Minnesota High School Basketball - Pine River-Backus trounces Laporte
February 20, 2024: Pine River, MN 56474 The Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) basketball crushed the visiting Laporte Wildcats (Laporte, MN), 79-22 in Tuesday's league test.
The Tigers (10-16) will now prepare for their test against Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (Walker, MN). The Wolves go into the A Section 5 test with a 20-6 record. In their last test, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley walloped Browerville (Browerville, MN), 73-43, in a league test.
The Wildcats now own a 3-29 record. They play next when they host Nevis for a A Section 5 test on Thursday, February 22. Laporte will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 52-36 non-league loss to Park Christian (Moorhead, MN). The Tigers record now stands at 16-8.