By John Rittenhouse
The Ellsworth boys’ basketball team raised its record to 22-2 by recording a pair of wins since Saturday.
The Panthers secured a 16-point win over Lakeland in Terril, Iowa, Saturday before winning their second consecutive Camden Conference title with an 11-point home win over Lincoln HI Tuesday.
Ellsworth hosts Hills-Beaver Creek and is tentatively scheduled to play Lakeview in Cottonwood Tuesday.
Ellsworth 90, LH 79
The Panthers locked up their second consecutive CC championship when they toppled the Rebels by 11 points in Ellsworth Tuesday.
LH’s 1-3-1 zone press gave the Panthers some problems in the first half, but EHS was able to overcome the pressure and foul trouble to pull out a victory.
LH ambushed the Panthers by scoring the game’s first nine points before settling for a 23-19 lead at the end of the first period.
The Rebels led 44-43 at halftime before Ellsworth outscored the visitors 20-14 in the third quarter to gain a 63-58 advantage.
With Curt Schilling, Tom Janssen and Adam Sieff scoring nine, eight and six points respectively in the fourth quarter, EHS went on a 27-21 scoring run to prevail by 11.
Schilling finished the game with 38 points and 10 rebounds, while Dylan Kvaale registered a triple-double with 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
Travis Jenniges and Janssen netted 12 and 11 counters for EHS. Brant Deutsch added eight rebounds and eight assists to the winning cause.
Box score
Schilling 13 0 12-13 38, Jenniges 4 1 1-3 12, Janssen 2 1 4-4 11, Kvaale 6 0 0-0 12, Sieff 1 2 0-0 8,, Deutsch 1 0 1-2 3, Brommer 2 0 2-4 6.
Ellsworth 87,
Lakeland 71
The Panthers opened a nine-point lead in the first quarter and never lost control of the game while besting Lakeland by 16 points in Terril, Iowa, Saturday.
Ellsworth ruled the glass by plucking 41 rebounds and was aggressive enough on offense to earn 34 free throws during the game.
"It was a game that we seemed to be in pretty good control of most of the way," said Panther coach Ken Kvaale.
"It was a good, physical game. I think the keys were our rebounding and the fact that they had a lot of fouls."
Ellsworth led 27-18 after eight minutes of play and increased the difference to 13 points (42-29) by halftime.
Lakeland trimmed the difference to 10 points (63-53) by the end of the third quarter before being outscored 24-18 in the final eight minutes to fall by 16.
Blake Brommer, who registered nine rebounds and six steals, led the Panthers in scoring with 22 points.
Curt Schilling, who passed for eight assists, had a double-double with 12 rebounds and 21 points.
Brant Deutsch added 11 points, eight rebounds and six assists to the winning cause. Dylan Kvaale charted nine assists and seven rebounds, and Travis Jenniges added six assists.
Box score
Schilling 10 0 1-6 21, Jenniges 3 0 2-4 8, Janssen 0 1 6-8 9, Kvaale 3 0 1-3 7, Sieff 2 1 2-2 9, Deutsch 4 0 3-3 11, Brommer 6 1 7-8 22.
Team statistics
Ellsworth: 31 of 64 field goals (48 percent), 22 of 34 free throws (65 percent), 41 rebounds, 13 turnovers.
