McKaig notches double-double in Pioneer’s loss to Tri-County

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Tri-County 61, Pioneer 47 (Friday): Drew McKaig scored 17 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and Caleb Sweet added 11 points for Pioneer in a loss to host Tri-County in their regular season finale Friday.

Brayden Erickson added a pair of 3-pointers and eight points for the Panthers (5-18).

Pioneer made just 10 of 23 free throws.

Nate Corbin and Eric Zarse scored 13 points each for Tri-County. The Cavaliers made 14 of 18 foul shots.

Tri-County led 14-12 after one quarter and extended the lead to 34-20 at halftime.

Pioneer will play Lewis Cass at approximately 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Class 2A, Sectional 36 quarterfinal at Rochester.

PIONEER (47) (5-18)

Drew McKaig 6 4-11 17, Brayden Erickson 2 2-2 8, Rylahn Toloza 1 0-0 2, Gage Harper 0 0-0 0, Caleb Sweet 3 3-8 11, Luke Blackman 0 0-0 0, Ryan Looker 0 0-0 0, Micah Rans 1 1-2 3, Andrew Helton 1 0-0 2, Lucas Perry 2 0-0 4, Noah Miller 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 10-23 47

TRI-COUNTY (61) (10-12)

Bahler 2 2-2 8, Getz 2 4-5 8, Bunjan 2 0-0 4, Schemerhorn 1 1-2 4, Corbin 5 3-3 13, Zarse 5 2-2 13, Hughes 2 2-3 7, Schneider 0 0-0 0, Ross 2 0-1 4, Dahlenburg 0 0-0 0, Brooks 0 0-0 0, Atkinson 0 0-0 0, Burns 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 21 14-18 61

Three-point field goals:

Pioneer 5 (Erickson 2, Sweet 2, McKaig),

Tri-County 5 (Bahler 2, Schemerhorn, Zarse, Hughes)

Total fouls: Pioneer 19, Tri-County 19

Fouled out: Toloza (PIO)

Turnovers: Pioneer 14, Tri-County 12

Score by quarters

Pioneer 12 8 12 15 – 47

Tri-County 14 20 12 15 – 61