Inland Lakes blown out by Bartel, Harbor Springs in boys basketball opener
INDIAN RIVER – The Inland Lakes Bulldogs were hoping for a positive start to their boys basketball season.
But the Harbor Springs Rams quickly made sure that didn’t happen.
Led by a stellar performance from Rider Bartel – who scored all of his game-high 33 points in the first half – the Rams were too much for the Bulldogs in a 76-29 rout in Indian River on Thursday.
Bartel made five 3-pointers in the opening quarter for the Rams (2-0), who built a 30-12 lead. He added two more treys in the second to help push the Harbor Springs advantage to 52-17 by halftime.
The Bulldogs (0-1) were led by a team-high 13 points from senior Sam Schoonmaker. Aidan Fenstermaker netted seven points, Connor Wallace tallied five, and Noah Shugar added seven.
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Braeden Flynn also had a strong night for the Rams, recording 18 points.
Inland Lakes will look to regroup when it opens its Ski Valley Conference season with a road matchup at Johannesburg-Lewiston on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
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