Ellsworth junior post Curt Schilling puts up a jumper in front of Edgerton’s Ryan Alberty (33) and Loren Vander Beek (41) during Tuesday’s boys’ basketball game in Ellsworth. Schilling scored 25 points, collected 12 rebounds and passed for five assists during a 78-59 victory over the Flying Dutchmen.
By John Rittenhouse
The Ellsworth boys’ basketball team recorded a pair of home wins while opening the 2003 portion of its schedule.
The Panthers secured a 14-point Camden Conference victory over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Thursday before upending Edgerton by 19 points in a non-conference contest Tuesday.
Ellsworth, 12-1 overall, plays at Minneota Friday.
Ellsworth 78,
Edgerton 59
The Panthers had little trouble posting their 11th win of the season when they faced Edgerton in Ellsworth Tuesday.
EHS junior Curt Schilling led the charge by scoring 25 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and passing for five assists in what turned into a 19-point victory over the Flying Dutchmen.
"Curt Schilling was the big man on the court," said Panther coach Ken Kvaale. "He did some big things when we really needed it during this game."
Edgerton tried to confuse the Panthers by showing patience with the ball in the first quarter, but the strategy didn’t work as Ellsworth played its way to an 11-8 lead at period’s end.
Schilling provided some offensive spark in the second quarter by completing a 14-point half that helped Ellsworth double Edgerton’s scoring output (34-17) at the intermission.
Ellsworth put the game out of reach by outscoring Edgerton 20-12 in the third quarter to make the difference 54-29. Edgerton outscored the Panthers 30-24 in the fourth quarter, but the outcome had been settled by then.
Blake Brommer had an 11-point second half to cap a 16-point, six-assist performance. Dylan Kvaale netted 15 points for the winners. Brant Deutsch contributed eight rebounds and Travis Jenniges chipped in seven assists to the winning cause.
Box score
Schilling 9 0 7-8 25, Jenniges 2 0 2-2 6, Janssen 1 1 0-0 5, Kvaale 4 2 1-2 15, Deutsch 3 0 1-2 7, Brommer 3 2 4-4 16, Myhrer 0 0 2-2 2, Gacke 1 0 0-0 2.
Team statistics
Ellsworth: 48 percent field goals (totals were unavailable), 17 of 20 free throws (85 percent), 38 rebounds, eight turnovers.
Ellsworth 75, R-T-R 61
The Panthers bounced back from their first loss of the season Dec. 28 by recording a 14-point Camden Conference victory over the Knights in Ellsworth Thursday.
Outstanding individual performances by Deutsch and Schilling paved the way to victory for EHS.
Deutsch led EHS with 23 points and 13 rebounds along with charting eight assists. Schilling recorded a triple-double with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. He also charted three steals.
Ellsworth sported nine-point leads (19-10 and 42-33) at the first two quarter breaks before putting the game out of reach by outscoring R-T-R 16-8 in the third quarter to open a 58-41 advantage. Deutsch scored 10 points to lead the third-quarter charge.
Dylan Kvaale scored 10 second-quarter points and finished the game with 15 counters. Jenniges added 11 points for the winners.
Box score
Schilling 9 0 2-4 20, Jenniges 5 0 1-2 11, Kvaale 7 0 1-2 15, Deutsch 11 0 1-4 23, Gacke 0 0 1-2 1, Brommer 1 1 0-0 5.