Rockets now 7-4 in Cloverbelt East

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — Spencer poured in 53 points by halftime and routed Granton 81-36 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Friday night at Spencer High School.

Spencer dominated all facets of the game, shooting 47 percent (31 of 65) from the field, forcing 23 turnovers, and out-rebounding the Bulldogs 47-31.

Bobby Pilz scored 21 points on 8 of 13 shooting, including 3 of 7 from 3-point range, to lead the Rockets (11-5, 7-4 Cloverbelt East).

Jack Bezlyk added 17 points and 15 rebounds; Ryan Busse scored 13 points; and Noah Zastrow, making his season debut after recovering from an injury suffered in the WIAA Division 5 state football championship game, had 10 points for Spencer.

The Rockets play at Loyal on Monday.

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

Rockets 81, Bulldogs 36

Granton 21 15 – 36

Spencer 53 28 – 81

GRANTON (36): Mike Meddaugh 8-22 1-1 17, Brock Opelt 3-10 4-6 10, Austin Vandeberg 2-6 0-0 5, Austin Naedler 1-5 0-0 2, Jordan Martin 1-2 0-0 2, Derek Anding 0-0 0-0 0, Matthew Tyler 0-1 0-0 0, Riles 0-2 0-0 0, Dylan Ludwig 0-0 0-0 0, H. Martin 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 15-48. FT: 5-7. 3-pointers: 1-7 (Vandeberg 1-1, Meddaugh 0-1, Riles 0-1, Opelt 0-2, Naedler 0-2). Rebounds: 31 (Meddaugh 6). Turnovers: 23. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-14, 1-10 Cloverbelt East.

SPENCER (81): Bobby Pilz 8-13 2-4 21, Jack Bezlyk 7-13 3-6 17, Ryan Busse 6-9 1-3 12, Noah Zastrow 4-11 0-2 10, Jacob Miller 3-6 0-1 6, Calvin Lenz 1-1 4-6 6, Aaron Pankratz 1-4 3-4 5, Lucas Ellefson 1-6 0-0 3, Jonny Tomke 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 31-65. FT: 13-26. 3-pointers: 6-21 (Pilz 3-7, Zastrow 2-4, Ellefson 1-6, Busse 0-1, Pankratz 0-3). Rebounds: 47 (Bezlyk 15). Assists: 21 (Pankratz 5). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-5, 7-4 Cloverbelt East.