The Beresford Watchdog boys basketball team suffered a season-opening loss in Baltic on Friday, December 13th. The Baltic Bulldogs took the win 45-31.
The game was close for over three quarters of play. Baltic held a 10-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. Beresford tied the game 10-10 early in the second quarter, but the Bulldogs ended the second quarter leading 18-15. The lead stayed pretty steady for Baltic throughout the third quarter. The Bulldogs took a 28-23 lead into the final quarter. Beresford got within a point, 30-29, but Baltic went on an 11-0 run to make the score 41-29 to put the game out of reach.
Malachi James had 13 points and eight rebounds. Tiegen Nyhaugh ended with eight points and three steals. Cooper Nelson had six points, nine rebounds, and four steals. Aiden Hamm had four points and four rebounds.