SHABBONA – Immediately after Indian Creek’s loss on the road to Hinckley-Big Rock, Timberwolves coach Joe Piekarz was as upbeat and optimistic as a losing coach could be.

Indian Creek’s rally from a 16-point, second-half deficit came up just short in a 64-60 loss to H-BR, the Timberwolves’ first loss in Little Ten Conference.

“You’re always disappointed when you come up short like that in a game, but I think we were able to take some positives away from it where we were able to compete pretty hard with a good solid team in the conference.”