Tuesday night Wisconsin Dells finally got their first win of the season by beating Reedsburg 45-41. It seems like its taken forever to get that first win but, this is still only the Chiefs third game of the year with all the cancellations that have occurred to do the terrible weather of recent.
Early on Wisconsin Dells got things going with the three point shooting. As they hit three early three pointers early in the game to jump out to an early lead and never look back. In the first half Reedsburg missed a lot of close shots and weren't able to get the ball to their star 6'3 senior Tyler Mazur. The only big highlights in the first half were the Dells threes and a nice two handed dunk by Reedsburg's 6'2 junior Jordan VanCleave. In the second half Tyler Mazur came out looking to score but, really struggled to get his shots to go down and Wisconsin Dells was playing very physical with him and Mazur wasn't getting the calls. (I felt that he was fouled on a few occasions and the fouls weren't called) Offensively Dells star 6'0 senior Jade Royston was the story as scored over half of the Dells points and finished with 24 points.
Reedsburg is a team that really seems like they should be good. They have four solid starters and a scorer off the bench but, they just can't seem to get things going this year. Tylers Mazur can knock down shots from all over the court but, they seem to rely too much on his outside shooting and needs to look to score on the inside more. VanCleave can get to the rim at will but, has a had time finishing at the rim and needs to keep himself under control when he goes to the hoop. The other two solid starters are 5'11 senior Lucas Farber and 6'6 junior Jon Stolte. Farber handles the ball real well and runs the point but, needs to look to score more or at least penetrate more and dish. Stolte moves pretty well for a big man but, is a little soft around the rim and misses too many easy shots. The solid bench player that I mentioned was 6'2 sophomore Chad Mazur who just needs to have more confidence and playing time and he should follow in his brothers footsteps and be a star at Reedsburg.
For Wisconsin Dells it is still the Jade Royston show. Fellow senior 5'11 Michael Morse made his first return to the season. Morse isn't really known for his scoring but, more so for his defense and rebounding from the guard position. Morse instantly stepped into the starting lineup and should help, specially with the loss of 6'0 senior Jake Williams for the year, who was starting before he went down. 6'9 junior Nate Gibson had a lot of hype before the season but, he hasn't really lived up to it yet. Tuesday night Gibson had another difficult night scoring in the paint. Gibson would get the ball but, missed a decent amount of bunnies and traveled a couple times. Right now Gibson is too slow, has no elevation, and his foot work is only so-s0.
Top Players
Tyler Mazur 6'3 senior Reedsburg- Can knock down the three at anytime. Doesn't matter if a defender is in his face or not.
Jordan VanCleave 6'2 junior Reedsburg- Can get to the rim at will and can jump out of the gym.
Jade Royston 6'0 senior Wisconsin Dells- I talk about him every time Wisconsin Dells plays so there really isn't much else to say. Great scorer that can get to the rim and knock down the outside shot. Creates own shot.
Wisconsin Dells 45
Reedsburg 41
Box Score (starters in bold and italics)
Wisconsin Dells- Royston 24 Jimmy Alvin 6 Justin Ward 6 Michael Morse 5 Nate Gibson 4 Bobby Blaschke 0 Kyle Stowers 0
Reedsburg- T. Mazur 17 VanCleave 8 C Mazur 8 Stolte 6 Farber 2 Matt Kneeland 0 Mike Bendl 0 Matt Rockweiler 0
Wisconsin Dells may of gotten a win tonight but, it wasn't the most impressive victory and for the Chiefs every game will be a battle and it won't be like years past where they can just walk threw everyone in conference outside of Adams Friendship. Reedsburg will more then likely turn things around eventually in the season and will probably be about a .500 team.
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