overall.

Freshman Gavin Walker led Win-E-Mac with 15 points as the Patriots end their season at 17-12. Win-E-Mac turned the ball over 34 times compared to 13 turnovers for Cass Lake-Bena. Win-E-Mac will graduate six seniors in Mikah Olson, Jay Parenteau, Emelian Hanson, Bryce Neubert, Blake Glass and Noah Bergman.

WIN-E-MAC: (17-12)

34 turnovers

7-12 at the free throw line

Gavin Walker 15 points/4 rebounds

Brekken Lindberg 9 points/8 rebounds

Joey Revier 5 points

Mikah Olson 4 points

Emelian Hanson 3 points

Blake Glass 2 points

CASS LAKE-BENA: (28-1)

13 turnovers

9-14 at the free throw line

Arnold Kingbird 15 points/5 rebounds

Ethan Brown 12 points

Jarrell Jacobs 12 points

Noah DeLapaz 6 points/4 rebounds

Mark Reyes 5 points

Raul Washington 4 points

Jared Brown 4 points

Timmy Smith 3 points

Jordan Lawrence 2 points

West Sub-Section 8A Championship (at TRF) – Fertile-Beltrami 51 vs. Ada-Borup 65

Ada-Borup has moved one step closer toward their first section title since 2009 with the 65-54 victory over Fertile-Beltrami.

The Cougars, now 23-4 play Cass Lake Bena Friday night in Thief River Falls.

Cass Lake and Ada-Borup will play for the Section 8A Championship on Friday, March 16, 2018 at the REA in Thief River Falls, MN, with the winner advancing to the Minnesota State Class A Tournament.