New Richland used its size and strength to slow down Hayfield and prevent the Vikings from winning their fourth straight Rebel Holiday Classic boys' basketball tournament with a 55-44 Panther victory Saturday night in Adams.

Tourney-host Southland slipped to fourth place with a 63-54 loss to Chatfield, while Grand Meadow defeated Lyle/Pacelli 64-56 for seventh.

Hayfield's reign at the annual tourney was halted by a bigger NRHEG team, which slowed the pace of the game and controlled tempo. The Panthers hit 20-41 field goals while Hayfield was 15-51 (29 percent).

"We just need to work for better shots," said Hayfield coach Chris Pack. "We need to be more patient against good defenses. When we were able to run we did alright, but we weren't able to run that much.

"We missed some open shots early and we kind of lost some confidence."

Tyler Kramer led Hayfield with 20 points but on 6-21 shooting that included a 1-8 three-point performance. David Johnson was limited to 13 points. Shawn Colucy hit 2-2 three-pointers for his six points.

Rebels go cold

Southland shot 29 percent from the floor and got beat by Chatfield 63-54 in the third-place game Saturday night. The Rebels were 3-22 from three-point land.

Tim Schneider scored 18 from the inside, but the Rebels could not keep pace with a consistent Chatfield team. The Gophers shot 43 percent and committed 10 fewer turnovers than Southland.

"I think, I know actually, our inability to score from the perimeter was the difference in this game," said Southland coach Greg Storey. "Chatfield started out very hot."

Cole DiLaura scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the first quarter and Chatfield led 30-19 at that point.

Greg Retterath chipped in 13 points for Southland, while Steve Snyder and Dan Bakker added nine. The Rebels (2-3, 1-1) play at Elgin-Millville Tuesday night.

Larks top L/P

Grand Meadow got its second win of the season with a 64-56 victory over Lyle/Pacelli in Saturday's seventh-place contest. Kyle Breitbarth scored 25 points for the Superlarks (2-3), who pounded the offensive glass and got the win.

GM led 34-18 at the half but winless Lyle/Pacelli (0-7) fought back to make it a race. L/P outscored the Larks 38-29 in the second half but still fell short.

"They got it to as low as seven," said GM coach Bruce Klaehn. "They fought back very well."

Grand Meadow got 22 offensive rebounds and held a 55-31 overall advantage on the glass.

Eric Holst added 15 points for the Larks and freshman Brady Lorenzen scored 11 points in his first varsity start.

The Superlarks hit 7-of-14 three-pointers — making more than in their four previous games combined — and led 8-0 in the early going.

Mark Van Winter led Lyle/Pacelli with 12 points, aided by Nels Nelson with nine and Chris Bergstrom with eight.