Detroit Lakes Lakers Sports

Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM)- Detroit Lakes Boys Basketball returned to the court for the first time in 10 days and improved to 2-1 with an 80-67 victory over Park Rapids on Tuesday night.

The Lakers, who last played on January 16th in a win over Staples-Motley, got a career night from senior center Zack Oistad. Oistad dominated the paint and led all scorers with 37 points.

As good as Oistad was under the basket, Park Rapids center Nick Michaelson opened things up from beyond the arc, knocking down seven three-pointers in a 29 point performance.

The Lakers led by as many as 15 points but saw their lead trimmed down to 66-60 midway through the second half after Michaelson scored 11 unanswered points, highlighted by a steal and a coast-to-coast dunk. A three by Detroit Lakes guard Nate Cihak helped get the lead back to double digits, and the lead never got to single digits again.

The Lakers (2-1) travel to Crosby to take on the Rangers on Thursday night at 7:15. Park Rapids (0-3) will host Pequot Lakes on Friday.

PR 31 36 –67

DL 42 38 – 80

PR – Nick Michaelson 29, Isaiah Olson 10, Logan Jackson 7, James Hartig 6, Kaiden Walsh 5, Noah Morris 5, Zach Van Batavia 4, Parker Harmon 2, Isaiah Phillipi 2

3-pointers: Michaelson 7, Jackson 1, Olson 2, Walsh 1, Morris 1. Team Free Throws: 5-9

DL – Zack Oistad 37, Nate Cihak 11, Caden Yliniemi 8, Clay Perkins 7, Matthew Tobkin 6, Christian Solberg 5, Elias Gloege 3, Brandton Marsh 2

3-pointers: Tobkin 2, Cihak 2, Solberg 1, Gloge 1, Oistad 1. Team Free Throws: 12-14

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Lakers Girls Hockey @ International Falls

January 22, 2021

Broadcasters: Charlie Newland & Matt Wimmer

INTERNATIONAL FALLS (KDLM) – Detroit Lakes traveled to International Falls on Friday and picked up their first win of the season as they shutout the Broncos 5-0 at Bronco Arena.

The Lakers, who were hungry for a victory after falling in their first game of the season, came out strong with a goal 56 seconds into the game scored by Junior defender Adisyn Strand. The Lakers scored three more goals in the 1st period, with Madi Olson, 8th grader Kaydence Thorsteinson (first career goal), and Hadlee Justesen finding the back of the net. The Lakers added one more in the 2nd period, with Sophomore Ella Hess scoring her first goal of the season. Junior Emma Coley led the Lakers in the assists statistics with four helpers.

Senior goalie Leah Honer turned away all 17 shots by the Broncos to record the win and her 1st shutout of the year. Offensively Detroit Lakes peppered Bronco goalie Naomi Carradice, recording 55 shots in the winning effort.

The Lakers moved to 1-1 on the season and will return to action on Thursday when they take on a section opponent in East Grand Forks. International Falls falls to 0-3 and will return to action on Thursday against Eveleth-Gilbert.

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Lakers Girls Basketball @ Pequot Lakes

January 21, 2021

Broadcaster: Charlie Newland

PEQUOT LAKES (KDLM) – The Laker girls basketball team had their first road game of the season on Thursday night and fell to the Pequot Lakes Patriots 71-61.

Despite the lead with 13 minutes to go in the first half, the Lakers fell behind after giving up an 11-0 run. The Patriots built their lead mainly because of costly turnovers committed by the Laker offense. Detroit Lakes turned over the ball 12 times in the first half. At the break, DL trailed 40-26. The Lakers made it a contest to begin the 2nd half as the Lakers started on a 7-0 run and clawed their way back to trail by 6 points.

In the end, the Lakers ran out of gas, and foul trouble hampered their comeback effort as two Laker starters fouled out of the game. Detroit Lakes was also without one of their top scorers Sarah Tangen as she sat out due to injury. The Lakers were led in the scoring department by Alex Bettcher, who finished with 30 points.

Detroit Lakes falls to 2-2 on the season and are now 1-2 in Mid State Conference games. DL will look to bounce back when they travel to take on another conference opponent next Tuesday when they go to Park Rapids to take on the Panthers. Pequot Lakes moves to 2-0 and will look to remain undefeated as they will travel to Aitkin tonight to take on the Gobblers.

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Lakers Girls Basketball vs Thief River Falls

January 19, 2021

Broadcaster: Zeke Fuhrman

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Lakers Boys Basketball vs Staples-Motley

January 16, 2021

Broadcaster: Charlie Newland

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Lakers Girls Basketball vs Aitkin

January 16, 2021

Broadcaster: Charlie Newland