Fargo, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The Oakes Tornadoes boys’ basketball team lost a heartbreaker to the Oak Grove Grovers Friday night 110-108 in double-overtime. Steele Hansen hit a three-pointer for the Tornadoes as time expired to bring the final margin from five to two.
On top of the game itself being exciting throughout, one senior from each team reached 1,000 career points for their school nearly simultaneously. Noah Swenson hit a three-point shot in the second quarter, which sent the crowd into an eruption. After a timeout shortly after, the reason became clear, as the shot put Swenson over the 1,000 point mark. Play stopped during the timeout, as Swenson was presented with a commemorative basketball and pictures were taken.