Basketball Recap: Bertha-Hewitt Drops Season-High Score on Laporte

Bears

Team Score (Highest)

02/06/25 vs Laporte	76
01/16/25 vs New York Mills	75
01/21/25 @ Verndale	65
01/14/25 @ Ashby	61
01/17/25 vs Pine River-Backus	59

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bertha-Hewitt). They blew past the Laporte Wildcats 76-29 on Thursday. The Bears have beaten the Wildcats the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Wildcats has come to flipping the script.

Bertha-Hewitt's record now sits at 5-12. As for Laporte, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-18.

Bertha-Hewitt wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 61-42 loss against Wadena-Deer Creek on the 7th. As for Laporte, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 94-18 defeat against Nevis on the 7th.