WBM/GCB boys win 1A opener, 58-43

The West Bend-Mallard/Gilmore City-Bradgate boys' basketball team kept their season alive by winning their Class 1A district tournament first round game Monday night (Feb. 15) in West Bend. The Wolverines, led by 6-foot-5 senior center Jack Banwart, posted a 58-43 victory over Clay Central-Everly. Banwart scored 37 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked five shots to power the Wolverines, who improved to 3-18 on the season. Banwart was backed by Nolan Robert Dahlhauser with 18 points and Dan Riesenberg with three. The Wolverines overcame an early deficit as Banwart scored 21 of his points in the second half.WBM/GCB will move on to play Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m. in the Algona Bishop Garrigan gym. See full story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. For full access to the print and/or digital edition of the Independent, subscribe today by clicking the link above to get started!