ORONO WENT UP AGAINST CHOF IN A BOYS’ BASKETBALL GAME

Orono squared off against CHOF (Christ Household of Faith) in a boys’ basketball game. The game was played at Minnehaha Academy.

As the game got underway CHOF pushed the ball down the floor and looked to score baskets in transition.  CHOF got everyone involved in the offense. 

CHOF called a timeout with 12:27 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 10, Orono 11. 

Both teams raced up and down the floor looking for their shots. CHOF’s Clay Bluhm came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. 

Orono called a timeout with 10:40 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 16, Orono 11. 

Orono passed the ball around the 3-point line as they got everyone involved in the offense. 

CHOF played a zone defense that made Orono pass the ball around the 3-point line. That took a lot of time off the clock in the first half. 

There were multiple ties and lead changes throughout the first half. Neither team went on a run in the first half. 

CHOF called a timeout with 5:40 left in the first half. The score was tied at 20. 

The score went back and forth late in the first half. 

Orono did a good job of attacking the basket Orono’s Connor Chappell came up with a two-handed slam dunk.  That got his team’s energy back. 

CHOF called a timeout with 1:53 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 25, Orono 24. 

The score continued to go back and forth late in the first half. 

At halftime, the score was Orono 26. CHOF 25. 

As the second half got underway the score continued to go back early in the second half. 

Orono passed the ball around the 3-point line they looked to take time off the clock in the second half. 

CHOF’S Henry Bluhm, Isaac Collins and Preston Alleman all came up with shots in the second half. 

Orono called a timeout with 10:57 left in regulation. The score was tied at 35.

Both teams took a lot of time off the clock by swinging the ball around the 3-point line in the second half. 

Orono called a timeout with 8:57 left in regulation. The score was CHOF 39, Orono 37. 

Orono swung the ball around the 3-point line as they tried to get everyone involved in the offense. 

There were multiple ties and lead changes in the second half. Neither team went on a huge run. 

CHOF called a timeout with 5:20 left in regulation. The score was Orono 43, CHOF 42. 

Orono’s Chappell kept on coming up with mid-range jump shots and layups in the second half. The defense had a tough time slowing him down. 

The score went back and forth late in the game. There were several ties and lead changes late in the game. 

Orono called a timeout with 12.8 left in regulation. The score was CHOF 54, Orono 51. 

Orono’s Sebastian Loder hit a shot at the buzzer to tie the game at 54. 

The game was tied at 54 after the regulation. 

In the overtime period, both teams attacked the basket as they looked for their shots. Orono’s Graham Beltrand came up with mid-range jump shots and layups. His teammates were able to get him the ball in spots where he could shoot the ball. Teammate Chappell also shot the ball well late in the game. They were able to slow CHOF down on the offensive end. 

The Orono defense stepped up and slowed down the CHOF offense. CHOF struggled shooting the ball. 

Orono came away with the 64-56 overtime victory over CHOF. 

The leading scorers for CHOF were Preston Alleman with 18 points, Clay Bluhm with 12 points and Isaac Collins with 11 points. 

The leading scorers for Orono were Chappell with 25 and Graham Beltrand with 11 points. 

PACT CHARTER SCHOOL TOOK ON CHRIST HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH (CHOF) IN A BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME

PACT Charter School traveled to the Salvation Army the home of Christ Household of Faith (CHOF) in a boys' basketball game. PACT came into the game with a record of 6-14. CHOF's record was 8-10.

PACT won the tip. CHOF started the game in a half court man-to-man defense.

PACT looked to swing the ball around the three-point line and get into their offense. They passed and cut in their motion offense.

CHOF was able to get easy baskets in transition. CHOF got the ball into the hands of guard Nate Johnston. Johnston was all over the floor. On the offensive end he directed his teammates and let them know where they were supposed to be.

PACT called a timeout with 13:51 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 12 and PACT 2.

Austin Stone for PACT took the ball hard to the basket. He was able to score some key baskets midway through the first half.

Kit Piepkorn for CHOF looked to shoot the ball from wherever he could. Also Kendall Strandlund was able to get his shot going.

CHOF called a timeout with 8:44 left in the first half. The score was CHOF 14 and PACT 12.

CHOF looked to push the ball down the court as they wanted to get easy baskets in transition.

CHOF played mostly man-to-man defense. PACT switched between man-to-man and zone defense.

Piepkorn was able to hit some long three-point shots to keep his team in the game.

Both teams turned the ball over in the first half. Neither team was able to convert on the turnovers.

CHOF picked up at half court. They didn't use the full court press much in the first half.

At halftime the score was tied at 26.

Danny Mooers took some nice shots for PACT. He was not afraid to shoot it from anywhere on the court.

The score went back and forth throughout the second half. It was a close contest.

PACT stayed in the zone defense in the second half. They wanted to keep the floor spread and not have CHOF get any easy open shots at the basket.

PACT called a timeout with 14:54 left in regulation. The score was tied at 28.

CHOF looked to trap the ball and were able to get steals from the traps.

PACT called another timeout with 13:54 left in regulation. The score was tied at 31.

