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Bonduel boasts plenty of leaders despite low numbersBy: 

Gerrard Diaz, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Bonduel High School seniors Dan Tauchen, left, and Austin Siolka spar during wrestling practice Monday in Bonduel.
Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Bonduel High School junior Garrett Siolka, right, spars with senior Travis Wollenberg during practice Monday in Bonduel.

Senior Dan Tauchen is one of two state qualifiers returning this season for the Bonduel High School wrestling team. He also is the second person on the team to crack 100 wins in their high school careers.

“I got it on the second meet (this season) on a forfeit,” said Tauchen, who is ranked seventh in Division 3 at 160 pounds by Wisconsin Wrestling Online. “The forfeit wasn’t very glorious. It felt like a burden was lifted. It’s a milestone that everybody is trying to get to. I got it early, so I don’t have to worry about it.”

The other 100-match winner is fellow senior Austin Siolka, who earned his 100th against Gillett earlier this season.

“I just went out there and wrestled my match, getting the pin and the 100th win,” said Siolka, who is ranked 10th in the state at 132 pounds. “That’s something I’ll remember for the rest of my life.”

Tauchen is 14-1 on the season and 113-28 in his career. Siolka is also 14-1 and has a 112-35 career record.

Bonduel’s other state qualifier, junior Garrett Siolka, is having the fastest start on the mat for the Bears this season.

Siolka, ranked second in the state at 126 pounds, is a perfect 15-0 to start the season. He finished second in the state tournament in February.

The Bears are counting on their accomplished wrestlers to make up for a lack of numbers this season.

“We don’t have the most wrestlers. We can’t fill our weight classes, but we definitely have quality wrestlers,” Tauchen said. “Quality over quantity.”

Bonduel coach Chris Rank is confident in the wrestlers he has, even if two weight classes continue to go unfilled.

“We have six guys that are ranked in the state, which is pretty fantastic, I think,” Rank said. “When the rankings came out, we were ranked sixth (as a team). I happen to think we could be a little bit better than that. Rankings are a conversation piece at best. You have to get out on the mat and prove it to meet the ultimate goal.”

Joining Tauchen and the Siolka cousins in the state rankings are freshman Jordan Bolt (14-1), ranked fourth at 106 pounds, senior Travis Wollenberg (11-4), an honorable mention at 138 pounds, and senior Mitch Sokolski (12-3), ranked third at 170 pounds.

Bolt, Jacob Banker (152, 13-2) and Zach Manning (220, 7-7), all freshmen, are senior Isaiah Griesbach (182, 7-7) are new wrestlers having a real impact for the Bears.

“We have a great group of senior leaders and a great group of freshmen that never really wrestled before, but they’re working hard every night,” Rank said. “Every week they are improving, which is really nice to see.”

The coach suspected Griesbach would be a good wrestler.

“For him to come in at the varsity level, and never wrestled before — I knew he was a great athlete watching him play football all these years — he’s doing a great job,” Rank said.

Also back for the Bears are senior Brandon Novitski (195, 9-6) and juniors Scott Gunderson (132, 4-9) and Bennett Gunderson (285, 14-1).

Bonduel High School

Wrestling schedule

Dec. 29 at Oshkosh on the Water

Dec. 30 at Oshkosh on the Water

Jan. 6 vs. Crivitz

Jan. 10 at Oconto Falls

Jan. 15 at Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Jan. 24 Central Wisconsin Conference Meet at Tri-County

Jan. 29 at Menominee Indian

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Gerrard Diaz, [email protected]

WEEK AHEAD

BOYS BASKETBALL

WHAT: Shawano Sun Drop Shootout: Bonduel vs. Oconto

WHEN: 1:40 p.m. Monday

WHERE: Kress Events Center, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

WHY IT MATTERS: The Bonduel High School boys basketball team participates in the Shawano Sun Drop Shootout, a 14-game, two-day basketball tournament held under the Kress Events Center lights, for the first time this year. The Bears will put their undefeated record (6-0, 3-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) up against Oconto (3-4, 2-3 Packerland) Monday afternoon. It will be the third game of seven for the day, with seven more games on Tuesday. Bonduel will pick up again in the new year on Jan. 2 at Suring before coming home for a CWC-8 game against Weyauwega-Fremont.

WHAT: Shawano Sun Drop Shootout: Shawano vs. Ashwaubenon

WHEN: 7:05 p.m. Tuesday

WHERE: Kress Events Center, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

WHY IT MATTERS: A banged up Shawano Community High School boys basketball team rebounded from a loss to Luxemburg-Casco with a gutty win at Green Bay West on Monday. The next challenge for Shawano (4-2, 2-2 Bay) will be to go up against Ashwaubenon (4-2, 2-1 Fox River Classic) in the sixth game of the Shawano Sun Drop Shootout’s second day Tuesday. Ashwaubenon is ranked fifth in the latest Associated Press boys basketball prep poll, despite early season losses to Kaukauna and Bay Port.

WEEK THAT WAS

Stat Leader

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Points scored by Christian Haffner, Gresham senior guard, in a 69-42 win over Tri-County Friday

Tweet of the Week

“I may be the best Secret Santa out there. #Family”

Zack Sousek, Shawano Community High School senior guard

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Shawano puts together 3-game winning streakBy: 

Gerrard Diaz, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Shawano Community High School junior Sara Hokenstad tries to get open during a game Monday against Green Bay West in Shawano. Shawano won, 56-18.
Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Shawano Community High School junior Sydney Schreiber takes a shot during a nonconference game Monday against Green Bay West in Shawano. Shawano won, 56-18.

Using speed and defense, the Shawano Community High School girls basketball team rolled to a 56-18 win over Green Bay West in a nonconference game Monday in Shawano.

The win gives the Hawks a three-game winning streak, after an 0-5 start, heading into the winter break.

“It just took a little confidence,” Shawano coach Ryan Koenig said of the winning streak. “Now you can see it just boiling. They’re ready to go. I really wish we weren’t in a break. I wish we could keep playing.”

The Hawks (3-5, 2-3 Bay Conference) used the nonconference game to experiment with an all-guard lineup to start the game. It worked, as Shawano jumped out to a 12-2 lead.

“We went five guards to start, just to see what we could do, how fast we could play,” Koenig said. “This is a nonconference game. We wanted to try some different things.”

Teagan Monfils, a 5-foot-8 junior guard, led the way with six first-quarter points.

Sara Hokenstad, a 5-7 junior guard, exploded for 10 points in the second quarter. She would add a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter for a game-high 13 points.

