The Minneota Vikings, a very athletic and quick team, defeated the Lady Panthers Friday in Ellsworth 70-60 to end their six-game winning streak and dropped the Panthers to second place in the Camden Conference with a 4-2 record and 7-4 overall. "The Vikings were the most talented, quickest and most athletic team we’ve played thus far on our schedule," said Coach Dean Schnaible. "But I’m very proud of the Panthers because they didn’t throw in the towel."Ellsworth battled the 10-2 Vikings the entire game, trailing 18-14, 39-32, 49-44, losing by 10 counters, the largest point margin in the contest. "We had difficulty defending their quickness," Schnaible said."Minneota should be a contender for the north sub-section title the way they played against us, but anything can happen in the field of sports."The Lady Panthers shot better from two-point range 44.4 percent (24-54) to the winners’ 39.6 percent (321-3), but faltered from treyland, shooting a cool 16.7 percent (1-6) to the opponents’ 44.4 percent (4-9). Ellsworth also was superior from the gift line, denting the nets for a torrid 90 percent (9-10) to Minneota’s 84.2 percent (16-19). Ellsworth also won the battle on the boards 38-26, with Laurel Drenth charting 10 caroms followed by Brittney Kramer and Rosie Lewis with six each for team leaders. The assist department was led by Drenth with eight, followed by Kramer’s four. Minneota turned the ball over only 10 times to 15 by Ellsworth, who encountered the Vikings’ full-court man-to-man press the entire game. The Lady Panthers were led in scoring by junior post Lewis with 20 points, with guard post Drenth and junior post Amy Tiesler adding 17 and 12 counters respectively. "Rosie had her best offensive output for the Panthers, besides playing an all around floor game," Schnaible said. "She is a very hard worker, always exerting 110 percent effort in every practice and game. Good things happen to good people and Lewis is an excellent example of this."Ellsworth entertained G-LR, a powerhouse in Iowa, Monday and also hosted Lincoln-HI, who leads the Camden Conference with a 5-1 record and 11-1 overall. The Panthers travel to Remsen St. Mary’s Saturday,s playing a four-game series starting at 11 a.m. with two J-V and two varsity boy-girl combos.