The Luxemburg-Casco Spartan boys fell to the Denmark Vikings 80-71in North Eastern Conference action Tuesday night.  The shorthanded Spartans battled Denmark all night long but could not overcome Donavan Short’s 27 points, including four resounding dunks.

Denmark took command early in the game with Short scoring 17 points before intermission.  The Spartans trailed by as much as 17 points in the first half, but finished strong with a circus shot made by Evan Dahlke at the buzzer to cut the Vikings lead to 43-34 at half.

Luxemburg-Casco pulled within four points twice in the second half, but could not overcome a huge 19-10 advantage of made free throws by Denmark.

Spartan Peyton Mrotek led Luxemburg-Casco in scoring with 16 points and Dahlke, Jack Rollin and Caleb Blohowiak added 13 points each.

Luxemburg-Casco (8-8, 11-10 overall) will now travel to Wrightstown on Friday night to face the Tigers.