“She had a really good night,” Koenig said. “Took it to the basket that second quarter, just drove, drove, drove. Things open up when you do that. In the second half, she hit a 3 because they all sank on her.”

Monfils and junior guard Sydney Schreiber, who hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter, finished with eight points each.

Senior forward Courtney Vomastic and junior forward Erika Dunnam had six rebounds each.

Up 37-14 at halftime, the Hawks committed to holding West (0-8, 0-4 Fox River Classic) to 20 points. Shawano gave up a pair of free throws and a single basket in the second half.

“We wanted to hold them to 20 for the game,” Koenig said. “We could only give up six points, and they only gave up four. The girls really responded to the challenge. … The more challenges I give them, the more they are responding in a positive.”

Shawano put West on the schedule to get ready for next year when the Wildcats join the Bay Conference.

“It gives us a good feel for them, lets the coaches meet and everything,” Koenig said. “Just a good thing to do.”

Green Bay West (18)

Seager 2 3-5 7, VerHaagh 1 0-0 2, Solway 2 0-1 4, Belongia 0 1-2 1, Snyder 2 0-0 4

Shawano (56)

Monfils 3 2-2 8, Morgan Klitzke 1 4-6 6, Boda 2 1-2 5, Hokenstad 6 0-3 13, Dunnam 1 1-2 3, Vomastic 3 1-2 7, Schreiber 3 0-0 8, Ainsworth 3 0-0 6

Green Bay West 7 7 2 2 — 18

Shawano 17 22 12 5 — 56
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Witt-Birn second, Bonduel thirdBy: 

Gerrard Diaz, [email protected]

Bonduel High School led area teams with four first-place finishes, but defending Division 3 state team champion Coleman still won the 29th annual Shawano Holiday Classic wrestling tournament Saturday in Shawano.

Coleman finished the day with seven champions en route to 431 points. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (336) finished second and Bonduel (325) third. Shawano placed eighth.

“We had a lot of good teams here,” first-year Shawano coach Michael Homan said. “I think it was some of the best competition we’ve seen in a tournament this year. Another great year for the Holiday Classic.”

Bonduel’s four champions were Garrett Siolka, who pinned New London’s Grant Oswald in 38 seconds in the 126-pound title match and remained undefeated on the season; Jordan Boldt, who defeated Rhinelander’s Tyler Olson 4-2 in the final in the 106-pound class; Dan Tauchen, who beat Hunter Kreger 10-2 in the 160-pound championship; and heavyweight Bennett Gunderson, who stopped Coleman’s Donnovan Salewski 7-2 in the in the final.

“It was a good day,” Bonduel coach Chris Rank said. “We wanted to place in the top two and take home a trophy. Obviously we came up a little short on that. To have five guys in the finals and have four champs, I don’t know that we’ve ever had four champs.”

Jacob Banker (152) placed second for the Bears, and Travis Wollenberg (138), Austin Siolka (145) and Mitch Sokolski (170) each placed third.

Bonduel is short two weight classes (113, 120) this season, which might have been the difference between second and third place.

“It’s hurting us as a team right now,” Rank said.

Dalton Parson (132) and Mason Boogren (182) led Shawano with fourth-place finishes.

Parson lost to Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Jesse Sprague in the third-place match after an injury.

“He was wrestling tough,” Homan said. “At 132 there were some good kids … (Parson) was wrestling very well up until that point. It was tough to see him sustain an injury like that.”

Boogren, who was 11-0 going into the tournament, took his first two losses of the season, including a 3-2 decision to Berlin’s Mitchell Kramer in the third-place match.

Boogren injured his ankle during the football season and was having issues with it last week in practice.

“I would definitely say he wasn’t wrestling at 100 percent,” Homan said. “I think if he’s healthy and in the right frame of mind, he probably takes first in that tournament. Didn’t quite have it there Saturday.”

Shawano’s Danny Darling (113) and Damon Braatz (285) both finished in fifth place.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s August Peplinski (195) and Alex Peplinski (170) went undefeated to win championships in their brackets.

August Peplinski pinned Coleman’s Collin Kempka in 1:24 in the championship match. Alex Peplinski beat Peshtigo’s Shane Marquardt 12-4 in the title match.

Clintonville also competed in the tourney, but only had four wrestlers on the varsity mats and finished last in the 11-team field.

Tim Jerabek led the Truckers with a fourth-place finish at 138 pounds. He lost to Bonduel’s Travis Wollenberg 9-4 in the third-place match. Cole Cotherman (120) took fifth.

Shawano Holiday Classic

Team Scoring: 1. Coleman 431, 2. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 336, 3. Bonduel 325, 4. Rhinelander 290, 5. Oconto 229, 6. Peshtigo 227, 7. New London 172, 8. Shawano 147, 9. Antigo 137, 10. Berlin 100, 11. Clintonville 79
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BOYS BASKETBALL

Shawano 39

Green Bay West 38

Kaden Richards scored five fourth-quarter points playing in his first varsity game and Zack Sousek hit a layup with six seconds left to help Shawano beat Green Bay West.

Sousek finished with eight points for Shawano (5-2, 3-2 Bay Conference) Monday in Green Bay. Zeke Gueths led the Hawks with nine points and eight rebounds.

Jeff Drake scored a game-high 11 points to lead West (3-5, 2-2 Fox River Classic).

Clintonville 53

Waupaca 48

Clintonville earned its first Eastern Valley Conference win of the season Tuesday against visiting Waupaca.

After taking a 25-13 first-half lead, the Truckers (2-4, 1-4 Eastern Valley) held off a fourth-quarter rally by Waupaca (3-5, 2-3).

Tyler Petermann paced Clintonville with 23 points and nine rebounds. He also had two assists and three steals. Damon Lorge added 14 points.

Anthony Blackwell had 18 points for Waupaca. Bre’on Sease and Brando Vasquez each had 12 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 59

Wausau West 55

Wittenberg-Birnamwood outscored Wausau West 12-8 in overtime after the two teams finished regulation tied, 47-47, in a nonconference game Tuesday night in Wittenberg.

“We had plenty of chances to win the game in regulation, but didn’t shoot very well from the free-throw line,” Wittenberg-Birnamwood coach Mike Balliett said. “Erica White Eagle hit two free throws to send it into overtime.”

Siri Zeinert led Wittenberg-Birnamwood (8-0, 4-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) with 17 points. Corrissa Konkol scored 14 points.

