Cass Lake-Bena girls basketball sophomore guard Gabby Fineday scored 58 points against Laporte on Tuesday in Cass Lake, breaking the CLB single-game scoring record by a girls player.
Taryn Frazer's unforgettable career immortalized her place in Cass Lake-Bena lore. She is a generational scorer, a legend of Leech Lake, and the Pioneer's 2022 Sportsperson of the Year.
Gabby Fineday is the program’s first player to reach 1,000 points since Amira LaDuke did it last season, and she’s the youngest since Taryn Frazer reached 1,000 as a freshman in February 2019.
Taryn Frazer led the Golden Eagles to a 69-64 comeback win over the Bemidji State women’s basketball team in a game played at the BSU Gymnasium, but one that almost felt like a CLB home game with how many followers Frazer drew.
Section 8A crowned a brand new champion in Sacred Heart on Friday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. But for the fourth straight year, the Cass Lake-Bena boys basketball team fell one game short of state.
Fifth-seeded Hayfield took full advantage of CLB’s fatigue and closed out the contest with a 15-4 run, earning a 67-57 win on Thursday at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis.
While the Panthers appreciated the community’s support, they had something else on their minds – getting down to the Metro and starting the preparation process for their quarterfinal date with undefeated Hayfield on Thursday.
Behind a patient offense, Cass Lake-Bena defeated Fertile-Beltrami 75-59 in Tuesday’s Section 8A semifinals at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. But CLB also has bigger fish to fry now: a section title that’s proved ever so elusive in recent years.
