Fox Valley Lutheran boys basketball holds off Oconto Falls to win NEC opener

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OCONTO FALLS – Fox Valley Lutheran pulled out to an eight-point lead by halftime and held on to defeat Oconto Fallso 58-54 in the North Eastern Conference boys basketball opener for both teams on Thursday at Oconto Falls High School.

The Foxes (2-0 overall) led 29-21 at halftime and were able to hold off Oconto Falls at the end.

Graham Feidt finished with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting, and added five rebounds and five steals for the Foxes. Lucas Papendorf chipped in 10 points in the win.

Evan Yuma led Oconto Falls (1-1 overall) with 19 points and eight rebounds.

Fox Valley Lutheran will host Clintonville for its home-opener on Tuesday in another North Eastern Conference game.

Foxes 58, Panthers 54
Fox Valley Lutheran   29   29   –   58
Oconto Falls   21   33   –   54
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN (58): Gabe Heiges 2-7 5-6 9, Eligh Erickson 2-7 0-0 6, Graham Feidt 8-10 3-7 21, Malik Schedler 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Schlueter 1-2 1-2 3, Elliott Olsen 0-1 1-2 1, Riley Lindell 0-2 0-0 0, Kaleb Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Lucas Papendorf 5-11 0-2 10, Amani Dahlke 2-3 0-0 5, Blessings Kapande 0-0 0-0 0, Caleb Dahlke 1-7 0-0 3. FG: 21-52. FT: 10-19. 3-pointers: 6-20 (Erickson 2-5, Feidt 2-4, A. Dahlke 1-1, C. Dahlke 1-4, Papendorf 0-1, Heiges 0-4). Rebounds: 22 (Heiges 5, Feidt 5). Record: 2-0, 1-0 North Eastern Conference.
OCONTO FALLS (54): Brady Bursa 3-7 3-4 9, Evan Yma 5-8 7-9 19, Chase Carriveau 0-1 3-4 3, Carson McDermid 0-0 0-0 0, Conner Wilquet 0-0 0-2 0, Emerich Skarban 3-6 0-0 6, Jameson Bearman 2-10 2-2 7, Aydien Wold 0-0 0-0 0, J.J. Pytelski 4-12 0-1 10, Austin Anderson 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 17-46. FT: 15-22. 3-pointers: 5-21 (Yuma 2-4, Pytleski 2-8, Beaman 1-7, Skarban 0-1, Carriveau 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Yuma 8). Record: 1-1, 0-1 North Eastern Conference.