Jasmin Samz had a double-double to lead Wausau West (2-6, 2-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference) with a game-high 31 points and 10 rebounds.
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Gueths leads Shawano scorers with 22By: 

Greg Bates, Leader Correspondent

Shawano Community High School was unbeaten on the road entering Friday night’s game at Luxemburg-Casco.

The Spartans put a stop to that, defeating Shawano 55-47 in Bay Conference action.

“I think we’re more comfortable on the road, to be honest,” Shawano coach Chris Kellett said. “Playing with the adversity from the crowd, it kind of feeds into how hard they play. I thought the kids couldn’t have played any harder tonight. It was just we missed some bunnies early, which kept them in the game.”

Shawano (4-2, 3-2 Bay Conference) led by as many as seven points in the second quarter, but Luxemburg-Casco figured out how to attack the Hawks’ defense.

“(Carson) Falk hit a couple of shots on us and then they got us out of our game,” Kellett said. “I thought we controlled the tempo in the first half, and once we were down we had scramble a little bit, which led to some lay-ups. They hit their free throws and we missed four or five, so I think that’s what sums it up. They controlled the tempo in the fourth and we didn’t.”

Playing against Luxemburg-Casco wasn’t an easy task. The Spartans (6-0, 3-0 Bay Conference) were coming off an upset 10-point victory over West De Pere, ranked No. 9 in Division 2 in the latest WisSports.net coaches poll.

“They’re very similar to how we were last year. We kind of came out of nowhere,” Kellett said. “They have three guys that can play college basketball. Anytime you have a kid like (Jake) Zeitler, Falk and (David) Vlotho, you’re going to win a lot of games.”

The Hawks led 4-0 before Luxemburg-Casco scored its first points 3 minutes, 50 seconds into the game. The Spartans tied the game at 10 before the Hawks ended the first quarter on a 5-0 run as Zeke Gueths scored his ninth point on a put-back basket.

The Hawks upped their lead to 19-13 in the second quarter, but the Spartans scored the next five points. Shawano didn’t tally a point in the final 4:37 of the half but still led 19-18 at the break.

Shawano’s defense played well in the first half, and Luxemburg-Casco coach John Hampton had to make a few halftime adjustments.

“They’re a good defensive team and we didn’t expect anything different out of them,” Hampton said. “We just had to kind of loosen them up by starting to attack. They weren’t going to give us anything free or easy, so we had to work for it. That started by putting the ball on the deck and going to the rack, and that opened up our shooters.”

In the third quarter, Luxemburg-Casco took only its second lead of the game, 28-27, after Spencer Kanz scored a hoop. Gueths, who sat on the bench for four minutes after getting in foul trouble, hit a bank shot at the top of the key as the third quarter ended. However, the Spartans took a one-point, 33-32, lead into the final eight minutes.

When Shawano had the lead midway through the third, it wasn’t able to pull away.

“We just had to finish some shots down low,” Kellett said. “Zeke had a couple and then he got in foul trouble, which was huge. Him and (Jack) Lacy both got out in the second quarter and late in the third quarter. Without those two guys on the floor, it’s going to be tough for us.”

Luxemburg-Casco opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers by Vlotho and Bryce TeKulve, and the home team was up 39-32. Gueths cut Shawano’s deficit to six, 43-37, with a 3-pointer with 4:15 remaining. However, the Spartans drained 11 free throws in the fourth quarter and six in the final 1 minute, 33 seconds to ice the game.

Gueths scored a game-high 22 points and was 2-for-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. Lacy added 10 points for the Hawks.

Luxemburg-Casco was led in scoring by Falk with 20 points. Fellow senior Vlotho chipped in 13.

“Just controlling the tempo ourselves,” Kellett said. “We’re kind of a grind-it-out type team, and we’ve just got to get back to that.”
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BOYS BASKETBALL

Bonduel 78

Manawa 49

Bonduel defeated visiting Manawa behind three double-digit scorers Friday.

Connor Rosin scored a game-high 22 points. Two of his seven field goals were from behind the 3-point line. Peyton Czarapata had 13 points. Austin Marcks finished with 11 points, including three 3-pointers.

Bonduel (6-0, 3-0 Central Wisconsin-8) led 14-13 after the first period, broke open the game with a 21-14 advantage in the second period and closed with a 26-12 edge in the final period.

Matt Radloff led Manawa (2-7, 0-3 CWC-8) with 17 points. Luke Witz added 11 points.

Gresham 69

Tri-County 42

Gresham Community School remains unbeaten following its Central Wisconsin-10 victory at Tri-County on Friday.

The Wildcats (5-0, 4-0 CWC-10) were led by Christian Haffner’s 24 points. Neal Cerveny added 18 points.

Kacey Zdroik led the Penguins (3-2, 2-2 CWC-10) with 11 points.

In the junior varsity game, Gresham won 49-22.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Shawano 42

Luxemburg-Casco 32

Shawano won its second game in a row Friday.

The Hawks (2-5, 2-3 Bay) were led by Sara Hokenstad with 10 points. Megan Klitzke and Brian Boda each had seven points. Erika Dunnam led the team in rebounding with seven boards.

The Spartans (1-7, 1-3 Bay) were led by Alexis Dorner with 11 points.

Bonduel 67

Manawa 20

Hayley Sorenson led all Bonduel scorers Friday in the undefeated Bears’ Central Wisconsin-8 victory at Manawa (2-6, 0-4 CWC-8).

Emily Sorenson added 10 points for Bonduel (8-0, 4-0 CWC-8). Jennifer Dowden and Taylor Weier each had six rebounds. Lexi Reinke had five steals.

Menominee Indian 54

Almond-Bancroft 29

Menominee Indian raised its record to 6-0, 5-0 in the Central Wisconsin-10, with its victory at home Friday.

The Eagles were paced by Erin Wynos’ 21 points. Ania Smith added nine points and Sasha Peters tallied seven.

Almond-Bancroft (2-5, 1-4 CWC-10) was led by Catie Schmidt’s nine points.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 34

Weyauwega-Fremont 17

Siri Zeinert led the undefeated Chargers with eight points, six steals and five rebounds in their win Friday at Weyauwega-Fremont.

Corrissa Konkol had seven rebounds for Wittenberg-Birnamwood (7-0, 4-0 CWC-8). Taylor Nier chipped in seven points.

Karissa Akey scored 11 points and grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds for Weyauwega-Fremont (7-1, 3-1 CWC-8).

