Palmer boys, girls sweep Lathrop

PALMER — Junior Christian Odom was 7-for-8 from the free-throw line during the fourth quarter and helped Palmer preserve a 50-42 win over the Lathrop Malemutes at Palmer High School on Thursday.

Odom, junior Sean Niekamp and senior Kyle Titus each scored a team-high 11 points for the Moose during the nonconfernece win.

Senior Brennan Bohman added nine points.

Palmer trailed 26-17 at halftime, but used a 19-4 third-quarter run to take the lead.

Earlier in the evening, Karissa Brandenburg scored five of her team-high 12 points in the fourth quarter to lead Palmer to a 44-43 girls basketball win over Lathrop.

Anna Koehn nailed a trio of three-pointers and scored 10 points for the Moose.

Palmer boys 50, Lathrop 42

Thursday, Palmer High School

Lathrop 13-13-4-12—42

Palemr 12-5-19-14—50

Lathrop (42) — Streeter 4 3-5 11, Dieringer 1 0-0 2, Ballard 1 0-0 2, Mays 8 6-9 23, Hamilton 2 0-0 4; Totals: 16 9-17 42.

Palmer (50) — Titus 4 0-0 11, Dean 0 3-4 3, Buresh 1 3-4 5, Bohman 4 0-0 9, Niekamp 4 3-7 11, Odom 2 7-8 11; Totals 15 16-25 50.

3-point field goals: Lathrop 1 (Mays), Palmer 3 (Titus 3); Total fouls: Lathrop 19, Palmer 17; Fouled out: Lathrop- Holland, Palmer- Bohman.

Palmer girls 44, Lathrop 43

Thursday, Palmer High School

Lathrop 7-8-12-16—43

Palmer 8-8-12-16—44

Lathrop (43) — Luke 2 0-0 5, Allen 4 1-3 9, Kennedy 0 2-2 2, Basinger 2 3-5 7, Krier 0 1-2 1, Anderson 6 3-4 15, Brawley 1 2-4 4; Totals 15 12-20 43.

Palmer (44) — VanHoomissen 1 1-2 3, Venzke 2 0-0 4, LaMere 1 0-0 2, Thein 2 1-3 5, Koehn 3 1-2 10, Blake 2 1-4 5, Smith 0 1-2 1, Brandenburg 5 2-5 12, Neurenberg 1 0-0 2; Totals: 17 7-18 44.

3-point field goals: Lathrp 1 (Luke 1), Palmer 3 (Koehn 3); Total fouls: Lathrop 18, Palmer 20; Fouled out: Palmer- Koehn.

Knights top Wolves

PALMER — Senior John Palmer scored 23 points to lead the Colony Knights to a 79-56 nonconference win over the Eagle River Wolves at Colony High School on Thursday.

Senior Scott Herman and junior Payton McCann added 14 each for Colony.

Colony 79, Eagle River 56

Thursday, Colony High School

Eagle River 14-11-14-17—56

Colony 24-19-22-14—79

Eagle River (56) — Metzel 3 1-2 8, Ortiz 1 0-0 2, Yaw 8 5-10 21, Quinn 1 1-3 3, Young 7 2-4 16, Bell 1 0-0 2, Mothersell 0 2-2 2, Foster 1 0-0 2; Totals: 22 11-21 56.

Colony (79) — Eiesenhower 0 1-2 1, Turner 4 0-0 9, McCann 6 2-3 14, Palmer 9 2-4 23, Herman 3 6-6 14, Smith 0 5-6 5, DePriest 2 1-4 5, Ray 3 1-2 8; Totals: 27 18-27 79.

3-point field goals: Eagle River 1 (Metzel 1), Colony 7 (Palmer 3); Total fouls: Eagle River 15, Colony 17.