Lenz tops Rockets (14-6) with 22 points

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

COLBY — The Spencer boys basketball team shot 52 percent and held Colby to 31 percent on its way to an 87-44 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Friday night at Colby High School.

The Rockets charged out to a 43-24 halftime lead and put 44 more on Colby in the second half.

Calvin Lenz had 22 points, seven rebounds, and four assists; Noah Zastrow added 17 points; and Jack Bezlyk had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets (14-6, 10-5 Cloverbelt East).

Bobby Pilz had 12 points and three assists, and Ryan Busse added 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for Spencer.

The Rockets finish their Cloverbelt East schedule Monday at conference champion Columbus Catholic. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.

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

Rockets 87, Hornets 44

Colby 24 20 – 44

Spencer 43 44 – 87

COLBY (44): Eric Jorgenson 5-10 0-2 10, Mathew Karl 3-10 1-3 9, Jared Seeman 2-7 4-4 8, Nolan Derrico 2-4 1-2 7, Trey Rau 1-3 1-2 3, Ty Raatz 1-4 0-0 3, Tony Ortega 0-2 2-2 2, Wyatt Dawson 1-5 0-0 2, Preston Mertins 0-1 0-0 0, Nate Meyer 0-2 0-0 0, Lucas Bruesweitz 0-0 0-0 0, Freddie Morillion 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 15-48. FT: 9-15. 3-pointers: 5-18 (Karl 2-7, Derrico 2-4, Raatz 1-4, Ortega 0-1, Meyer 0-1, Mertins 0-1). Rebounds: 32 (Seeman 10). Assists: 9 (Jorgenson 2, Mertins 2, Meyer 2). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-14, 6-9 Cloverbelt East.

SPENCER (87): Calvin Lenz 8-12 3-5 22, Noah Zastrow 7-9 2-3 17, Jack Bezlyk 5-13 3-6 13, Bobby Pilz 6-14 0-1 12, Ryan Busse 4-6 4-6 12, Aaron Pankratz 2-4 3-3 7, Jacob Miller 1-1 0-0 2, Lucas Ellefson 1-1 0-0 2, Jonny Tomke 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 34-66. FT: 15-24. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Lenz 3-4, Zastrow 1-2, Bezlyk 0-1, Busse 0-1, Pankratz 0-1, Pilz 0-3, Tomke 0-1). Rebounds: 43 (Busse 11). Assists: 13 (Lenz 4). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Pilz. Record: 14-6, 10-5 Cloverbelt East.