MORE: Moneyball Pro-Am basketball league schedule, rosters, MSU player pairings set for 2023 season. De Pere advanced with a 55-44 victory over Kettle Moraine in Fridays semifinals to remain unbeaten for the season. There's 1:36 to play and Brillion ball. Kenosha St. Joseph shot 39.1% from the field (18-for-46). Whitnall is shooting 69.2% overall (9-for-13) and Pewaukee is shooting 53% (8-for-15). 1 vs. 4. Mac Wrecke added 17 points, Austin Villarreal scored 15 and Jace Gilbert had 12. I did a Twitter thread yesterday laying out some of what I see as things that in some way are affecting interest in the State Tournament and HS basketball at large. 20 mins. Semifinals - Friday, March 17
St. Mary Catholic, a team that frequently visits the 80s, 90s and 100s in scoring (four times for the century mark), will be the team to beat in Division 4 this year, and fourth-seeded Kenosha St. Joseph will look to spoil the party here at the Kohl Center. Tamarrein Henderson has 8 points for the Panthers. Unfortunately for Wisco, some of their best teams in school history coincided with Pewaukee's best teams in school history. Kon Knueppel of Wisconsin Lutheran and Derek Shaw of Pulaski have advanced to the final of the 3-Point Challenge at the Kohl Center. Hes scored eight points, blocked two shots on defense and had an assist. Eric Kenesie has seven straight points for his team, including a fast break layup through a lot of traffic to pull his team within a point. John Kinziger led De Pere with 24 points. It was Kenesie handing out the dish on a fastbreak basket by Lowell Werlinger, and all of a sudden Kenosha St. Joseph had a 43-42 lead on St. Mary Catholic, forcing a timeout with 15 minutes left in this game. Newman Catholic is at the WIAA state tournament for the first time. 2023 State Boys Basketball Tournament. St. Joseph is going to do this, up 80-72 with 31 seconds left. Brillion and West Salem are tied 19-19 with 6:13 remaining in the first half. 6/19/2023 2023-24 Girls Basketball Regionals - February 20, 23 & 24 Sectional Semi Final - February 29 - Sectional Final - March 2 State Tournament March 7-8-9 Division 3 (91 Schools) Author: WIAA Created Date: 6/27/2023 11:41:34 AM . Kenesie missed his first three shots today, but got a steal and a layup for a basket and then made back-to-back 3-pointers. FOLLOW MAXPREPS. They've combined for 40 points. John Kinziger has 12 points for De Pere. Scorecenter. Ten of the top shooters in the state are competing on the Kohl Center court right now. Luther led 51-41 with 3:26 remaining. There it is, a new state single-game scoring record in D4, Stapleton dunk puts St. Joseph fans in a frenzy, Fisher MacKenzie triple makes it a 7-point game with 3:22 left, St. Joseph is feeling the upset, Kenesie approaching the record, Even when he lost a shoe, it worked out for Eric Kenesie, Before the sectional final, Eric Kenesie's career high was 32 points, It doesn't stop for Lancers, who now have a 47-42 lead. Jeremy Lorenz led the Lions with 25 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots. On a personal level, as someone who will go out of their way at times to attend games all season long, it's pretty telling that I prefer the comforts of home come State unless I have a rooting interest participating. Game-2: #2 Arrowhead (27-2) 73,#3 Neenah (18-11) 61 - Stats, Championship Final - Saturday, March 18 you had St cats, MAS, Thomas More, Carmen and Dominican all in the same sectional.. i know they are all in southeastern Wisconsin but that is INSANE. Jeremy Lorenz leads Brillion with 15 points. I'm not sure there is any 1 factor that overrides another as the main reasoning but probably little bits of several things. With this State attendance talk, most things that have been brought up are pertinent, but overall, the biggest driver is changing consumption habits that were accelerated in mid-March of '20. Luther (27-2) reached the title game with a 79-51 victory over Whitehall. St. Joseph wound up with an impressive 30-22 edge on the boards. But as he raced back down the court hunting for a potential game winning shot, Birkholz lost the ball, knocked away by Bennett Olson. Both teams are shooting it well from long range. West Salem hit 100 points twice this year and 90 points seven more times. I know, I know. Luther shot 53.8% from the field (21-for-39). The WIAA has released the 2023Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets for all divisions. #wisbb pic.twitter.com/gBiSCK2E01. Kenesie's 42-point effort in the sectional final helped the Lancers defeat Kohler to get to Madison, but his previous career best was 32 so he's on some kind of heater. Logan Bahr led Luther with 28 points. Both teams have been good with the basketball. Peter Stapleton up to 16 points with seven boards for the Lancers. Wisconsin Lutheran lost by double digits every year to Pewaukee. It saddens me how little week-to-week coverage the local MKE-area communities and their teams get. Zach Kinziger added 19 and Will Hornseth scored 17. Eric Kenesie picked up right where he left off for St. Joseph, now up to 29 points for the Lancers. The leading Lions are shooting 43% from the field, while Lakeside has been held to 35% battling against a tough interior presence like Jeremy Lorenz (four blocks, though he got downgraded back to three on the stats for some reason). Pewaukee leads Whitnall 11-8 at the first media timeout with 13:02 remaining. following Game-1, Championship Final - Saturday, March 18
