By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth boys completed their fourth straight winning regular season by upending Lakeview 80-68 in Ellsworth Friday.The Panthers opened a 22-point lead (63-41) by the end of the third quarter and withstood a late challenge from the Lakers to finish the regular season with a 14-12 record.Ellsworth drew the seventh seed for the South Section 3A Tournament, which begins tonight in Fulda. The Panthers take on No. 10 Westbrook-Walnut Grove in a preliminary round game at 7:30 p.m.Aided by turning some offensive rebounds into easy baskets, the Panthers sported 21-12 and 40-30 leads at the first two quarter breaks during the home finale against Lakeview.It seemed like the game was in the bag with EHS leading by 22 heading into the fourth quarter, but Lakeview drained 11 consecutive free throws in the final stanza to close within seven points of EHS before falling by 12 in the end."We didn’t protect the ball very well in the fourth quarter," said Panther coach Ken Kvaale.Double-double performances from Darrin Weikamp (19 points and 12 rebounds) and Cody Schilling (24 points and 10 assists) led the Panthers to victory. Schilling also recorded nine rebounds. Bryan Kramer added 11 points to the winning cause. Ben Herman and Aaron Van Der Stoep chipped in nine rebounds and five assists respectively.Box scoreDeutsch 2 0 0-0 4, Kramer 3 1 2-2 11, DeBerg 1 0 0-0 2, Schilling 7 1 7-8 24, Weikamp 8 0 3-4 19, Van Der Stoep 0 2 3-4 9, Herman 4 0 1-4 9.Team statisticsEllsworth: 30 of 56 field goals (54 percent), 16 of 22 free throws (73 percent), 37 rebounds, 11 turnovers.