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New coach has Shawano rootsBy: 

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Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz First-year head coach Michael Homan directs the Shawano Community High School wrestling team during a drill Monday at the school.

Michael Homan, the new Shawano Community High School wrestling coach, knows a little bit about the program he’s taking over from former coach Adam Bieber.

“I started wrestling in this room,” Homan said Monday after practice in the SCHS wrestling room.

A 2004 SCHS graduate, Homan was a state qualifier his senior year. After graduation, Homan went to the University of Wisconsin-Stout and began building his coaching credentials at the Menomonie high and middle schools.

For the last two years, Homan coached wrestling at Shawano Community Middle School and was an assistant football coach at SCHS.

“The nice thing is, I’m coaching football, I see a lot of these kids in the hallways, in the weight room,” Homan said. “It’s a good group of kids. The freshmen that I have up here, this will be my fourth year with them; a lot of experience with that group.”

While Homan and assistant coach Jared Kust are familiar with the kids, they promised the team a clean slate after a down season — both in numbers and on the mat — last year. The Hawks went 4-12 and were winless in the Bay Conference.

“We’re starting fresh,” Homan said. “We’re going to take everybody we have and we’re going to work to the best of our ability. Nobody is going to outwork us. … We said we’re going to go back down to basics. That’s something that I’ve tried to coach as long as I’ve been coaching.

“You see a lot of basics down at the state tournament, and that’s where you see good wrestlers. You come in and focus on the basics, get in good physical condition, which we’ve been working on, and I think those are the building blocks for success.”

The Hawks lost state qualifier Cody Urban and sectional qualifier Mike Meisner to graduation, but return sectional qualifier Dalton Parson. Parson, a 132-pound senior, went 23-14 at 126 pounds last year.

“Dalton has been a big part of being back and bringing that leadership in,” Homan said. “We have some seniors that have taken an absence from the program that last couple of years that have come back. We’re wrestling with six seniors right now, and they all have been contributing very well so far.”

The group includes Mason Boogren (182), Jordan Rodriguiz (120), Paul Wilber (220), Rashawn Bell (138) and Curtis Waupoose (160).

Boogren has had the fastest start of all the Shawano wrestlers.

“Mason has been doing an excellent job for us,” Homan said. “He’s currently 9-0. He’s been wrestling hard.”

Rounding out the team are juniors Dylan Enno (195), Damon Braatz (285) and Wyatt Welch (106); sophomores Jacob Sackett (170) and Austin Oreskovic (126); and freshmen Jarrett Laatch (145), Danny Darling (113), Anthony Strege (152) and Devon Strege (145).

The Hawks split a pair of duals against Seymour to open the season and took fourth at the eight-team Brillion Invitational on Saturday.

“They’re coming together. We’re young and we’ve got a little bit of inexperience, but they’ve been impressive,” Homan said. “They are working. We’ve had our bumps along the way, but the kids have been coming in and willing to work. We’re getting better every day, and that’s all that I’m asking for.”

Part of the focus for Homan is on how the team is perceived. The team will wear shirts and ties on match days.

“We’re going to be businesslike when we go in there,” Homan said. “We’re going to be respectful. We’re going to be a good group of young men and coaches. I really want to show good sportsmanship, good personal skills.”

On Saturday, SCHS will host the 29th annual Shawano Holiday Classic wrestling tournament.

“The Holiday Classic, that’s a tradition unto itself,” Homan said. “… It’s a great tournament. It’s a great local tournament. Bonduel is going to be here. Wittenberg-Birnamwood is going to be here. Of course we’ll be wrestling. You’re going to have teams like Coleman and Berlin. …

“(It’s) just a great day of wrestling for anybody that wants to come down and support the Shawano program with sales of food and stuff like that. Just an awesome day of wrestling. It’s really hard to beat.”

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Lintner, Berkhahn inducted into HOFBy: 

Leader Staff

The Bonduel wrestling program inducted two more members Thursday during the high school dual meet against Rosholt.

The inductees were Dale Lintner and Ross Berkhahn.

Lintner earned the honor by being one of the Bonduel program’s best fans. An active member of the Bonduel Booster Club, Lintner helps set up and serve food at the sports banquets, as well as helping pick up products to stock the concession stands. Lintner is the first person every year to order state wrestling tickets. When he does, he adds extra money for the district’s wrestling program.

Berkhahn is a 1966 BHS graduate and a four-year wrestler under former coach Tom Flanagan. It was a struggle for Bonduel those days, often facing wrestling powers Pulaski, Bay Port and Coleman.

Berkhahn’s son, Bill, carried on the wrestling tradition with a successful BHS wrestling career. Berkhahn’s granddaughter, Alex, is a manager for this year’s team.

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WRESTLING

Hawks lose 2 in double dual

Wyatt Welch of Shawano Community High School won both of his matches at a double dual Thursday at Luxemburg-Casco, but the Hawks dropped both team matches to L-C, 64-9, and Denmark, 63-15.

Welch (106) defeated Justin Vande Hei of L-C on a fall in 1 minute, 2 seconds and Ryan Degrand of Denmark on a technical fall.

Mason Boogem (182) defeated Devon Hallet on a technical fall for the Hawks’ only other points against L-C.

Against Denmark, Dalton Parson (132) defeated Hunter Tenor on 6-4 decision.

Bonduel 54

Rosholt 21

Bonduel High School wrestling won five of seven contested matches against visiting Rosholt on Thursday.

Brandon Novitski (195) and Bennett Gunderson (220) won on falls. Novitski pinned John Koeppler just before time expired, and Gunderson pinned Lucas Wiza at 1:37.

Recording major decisions for the Bears were Jordan Boldt (106), who defeated Hampton Kedrowicz, 11-3; Travis Wollenberg (138), 9-1, over Kyle Groshek; and Jacob Baker (152), 13-3, over Aaron Cole.

Shiocton 54

Menominee Indian 28

Menominee Indian recorded three wins in its loss to visiting Shiocton on Thursday. Patrick White (138) pinned Blake Johnson in 1:41. Antonio Mahkimetas (145) pinned Trevor Young at 2:48. Forrest Webster (170) posted a 16-7 major decision over Trent Moder.

Witt-Birn 72

Tri-County 3

Wittenberg-Birnamwood won all but one match Thursday at home against Tri-County.

Stetson Potrykus (120), Gavin Czerwonka (126), Jesse Sprague (132), Josh Wick (145) and Dylan Wieland (220) recorded pins. The Chargers won the remaining matches by forfeit.

