Saxony wins opener at its tournament

Saxony Lutheran opened its own Saxony Christmas Tournament with a 76-25 win over Marquand on Wednesday at Saxony Lutheran.

The Crusaders improved to 6-1. Saxony will play Zalma today in the round-robin portion of the event.

Max Wieser and Alex Jauch had 13 points apiece for Saxony, and Garrett Ruppel added 10.

Chris Our Savior Lutheran of Evansville (Ill.) beat Valle Catholic 45-39 in the other tournament game.

Saxony Lutheran 76, Marquand 25

Marquand 4 8 7 6 -- 25

Saxony 29 18 18 11 -- 76

MARQUAND (25) -- Becker 6, Dedling 2, Pritchett 9, Edmonds 5, Hicks 3. FG 8, FT 8-12, F 17 (3-pointers: Edmonds 1. Fouled out: none)

SAXONY LUTHERAN (76) -- Garrett Ruppel 10, Garrett Fritsche 5, Chris Roth 7, Zach Bohnert 6, Bret Steffens 6, Bryant Steffens 3, Max Wieser 13, Alex Jauch 13, Ben Courtois 8, Austin Kwikkel 4. FG 30, FT 7-17, F 15 (3-pointers: Wieser 2, Courtois 2, Ruppel 2, Fritsche 1, Roth 1, Bry. Steffens 1. Fouled out: none)