TROJAN SOPHOMORE TRENT KUECHENMEISTER (31) tries to avoid a Lancer defender as he drives to the basket in their Section 3A game last Saturday at SMSU in Marshall. Also pictured is Trojan senior Keven Berdan (33). The Trojans lost to Canby 70-47 to finish the season at 9-16.
Season ends for Trojans with loss to Canby in Sections
The Trojan boys basketball team had their season come to an end at the Section 3A Tournement at SMSU in Marshall on Saturday, losing to the Canby Lancers, 70-47. Earlier in the week, the Trojans ended the regular season by defeating Minneota, 57-54 and defeating E.C.H.O. Charter School in the first round of the Section Tournament 94-34.
On Monday, March 1 the Trojans hosted the Minneota Vikings, a team they had lost to earlier in the season. The Trojans played good team ball in defeating the Vikings.
“This was our best game of the season,” said Coach Jay Orvik. “We put together two good halves, had balance scoring and played great man to man defense.”
Jesse Roscoe led the balance scoring attack with 16 points. He was followed by Shane Lindahl who had a double-double scoring 12 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Charlie Stattelman had and Dan Berdan each had 10 points, Trent Kuechenmeister added five and Tate Messmer rounded out the scoring with four. Messmer and Roscoe each had six rebounds in the game.
The Trojans put up 70 shots in the game, makng 22 for 31 percent. They were five of eight from the free throw line for 62 percent. Minneota made 20 of 55 shots for 36 percent and shot 56 percent from the free throw line.
Ortonville then played host to the E.C.H.O. Charter School on Thursday, March 4 in the first round of the Section 3A Tournament. The Trojans took control early in this game and never looked back in posting the win.
“E.C.H.O is a young team that had struggled during the season,” said Orvik. “Everyone of our guys saw action with our starters only scoing 29 points and the reserves putting in 65.”
Scoring for the Trojans were Jesse Roscoe and Jacob Meyer each with 13, Brandon Folk and Austin Swanson each had 10, Charlie Stattelman and Keven Berdan had seven each, Shane Lindahl and Charlie Taffe each had six, Schuyler Larson netted five, Tom Rausch, Trent Kuechenmeister and Dan Berdan had four points, Ryan Delage had three and Tate Messmer added two. Meyer led in rebounds with seven.
The Trojans put up 95 shots in the game making 40 for 42 percent, while holding E.C.H.O to just 23 percent from the field.
With that win, the Trojans traveled to SMSU in Marshall on Saturday for the quarterfinals of Section 3A against the Canby Lancers. The Trojans were down by just eight at halftime, but couldn’t stop the Lancers in the second half in their loss.
“We did not shoot well in this game,” said Orvik. “We settled for too many outside shots. We needed to be more patient on offense and work the ball inside more.”
Ortonville put up 54 shots making 17 for 31 percent. The Lancers made 23 of 44 shots for 52 percent. The Trojans were eight of 19 from the free throw line for 42 percent, while Canby hit 15 of 26 for 57 percent.
Dan Berdan led the Trojans with 12 points. He was followed by Jesse Roscoe with nine, Trent Kuechenmeister with eight, Shane Lindahl with seven, Charlie Stattelman had six, Schuyler Larson with three and Tate Messmer with two. Messmer led in rebounds with six followed by Stattelman with four.
The Trojans end their season with a 9-16 record. Six seniors played their final game for Ortonville. They include Jesse Roscoe, Michael Winther, Keven Berdan, Schuyler Larson, Ryan Delage and Charlie Stattelman.
Ortonville B,C Squad girls basketball teams end season
Ortonville’s B-squad and C-squad girls basketball teams recently completed the 2009-10 season. The B-squad finished with a 7-12 record, while the C-squad finished 5-5.
The B-squad finished with wins over Renville County West, 33-31; CGB, 35-22; Dawson-Boyd, 37-26 and Wheaton, 35-28. Their losses were against Brandon-Evansville, 40-28; Lakeview,, 31-18; Morris, 41-38 and Milbank, SD 51-19.
The C-squad picked up wins over Brandon-Evansville, 26-9; CGB, 31-13; Morris. 25-22; and Wheaton 37-21. Losses were against Renville County West, 20-17; Lakeview, 30-22; Dawson-Boyd, 26-21 and Milbank, SD 31-12.
The teams were coached by Bob Foley.
Spring sports to begin March 15
As spring sports approach a reminder to OHS participants, they will need to have a current physical on file, a signed Minnesota State High School league form and pay their activity fee, $60 for grades 9-12, $30 for grades 7-8.
Track and softball (9-12) will begin March 15. Lynn Keller will be the Head Track Coach and Tim Giese will lead the softball team. Golf and baseball (9-12) will start on March 22. Roger Sandberg is the boys golf coach, while Joe Berning will coach the girls golf team. Jon Fellows is the Head Baseball Coach.
