Griffith's role as a high school basketball coach is a new endeavor for the former Wisconsin men's basketball standout. Here's how he's faring so far.
Some new entries into the top five in multiple divisions headline this week's Associated Press girls basketball poll.
Teams from the Trailways West and Trailways East Conference rank amongst the best in Division 5.
McFarland has used experience and athleticism in its rise to the top of the Rock Valley Conference boys basketball standings.
Madison area defenses and young players were on full display this week.
Photos of the final two games of the 2023 girls basketball Badger Challenge at Milton High School on Saturday, Jan. 14. Stoughton rallied past Sauk Prairie for a 57-47 win in the second-to-last game while Reedsburg held off Monona Grove 67-54 in the finale of the annual two-day event.
Sun Prairie West sophomore guard Chris Davis Jr. discusses being at a new school and the basketball season.
The Cotter Rambler girls basketball team traveled to play the Caledonia Warriors during Friday night basketball action on December 2, 2022, at Caledonia High School. Caledonia defeated Cotter by a final score of 62-24.
With non-football athletes able to sign national letters of intent for the 2023 college seasons in November, the State Journal is following commitments from area students. More students, including football athletes, signed in December.
Rashard Griffith played for the Badgers from 1993-95 and replaces Hall-of-Fame coach Jeff Kind, who stepped down last month.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Golden Beavers lost to the Tritons 53-44 after giving up a six-point lead in the early going of the second half.