Wisconsin Dells eliminates Reedsburg

In a second round match up Wisconsin Dells was able to eliminate the shooting Reedsburg team. Wisconsin Dells jumped out to the early lead but, Reedsburgs hot three point shooting pulled them back within reach but, the Dells was able to pull back away lead by their star 6'0 senior Jade Royston, who went off for 34 points in the game.

This game started much the same as the Reedsburg verse Portage game. Reedsburg was struggling to make a shot while the opposing team was able to jump out to the early lead, before the Beavers were able to start making the outside shots and pull back into the game. For whatever reason the last two games I've seen the Dells play their opponents decide to play behind 6'9 junior Nate Gibson with a guy that is giving up five plus inches. This allowed Gibson to have a big game as the Dells fed him the ball on almost every possession. Reedsburg tried to stay in the game with the three point shot, which was falling early on.

In the second half the threes for Reedsburg stopped falling and Royston decided to take the game over. Royston was able to drive to the lane and finish at will. Late in the game Royston had two straight steals which led to seven consecutive points. Reedsburg was getting very frustrated late in the game when it seemed every call was going the Dells way and nothing was going right for Reedsburg. In the end Royston finished off the game knocking down the free throws. I believe Royston went about 13-16 from the free throw line or somewhere around there.

Top Players
Jade Royston 6'0 senior Wisconsin Dells- May of had the best game of his career as he scored 34 points. Really looked to penetrate a lot more then he has in the past. Free throws solid as ever.
Nate Gibson 6'9 junior Wisconsin Dells- Keeps looking better and better every time I see him. When he gets his defender on his back he's going to score at will.
Tyler Mazur 6'3 senior Reedsburg- Very quick release and plays as hard as anyone on the court. When he's hot can knock down the three from anywhere.
Jordan Van Cleave 6'2 junior Reedsburg- Goes to the hoop very hard and can finish in a variety of ways. Like always jumps out of the gym and nearly hand the dunk of the year when he bricked a dunk when he tried going over Gibson.

Wisconsin Dells 72- Royston 34 Gibson 19 Michael Morse 7 Justin Ward 7 Jimmy Alvin 4 Kyle Stowers 1 Jake Hall 0 Bobby Blaschke 0 Zach Batchelor 0
Reedsburg 57- T. Mazur 18 VanCleave 15 Chad Mazur 10 Lucas Farber 5 Jon Stolte 4 Matt Kneeland 3 Matt Rockweiler 2 Mike Bindl 0 Jared Park 0 Durrell Naquin 0 Josh Jorandby 0

Right now Wisconsin Dells is looking great and I believe that they will be able to defeat River Valley tomorrow night but, I don't see them being anywhere near a state team. Whoever wins that Regional final game will more then likely be defeated by Monroe. Tomorrow I'm planning on going to the Wisconsin Dells verse River Valley game, then probably Madison Memorial verse Sauk Prairie, and then Waunakee verse Madison Lafollette.