The Panthers are shooting 32.2% overall (19-for-59), are 17.2% on 3-point attempts (5-for-29) and are 44.4% at the free throw line (4-for-9). Regular season games are not as well attended as they used to be. 2 seed McDonell Central Catholic (29-1) have taken the court for warmups prior to the start of the Division 5 title game. Pretty legendary. But big man Jeremy Lorenz posts up for the first basket of the game to give Brillion an early 2-0 lead, and he draws an early foul on Lakeside leader Levi Birkholz. Lot 48 (ADA) WIAA Boys Basketball State Tournament 2023 Thursday, March 16, 2023 @ 7:00 am - 7:30 pm | Recurring Event (See all) Event parking: Lots 29, 46, 48, 83, 87, 91 and 94. Winner of Game-2 - Approx. Jamarion Batemon is now 5 for 5 from 3-point range, which is keeping the Novas in the ballpark. Nice. Birkholz made the third free throw to pull his team within 57-55, and he then escalated for a steal on a bad pass down the court (kind of like the Virginia game earlier today in the NCAA Tournament). The 6-8 big man headed to Wofford had a good game. Peter Stapleton finished with 18 (plus eight rebounds) as a good complement to Kenesie's 51-point breakout. Cedarburg's John Diener scored 46 points in 2017 in a Division 2 game for the all-division record. Whitnall is shooting a blistering 63.6% from the field (14-for-22), including 57.1% on 3-point attempts (4-for-7). The second level is maybe 70-75% full, while the upper level is about 25-30% full. Lorenz headed to the line with 37.3 seconds left. West Salem leads Brillion 42-39 with 8:10 remaining in the game. Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, 2023
Obliterates the 42 points scored by Anthony Pieper of Wausaukee for the previous D4 record and handles the 46 scored by Cedarburg's John Diener in 2017. Jamire Davis has given the Lancers a spark off the bench. St. Mary leading scorer Cole Uhlenbrauck is stuck on 2 points on 1 of 4 shooting. The WIAA boys basketball state tournament has begun at the Kohl Center in Madison, and we'll have live updates from the scene. But Brillion misses the front end of the bonus, and Lorenz is called for a foul as Birkholz escalates for a deep 3-pointer with 12 seconds left. Winner of Game-2 - Approx. 2023 WIAA Boys State Basketball Tournament, March 16-18, The 2023 WIAA Boys Basketball State Tournament field is set (wissports.net), Wisconsin Sports Network Hall of Fame Inductee, 2012. Capacity for basketball games at the Kohl Center is just over 17,000. Mason Prey has eight points and five rebounds. The Novas have six losses, but some are against elite teams (Arrowhead, Pewaukee in overtime in an epic, Wisconsin Lutheran) and two are against teams from outside Wisconsin. Stevens Point, WI 54482-8833, Phone (715) 344-8580 West Allis alone used to have both the Star and the Express News. Hudson to Appleton, for instance). Thanks to two turnovers and a 3-for-3 start from West Salem, the Panthers grabbed an early 8-0 lead, all before Milwaukee Academy of Science had recorded its first shot attempt. Logan Bahr and Kodi Miller each scored 16. following Div. Central again in 2023? Championship Final - Saturday, March 11
Read Travis' Bio, Tag(s): It's Championship Saturday at the Kohl Center. Curtis junior Zoom Diallo during the state quarterfinal game at the WIAA state basketball tournament in the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. If I had to say why I haven't gone in the last few years it's because it just doesn't feel all that special anymore. The team is still just 1 of 9 from deep. I know way more 40-year olds still invested in the mat results of their alma mater. The Lancers were also back-to-back state runners-up in Class A in 1988 and 1989 and a Division 2 runner-up in 2000 when members of WISAA. Brillion has been hampered by nine turnovers. Newman Catholic advanced with a 52-42 victory over Royall in the semifinals. Access to PackersNews.com, your source for unbeatable Packers coverage. West Salem has turned it over four times. After a Kenesie shot went halfway down and out, but the Lancers stole the ball back at midcourt and got Kenesie an uncontested layup. If your URL is correct, you'll see an image preview here. Knueppel also scored 10 points on his first three racks, then made all five shots on the fourth rack for 6 points and scored 4 points on the final rack for 20. Theres a long way to go, but De Pere appears on its way to finish its season unbeaten with the title. The lower bowl of the Kohl Center is about 90% full for the Division 4 championship game. Kenosha St. Joseph is led by Eric Kenesie with eight points. Batemon also has 19 points for MAS. The 2023 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament concluded Saturday, March 18, with five divisional championship games. The Lancers lost in the semifinals in 2003 and 2001. The Cardinals had two state runner-up finishes in WISAA in Division 3 in 1993 and in Division 2 in 1999. Federal Way's Dace Pleasant powers to the basket against Skyline defender Atticus Boba during their state quarterfinal game at the WIAA state basketball tournament in the Tacoma Dome in. Four players average double figures, led by Carson Koepnick (14.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg) and Peter Lattos (14.6, 8.6). The Knights lost in the semifinals in 2021 in their only other state appearance. Daniel Griffith just finished off a 3-point play on the other end, so he's up to 20 points but St. Mary Catholic still trails KSJ, 55-51, with 8:40 to play. Seed #4 - 1:35 p.m.
Brett McConkey had 18 points and Carson Koepnick scored 17. St. Joseph freshman Dominic Santarelli converted a steal into a basket and then hit a layup inside one possession later, bringing the Lancers back into a tie with SMC, though Cole Nackers answered on the other end to replenish the lead to 9-7 for the Zephyrs. 15 mins. Eric Kenesie set a state tournament record for all divisions with 51 points in the semifinal win. i.e. Game-1: #1 De Pere (29-0) 55,#4 Kettle Moraine (18-11) 44 - Stats Lorenz was fouled and made two free throws with 0.9 seconds remaining for the final margin.