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WEEK AHEAD

BOYS BASKETBALL

WHAT: Shawano at Luxemburg-Casco

WHEN: 7:15 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Luxemburg-Casco High School

WHY IT MATTERS: The Shawano Community High School boys basketball team (3-1, 2-1 Bay Conference) lost to Seymour (5-1, 3-0 Bay) Friday on the road. The Hawks face another big road Bay Conference test Friday in Luxemburg-Casco (5-0, 3-0 Bay). The Spartans, who finished fifth in the conference last year, are senior heavy and could make a jump this year. They’ve already handed West De Pere (3-2, 2-1 Bay) a loss this season. Luxemburg-Casco would like nothing better than to hand another top Bay team a loss.

WRESTLING

WHAT: Shawano Holiday Classic

WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday

WHERE: Shawano Community High School

WHY IT MATTERS: The Shawano Holiday Classic wrestling tournament is a local tradition. Dating back 29 years, the tournament draws some of the area’s best teams for a daylong tournament. Local teams participating this year include Central Wisconsin Conference powerhouses Wittenberg-Birnamwood and Bonduel. The tournament gives grapplers an early test for the format they’ll face come tournament time.

WEEK THAT WAS

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Points scored by Gresham senior Christian Haffner in a 70-26 win over Marion on Friday

Tweet of the Week

One major thing I am fortunate for is the community support. The Shawano community has been phenomenal. #OneFist #Family

CHRIS KELLETT, Shawano Community High School boys basketball coach

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Shawano beats Marinette to snap 5-game losing streakBy: 

Gerrard Diaz, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Shawano Community High School junior Sara Hokenstad drives against Marinette during a Bay Conference game Tuesday in Shawano. Shawano ended a five-game losing streak with a 44-41 victory.
Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Shawano Community High School junior Megan Klitzke takes shot Tuesday during a game against Bay Conference foe Marinette in Shawano. Shawano won, 44-41.

A big first-half lead and the quick hands of junior Sara Hokenstad helped the Shawano Community High School girls basketball team get its first win of the season Tuesday against visiting Marinette.

After building a 33-17 lead in the first half, the Hawks (1-5, 1-3 Bay Conference) allowed Marinette to climb back in the game with a big fourth quarter.

The Marines (0-6, 0-3 Bay) managed to pull to within two, 43-41, with 4 seconds left. Shawano managed to inbound the ball and get off a few passes before Hokenstad grabbed a contested ball with 0.03 seconds left, taking a hit to the right eye in the process.

Hokenstad, a 5-foot-7 guard, went to the free-throw line, where she made the first attempt and missed the second, denying Marinette a desperation 3-pointer.

“For the program, we’ve got to learn how to win,” Shawano coach Ryan Koenig said. “That was evident. That first half, that’s how we can play. We can play that way the whole game. The girls have to believe in that.”

The first half was a nearly dominant performance for Shawano. Junior guard Megan Klitzke scored eight of her team-high 10 points in the first quarter. Junior guard Teagan Monfils had four of her five rebounds in the first quarter and all six of her points in the first half.

“(Megan Klitzke) did a great job driving to the basket and getting some fouls,” Koenig said. “Teagan on the boards, for the smallest player out there, she was very active. That’s what we can learn from it. It’s just about heart. Whoever has the bigger heart is going to get the rebound.”

Senior guard Courtney Ainsworth made a pair of 3-point baskets in the second quarter.

On the other end, Shawano’s defense was tough to score on. Up 8-7 in the first quarter, Shawano went on a 13-3 run to secure a lead big enough to last the rest of the game.

Junior forward Erika Dunnam led the Hawks with seven rebounds.

Only four players scored for the Marines, but all reached double figures. Cassandra Hilbert had a game-high 11 points while Alexandria Cording, Teya Lambie and Kierstin Metzner added 10 points each.

Koenig hopes the win will do a lot for his team’s confidence after starting the season with five straight losses.

“Now I think they believe,” Koenig said. “We needed a first half like that, where things go good. Shooting has been an issue. The last couple of games it’s been better. …

“The belief is the biggest thing right now. We have to get the girls to believe that every time they step on the court we can win.”

“The first win, that’s out of the way,” Koenig said. “Hopefully we can move forward and get some more.”

Marinette (41)

Cording 4 2-6 10, Lambie 4 1-2 10, Hilbert 4 2-3 11, Metzner 4 2-2 10

Shawano (44)

Monfils 3 0-0 6, Megan Klitzke 4 2-2 10, Boda 1 0-2 2, Hokenstad 2 2-4 4, Dunnam 1 0-0 2, Vomastic 2 1-2 6, Ainsworth 2 1-4 7, Young 1 0-0 2, Morgan Klitzke 1 0-0 2

Marinette 7 10 7 17 — 41

Shawano 16 17 5 6 — 44
story created on Tuesday 12/16/2014 at 10:02:34 pm by Gerrard Diaz
story modified on Tuesday 12/16/2014 at 10:40:57 pm by Lee Pulaski

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Bonduel 72

Shiocton 71

Bonduel earned a 72-71 win in double overtime versus Central Wisconsin Conference-8 foe Shiocton on Tuesday in Bonduel to remain perfect on the season.

Peyton Czarapata led the Bears (5-0, 2-0 CWC-8) with 22 points. Hunter VanDerLinden added 20. Connor Rosin scored 13.

Gavin Braun led Shiocton with 41 points. Nathan Schmidt scored 24.

Menominee Indian 74

Rosholt 58

Big games from Nick Corn and Dustin Waupoose helped Menominee Indian defeat Rosholt 74-58 Tuesday in Keshena.

Corn and Waupoose each had 18 points for Menominee Indian (3-1, 2-1 Central Wisconsin Conference-10). Ron Frechette added 12 points and Dominic Caldwell scored 10.

Chase Cedowicz led Rosholt (1-3, 0-3 CWC-10) with 20 points.

In junior varsity action, Menominee Indian beat Rosholt, 33-20.

Gresham 60

Almond-Bancroft 48

Gresham outscored Almond-Bancroft 21-13 in the first quarter on its way to a key win over Central Wisconsin Conference-10 foe Almond-Bancroft on Tuesday in Gresham.

Christian Haffner scored 28 points to lead Gresham (4-0, 3-0 CWC-10). He also had four assists. Killian Eggert had 13 points and three steals. Neal Cerveny had 10 points.

Austin Bunders and Garett Yonke each had 12 points for Almond-Bancroft (3-2, 1-2 CWC-10).

