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Otis-Bison boys lose overtime heartbreaker
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LA CROSSE 59, OTIS-BISON 54 — La Crosse's sharpshooter Lee Holopirek scpred 26 points as the Leopards survived Otis-Bison 59-54 in overtime in Friday's Central Prairie League basketball showdown.

Otis-Bison (4-2, 0-1 CPL) was paced by red-hot Louis McVey with a career high 21 points and Jake Hoopingarner added 13 points. 

La Crosse 8 14 7 18 12 — 59

Ots-Bison 13 5 20 9 7 — 54

LA CROSSE (5-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Lee Holopirek 7 (5) 710 26; Skillett 4 1-3 9; Rush 6 (2) 1-4 15; Grumbein 1 0-0 2; Doombos 1 0-0 2; Castaneda (1) 2-2 5; Totals 20 (8) 11-19 59

OTIS-BISON (4-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—McVey 9 (3) 0-0 21; Hoopingarner 6 (1) 0-0 13, Juno 5 1-2 11; Ochs-Lohrey 1 1-2 3; Maier 2 1-2 5; Cortez 0 1-2 1; Totals 23 (4) 4-8 54

LA CROSSE GIRLS 44, OTIS-BISON 25 — La Crosse's Madison Morgan poured in 20 points and Molly Showalter added 13 as the Leopard girls downed Otis-Bison 44-25 in Friday's Central Prairie League basktball game.

Otis-Bison (0-6) was led by Destiny Mitchell with 14 points.

La Crosse 9 10 9 16 — 44

Otis-Bison 2 13 4 6 — 25

LA CROSSE (4-2, 1-0) (FG 3 FT TP)—Madison Morgan 7 (2) 4-5 20; Molly Showalter 4 (1) 4-6 13; Thielenhaus (1) 1-2 4; Werth 2 0-0 4; Merchant (1) 0-0 3; Shull 0 0-2 0; Totals 15 (5) 9-15 44

OTIS-BISON (0-6, 0-1) (FG 3 FT TP)—Mitchell 5 (2) 2-6 14; Croisant 2 0-0 4; Schwindt 2 0-1 4; Allie Smith 1 0-4 2; Richmeier 0 0-2 0; Roth 1 1-2 1; Totals 10 (2) 3-15 25