Edmunds County Tribune -

Ipswich split a Lake Region Conference girls/boys high school basketball confrontation with Aberdeen Christian on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Aberdeen.

The Tiger girls indeed defeated their hosts 43-27, but the IHS boys were defeated 65-45.

Girls first as they actually were first that evening!

Defense decides a lot of LRC battles and this was true in the girls' encounter. Ipswich indeed overcame a 5-4 first-quarter deficit to out-score the Knights 21-0 in the second quarter for a 25-5 halftime lead. And the hosts would never really quite be able to sustain a large enough second-half rally. That's b...