By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth boys’ basketball team had an eight-game winning streak snapped when it dropped an eight-point home decision to Lincoln HI Tuesday.The streak reached eight straight with a 21-point home win over Minneota Thursday.Ellsworth, 9-5 overall, plays Lakeview in Cottonwood Friday before hosting Remsen St. Mary’s and Canby Saturday and Tuesday respectively.LH 91, Ellsworth 83The one-two scoring punch of Spencer Oellien and Brock Citterman carried the Rebels to an eight-point victory in Ellsworth Tuesday.Olleien hit 10 three-point shots and finished the game with 47 points. Citterman added 30 points to the cause as he and Oellien netted a combined 70 points."They were just unbelievable," said Panther coach Ken Kvaale, when talking about LH’s top scorers. "I give them all the credit in the world because they just kept coming at us."Ellsworth, which sported 28-25, 49-35 and 74-63 leads at the first three quarter breaks, ran out of gas in the fourth quarter. The Panthers were four of 15 from the floor in the final eight minutes of play, when LH outscored the hosts 28-9.Curt Schilling scored 33 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and passed for seven assists to lead EHS. Todd Alberty scored 14 points and nabbed 11 rebounds. Tom Janssen and Cody Schilling netted 11 and 10 points respectively. Adam Sieff passed for six assists.Box scoreCr.Schilling 13 1 4-4 33, Janssen 2 0 5-6 11, Co.Schilling 3 1 1-3 10, Sieff 2 0 3-4 7, Alberty 6 0 2-2 14, Farrell 0 1 5-6 8.Team statisticsEllsworth: 42 percent field goals (totals were unavailable), 20 of 25 free throws (80 percent), 36 rebounds, 11 turnovers.Ellsworth 65,Minneota 44The Panthers ran their winning streak to eight straight games with a 21-point home victory over the Vikings Tuesday.Curt Schilling (18 points and 14 rebounds) and Todd Alberty (20 points and 10 rebounds) recorded double-double performances for an EHS team that outscored Minneota in every quarter.The Panthers sported 13-7, 31-23 and 46-34 leads at the first three quarter breaks before outscoring the Vikings 19-10 in the fourth quarter to win by 21.Schilling added a team-high seven assists to the winning cause, while Lee Farrell and Cody Schilling charted five assists each. Janssen led the Panthers with four steals.Box scoreCr.Schilling 8 0 2-4 18, Janssen 1 1 3-4 8, Co.Schilling 1 0 0-0 2, Sieff 1 1 1-3 6, Alberty 8 0 4-6 20, Herman 1 1 0-0 5, Farrell 2 0 2-2 6.Team statisticsEllsworth: 48 percent field goals (no totals available), 12 of 19 free throws (63 percent), 40 rebounds, 12 turnovers.
