Monte boys regain winning ways

Coming off a pair of last-second losses the previous week, the Montevideo boys basketball team bounced back in a big way with three straight wins.

The Thunder Hawks are now 10-3 in the West Central Conference South standings and 11-9 overall.

The T-Hawks will travel to Grove City today (Thurs­day) for a conference game against ACGC.

Montevideo 60, BOLD 39
The Thunder Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak at the expense of the visiting Warriors Thursday.

Jake Douglas paced the T-Hawks with 19 points. Colton Vien and Brett Bergeson added 12 points each, as Montevideo shot 49 percent from the field and outrebounded BOLD 39-26.

Scoring by halves
BOLD 18 21 — 39
Montevideo 29 31 — 60
Monte — 23-47 FG; 9-13 FT; 39 rebounds; 16 fouls. Scoring: Ryan Boike 2, Colton Vien 12, Jake Douglas 19, Brett Berg­eson 12, Jacobey Johnson 5, Tom Grages 4, Troy Hendrickson 6. Rebounds: Vien 7, Bergeson 7. Assists: John­son 4. Steals: Douglas 2, Bergeson 2, Grages 2. 3-point FG: 5-10 (Bergeson 2, Vien 2, Johnson 1).

Monte 80, Paynesville 46
Colton Vien scored Montevideo’s first 16 points and the T-Hawks romped to a lop-sided home win over Paynesville Friday.

Vien finished with a season-high 23 points to lead three Montevideo players in double figures. Ryan Boike and Jake Douglas had 10 points each.

Scoring by halves
Paynesville 19 27 — 46
Montevideo 41 39 — 80
Monte — 32-63 FG; 8-13 FT; 37 rebounds; 15 fouls. Scoring: Ryan Boike 10, Colton Vien 23, Jake Douglas 10, Brett Bergeson 8, Jacobey Johnson 2, Tom Grages 4, Troy Hendrickson 6, Mitch Christ­ensen 2, Tyler Modderman 6, Mason Magle 6, Phillip Ward 3. Re­bounds: Vien 5, Bergeson 5, Hendrickson 5, Modderman 5. Assists: Bergeson 3. Steals: Berg­eson 2, Johnson 2. 3-point FG: 8-20 (Vien 5, Boike 2, Ward 1).

Monte 73, LqP Valley 62
Montevideo swept the season series with an 11-point win over the visiting Eagles Tuesday.
Montevideo opened a 26-17 lead in the first half, getting consecutive three-point baskets from Ryan Boike and another three from Brett Bergeson. For the game, the T-Hawks were 11-for-23 from three-point range.

The Eagles went on a 9-0 run to cut Montevideo’s lead to 48-45 with 11 minutes left, but Boike hit a three-pointer and Jake Douglas made a three-point play to give the T-Hawks some breathing room.

Scoring by halves
LqP Valley 30 32 — 62
Montevideo 43 30 — 73
LqP Valley — 25-56 FG; 6-7 FT; 29 rebounds; 16 fouls. Scoring: Jordan Schwarz 6, Zach Moen 3, Jacob Redepenning 2, Chase Keimig 21, Eric Paulson 20, Zach Jensen 10. Rebounds: Jensen 10. Assists: Keimig 4. Steals: Hoium 3. 3-point FG: 6-18 (Paulson 4, Keimig 1, Moen 1).
Monte — 24-51 FG; 14-18 FT; 28 rebounds; 9 fouls. Scoring: Ryan Boike 20, Colton Vien 20, Jake Douglas 13, Brett Bergeson 10, Jacobey Johnson 5, Tom Grages 2, Troy Hendrickson 3. Rebounds: Boike 7, Douglas 6, Vien 6, Bergeson 5. Assists: Johnson 6, Bergeson 4, Boike 3. Steals: Vien 2, Johnson 2. 3-point FG: 11-23 (Boike 4, Vien 4, Bergeson 2, Johnson 1).