Wisconsin High School Basketball News

It took little more than two seasons for Blockton, a junior basketball player, to score her 1,000th point.

The talent of the Nicolet girls basketball team is obvious - the precision, the speed and intensity when the press is working and everyone is out running ahead looking for that pass they know is coming.

For those who shop till they drop, the retail areas centered on Blue Mound and Mayfair roads in Milwaukee's western suburbs are shaping up as the promised land.

A strong defensive effort coupled with timely offensive output lifted visiting Reedsville over Hilbert 54-38 in an Olympian Conference contest Friday night.

Robert Phillips entered his sophomore year with the Oshkosh North football team a scraggly, undersized linebacker that opposing teams tried to exploit in their offensive game plans.

When it comes to quarterbacks in high school, the words "dual-threat" often coincide with a player that struggles to throw the football, and most often is simply a running back playing the quarterback position.

For those who shop till they drop, the retail areas centered on Blue Mound and Mayfair roads in Milwaukee's western suburbs are shaping up as the promised land.

In preperation for the better attended boys game that followed Saturday night, the crowd grew steadily for the Germantown at Menomonee Falls girls basketball game as the contest progressed.

The Panthers outscored Kenosha Bradford by 19 points in the fourth quarter to rally for a 60-56 victory at home.

It was a tough night for the Manitowoc Lincoln boys basketball team as the Ships fell to visiting De Pere 74-25 Friday night at JFK Fieldhouse.

It will be yet another quick turnaround for the Wisconsin women's basketball team as they head off to Milwaukee to take on in state rival Marquette on Saturday.

The Marshfield and Wausau West boys basketball teams opened the Wisconsin Valley Conference season Friday night at the Marshfield Fieldhouse.

By the second quarter of Friday's home game against Green Bay Preble, Sheboygan North's boys basketball team steadied its ship.

There's one thing Plymouth's boys basketball team probably doesn't need to spend a lot of time working on in practice this week: shooting 3-pointers.

The Two Rivers girls basketball team was once again led by the Walesh cousins Kenzie and Alexi, as the Raiders took care of business against host Kewaskum on Friday 56-33.

Southern Door found out Thursday night just how difficult it's going to be to contend for the Packerland Conference championship this high school boys basketball season.

If the Germantown boys basketball team is focused on breaking the state record for consecutive wins, nobody associated with the program is saying it.

New London High has 11 winners. They are: Victoria Kepner, Phillip Ozminkowski, Alyssa Young, Brady Dorsey, Daytana Roloff, Sami Paffrath, Liam Fitzgerald, Marielle Bent, Michael Kurszewski, Shelby Van Dreel and Anne Ozminkowski.

The New London girls' basketball team had a quick start, but a disappointing finish in its season opener.

The Redcats boys basketball team, which held off Nicolet last week for a two-point victory in the season opener, defeated St. John's Northwestern, 75-29, to cap the first day of the Terry Porter Classic at Milwaukee South Thursday.