By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth boys basketball team won a pair of Camden Conference games and dropped a non-conference test since Friday.Ellsworth beat Minneota by 10 points in Ellsworth Friday before losing a three-point home decision to Flandreau Indian School Saturday. The Panthers bounced back from the loss to best Lincoln HI by 11 points in Ivanhoe Tuesday.Ellsworth, 13-12 overall, hosts Lakeview to end the regular season Friday.Ellsworth 58, LH 47The Panthers picked up an 11-point win during a hard-fought game in Ivanhoe Tuesday.Ellsworth outscored Lincoln HI in three of the game’s four quarters, but the contest wasn’t decided until the Panthers drained seven of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to settle the issue.The Panthers led by five points (32-17) at halftime and maintained a five-point lead (41-36) at the end of the third quarter.Converting free throws down the stretch, Ellsworth outscored the Rebels 17-11 in the fourth quarter to win by 11.Darrin Weikamp scored 18 points and snared seven rebounds for the winners. Cody Schilling led the Panthers with 11 rebounds, scored 10 points and charted eight assists. Ben Herman added 12 points and six rebounds to the winning cause.Box scoreDeutsch 0 0 1-4 1, Kramer 1 0 1-2 3, DeBerg 0 0 1-2 1, Schilling 2 0 6-6 10, Weikamp 6 0 6-9 18, Klaassen 0 0 0-2 0, Van Der Stoep 0 1 0-0 3, Herman 6 0 0-1 12, Kix 3 1 0-0 9, Jansma 0 0 1-2 1.FIS 83, Ellsworth 80Flandreau Indian School rallied from a halftime deficit to nip the Panthers by three points in Ellsworth Saturday.The Panthers outscored Flandreau in the first two quarters of the game to sport a 38-30 lead at the intermission. Flandreau, however, used a 53-42 scoring cushion in the second half to win by three.Flandreau, ranked eighth in South Dakota, outscored Ellsworth 27-13 in the third quarter to set the stage for victory."Their press gave us some trouble in the third quarter," said Panther coach Ken Kvaale.Schilling scored 23 points, passed for 12 assists and grabbed eight rebounds for EHS. Weikamp scored 13 points and snared nine rebounds. Aaron Van Der Stoep scored 22 points.Box scoreKramer 2 0 0-0 4, Schilling 10 0 3-4 23, Weikamp 3 1 4-4 13, Van Der Stoep 4 4 2-2 22, Herman 3 0 0-2 6, Kix 3 0 1-2 7, Jansma 2 0 1-1 5.Team statisticsEllsworth: 32 of 52 field goals (62 percent), 11 of 15 free throws (73 percent), 24 rebounds, 16 turnovers.Ellsworth 67, Minneota 57The Panthers grabbed an early lead and were able to maintain it during Friday’s 10-point home win over the Vikings.Ellsworth raced to a 16-point halftime lead (42-26) and never lost control of the game during the second half to complete a sweep of their annual season series with Minneota.The Panthers dictated play for the first six minutes of the first quarter and led 18-7 when Van Der Stoep converted a field goal at the 1:09 mark.Minneota rallied to trim the difference to six points (20-14) by period’s end, but EHS played a solid second quarter that featured the hosts sporting an 18-point (42-24) cushion when Schilling turned an offensive rebound into a field goal with 29 seconds left in the first half.The Vikings, who trailed 42-26 at the intermission, climbed back into the game with a 12-3 in the first 4:30 of the third quarter to trim Ellsworth’s lead to seven points at 45-38. Schilling scored with 1:15 remaining in the third period to give the Panthers an 11-point lead (53-42) that remained in tact (55-44) at period’s end.The Panthers led by as many as 14 points (67-53) in the fourth quarter before settling for a 10-point win.Schilling led the winners with 20 points (10 in the second quarter) and seven assists. Weikamp added 17 points, six rebounds and three steals to the winning cause. Van Der Stoep scored seven points in the second quarter and finished the contest with 14 counters.Box scoreDeutsch 0 0 0-0 0, Kramer 2 0 4-6 8, Schilling 9 0 2-2 20, Weikamp 4 3 0-0 17, Klaassen 0 0 0-0 0, Van Der Stoep 4 2 0-0 14, Herman 2 0 2-2 6, Bittner 0 0 0-0 0, Jansma 1 0 0-0 2.Team statisticsEllsworth: 27 of 42 field goals (64 percent), eight of 10 rebounds (80 percent), 22 rebounds, eight turnovers.
