UW-Whitewater men's basketball coach Pat Miller said "The shock of this is beyond words" after Gray's death Sunday after collapsing at a youth basketball camp.
Photos of area players participating in the annual two-day WBCA All-Star Games on Wednesday and Thursday at JustAgame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells.
Reedsburg's Mahra Wieman and McFarland's Teagan Mallegni lead area players. Badgers' commit Lily Krahn earns second-team honors, while Germantown's Kamorea Arnold repeats as the state player of the year.Â
Things were normal in 2019, then the pandemic happened. It's been three years since state has been in Madison, and there's a buzz around it now that it's back
Haertle, a preferred walk-on next season for the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team, was an assist shy of a triple-double in Saturday's victory in the Division 3 championship game
The former Rockets standout, who captured three state titles as a player, got to see his Randolph team win their first gold ball under his tutelage.
Alvin and Grieger combined for 42 points, Karter Meredith and Ben Nieman combined for 21 more and the Rockets claimed the Division 5 title over Bangor, the program's state-record 11th championship.
Randolph defeated Bangor 65-51 in the WIAA boys state basketball Division 5 state championship game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Saturday, March 19, 2022.Â
How Randolph boys basketball's Sam Grieger made it 'look easy' while setting scoring record at state
Rockets senior breaks 2012 Sheboygan Lutheran grad Sam Dekker's Division 5 single game record, helps Randolph into record 12th title game.
The Rockets held typically high-scoring Gibraltar (65 points per game) to less than half its season average to reach yet another state title game, the 12th in program history
The Rockets raced past the Vikings, 61-28, in a WIAA Division 5 boys basketball state tournament semifinal at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Friday, March 18, 2022.Â
The Rockets senior scored 41 points to top the former Wisconsin star's mark from 2012 when he played in high school at Sheboygan Lutheran. Grieger's effort powered Randolph into Saturday's state finals
The Rockets raced past the Vikings, 61-28, in a WIAA Division 5 boys basketball state tournament semifinal at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Friday, March 18, 2022.Â
The Rockets raced past the Vikings, 61-28, in a WIAA Division 5 boys basketball state tournament semifinal at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Friday, March 18, 2022.Â
The senior posted a double-double, including a season-high 35 points, as the Lightning blew out St. Thomas More in the Division 3 semifinals at the state boys basketball tournament
The Lake Country Lutheran shows exactly what Wisconsin fans can expect from the Badgers preferred walk-on.
The top-seeded Rockets escaped the upset-minded Hilltoppers in overtime to punch their ticket back to state for the first time since 2013.
The Tritons beat the Beavers in last year's state title game but it was the Beavers who spent all of this year ranked No. 1 and the Tritons at No. 2. That has flip-flopped for state.Â
The Golden Beavers lost a six-point lead in the early going of the second half against the Tritons thanks to a 10-0 run.Â
The Golden Beavers lost to the Tritons 53-44 after giving up a six-point lead in the early going of the second half.Â
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DeForest earns a No. 1 seed in Division 2 while Madison La Follette is a No. 2 seed in Division 1.
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The Beavers retain the top spot in Division 2.Â
The Lancers are No. 6 in the Division 1 poll.
Madison Memorial boys coach Steve Collins and Beaver Dam girls coach Tim Chase also among the notable inductees, who will all be enshrined Sept. 24.
Beavers all-time leading scorer Mahra Wieman 20 of her game-high 25 points in the first half.
A 10-game winning streak has the Golden Beavers climbing the rankings. See where they and other local teams landed this week:
DeForest rose in the Division 2 rankings this week. See where other local teams check in this week:
Reedsburg moves to 18-0 on the season with a 74-38 Badger West Conference win over Oregon.
It was a busy weekend at DeForest High School, which hosted the annual Badger Challenge boys basketball event. Here are some observations from Friday and Saturday.