Minnesota High School Basketball - Pine River-Backus crushes Laporte
January 21, 2025: Laporte, MN 56461 The Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) basketball crushed the host Laporte Wildcats (Laporte, MN), 87-26 in Tuesday's league bout.
The Tigers now possess a 13-5 record. They play next when they travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley for a A Section 5 bout on Friday, January 24. Pine River-Backus will play a Wolves team coming off a 54-47 non-league loss to Cotter (Winona, MN). The Wolves record now stands at 13-3.
With the loss, Laporte falls to 2-15 on the campaign. The Wildcats host Nevis (Nevis, MN) to play the Tigers in a A Section 5 bout on Thursday, January 23. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 3-7. Nevis lost 52-48 in their recent non-league bout against Clearbrook-Gonvick (Clearbrook, MN)