AUSTIN — The Riverland Community College men’s basketball team dominated Ridgewater in a Minnesota College Athletic Conference victory on Saturday, winning 84-69.
Savier McCall and Jayden Hill led the way for the Blue Devils. McCall had 17 points and nine rebounds. Hill made four 3-pointers, good for 16 points.
Riverland (12-8) outscored Ridgewater 49-28 in the first half.
Ridgewater sophomore guard Malik Westerfield scored a season-best 28 points. He shot 12 of 20 from the field, making four of five free throws.
The Warriors play Minnesota State Community and Technical College at 7:30 pm Wednesday in Fergus Falls.
Riverland 84, Ridgewater 69
Ridgewater (7-10) 28 41 — 69
Riverland (12-8) 49 35 — 84
RIDGEWATER – Scoring: Malik Westerfield 28, Jaylyn Clardy 10, Rodney Lubin 9, Trevor Dorenbosch 8, Noah Wilts 8, Shane Scharmach 2, Deondre Wallace 2, Deron Lacy 2 … 3-point shots: Dorenbosch 2, Wilts 2 … Rebound leader: Clardy 6 … Assist leaders: Clardy 1, Wallace 1 … Steal leader: Westerfield 5 … Block leader: none
RIVERLAND – Scoring: Savier McCall 17, Jayden Hill 16, Jourdan Weddle 13, Malik Cooper 12, Zach Markland 8, Jamari Walker 6, Amir Plair 5, Oliha Loyuk 3, MJ Galimah 2, Terry Moye 2 … 3-point shots: Hill 4, McCall 3, Cooper 2, Weddle 2 … Rebound leader: McCall 9 … Assist leader: Cooper 3, Weddle 3 … Steal leader: McCall 2 … Block leader: four players with 1
Riverland 87, Ridgewater 28
Riverland’s Cayli Miles led with 24 points and Savannah Longhoma had 20 in the victory at Austin.
The Warriors had two scorers reach double digits. Mallery Geistfeld notched 17 points and Gabby Randt had 10.
Ridgewater plays Minnesota State Community and Technical College at 5:30 pm Wednesday in Fergus Falls.
Ridgewater (1-16) 19 9 — 28
Riverland (13-3) 36 51 — 87
RIDGEWATER – Scoring: Mallery Geistfeld 17, Gabby Randt 10, Odessa De Hoyos 1 … 3-point shots: Geistfeld 5 … Rebound leader: Randt 7, Geistfeld 7, Erika Lozano 7 … Assist leaders: Randt 2, Lozano 2 … Steal leaders: Randt 2, Lozano 2 … Block leader: Randt 2
RIVERLAND – Scoring: Cayli Miles 24, Savannah Longhoma 20, Reana Schmitt 12, Camryn McQuery 10, Nora Mecoleta 7, Erika Thurnau 5, Laura Granada 4, Kenai Holien 3, Macie Werdel 2 … 3-point shots: Miles 4, Longhoma 4 , Mecoleta 1, Thurnau 1 … Rebound leader: Schmitt 14 … Assist leader: Miles 5 … Steal leader: Schmitt 6 … Block leader: none
Ridgewater heavyweight Austin Schlangen had a first-place finish at the North County Open Sunday at Sexton Arena in Collegeville.
Competing in the Silver 285-pound tournament, Schlangen clinched the title with an 8-6 decision over St. Cloud State’s Jadon Mims. Serpents is a freshman from Eden Valley-Watkins.
Cole Holien also had a strong showing for the Warriors. The freshman from Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City was second in the Silver 141 bracket. In the championship, he lost a 16-13 decision to Concordia-Moorhead’s Sam Kulseth.
Other area wrestlers at the meet included:
- Willmar’s Jonas Anez was the runner-up in the Silver 165 bracket. A freshman at Minnesota State-Moorhead, Anez went 2-1. He lost the championship in a 6-3 decision to St. Cloud State’s Owen Herbst.
- Willmar’s Mason Swanson took third in the Silver 285 bracket. He is a freshman at Concordia-Moorhead. He beat Ridgewater’s Charlie Farhat, a fellow WHS grad, in the third-place match by a 7-2 decision.
How Ridgewater fared
Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, place)
Gold 184: Ross Meskimen, 3-1, third; Johan Rodvik, 1-2, fourth…Gold 197: Rick Jones, 2-2, sixth…Silver 141: Cole Holien, 3-1, second…Silver 149: Brady Holien, 2-2, fourth; Taedon Nichols, 1-1…Silver 165: Wilhelm Yasseri, 1-2…Silver 285: Austin Schlangen, 3-0, first; Charlie Farhat, 1-2, fourth
