Ellsworth Locks Up 2nd Place in Class B North Beats Hermon 44-29 [PHOTOS]

The Ellsworth Eagles locked up 2nd place in Class B North, with 1 game to go, after beating the Hermon Hawks 44-29 in Hermon on Saturday, February 1st.

Hermon was without Senior standout Isaac Varney, who had a walking boot on his right foot.

Hermon led 7-4 at the end of the 1st Quarter. Zac Tubbs had 5 points with a 2-pointer and Wyatt Gogan had 2 points. For Ellsworth Austin Harris had the Eagle's lone points.

In the 2nd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Hermon 16-6 to take a 19-13 lead at the end of the 1st Half. Harris had 5 points for Ellsworth, with a 3-pointer and Hunter and Jackson Curtis each had 4 points while Connor Crawford had 2 points. For Hermon Tubbs, Gogan and Trey Brown each had 2 points.

In the 3rd Quarter Ellsworth outscored Hermon 13-10 to increase their lead 32-23. Harris had 5 points with his 2nd 3-pointer for Ellsworth. Jackson Curtis had a 3-pointer. Connor Crawford had 3 points and Hunter Curtis 2 points. For the Hawks Eli Reed had 7 points with a 3-pointer, Jaeden Henderson had 2 points and Gogan was 1-2 from the free throw line.

In the 4th Quarter Jackson Curtis had 6 points, Darby Berry 4 points and Hunter Curtis 2 points for Ellsworth. For Hermon Eli Reed had 4 points and Henderson 2 points.

Ellsworth was led by Austin Harris had 14 points and Jackson Curtis had 13 points. The Eagles were 3-3 from the free throw line.

Hermon was led by Eli Reed with 11 points and Zac Tubbs had 7 points. The Hawks were 5-11 from the free throw line.

Ellsworth, 14-3 has 1 game left in the regular season, at MDI on Thursday, February 6th at 7p.m. That game will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.