Both teams dove on the floor for loose balls and they both went after rebounds on both ends of the floor.

Drew Zieroth for PACT stepped up and knocked down some three-point shots to keep his team in the game.

CHOF called a timeout with 11:06 left in regulation. The score was PACT 40 and CHOF 35.

CHOF went to a full court press. The full court press bothered the PACT guards as they had difficulty bringing the ball down the court.

Both teams picked up the pace of the game for a while as they both pushed the ball down the court and looked to score baskets in transition.

There were several ties and lead changes in the second half.

Tyler Strandlund was a force on the low block. He would get the ball on the low block and would take it strong to the basket.

CHOF called a timeout with 5:53 left in regulation. The score was tied at 49.

PACT was in their zone defense and CHOF passed the ball around the three-point line and that made PACT come out of the zone and go man-to-man defense with about 3:30 left in regulation.

PACT called a timeout with 2:00 left in regulation. The score was CHOF 55 and PACT 52.

Tyler Standlund had a one handed slam dunk with just over a minute to go. That gave his team an emotional boost.

The game came down to the wire. In a hard fought game that the score went back and forth CHOF came away with the 65-54 victory over PACT Charter School.

The leading scorers for PACT were Drew Zieroth with 24 points, Austin Stone with 10 points, Danny Mooers with 8 points and Austin Coons with 6 points.

The leading scorers for CHOF were Kendall Standlund and Tyler Strandlund each with 21 points, and Darian Warneke with 9 points.

I was joined by the Twin Cities Hoop Czar. Check out his thoughts of the PACT Charter School vs. CHOF boys' basketball game.

BETHANY ACADEMY IS HOSTING CHRIST'S HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH

I am up at Bethany Academy this evening for the game against Christ's Household of Faith (CHOF). I am looking forward to a good game here. There are only bleachers on one side of the gym. So it is going to be interesting to see how many people can fit. As the teams are warming up, they have a nice selection of warm-up music. They are playing excerpts of different basketball stadium music tonight.

We are about to get the game started. Both teams come out aggressive to start. CHOF is playing zone on the defensive end. Bethany is playing zone defense also. CHOF has picked up playing a full court zone defense. They will try to extend the floor.

Bethany is looking to push the ball up the court. As soon as the ball is out of the net, they are looking to push it. They are passing the ball around the three point line so far.

Both of these teams are playing aggressively. With 12:20 left to go in the first half, the score is Bethany Academy 5 and CHOF 8.

Bethany Academy is looking to do a lot of passing of the ball in their offense. They make a lot of strong cuts in their offense. Both of these teams are pushing it. They are really running with the ball tonight. They have both looked good in transition. Both of these teams have been in a scoring drought. They have not been able to make a shot here in a while.

Donovan Schoenrock has just came down and made a nice shot. He has really gotten after it. He has been on the ground diving after loose balls and really playing well on the defensive end.

Bethany Academy has been in a little bit of a scoring drought. They have not been able to find the basket. They keep on shooting the ball but it has not been able to find the basket.

CHOF's Tyler Strandlund has been able to hit a mid range jump shot here tonight. He has been able to hit the shot from the middle of the key. CHOF is continuing to take their time on the offensive end. They have made really deliberate passes here tonight. There is no shot clock in high school so they have much time as they want to shoot the ball.

Bethany is also looking to pass the ball around the three point line. They also want to take their time on the offense end but they know that they are going to have to shoot the ball because they don't want to run into the clock against them at the end of the game. CHOF has been on a run here to end of the first half.

We have reached half time. The score at the break is Bethany Academy 17 and Christ's Household of Faith 36. The gym is almost empty so there is ample room for everyone to fit tonight.

We are about to get the second half underway. Bethany Academy has come out looking to push the ball again here. There are looking to get back into this game this evening.

CHOF has looked to go a little inside out. They want to get the ball to their big man Nathan Fiscus. When Nathan gets the ball on the low block, he just gets in there and powers it up.

With 15:52 left to go in regulation, the score is Bethany Academy 19 and CHOF 43.

Both of these teams have decided not to press here in this junction in the game. Bethany Academy continues to get into some short of offense. Both of these teams have been battling each other tonight.

Nate Fiscus has looked good tonight. He has played with a lot of emotion here. He has really gotten after it. He has looked good on the defensive end. He has been up in his defenders faces and made it hard for them to make passes and shoot the ball.

The score of this game has just been blown open as it has been most of the night. We are reaching a critical time point here, if the score becomes larger than 35 points. With under 9:00 left to in regulation, the clock would then run. We will hover around the 30 point difference for a while. With 8:30 left to go, the score is CHOF 59 and Bethany Academy 27.

As the time on the clock continues to wind down, CHOF is continuing to play aggressive tonight. They have not backed down all night. They have played hard throughout the whole game without getting testy. We indeed get to the mersey rule in the game tonight. The final of the game was CHOF 76 and Bethany Academy 39.

I was joined here tonight by The Czar from Twin Cities Boys Hoops you can read about his thoughts of this game here.