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Little River girls, boys sweep Tigers
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Courtesy Photo by DICK SMITH Little River's (3) Saelyn Raleigh battles St. John's Lilly Brummer (21) for a rebound.

ST. JOHN — The No. 1 state-ranked Little River girls displayed all their talent while dominating St. John 61-31 in Saturday's non-league basketball game. 

Arika Feldman scored 26 points and converted a trio of 3-pointers. Avery Lafferty scored 11 points. Little River dominated the offensive boards and scored 21 second-chance points in the first half. Feldman and Lafferty combined for 16 second-chance points.

St. John's Jalyn Fisher played brilliantly with a 15-point effort and a pair of 3-pointers.

The Redskins (9-0) led 21-11 after one quarter and 36-19 at halftime.

Little River 21 15 14 11 — 61

St. John 11 8 7 5 — 31

LITTLE RIVER (9-0)—Feldman 10 (3) 3-4 26; Lafferty 5 1-2 11; Olander 4 0-1 8; Look (2) 1-2 7; Strecker 2 (1) 0-0 5; Raleigh 1 0-0 2; Wright 1 0-0 2; Totals 25 (6) 5-9 61

ST. JOHN (4-5)—Jalyn Fisher 6 (2) 1-2 15; Bonner (2) 1-2 7; Brummer 2 0-0 4; Rockenbach 1 0-0 2; Burgan 1 0-0 2; Totals 12 (4) 3-6 31

LITTLE RIVER 60, ST. JOHN 41 — Little River outscored the Tigers 27-11 after halftime keyed by lock-down defense in Saturday's non-league basketball game.

Wyatt Mawhirter converted two baskets and Jace Reyes scored for a 7-0 run for a 33-30 score. The score was tied at 35 when the Redskins outscored the Tigers 25-6 in the final 13 minutes.

Little River's Jackson Konen scored 21 points and Lincoln Raleigh added 13 points. Raleigh hit back-to-back 3-pointers for a 46-39 lead.

St. John's Emmett Delp scored nine points.

Little River 17 16 13 14 — 60

St. John 15 15 9 2 — 41

LITTLE RIVER (7-1)—Konen 7 (3) 4-5 21; Raleigh 5 (3) 0-0 13; Schubert 3 (1) 0-0 7; Baldetti 3 (1) 0-0 7; Strecker 2 (1) 0-0 5; Look 1 1-2 3; Garrison 1 0-0 2; Janette 1 0-1 2; Totals 23 (9) 5-8 60

ST. JOHN (6-3)—Delp 3 (2) 1-2 9; Mawhirter 3 (1) 1-4 8; Reyes 3 1-2 7; Braxton Alpers 3 0-0 6; Easton Alpers (1) 1-2 4; Ibarra 0 3-4 3; Lozano 2 0-0 4; Totals 15 (4) 7-14 41