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Menominee Indian 49

Rosholt 47

Menominee Indian extended its winning streak to five games Tuesday with a 49-47 win in Rosholt.

Ania Smith led Menominee Indian (5-0, 4-0 CWC-10) with 13 points. Erin Wynos scored 11 and Sasha Peters added 10.

Bre Richter and Shantal Cordova each scored 15 to lead Rosholt (4-2, 2-2 CWC-10).

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 75

Manawa 25

Wittenberg-Birnamwood took a 23-0 lead in the first quarter Tuesday en route to its 75-25 romp over visiting Central Wisconsin Conference-8 foe Manawa.

Siri Zeinert led all scorers with 24 points for Wittenberg-Birnamwood (5-0, 3-0 CWC-8). She also had six assists and six steals. Kirsten Clark added 11 points.

“The girls played excellent defense, and converted on many of their turnovers,” Wittenberg-Birnamwood coach Mike Balliett said. “We improved out shooting, especially around the basket.”

Autumn Ferg led Manawa (2-4, 0-3 CWC-8) with 17 points.

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3 technical fouls help spoil home openerBy: 

Jason Arndt, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Jason Arndt Shawano Community High School junior Adam Bartz looks for an open teammate as he is defended by Seymour guard Jose Alicea in SCHS’s 50-33 loss Friday in Shawano.
Leader Photo by Jason Arndt Shawano Community High School senior Jack Lacy takes a 3-point shot during the first quarter of the Hawks’ home opener against Seymour on Friday. Lacy scored seven points in the 50-33 loss.

Three technical fouls midway through the fourth quarter dashed any hopes for a Shawano Community High School comeback Friday, as the Hawks fell 50-33 to Seymour in a Bay Conference boys basketball game.

“I don’t think any of our players played their A-game and I did not coach my A-game,” said Shawano coach Chris Kellett, who departed the game with 51 seconds left following two technical fouls. “It was just an eye-opening experience for us this early in the season.”

It was the Hawks’ first loss of the season after a 2-0 start and evened their conference record at 1-1.

Seymour (3-1, 2-0 Bay Conference) built a 10-8 lead in the first period by clogging the paint, preventing the Hawks from utilizing 6-foot-6 junior center Zeke Gueths, who was held to four points in the game.

“They played very well defensively,” Kellett said. “We were probably the softer team tonight, and we got to give them credit.”

The Thunder led 20-13 entering halftime and 30-23 entering the final period.

Seymour coach Jon Murphy said the Hawks got frustrated in the closing quarter.

“When you are behind and clawing and scraping, it gets difficult,” Murphy said. “The foul situation helped. We were both at the double bonus, but they were the chasers.”

Kellett picked up his technical fouls in the final period, and Sajen Knueppel was issued another after he hung onto the rim. The Thunder outscored Shawano 20-10 in the quarter.

Seymour hit 22 of 30 free throws in the game; Shawano 17 of 25.

Knueppel, a 6-foot-2 senior guard, scored a team-leading 12 points for the Hawks.

Shawano senior 5-foot-10 guard Zack Sousek scored nine of 10 points in the second half. Senior 6-foot-5 forward Jack Lacy added seven points.

Seymour was led by guards Jose Alicea and Jack Murphy, who both scored 15.

Murphy said Shawano has the ingredients to for an excellent season.

“Shawano is a very good team in our conference,” he said. “If we played them tomorrow, it could be a different ballgame.”

The rivals will meet again Jan. 27 in Seymour.

Shawano (33)

Knueppel 12, Sousek 10, Jack Lacy 7, Gueths 4.

Seymour (50)

Alicea 15, Murphy 15, Hansetter 2, Wesolowski 5, Blake 3, Schuh 2, Wilinski 4, Bucholtz 4

Seymour 10 10 10 20 — 50

Shawano 8 5 10 10 — 33

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Bonduel 56

Amherst 52

Bonduel (4-0, 1-0 Central Wisconsin-8) and Amherst (0-1, 0-1 CWC-8) were tied 41-41 entering the final period.

Colton Dobratz led undefeated Bonduel with 16 points Friday. The senior made five baskets, including three from the perimeter, and also went 3-for-5 from the free-throw line.

Three other Bears scored in double-figures: Trevor Pederson (14), Peyton Czarapata (11) and Hunter VanderLinden (10). VanderLinden scored six of his 10 from beyond the arc.

Tyler Biadasz led the Falcons with 16 points. Garrett Groshek added 14.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Witt-Birn 53

Iola-Scandinavia 42

Erika Alwes led Wittenberg-Birnamwood with 13 points and also had five rebounds in a Central Wisconsin Conference-8 victory at Iola-Scandinavia on Friday.

Siri Zeinert contributed 12 points and led Wittenberg-Birnamwood (5-0, 2-0 CWC-8) with seven rebounds. Corrissa Konkol collected five rebounds and also scored eight points.

Leading scorers for Iola-Scandinavia (3-3, 0-2 CWC-8) were Leighton Fischer with 19 and Brooke Phillips with 14.

Menominee-Indian 51

Wild Rose 34

Menominee Indian High School (4-0, 3-0 CWC-10) remains unbeaten following a 51-34 victory against conference rival Wild Rose (2-2, 2-1 CWC-10) Friday in Keshena.

The Eagles’ leading scorer was Ania Smith. with 23 points. Erin Wynos added 11 points.

Leading scorers for Wild Rose were Alexa Gravunder with 11 and Johanna Shepard with 10.

HOCKEY

Marinette 7

Shawano 1

Shawano’s sole goal Thursday came on a shorthanded score by Brendan Cummings with 14 minutes, 5 seconds remaining in the second period in a varsity reserve loss at the Crawford Center.

The Hawks were hindered by eight penalties, compared to three by Marinette.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Seymour 51

Shawano 36

Three Seymour players scored in double-figures in a Bay Conference matchup Thursday against the visiting Hawks.

Hailey Oskey led all scorers with 12 points, and Asia Danforth and Jennah Krause both scored 11 for Seymour (5-2, 4-0 Bay).

Courtney Vomastic led Shawano (0-5, 0-3 Bay) with eight points. Sara Hokenstad tallied seven points. Erika Dunnam led the team in rebounding with six.

WRESTLING

Bonduel 61

Amherst 9

Bonduel recorded eight pins at home Thursday. Travis Wollenberg (138 pounds), Austin Siolka (145), Jacob Banker (152), Mitch Sokoloski (170), Isaiah Greisbach (182), Zach Manning (220), Jordan Boldt (106) and Garret Siolka (126) recorded the falls.

