Sectionals

Waunakee 66 Sauk Prairie 63
This sectional semi final was a battle between conference opponents, so we knew it was going to be a battle throughout. Waunakee came out gunning early on behind the strong play of 6'2 sophomore Mason Steffen. Typically it's 6'3 sophomore Mitch Listau that gets all the praise but, Steffen stepped up and had a huge game while Listau struggled a little bit. On the other side 6'6 senior Brandon Spray had a huge game. Despite Spray's size it was his outside game that was on full display his three point shooting and driving to the basket. While Steffen did the damage on the outside 6'4 senior Riley Freeman did it on the inside. Freeman dominated the glass on both ends of the court and did his fair share of scoring with his back to the basket. Freeman was my mvp of the game even though he doesn't get the hype of Steffen and Listau but, doing the dirty work on the inside is sometime more impressive. Waunakee had a pretty decent lead until Sauk's 5'10 senior Seth Kostroski got things going from the outside hitting some huge threes but, the hot free throw shooting for Waunakee helped to seal this game.

Top Players
Mason Steffen 6'2 sophomore Waunakee- Hit some monster threes early on in the game, scored in transition, and hit some big free throws early.

Riley Freeman 6'4 senior Waunakee- Freeman dominated the glass on the inside and I'm sure he had a double double in the game. MVP on the game.

Brandon Spray 6'6 senior Sauk Prairie- Was hitting the outside shots and used his quickness rather then size to score in the paint.

Seth Kostroski 5'10 senior Sauk Prairie- Sharpshooter from the outside and is lighting quick with the ball in his hand.

Top Scorers 
Waunakee- Steffen 18 Freeman 17 Listau 15
Sauk Prairie- Kostroski 20 Spray 15 Josh Holler 10

Muskego 69 Madison West 67
Early on it was all Madison West as the game out in the full court press and I just don't see Muskego was ready for that early on. Muskego turned it over time and again and West jumped out to the early lead behind 6'3 junior Terrell Carey who score seven early points to lead West out of the gate that is before foul trouble caught up to Carey and company. The way West plays is no surprise though. They play in your face defense with a lot of hand checking and grabbing. You can turn the other team over if their allowed to play that way but, it can also lead to foul trouble which it did in this game and that may of caused West some problems late in this one. At half time West had two starters with three fouls and three rotation players with two. West had a five point at the half. In the second half West ran out of gas and the foul trouble caught up to them. 6'0 senior point guard Caleb Wagner took over and he was looking to score every time down the court which really wasn't a bad thing. Wagner seemed to score at will and when he missed it was senior big men 6'2 Matty Farner and 6'4 Tommy Anderson. With 15 seconds remaining West 6'4 senior Isaiah Mc Fadden drove the lane and scored. Wagner came down the court and ran the clock down and with six seconds left drove the lane caught the front of the rim and after a right for the ball Farner came up with the ball and laid the game winning shot in with a second left on the clock.

Top Players 
Terrel Carey 6'3 junior Madison West- Just a beast to stop in the post and in the transition.

Larry Hawkins 6'4 junior Madison West- Was really tough in the post and Muskego had a very tough time stopping him when he got position in the post.

Caleb Wagner 6'0 senior Muskego- 30 points in the game says it all. Impossible to stop Wagner was able to score in a variey of ways around the hoop.

Matty Farner 6'3 senior Muskego- Extremely tough on the inside rebounding and of course he had the game winning shot.

Top Scorers
West- Carey 12 Hawkins 12 Raekwon Hess 10
Muskego- Wagner 30 Anderson 16 Farner 12

Prairie du Chien 59 East Troy 49
East Troy had the best two players in the game in 6'3 senior Joey Ciriacks and 6'1 senior Jake Nixon but, Prairie du Chien had the next five best players. Early on in the first half it was the Ciriacks show as he hit four three point shots and had 17 first half points. Prairie du Chiens 6'1 junior sharpshooter Chas Sagedahl hit three of his own first half three point shots. In the second half things really turned around when East Troy got five straight fouls on the same possession allowing PDC to get to bonus very quickly and 6'6 junior Nathan Banasik got things going on the inside after struggling from the outside in the first half. Ciriacks was pretty silent before fouling out on back to back three point attempts which led to six straight free throws. East Troy's star Jake Nixon really put on an impressive show scoring bucket after bucket after a Jimmy Neutron chant aimed at him. PDC was really a team effort in this one as East Troy's outside shooting disappeared late and PDC hit the free throws.

Top Players
Joey Ciriacks 6'3 senior East Troy- Just a smooth outside shooting and it was shocking when the ball didn't go in the hoop. Moved extremely without the ball in his hand.

Jake Nixon 6'1 senior East Troy- Really an impressive ball handler that can get his shot at anytime and can really finish at the rim in a variety of ways. Great free throw shooter as well.

Nathan Banasik 6'6 junior Prairie du Chien- Struggled from the outside but, did some real damaged in the post late and was able to hit the free throws as well.

Connor George 5'10 senior Prairie du Chien- One of the quickest first steps I've seen and is just a tremendous point guard and floor general on the court. Always makes the right decision whether it's shooting the ball or making the right pass.

Top Scorers
ET- Nixon 22 Joey Diriacks 20 Jacob Remsza 7
PDC- Banasik 21 Sagedahl 13 Casey Hogenson 11

So Waunakee, Muskego, and Prairie du Chien are all state teams. I'll do a write up on my state picks late in the year.