BEAVER FALLS – In the first round of the Section III Class C tournament, the Sherburne-Earlville boys fell to the sixth-seeded host Beaver River 60-32 Friday night.

The Marauders struggled to score on the offensive end of the floor, only mustering up as many as eight points in each of the first two quarters of play.

Out of the halftime break, S-E’s John Oley and Robert Hill each scored a basket to tally the four points in the third.

In the fourth, Sherburne-Earlville found their offensive rhythm with 12 points in the stanza but it was too late as Beaver River held a 23-point lead going into the final eight minutes of play.