Ellie Welch scored 17 points and snared 14 rebounds to spark the Pelican Rapids Vikings in their 55-53 victory over Battle Lake on Wednesday night. Morgan Korf and Tori Stephenson joined her in double figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Pelican Rapids had a seemingly comfortable 39-22 lead at the half, however, the Battlers fought back strong, outscoring the lady Vikings 31-16 over the final 18 minutes. The Vikings were able to hold on for the win despite missing 9 of their last 10 free throw attempts.
Battle Lake was led by Ady Tysdal (19 points, 6 rebounds), Grace VanErp (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Morgan Malone (11 points, 7 rebounds).
The Vikings (7-2) will face Badger-Greenbush-Middle River at 6:00pm Thursday in the championship game of the Valhalla Tournament.
Battle Lake, now 6-1, will play Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal in the third place game.