Detroit Lakes improved to 5-0 in the Mid-State Conference with a comfortable 80-58 victory at Staples-Motley Thursday evening.
Christian Hedstrom and Ben Hokanson led the Lakers with 19 and 15 points, respectively.
The Lakers hold a 1.5 game lead over Crosby-Ironton (3-1) at the midpoint of the Mid-State season.
Six of the Lakers’ (11-1) dozen opponents have been Class 2A teams, but DL’s numbers are close to the top in four Class 3A categories, including the second best record of all 64 3A teams.
DL currently is a top 10 Quality Results Formula (QRF) team ranked No. 10.
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Laker scoring: C. Johnson 5, Champa 4, Duncan 4, Hedstrom 19, Priem 6, Nordmark 2, Lyngaas 7, Pazdernik 3, Hokanson 15, B. Thompson 3,
Top 20 Records
- Marshall (12-1)
- Detroit Lakes (11-1)
- Albany (10-1)
- Hermantown (10-1)
- Orono (11-2)
- Red Wing (10-2)
- St. Paul Johnson (9-2)
- DeLaSalle (6-2)
- Thief River Falls (8-3)
- Hill-Murray (10-4)
- Rocori (9-4)
- Cloquet (8-4)
- Delano (8-4)
- Mankato West (8-4)
- Simley (8-4)
- Chisago Lakes Area (9-5)
- Monticello (9-5)
- Fridley (7-4)
- Mankato East (8-5)
- Minneapolis Washburn (8-5)
Top 20 Points Scored
- Hermantown (85.1)
- St. Paul Johnson (77.5)
- Hill-Murray (76.0)
- DeLaSalle (73.3)
- Richfield (73.3)
- Minneapolis Henry (72.2)
- Columbia Heights (71.6)
- Fergus Falls (70.6)
- Detroit Lakes (70.2)
- Cloquet (69.7)
- Holy Family Catholic (68.7)
- St. Thomas Academy (68.3)
- Mankato East (68.0)
- Simley (67.6)
- Minneapolis Washburn (67.5)
- Albany (67.3)
- New Prague (67.2)
- Fridley (67.0)
- Totino-Grace (67.0)
- Sauk Rapids-Rice (66.9)
Top 20 Points Allowed
- Marshall (48.2)
- Chisago Lakes Area (50.0)
- Red Wing (50.2)
- Sartell-St. Stephen (51.4)
- Alexandria (52.0)
- Detroit Lakes (52.4)
- Delano (52.5)
- Orono (53.3)
- Albany (53.6)
- Austin (54.0)
- Little Falls (54.3)
- DeLaSalle (54.7)
- Mankato West (54.8)
- Rocori (54.9)
- Simley (55.1)
- Thief River Falls (55.2)
- St. Cloud Apollo (55.3)
- Faribault (55.7)
- St. Paul Harding (57.1)
- Hibbing (57.5)
Top 20 Points Differential
- Hermantown (21.1)
- DeLaSalle (18.7)
- Detroit Lakes (17.8)
- Marshall (14.9)
- Albany (13.6)
- Red Wing (12.5)
- Simley (12.5)
- Mankato West (10.8)
- Thief River Falls (9.7)
- Fridley (8.0)
- Orono (7.5)
- Delano (7.5)
- Kasson-Mantorville (7.1)
- Hill-Murray (6.5)
- St. Thomas Academy (6.4)
- Chisago Lakes Area (5.8)
- St. Paul Johnson (5.6)
- Cloquet (5.3)
- Little Falls (5.1)
- Alexandria (4.7)
Mid-State Standings
Team Conf. Overall
DL 5-0 11-1
C-I 3-1 7-4
PR 2-2 6-5
PL 2-3 7-5
S-M 2-3 5-7
WDC 0-5 0-12
