Wisconsin High School Basketball News

STEVENS POINT, Wis. The first trip ever to the State Tournament did not result in a trophy for the Cochrane-Fountain City boys basketball team.

For all Wisconsin fans, a time a big play or game that goes on can be remembered with ease, filled with the recollection of exact emotions and the setting it took place at.

The Neenah trio of Taulvish McCray, Alec Becker and Adam Pohlman combined for 31 points Sunday night at the 10th annual Fox Valley Association All-Star Classic boys' basketball game.

The Bulldogs beat Luxemburg-Casco, 53-45, on Saturday to take home the school's first WIAA Division 2 girls championship title, after twice losing to the Spartans during the regular season.

Dave Greschner Sports editor Six Rice Lake Warriors from six winter sports have been named to all-conference first teams in the Big Rivers.

The WIAA's annual meeting doesn't usually generate a whole lot of media interest, but this year figures to be different.

The Associated Press and the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Assn. both have the 6-foot-10 Ellenson on their first team.

New Berlin Eisenhower senior Reed Timmer earned NOW All-Suburban honors this season, the fourth season in a row he has been honored.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's all-area girls team is Whitefish Bay Dominican's Allazia Blockton, Divine Savior Holy Angels' Arike Ogunbowale, Racine Prairie's Gabbi Ortiz, Oak Creek coach Steve Hluchnik, Oak Creek's Stephanie Kostowicz and Arrowhead's Kelly Smith.

First of all, senior guard Sean Clarey has been named to the NOW All-Suburban Boys Basketball Team for the second year in a row.

Whitefish Bay NOW All-Suburban selection Joe Sherburne knew he had a good pedigree entering the storied world of North Shore basketball four years ago as a callow 6-3 freshman.

McGranahan's team went 5-5 last year and qualified for the WIAA Division 5 playoffs.

Dave Greschner Sports editor Six Rice Lake Warriors from six winter sports have been named to all-conference first teams in the Big Rivers.

The all-area basketball team: Sussex Hamilton's Brady Ellingson, Brookfield Central's Riley LaChance, New Berlin Eisenhower's Reed Timmer; Brown Deer coach Kelly Appleby, Milwaukee Hamilton's Kevon Looney and Whitefish Bay Dominican's Diamond Stone.

Riley LaChance tied Brookfield Central's singlegame conference scoring record, scoring 44 points in a 81-53 victory over West Allis Central on Thursday at Brookfield Central.

Shorewood sophomore forward and NOW All-Suburban girls basketball team selection Jada Stackhouse is proud to be part of history.

The Associated Press and the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Assn. both have the 6-foot-10 Ellenson on their first team.

"I just went up for a rebound, came down, and it buckled," said NOW Newspapers girls basketball Player of the Year Maya Jonas of Whitefish Bay of the second ACL injury on the same knee in less than two years on Feb. 25 midway through the Blue Dukes' nonconference loss to Kettle Moraine.

Just as the Franklin girls basketball team's upset of Oak Creek in the 2013 WIAA sectional semifinal was a catalyst for the Knights to go out and win this season's state championship, it was also a motivational tool for Saber forward Carly Graverson.

The Bulldogs beat Luxemburg-Casco, 53-45, on Saturday to take home the school's first WIAA Division 2 girls championship title, after twice losing to the Spartans during the regular season.