Minnesota High School Basketball - Kelliher/Northome can't hold off Laporte
January 19, 2023: Laporte, MN 56461 The Laporte Wildcats basketball team scored 53 points and held the visiting Kelliher/Northome Mustangs to 52 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Thursday.
The Wildcats now sport a 2-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bertha-Hewitt for a non-league contest on Friday, January 20. Laporte will battle a Bears team coming off a 89-39 non-league loss to Henning (Henning, MN). The Bears record now stands at 5-5.
The Mustangs (2-8) will now prepare for their contest against North Woods (Cook, MN). The grizzlies enter the non-league contest with a 6-8 record. In their last contest, North Woods was nudged by Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichida (Cloquet, MN), 100-86, in a league contest.
