State Recap

Quick Recap of each division and then some of the top players.

Division 5
Catholic Central 37 Barneveld 35
The biggest story here was Matthew Myers not scoring for Barneveld. Myers averaged 18 points a game during the season and went scoreless. This game was a struggle throughout as neither team could put the ball in the basket. In the end Barneveld had the chance to tie it but, couldn't hit the big shot.
McDonell Central 70 Green Bay NEW Lutheran 51
The Macks size just was too much for the Blazers. Foul trouble held Blazers star Gabe Lloyd down and the outside shot wasn't falling. Sophomore Hayden Baughman was the star for the Macks as he used his size and athletiscim to score at the rim and was able to knock down the three to carry them to victory.

McDonell Central 63 Catholic Central 41
The size of the Macks was just too much in the game as Catholic Central had to settle for outside shots that weren't falling. McDonell turned up the pressure on the defense in the second half and turned the Toppers over to lead to the win.


Division 4
Dominican 54 Aquinas 46
Defense was the story for Dominican here as Aquinas could never find an open shot. Some late game heroics by Aquinas's Chris Ancious made the game look better but, it was never that close. Jacoby Jones for Dominican was impossible to stay in front on and got the MVP of this game.

Cameron 44 Amherst 41
Cameron's 1-3-1 zone defense was as tough as they come as Amherst couldn't figure it out. For Amherst Tyler Biadasz finally caught the ball around the free throw line and put his head down and drove to the rim. Cameron's Peyton Dibble has his coming out party as he showed the full game, hitting threes, driving to the rim, hitting the mid range jumper, and playing some solid D. Really like Dibble and his size on the perimeter.

Dominican 62 Cameron 43
Dibble came out gunning but, Cameron didn't have the gas to match up. The story of the game was Dominican's Jake Bennett getting wide open in the corner against the Cameron zone and knocking down three after three as he hit seven threes in the game.

Division Three
Waupun 55 Prairie du Chien 43
I'm not sure if Prairie was that over matched or if they just picked a bad time to play the worst game of the year. Nathan Banasik couldn't hit a shot as he went 1-12 in the game including 0-6 from down town. Waupun just kind of did their thing to get the W.

Xavier 82 GET 75
GET just didn't come to play in this game and came out slow and could never recover. Nick Wagner forced a ton of bad shots. Hunter Plaman was huge off the bench and Sam Ferris had a hot start hitting threes early on and had a career game.

Waupun 59 Xavier 58
This was the best game of the tournaemtn and went back and force all game long. Threes were matched with threes. Waupun had the lead and Xavier climped back into it behind Plaman again who missed the tying free throw with two seconds left before getting the offensive rebound and throwing up a falling shot that bounced off the rim.

Division Two
Waunakee 62 Whitnall 59
Waunakee just basically out physicalled Whitnall who I thought had more talent. Waunakee controlled the game on the glass and controlled the tempo. Kevion Taylor tried to get his team back in the game with some late threes but, it was just too late.

Kaukauna 72 La Crosse Central 45
Kaukauna shut down Central's two stars Bailey Kale and Kobe King while the threes were raining for Kaukauna. Jordan McCabe completely controlled the game and Kaukauna ran up and down the court.

Kaukauna 91 Waunakee 62
Kaukauna came out running and for whatever reason Waunakee tried to run with them which just didn't work. This game seemed like a streak ball game with the pace and the lack of defense at times.

Division 1
Muskego 62 Marquette 54
This game was very even throughout until Job Alexander stopped scoring and Marquette's lack of outside shooting. Caleb Wagner for Muskego was able to add to his scoring by knocking down 12 free throws.

Stevens Point 75 Sheboygan North 48
It was Point's D that made the difference here as Sam Hauser shut down North's David Larson and overall they turned North over all game and didn't give them any free looks. Sam and brother Joey dominated the glass while Sam and Trev Anderson did the scoring.

Stevens Point 89 Muskego 64
Again Point came out trapping and took Muskego out of the game early and then Muskego started looking for the three point shot and the shots weren't going. This game was over fairly early.

All Tournament Team (In order of most impressive) 

Jordan McCabe 5'11 sophomore Kauakauna- Wow is all you can say. Easily the most impressive player to watch this weekend and the most fun. Even when the game got out of hand you stayed to watched McCabe play. He really makes everyone else better. Probably would of had double digit assists each game if his team mates could of finished at the rim. Give him even the smallest opening and the shot is going to fall.

Sam Hauser 6'6 senior Stevens Point- The job he did on David Larson could of been all you needed to see but, his ability to hit the three point shot and to run the offense sealed the deal. No doubt he is a college level player.

Trev Anderson 6'2 senior Stevens Point- Didn't have a great tournament but, did make a huge impact. His trapping defense was really on display in both games and of course his strong ball handling and ability to knock down the outside shot. Anderson really showed his strength taking smaller defenders to the post and scoring.

Peyton Dibble 6'6 senior Cameron- Another kid that will no doubt be impressive at the next level. Showed the ability to rise and knock down the outside shot and the quickness to get to the rim and finish.

Joey Hauser 6'7 sophomore Stevens Point- Big man that can really pass the ball, can hit the spot up outside shot, and of course dominate the inside rebounding and scoring with a finesse game on the inside.

Hayden Baughman 6'5 sophomore McDonell Central- He's on the verge of blowing up next year. A 6'5 athlete that can get to the rim and finish and his three point shot is very pretty.

 Caleb Wagner 6'0 senior Muskego- Did a great job of getting to the free throw line where he made his shots. Just a flat out scorer that can get his points at any time and knows how to do it in a variety of ways.

Gacoby Jones 5'10 sophomore Dominican- Just lighting quick with the ball in his hands and is extremeley difficult to stay in front of. Really showed the ability to score in the lane or set up his team mates.

Marcus Moreau 6'4 senior Kaukauna- Had to mention him as he just absolutely dominated the glass on both ends of the court. There were a handful of good rebounders but, he was the best.

Hunter Plamann 6'0 sophomore Xavier- Another flat out scorer that can really handle the ball and get his shot at any time. Step back three is a killer.

Other top Players
Kevion Taylor 6'4 junior Whitnall
Riley Freeman 6'4 senior Waunakee
Colton Homan 6'8 senior Waupun
Marcus Domask 6'5 freshmen Waupun
Matty Farner 6'3 senior Muskego
Ben Retzlaff 6'0 senior McDonell Central
Tyler Herro 6'4 sophomore Whitnall
Kostas Antetokounmpo 6'11 senior Dominican
Tyler Biadsz 6'4 senior Amherst



Sad to see the year come to an end but, I do have a few more posts to make before I'll be done for the year. As you can tell by state Wisconsin's sophomore class is extremely talented and have some big time prospects out there.