Sports
Local WIAA Regional Qrt-Final Scores from Tuesday 3/3
D2
Tomah 69 La Crosse Logan 64 (Quinn Gerke 36points for Tomah)
Baraboo 68 Reedsburg 55
D3
Arcadia 70 Wautoma 52
Adams-Friendship 56 Bloomer 40
Amherst 57 Westfield 55
Platteville 76 River Valley 66 (Platteville will play at Mauston Friday night)
Lodi 75 Wisconsin Dells 59
Ripon 71 Two Rivers 52
D4
Bangor 61 Eleva-Strum 59
Nekoosa 50 Necedah 42
D5
Royall 82 Coulee Christian 15
Alma/Pepin 69 New Lisbon 62
Blair-Taylor 93 Brookwood 64
Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 75 Cashton 63
Plum City/Elmwood 64 Wonewoc-Center 57
Hillsboro 68 Independence/Gilmanton 38 (David Johnson 23points to lead Hillsboro)
North Crawford 77 Weston 44
Free Throws Lift Nekoosa Over Necedah in Boy Regional
The Nekoosa Papermakers got to the free throw line early and often as they triumphed over Necedah 50-42 Tuesday night in a WIAA D4 Boys Basketball Regional Quarter-final matchup. Nekoosa made 18-32 free throws in the victory. Fin Krcmar made 13-14 as part of his game high 23points for the Papermakers. Necedah struggled to get much going offensively in the loss. Luke Murphy led them in scoring with 11 while Konrad Borym added 10points. Necedah finishes their season at 6-15. Nekoosa improves to 6-18 and will move on to take on top seed Lomira Friday night.
WIAA Girls Basketball Scores from Friday & Saturday night
Friday Regional Semi-Finals
D3
Mauston 49 Westfield 48 OT (Crimson Hansen 19points to lead Mauston )
Wisconsin Dells 63 Lodi 37
D4
Poynette 66 Bangor 60
D5
Independence/Gilmanton 78 Brookwood 52
Alma-Pepin 52 Royall 38
Blair-Taylor 53 Cashton 33
Saturday Regional Final
Wisconsin Dells 75 Mauston 54 (Jordin Bates 12points to lead Mauston, Natalie Backhaus 27 points and Jaz Alwin 25points to lead the Dells)
Mauston/Necedah’s Hansen Falls Just Short of Podium at State Wrestling Tournament
Mauston/Necedah wrestler Jaren Hansen went 2-2 at the WIAA State Tournament winning his opening round match vs via upset 14-2 over Decaon Ward of Greendale before falling to eventual state runner up Preston Krueger of New London in the quarterfinals. Hansen defeated Adam Foss of Chetek-Weyerhaeuser in his opening consolation matchup but would fall to Leland Havens of Mount Horeb-Barneveld in the next round and fall one spot short of a podium appearance. Espen Pitts went 0-2 at the State Tournament but both him and Hansen and great seasons for the Mauston/Necedah wrestling co-op.
Area State Place Winners
Mason Grosskruetz – Westfield 5th place finish
Girls Side
Lydia Hutter – Adams-Friendship 6th place
Brynlee Vaughan – Wautoma 1st Place
Laynie Vaughan – Wautoma 1st place
Kimura Hutter – Adams-Friendship 2nd place
Arianna Weber – Westfield 6th place
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 2/24
Boys Basketball
Mauston 70 Adams-Friendship 53
Ithaca 82 Weston 33
Lodi 82 Wisconsin Dells 59
WIAA Regional Qrt-Final girls basketball scores from Tuesday night.
D2
Sparta 74 Tomah 47
Stoughton 53 Reedsburg 48
D3
West Salem 103 Wautoma 18
Westfield 64 Richland Center 24 (Westfield will play at Mauston Friday night)
Lodi 64 Adams-Friendship 57
Mayville 53 Berlin 32
Columbus 71 Ripon 55
D4
Nekoosa 37 Necedah 34
D5
Alma/Pepin 46 Weston/Ithaca 34
Royall 51 North Crawford 17 (Bria Gruen 21points for Royall)
De Soto 70 Wonewoc-Center 23
Cochrane-Fountain City 64 New Lisbon 46
Cashton 46 Kickapoo 30
Brookwood Uses Big Run to Defeat Hillsboro and Move on in Girls Post-Season
The Brookwood Falcons Girls basketball team used a 24-0 run midway thru the game to pull away from Hillsboro 61-37. Brookwood’s zone defense caused plenty of havoc leading to a plethora of Hillsboro turnovers. Offensively Brookwood was led by the twin sister duo of Ruby and Reagan Muehlenkamp. Ruby led all scorers with 24points while Reagan added 18points. Stella Mack added 11 for the Falcons who improve to 15-10 on their season and will move on to play top seed Independence/Gilmanton Friday night. Hillsboro’s season comes to an end at 14-11. Aubryn Herritz led the Tigers with 13points.
Mauston Boys Claim First Conference Title in a Decade Pulling Away from Adams-Friendship
The Mauston Golden Eagles Boys Basketball team claimed no worse than a share of their first South Central Conference championship in a decade by defeating Adams-Friendship 70-53 Tuesday night. Mauston pulled away in the 2nd half after leading by just 1 point at half time. Andrew Dillin led all scorers with 23points while, Will Miller added 17, while Isaac Steinke chipped in with 11. Nolan Bork led the Green Devils with 14points. Mauston can win an outright championship when they travel to Nekoosa Thursday night.
Local Boys Basketball Scores from Monday 2/23
Royall 76 Bangor 68
Hillsboro 73 Cashton 37 (Braun Jirschele 19points to lead Hillsboro)
Brookwood 56 Necedah 44
New Lisbon 65 Wonewoc-Center 61
Ripon 52 Lourdes Academy 51
Nekoosa 88 Almond-Bancroft 58
Iola-Scandinavia 64 Wautoma 47
Westfield 63 Montello 45
De Soto 81 Weston 32
Tomah 58 Wisconsin Rapids 56 (Bo Rewey 15points for Tomah)
Royall Boys Win 3rd Straight Outright SBC Championship
The Royall Panther boys basketball team claimed their 3rd straight outright Scenic Bluffs Conference Championship with a 76-68 victory over Bangor Monday night. Royall trailed by 2 at halftime but was able to attack the basket in the 2nd half and pulled ahead and hung on for the victory. John Muehlenkamp had a career game leading Royall in scoring with 19points but it was a team effort that saw 4 other players score in double figures for the Panthers. Dylan Velazquez scored 17points, Braxton Board had 14, Trey Wildes added 12points, and Bentley Rozek scored 10 off the bench. Bangor was led by Hayden Massman who had a game high 27points while Brody Edwards added 19, and Dayne Langrher added 18points. Royall finishes the conference season at 13-1 and improves to 20-3 on their season. Bangor falls to 11-3 in the conference and 14-9 overall.
Local Prep Scores from Over the Weekend
Boys Basketball
Reedsburg 60 Sauk Prairie 59
Tomah 76 Sparta 56
De Soto 86 Weston 54
Ripon 73 Nekoosa 62
Berlin 76 Wautoma 51
Westfield 57 Wisconsin Dells 52
Westfield 64 Prairie Du Chien 56
Girls Basketball
Sparta 75 Tomah 49
Brookwood 70 Weston/Ithaca 33
Girls Hockey Regionals
Badger Lightning 4 Janesville 2

