Freedom comes back in second half to down Fox Valley Lutheran boys basketball

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FREEDOM – Freedom overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat Fox Valley Lutheran 60-56 in a nonconference boys basketball game Tuesday night at Freedom High School to open the season for both teams.

Owen Henkel scored all 14 of his points and Donovan Davis had nine of his game-high 25 points in the second-half comeback for Freedom.

Caleb Dahlke scored 15 points and Gabe Heiges added 10 for Fox Valley Lutheran. The Foxes had nine different players score in their opener.

Fox Valley Lutheran is back in action Saturday with a nonconference game at McFarland.

Irish 60, Foxes 56
Fox Valley Lutheran   36   20   –   56
Freedom   28   32   –   60
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN (56): Gabe Heiges 5 0-2 10, Eligh Erickson 2 1-2 6, Elliott Olsen 0 0-0 0, Riley Lindell 1 3-4 5, Wyatt Schlueter 2 0-0 5, Isaiah Thompson 1 0-0 2, Blessings Kapande 3 0-0 6, Ezra Schaser 0 0-0 0, Cael Loberger 1 0-1 2, Braden Heiges 1 3-6 5, Caleb Dahlke 6 1-2 15. FG: 22. FT: 8-17. 3-pointers: 4 (Dahlke 2, Schlueter 1, Erickson 1). Fouls: 27. Fouled out: Dahlke. Record: 0-1.
FREEDOM (60): Cal Calhoon 5 4-11 15, Cole Barse 0 0-0 0, Kaden Vandenberg 1 1-3 3, Jacob Garvey 0 0-0 0, Sawyer Rueckl 0 0-0 0, Owen Henkel 5 3-4 14, Ryan Jochimsen 1 0-0 3, Donovan Davis 7 11-14 25. FG: 19. FT: 19-31. 3-pointers: 3 (Calhoon 1, Henkel 1, Jochimsen 1). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0.