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Battlers Drop Home Opener to Parkers Prairie

By Craig Olson, 12/12/19, 11:15PM CST

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Parkers Prairie spoiled the Battle Lake boys’ basketball home opener on Thursday night as the Panthers topped the Battlers, 69-40.

 

Alex Koep led all scorers with 20 points.  Riley Thoennes, Spencer Yohnke and Preston Yohnke each added 10 points.

Brennan Amundson had 12 to lead Battle Lake.

“We had a great first half, didn’t shoot the ball well but worked really hard and played together,” reported Battle Lake Head Coach CJ Peeters.  “We were down 33-27 at the half and liked our chances.  Parkers made an adjustment, we didn’t execute after that and they opened the second half with a 10-0 run.  They are a good basketball team and we took really tough shots in the second half.  It’s there for us, we had a lot of positives for losing by 29 points.”

Battle Lake (0-4) will host Henning in their final pre-Christmas game on Tuesday, December 17.