Tyler Hettich in basketball action in Ipswich last week against North Central.
Ipswich obtained a 59-21 Lake Region Conference boys high school basketball win over the North Central Thunder on Tuesday, January 17 in the Tiger Den.
Ipswich had led from the opening tip-off to the final buzzer. The Tigers indeed got an opening 2-0 basket from Chet Peterson and would include quarter-break leads of 19-0, 31-9 and 48-16, respectively. Trailing 21-0 early in the second stanza, the Thunder got on the scoreboard with five straight points from Dawson Walz consisting of a basket plus free throw and another basket from inside the trey arc. (Ipswich's initial double-figure lead would be 10-0 from a Colby Sylte free throw.)
Walz would finish with seven points to lead the Thunder. Cole Bukaske and Raynor Sprague were each next with six points, Sprague featured a trey. Brady Beitelspacher rounded out their effort with a basket from within the trey arc.
Ipswich would also obtain balanced scoring, led by Tyler Hettich and Trevor Heinz each with 11 points including two treys apiece. Jace Konsor scored eight points with two treys as well and Peterson also tallied eight points. Sylte and Blake Rich each finished with five points, Tucker Miller added four points and Ian Beyers netted a trey for his three points. Carter Geditz scored two points, as did Turner Thorson.
The Thunder obtained seven total field goals featuring their lone trey and were 6-9 in free throw attempts. Ipswich totaled 22 accurate floor shots including their seven treys and finished 8-13 in free throw tries.
The Thunder sustained 22 turnovers of which 17 were steals while Ipswich committed 13 miscues. (Heinz had five of the Tiger thefts and Beyers, four.)
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