I'm Phil Ney with WRC O sports W I A team sectional wrestling last evening at Prairie
Dushin. Velmont, Plattville was a winner 43 32 over G.E. T. Melrose, Mendoro and Phenomore
defeated Lodi 50 to 20 in the sectional final match. Phenomore 41, Velmont, Plattville 26.
The Golden Eagles are back at state in team wrestling, joining St. Croix Falls, Coleman,
and Kiwaskam, who all made it through sectionals last night.
In Division 3 at Mineral Point, Iowa Grand Highland was a winner over Aquinas,
42 33, Mineral Point, Downed Royal Winniwak Center, 72 to 10, and the pointers moved to state
after a one-point win over Iowa Grand Highland, 33 32. Mineral Point will be joined in state
by Stratford, Waiwiga Fremont, and Usberg. River Ridge won 57 31 against Riverdale,
an area girls basket all last night, the visiting Timberwolves led 27 18 and half time.
The Cheapton's got within eight at 29 21 in the early second half before Ridge pulled
away by connecting on shots from beyond the arc. Melissa Slutton scored 16 of her 19 points in
the second half, including three trays. Aaron Adrien controlled the inside and dropped in 14
for the Timberwolves as a team they shot eight for 17 from the free throw line. Riverdale's
Macy McKay at 10 points, Zuri Dennis eight, Lily Barr four, Kennedy Kui and Ali Goplin both had
three, Ava Kratzenberg had two and Haley Schneider added a point. The Cheapton's made four three
pointers and went 11 for 22 from the line. Riverdale won the JV game 37 36 over River Ridge.
Following the 57 31 win, River Ridge is now 15 and seven on the season. They will host Belmont
on Thursday. Riverdale season record dip to 12 and 11. They will host Southwestern on Thursday night.
In other girls basketball across Logan over Richland Center 54 37. Highland got a win against
Ithaca 52 47. The same two teams will open WIA tournament play next Tuesday at Ithaca.
Albany Monticello 58 30 over River Valley. Kickapoo 59, Boschabell 37. Prairie D'Shean 69, Cubicity 54.
Hillsboro over New Lisbon 65 48, Royal Beat Cached in 33 30, North Crawford over West B 47 45,
Argyle Peckatonica top landcaster 67 59. It was minimal point over Darling Titt and
Girls Basketball 57 48, Belmont beat Iowa Grant 68 46, Luther over Verokwa 81 38,
Shoalsburg got the win against Southwestern 60 to 35 and Mount Horob over Readsburg 56 42.
In boys basketball Ithaca was a winner against LaFarge 72 59,
Seneca beat Boschabell 75 39, Phenomore over Prairie D'Shean 75 53. Landcaster 93 was
Eka Stuban 50, River Ridge over Highland 75 60, Alma Center Lincoln 69 33 over Hillsboro,
Royal 78, North Crawford 60, Boston got the win against Verokwa 68 43, West Salem 80,
West B 58, Darlington beat Dodgeville 66 57, Belmont 87, Shoalsburg 78, New Lisbon got the
win against Cached in 60 to 45. Other boys scores from last night, Wonny Walk over Tri-County 63 54,
DeSoto beat Brookwood 66 52, Argyle 71, Judah 53. It was Belleville over Wisconsin Heights 72 54,
Readsburg 74, Portage 63 Wisconsin Dell 74 70 over Columbus. It was Salk Prairie 63,
Barrowbooth 49 and Aquinas beat Sparta 77 55 and one of the busier nights for high school
basketball and high school sports in general. Pudderpuff bowling league action from last night,
top series for a team, Chetsfeed Seed & Such with an 18 18, Goblin Insurance a 1760 and Pine
Counseling 17 17, Chetsfeed Seed & Such with a 630, Chetsfeed Seed & Such a 622 and Pine Counseling
609. Top series, Christine Haiti a 529, Katie Davis in a 510, Barb Wood a 463, Katie Davis in
with a 190, Christine Haiti 188, Pat Adams a 184 in the Pudderpuff league.
The Phoenix Bowling Scratch League at the Phoenix Center, Ken Nick's Jr with a 715 series,
Chris Pardoon 695, Jeff Seckman with a 672, Hank McNamar 659. Top game Ken Nick's Jr with a 254,
Mike Morris, Jeff Seckman and Hank McNamar all rolled 243s, Elijah Cannon with a 241,
and Chris Pardoon a 237 in the Phoenix Center Scratch Bowling League.
On the state of Wisconsin scene, John Tonjay scored 31 points, leading the badgers to their
fifth straight victory last night, 95 74 over Illinois. Tonjay becomes the fourth player in
program history to score at least 30 points in back-to-back games. Senior Seniors Steven Crawl
had a season high 20 points, Wisconsin had dropped nine straight meetings with the Alainai.
Coach Greg Garde continues to challenge his player. I see the upside in these guys,
I see how we can get better and Blackwell can get better. So that's my job and our job as a staff
to keep raising the bar and keep pushing. And when you have a hunger group that's on selfish,
they want to keep climbing too. And we're not, we haven't done anything. We've have to keep
pushing forward and we talked about climbing the mountain early in the year and we're still climbing.
UW-Hos Oragon on Saturday. Graduate student John Tonjay finished with a game high 31 points,
nine for 15 shooting. He scored 30 plus points in back-to-back games, becoming the fourth
badger to achieve the feat. This is some good trivia. John Tonjay joins Michael Finley, Rick
Olson and Clarence Sherrod as the only previous badgers to do that. Rested after a week off,
Marquette dismantled a shaky seat and hall team at home Tuesday night, 80 to 56. The Golden Eagles
rediscovered their shooting touch, connecting on 11 of 27 three pointers. Bench player scored 36 points,
led by Trey Norman's nine. Cam Jones scored 12 of his team high 14 in the first half. Marquette has
a Friday game at Villanova next on the schedule. The Eagles are 26, 11 and four in Big E's conference
play. Coach Shaka Smart says the bench led the way. I thought the guys that came off the bench
had a good spirit about them. You know, I, I had subbed a couple guys a few guys at different times
because I didn't, I didn't like a player too, but I thought the guys that came in had had a great
energy and willingness to try to make the next play. Michigan State was winner over Purdue last night
at Men's Basketball 75 66. The NBA gets back to action tonight with Charlotte playing at the LA
Lakers. When healthy Packers corner back, Jair Alexander is one of the best in the business.
The problem has been injuries. He's missed so much time in the last few years. Many pro football
analysts expect the team to move on a trade would be better than releasing him a to z sports.com says
releasing Alexander would mean getting no compensation for the loss of one of the league's best
defensive backs when he's on the field. baseball news a person with the right knowledge of the
situation says Justin Turner has agreed to a six million dollar one year deal with the Chicago
Cubs. The veteran infielder can earn an additional 2.5 million in bonuses. With sports, I am Phil
