Rockets improve to 10-4

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Spencer shot 50 percent from the field and had four players in double figures on its way to a 58-45 victory over Abbotsford in a nonconference boys basketball game Monday night at Spencer High School.

Bobby Pilz scored 15 points, Jack Bezlyk added 14 points and 13 rebounds, Ryan Busse had 13 points, and Calvin Lenz added 10 for the Rockets, who won for the fourth time in a row and improve to 10-4.

Spencer also made 16 of 23 free throws, all coming from the four players that scored in double figures.

Treven Gorst scored 19 points to Abbotsford (4-8).

Spencer hosts Owen-Withee on Thursday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Rockets 58, Falcons 45

Abbotsford 23 22 – 45

Spencer 29 29 – 58

ABBOTSFORD (45): Treven Gorst 6-14 6-8 19, Garrett Rau 5-15 1-2 13, Tyler Kunze 2-9 1-2 5, Adam Seefluth 2-8 0-0 5, Ean Rau 1-4 0-0 3, Chandan Gonnering 0-0 0-0 0, Fletcher Hendrickson 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 16-52. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 5-28 (G. Rau 2-10, E. Rau 1-2, Gorst 1-4, Seefluth 1-5, Kunze 0-5, Hendrickson 0-2). Rebounds: 29 (Seefluth 6). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-8.

SPENCER (58): Bobby Pilz 4-8 7-8 15, Jack Bezlyk 6-10 2-3 14, Ryan Busse 3-9 4-8 13, Calvin Lenz 3-7 3-4 10, Jonny Tomke 2-3 0-0 4, Aaron Pankratz 1-1 0-0 2, Jacob Miller 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 19-38. FT: 16-23. 3-pointers: 4-14 (Busse 3-9, Lenz 1-3, Pilz 0-2). Rebounds: 34 (Bezlyk 13). Tunrovers: 12. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-4.