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Sousek, Gueths hope to be force in Bay ConferenceBy: 

Gerrard Diaz, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Shawano Community High School boys basketball coach Chris Kellett watches a drill during a practice Nov. 24 at the school.

After storming to its first regional title since 2010 last year, the Shawano Community High School boys basketball team and second-year coach Chris Kellett are back and ready for another run this season.

The Hawks (16-9, 12-4 Bay), who finished third in the Bay Conference last year, return several experienced players and will get a chance to find out early where they stand against Bay Conference champion Seymour.

The teams play in Shawano’s home opener Friday.

Shawano was the only team to beat Seymour in the regular season last year, a 49-48 thriller that signaled the Hawks were an ascending team.

While Seymour is adjusting to life without graduated stars Sandy Cohen and Dakota Oskey, the Hawks return most of their starting lineup, including first team All-Bay Conference player Zack Sousek.

Sousek, a 5-foot-10 senior point guard, averaged 9.1 points per game a season ago. He was fourth in the Bay in assists with 46.

“Any time you have a player of his caliber, it sets the tone for the season,” Kellett said.

Also back is center Zeke Gueths. The 6-6 junior has two years of varsity experience and was named to the all-conference second team last year. Kellett expects Gueths to make a big jump this year.

“Zeke will be a bigger force down low as he improved during the offseason,” Kellett said.

Seniors Jack Lacy, an all-conference honorable mention player a season ago, Sajen Knuepple, Braden Mueller and Dylan Hintz are all back after getting healthy minutes on varsity a year ago.

Also returning is junior guard/forward Adam Bartz.

The team lost four seniors (Dillon Frechette, Garrett Schlise, Kyle Raddant and Travis Geenan), but Kellett expects the strong influx of younger players will be able make up for the losses.

“I expect new players to contribute throughout the year, and we may be younger than last year with a few underclassmen potentially on varsity,” Kellett said.

Three players the coach is excited to see perform are freshmen Eric Carl and Jacob Lacy and sophomore Jacob Kakkak.

Friday’s game will be the Hawks’ only home game until a matchup with West De Pere on Jan. 6. Shawano opens the season with six away games and a home game against Ashwaubenon at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Kress Center in the Sun Drop Shootout, an annual showcase that Shawano hosts for regional and state teams.

The schedule could help Shawano down the stretch, though. The Hawks will play six of their final 10 games at home.

AT A GLANCE

Shawano Community High School

Boys basketball schedule

Dec. 12 vs. Seymour

Dec. 16 at Marinette

Dec. 19 at Luxemburg-Casco

Dec. 22 at Green Bay West

Dec. 30 Shawano Sun Drop Shootout vs. Ashwaubenon

Jan. 3 at Sturgeon Bay

Jan. 6 vs. West De Pere

Jan. 9 vs. Menasha

Jan. 13 vs. Mosinee

Jan. 16 at Oconto Falls

Jan. 20 at Denmark

Jan. 23 vs. New London

Jan. 27 at Seymour

Jan. 30 vs. Marinette

Feb. 3 vs. Luxemburg-Casco

Feb. 6 at West De Pere

Feb. 9 vs. Clintonville

Feb. 10 at Menasha

Feb. 20 vs. Oconto Falls

Feb. 26 vs. Denmark

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Falcons almost shock Lambeau Field with big second halfBy: 

Gerrard Diaz [email protected]

Photo by Jim Leuenberger Packers coach Mike McCarthy, left, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers discuss a play during a break in the action in a game against the Atlanta Falcons Monday at Lambeau Field. McCarthy tied legendary coach Vince Lombardi with 98 wins, Rodgers passed for the most yards in his first 100 starts as any quarterback in NFL history, and the Packers won, 43-37.

On a night quarterback Aaron Rodgers set another passing record and coach Mike McCarthy tied legendary coach Vince Lombardi for Packers wins, the Green Bay Packers held on to beat the Atlanta Falcons 43-37 after running up its typical first half lead on “Monday Night Football” at Lambeau Field.

After taking a 31-7 lead by halftime, the Packers’ steamrolling offense slowed. A determined Falcons team, led by receiver Julio Jones, tried to claw back into the game.

Jones caught 11 of quarterback Matt Ryan’s passes for a total of 259 yards, the most given up to a receiver in Packers’ history. Jones’ only score came in the fourth quarter, a 22-yard throw from Ryan that cut the Packers lead to 10, 34-24 with 12:33 left to play.

“Obviously Julio had a big night,” McCarthy said. “He was a focus for us all week as far as the way we game planned, but he won that contest.”

The Packers (10-3), held to just a 33-yard Mason Crosby field goal in the third quarter, were quick to answer. Rodgers found receiver Jordy Nelson over the deep middle for a 60-yard touchdown pass.

With the pass, Rodgers surpassed Dallas quarterback Tony Romo for most yards passing in first 100 games, finishing with 327 for the game and 27,520 in his career.

“When you’re a young player, you can only dream about these kind of opportunities, and then you get into it and you think, ‘I’d love to do 100 more.’”

Rodgers completed 24 passes on 36 attempts with three touchdowns and a 123.3 passer rating.

The Falcons (5-8), though, refused to go away, turning the game into a shootout. Ryan led a 71-yard drive capped by a 1-yard pass to Roddy White. Atlanta failed to convert the 2-point conversion.

After a failed onside kick attempt, the Packers expanded their lead to 43-30 with a 53-yard field goal by Crosby.

Atlanta drove 66 yards on the ensuing drive and scored on a 2-yard pass from Ryan to receiver Harry Douglas. After another failed onside kick, the Packers were able to salt the remaining 2:11 on some hard running by running back James Starks, including a 41-yard run that set the Packers up on the Atlanta 6-yard line with 1:37 left to play.

“It’s just a reminder that you’ve got to play four quarters,” Rodgers said. “We had 31 points the first half and then we had 12 in the second half.”

Starks finished with 10 carries for 75 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown run to kick off the scoring in the first quarter. Eddie Lacy had 13 carries for 73 yards and 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. He caught five passes for 33 yards, and scored on a 1-yard check down pass later in the second quarter.

Nelson finished with eight catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns, the 60-yarder in the fourth quarter and a 10-yarder in the second. Crosby had a 38-yard field goal in the second quarter, a 33-yarder in the third and missed an extra point attempt in the fourth quarter.

The Packers’ defense held Steven Jackson to 50 yards on 16 carries, but was carved up in the second half by the Falcons’ passing game. Ryan finished 24 of 39 for 375 yards and four touchdowns. He was picked off in the second quarter by safety Morgan Burnett.

“We were concerned about the win,” Packers defensive end Julius Peppers. “We’re not going to get too involved with stats and those type of things because certain circumstances dictate what other teams can do. So it was a game where they pretty much had to pass the ball and they passed the ball well.”

The win tied McCarthy with legendary coach Vince Lombardi for 98 wins, the second-most in Packers’ history.

“It’s an honor to coach here,” McCarthy said. “I think everybody clearly understands what Coach Lombardi means not only to the Green Bay Packers, to the National Football League, but really the impact he made on society during his time. I’m thrilled to be coaching here and to be able to win games.”

Also with the win, Rodgers finishes his first 100 games with a 63-32 record, the exact same record former quarterback Brett Favre, who was in Green Bay earlier in the day to support the Rawhide Boys Ranch, had after 100 games.

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Bonduel extends winning streak to 5By: 

Gerrard Diaz [email protected]

Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Bonduel High School junior Taylor Weier (13) tries to take a shot while Iola-Scandinavia’s Kylie Johnson (3) tries to defend during a game Tuesday in Bonduel. Bonduel won, 53-27.

Junior Taylor Weier had a double-double, senior Lexi Reinke scored 13 second-half points, and the Bonduel High School girls basketball team beat Iola-Scandinavia 53-27 to open Central Wisconsin Conference-8 play Tuesday in Bonduel.

Bonduel (5-0, 1-0 CWC-8) opened the game with a 9-2 run, but couldn’t pull away from Iola-Scandinavia (3-2, 0-1 CWC-8) until the second half.

The Bears, on a five-game winning streak to open the season, took a commanding lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Thunderbirds 18-2 with defensive adjustments.

“We’ve had some defensive stands like that,” Bonduel coach Missy Dowden said. “We can do it every quarter if we just put our minds to it. At halftime, we had a chat about who was helping and where they needed to go, and our defense came around and stopped them.”

The Bonduel defense would only allow seven second half points.

“To go from a 14-point quarter to hold them to just seven the next half, that was a nice job defensively by all the girls,” Dowden said.

Weier, a 6-foot forward, scored 14 of her game-high 16 points in the first half, where she was active under the basket with 13 rebounds.

“We just need her to keep finishing,” Dowden said. “She had 13 rebounds, and I keep teasing her that she puts it up and misses on purpose so she can put it back in. She was in position for the rebounds. She did a nice job. … It’s real nice to see her coming around.”

Weier had a foot injury right before Thanksgiving, but used the two weeks off to get healed.

Reinke, a 5-10 senior, got hot in the second half for Bonduel, scoring all 13 points in the second half, including three 3-pointers.

“She took it upon herself to make sure she was shooting, instead of worrying about giving it to somebody else,” Dowden said. “She took the role on. … She stepped up for us.”

Brooke Phillips, a 5-8 senior guard, led Iola-Scandinavia with 13 points. She scored nine points in the first half but was held to just four in the second half.

In junior varsity action, Bonduel won 46-22. Brittany Wudtke scored 21 points and seven rebounds for the Bears.

Iola-Scandinavia (27)

Ellioff 1 0-2 2, Phillips 5 3-8 13, Fischer 2 0-0 5, Fuhs 1 5-6 7, Mazemke 0 0-1 0

Bonduel (53)

Dowden 4 0-0 8, Reinke 4 2-3 13, Weier 6 3-6 16, Zernicke 2 0-0 5, Collier 1 1-4 3, H. Sorenson 3 0-0 6, Pues 1 0-0 2

Iola-Scandinavia 6 14 2 5 — 27

Bonduel 10 15 18 10 — 53

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Menominee Indian dominates TigertonBy: 

Gerrard Diaz [email protected]

Leader Photo by Gerrard Diaz Menominee Indian High School junior Ania Smith runs along the baseline during a game against Tigerton Friday in Keshena. Menominee Indian won, 63-25.

Midway through the third quarter of Friday’s game against Tigerton, the Menominee Indian High School girls basketball team was all smiles on the court.

Leading 50-17 on their way to a 63-25 rout, who could blame them.

“They’re seeing the work that they’ve been doing pay off,” Menominee Indian coach Chris Rice said. “They’re having a lot of fun playing basketball. When you can do that, the game comes a lot easier to you and it’s a lot more enjoyable.”

The Eagles (2-0, 1-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-10), who won their season opener over Lena 63-28 in a similar fashion, used tough defense and a versatile offense to gain the upper hand on CWC-10 foe Tigerton (0-3, 0-1).

“Our defensive intensity is really high,” Rice said. “We’re pressuring the ball, we’re getting turnovers, working as hard as we can on defense. When we go on offense, we try to slow it down a little bit, and catch our breath then and get ready for the second run when they come back down the court again.”

Menominee Indian opened the game with 10-1 run. The trio of Erin Wynos, a senior guard; Sasha Peters, a senior forward, and Ania Smith, a junior guard/forward, each scored six points in the first quarter to give the Eagles an 18-3 advantage.

Peters, who was relentless under the basket playing Tigerton senior forward Katie Watters, had a game-high 21 points.

“She’s improved her game,” Rice said. “Her coordination is so much better this year than it was last year. That’s from her working out in the weight room.”

Smith added 19 points, mostly under the basket after scoring 22 mostly from the perimeter in the opener.

“She’s showing how versatile she can be,” Rice said. “She’s a very good player, and a well-rounded player.”

While Rice is pleased with his team’s success, he warns his team still has a lot of work to do.

“We’re going to get into the meat of our schedule here pretty soon,” Rice said. “We’ll see some teams with more senior leadership, and more players that will make it a little more challenging. Tigerton, they have a good program. They’re down in numbers this year.”

Watters led Tigerton with 10 points, scoring seven after halftime.

Tigerton 3 7 7 8 — 25

Menominee Indian 18 16 16 13 — 63

Tigerton (25)

Desrochers 1 1-2 3, L. Minniecheske 0 0-2 0, Watters 4 2-4 10, Marquardt 1 2-4 4, Gauthier 2 2-2 6, Anheuser 0 2-8 2

Menominee Indian (63)

Mahkimetas 3 0-2 7, Wynos 5 0-0 11, Peters 10 1-4 21, J. Waukau 1 0-0 2, Smith 8 3-6 19, Chevalier 1 0-0 2, S. Waukau 0 1-2 1

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